Our Newsletter
TERMLY NEWSLETTER
FOR BUSTAGROOVE PARENTS & STUDENTS
APRIL 2012
Welcome to our new on-line termly newsletter for all Bustagroove parents/guardians and students! We hope you find this more efficient.
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BUSTAGROOVE EASTER DATES
Hi all Bustagroovers!
April & May dates as follows
CLASSES RUNNING: April 2nd, 3rd & 4th
SCHOOL CLOSED: April 9th, 10th, 11th
ZUMBA STILL RUNNING ON 11TH
EXTRA DANCE FOR LIFE REHEARSALS
ALL JUNIORS & UNIT
Wednesday 11TH April:
Redbridge School SO16 9RJ.
4pm-5.15pm: Totton & Romsey Juniors
5.30pm-6.45pm: Unit & Redbridge Juniors
EXTRA DANCE FOR LIFE REHEARSALS: ALL TEENS
Friday’s 4th, 11th, 18th May. 4.30-6.00pm
Academy Studios, Romsey SO51 0HR
£2 a session to cover studio hire.
CLASSES RETURN: Monday 16th April
SCHOOL CLOSED: Monday 7th May (May Day)
May 8th – May 18th Classes will be lead by Bustagroove coach’s Harry Andreou, Claire
Buck and Jo Dinematin as Hayley will be away.
Many thanks, Hayley & The Team
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DANCE: ‘MAKE YOUR MOVE’ INFORMATION
ALL JUNIORS & UNIT
Performance Date: SATURDAY 28TH APRIL 2012
Venue: Wildern School, Hedge End
Times: 1pm arrival.
2.20pm Tech rehearsal (In costume)
2.30pm photo call
3.30pm Dress rehearsal
6.30pm Curtain up
9.00pm finish
Unit extra rehearsals with Redbridge Juniors:
Wednesday’s 18th & 25th April: 4.50-5.50pm
Held at Redbridge School SO16 9RJ
Romsey Juniors extra rehearsals with Totton Juniors:
Monday’s 16th & 23rd April: 4.30pm-5.30pm
Held at Totton Sports Club, SO40 8RW
ALL SENIORS & CONTRAST
Performance Date: SATURDAY 19th MAY 2012
Venue & times as above
Seniors extra rehearsals:
Friday’s 4th, 11th, 18th May, 4.30pm-6pm.
Held at Academy studios, Romsey SO51 0HR
Costs: £2.00 each to cover studio costs.
SEMI FINALS: Saturday 7th July 2012 – St Swithens School, Winchester
FINALS: Sunday 15th July 2012 – Indig02, London
Entry fee for Dance Event: £5 each
(to be paid by Week of 26th March)
All information on Fundraising for the British Red Cross and purchasing tickets for Dance ‘Make your move’ performances, will be in Red Cross packs given to each student at the end of class.
THEMES / COSTUMES / MUSIC
Totton & Romsey Juniors.
Theme: The Emergency services
Title: ‘Hope for Help’
Song: Dog days are over (Florence & the machines)
Costumes: Red Cross T-shirt, £6 each (to be paid by 26th March please) Black Trackies, white trainers.
Unit & Redbridge Juniors.
Theme: Child Soldiers in Uganda
Title: ‘Kony’s child soldiers’
Song: Titanium (David Guetta Ft Sia)
Costumes: Grey or dirty blue skinny jeans/jeggins or dark grey trackies/baggies. Beige/grey/dirty blue colour T-shirts/shirts/jumpers. (plain, no print) dark coloured trainers (no white)
All seniors:
Theme: Crisis is Syria
Title: ‘Emergency in Syria’
Song: No Light No Light (Florence & the Machine)
Costumes: Black Leggins/harem trousers & vest tops shifon tops over in colours: deep reds, browns, oranges.
Any queries, please see Hayley or June during class time (before end of class please)
Many thanks, Hayley & the Team
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‘DANCE, MAKE YOUR MOVE’ – THE BRITISH RED CROSS
Bustagroove have been invited to attend the British Red Cross yearly charity dance competition called ‘Dance, make your move’ (Used to be called ‘Dance for Life’).
Bustagroove students have performed at this charity event every year for the past 5 years (it has become our yearly dance highlight).
The competition takes place all over Hampshire. If we win our first dance entry, we are then invited to perform at the Regional Finals held on 7th July.
If we win the regional finals then we are invited to perform in the National Finals held at The IndigO2 London, on 15th July (this is our aim ☺)
Our first round will take place at Wildern School, Hedge End, Southampton on:
Saturday 28th April for ALL Juniors.
Saturday 19th May for ALL Teens.
We ask for each student to pay £5 to cover costs of entering the event (entry fee per child which goes to The British Red Cross, make up, hair bits, props etc.)
As well as the entry fee, the British Red Cross asks if each group can raise money for the charity. I will hand out packs with all information in regarding fund raising.
This event takes up a lot of time in preparation and is put together to raise as much money for charity and for the students to have a fantastic time.
We try to keep costs of costumes to a minimum. We are always appreciative of any offer of help from parents (with costumes, hair, make up and minding the students throughout the performance day) and from previous experience we always find it to be a very busy event.
Please let June know if you can help out on the day with hair, make up & chaperone. Please note, any parent with a CRB will be our official chaperones.
This is an optional event, any student who would prefer not to enter will still be challenged and involved during class time on other technique work/routines with myself or an assistant.
Any queries, Please pop in to see Hayley during class time.
Many thanks, The Bustagroove Team.
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MORE IMPORTANT DATES
JULY 2012
Bustagroove summer show
JULY 2012
South Coast Summer Street Dance Championships 2012
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
In the event of adverse weather conditions (floods, heavy snow etc) please always check Bustagroove’s (www.bustagroove.co.uk) website to see if classes are running for that particular day.
In the event of an emergency: Bustagroove staff will ensure that your child/children are brought out of the building safely and taken to the emergency assembly point (please ask staff where this is) where we will stay until told otherwise, please do not take your child away without letting a member of staff know that they are safe with you. We can then mark them off the register.
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REGISTRATION
Bustagroove now has a registration system where we ask all parents/guardians to fill out a form with important information to ensure we can contact you in case of emergency. Please approach a member of staff to fill out a form on your arrival. We also ask you to fill out a form of consent for any future dance shows/performances where your child may be in a picture taken by a parent or a newspaper (e.g. The Daily Echo) to know if you are happy for your child to be included the picture.
Bustagroove now asks for a 15 week block notice if choosing to leave Bustagroove classes due to increasing demand for students places. This then gives us enough notice to know weather we need to reserve your child’s place for the following block or to give to another child on the waiting list.
It is very important that your child wears trainers during dance class to protect their feet. If a child arrives to class with sandals or crocs or any footwear with heels etc unfortunately they wont be able to join in due to a risk of damaging their feet or ankles.
Please ensure your child wears suitable clothing to dance in (no skirts) we have Bustagroove t-shirts available to purchase for your child to wear to class.
Please ensure your child has a bottle of water or juice (non fizzy) to bring to class with them to cool them down & re-hydrate. Please do not give your child food to bring into class to eat as may cause belly ache (as exercising) also any form of gum is forbidden as child may choke.
If you have any queries please get in contact.
Many thanks from The Bustagroove team.
