March - Dancer of the Month

EDE PETITES

Dancer's Name: Devry M.

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March - Dancers of the Month

March "DANCER OF THE MONTH" Winners

EDE MINIS: Melana R

EDE PETITES: Devry M

EDE SENIORS: Sara E & Makele L

EDE LYRICAL TEAM: Shandi C

EDE HIP-HOP TEAM: Shantell B

PRE-JAZZ/PRE-BALLET: Ashlynne I

JAZZ/BALLET I: Kalli T

JAZZ/BALLET II: Briaunna H & Cami P

(Photos & "About Me" sections will be posted in a later post).

February Dancers of the Month

Sorry, I'm a little behind on posting our "Dancer of the Month" winners. (Better late then never).

FEBRUARY DANCERS OF THE MONTH

EDE MINIS: Brynlee B.

EDE PETITES: Kennedi L.

EDE SENIORS: Shantell B. & Shandi C.

EDE LYRICAL TEAM: Shalae V.

EDE HIP-HOP TEAM: Jaecee H.

PRE-JAZZ/PRE-BALLET: Shaylee I. & Stormie B.

JAZZ/BALLET 1: Hannah H. & Gracie D.

JAZZ/BALLET 2: Arianne R.

(Photos & "About Me" Sections for each Dancer will be listed in a later post).

DES PERFORMANCE - Pictures by Susan Rowser

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Attention Dancers & Parents:

We have recently been asked to perform THIS FRIDAY (April 15^th) at the Duchesne Elementary School for a school assembly. Mr. Young has informed me that the assembly will start at 1:45 pm. Dancers (at the Elementary) will be excused a little early to get ready & possibly rehearse on the stage, if time permits. SENIORS: IF YOU ARE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND ARE PLANNING TO PERFORM, YOUR PARENT WILL NEED TO CHECK YOU OUT OF SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE ELEMENTARY & PERFORM. Please make sure you have enough time to get ready and be to the Elementary school by 1:15 pm by the stage. If your parent does not want you to perform because you will be missing school, please let Dana know ASAP!

All levels of the competition team will perform, however, due to limited time we will NOT be performing all routines. Minis will perform “California Girls” (pink/white polka dot leotard, white wrap skirt, tan tights, and tan dance shoes), Petites will perform “Calling You” (purple/black dress, purple headband, tan tights, and tan dance shoes), Seniors will perform “Popular” (green dress, black slashed top, black shorts, green hair tie, tan tights, and tan dance shoes), Lyrical Team will perform “Already Gone” (white dress, black leotard, black shorts, tan tights, and tan dance shoes), and our Hip-Hop Team will perform “Crash ” (black leotard, black shorts, green net, tan tights, hip-hop socks, and white shoes). All dancers need to wear their hair competition style. If you are not able to put your hair in a french braid, you still need to have your hair pulled back into a messy bun. Performance Make-Up is recommended, however because it is for a school assembly, you are not required to wear full performance make-up. Please wear your warm-up jacket to school to support your team for their performance.

Parents: If you are willing to take pictures before and during the performances, or to record the performances, please let me know. Thanks!

REMINDER: THIS SATURDAY MARCH 16^th IS MANDATORY GYM PRACTICE AT THE DHS OLD GYM FROM 9 AM TILL NOON.

PERFORMANCE FOR SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

ATTENTION COMPETITION DANCERS: We have personally been asked to perform at the Duchesne Elementary School on FRIDAY APRIL 15th for a school assembly. MAKE SURE YOU ARE PRACTICING YOUR ROUTINES! You will receive notes at your next class with all the details!

We are very thankful for this opportunity to perform! Dancers please make sure to personally thank the staff at your school.

AWARDS: March Competition

AWARDS:

1st Place: Minis "California Girls"

1st Place: Seniors "Popular"

1st Place: Lyrical Team "Already Gone"

1st Place: Hip-Hop Team "Crash"

2nd Place: Minis "Hey Mickey"

2nd Place: Petites "Calling You"

2nd Place: Seniors "DJ's Got Us Falling In Love Again"

3rd Place: Petites "Car Wash"

OVER-ALL BEST COSTUME & PROP (4 foot trophy)

OVER-ALL JUDGES CHOICE (6 foot trophy)

SOLOS:

Jaecee: OVER-ALL QUEEN (6 foot trophy)

Sara: QUEEN

Marissa: QUEEN

Natalie: 2nd Attendant

Shantell: 2nd Attendant

January DANCER OF THE MONTH winners!

I recently realized I hadn't posted our January Dancer of the Month winners. Sorry this is so late. CONGRATS TO ALL OUR DANCERS OF THE MONTH!

Pre-Jazz/Pre-Ballet

Madison G.

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Ballet Technique I/Beginning Jazz

Keisha P.

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Ballet Technique II/Beginning & Intermediate Jazz

Samantha L. & Halle W.

Dancer's Name: Samantha L.

Age: 10

Grade: 5th

Birthday: May 17

Favorite thing to do: watch TV, play

Favorite Color: blue & black

Favorite Food: fresh peas

Favorite Pet: Turtle

Favorite Candy Bar: Rolos

Something unique about you: ability to do completely random things

Favorite thing about dance or why you love to dance: Jazz and Dana's a good teacher.

What are you most excited about for dance this year? Why? Learning something new and getting to perform at the recital

What are your goals for dance this year? to learn how to be graceful

Dancer's Name: Halle W

Age: 13

Grade: 8th

Birthday: May 9th

Favorite thing to do: dance, draw and read

Favorite color: purple

Favorite food: lasagna

Favorite Pet: my cat

Favorite Candy Bar: Hersheys

Something unique about you: I don't care what other people think

Favorite thing about dance or why you love to dance: Because it is a fun and different

way to express myself

What are you most excited about for dance this year? Why? to learn new things

What are your goals for dance this year? to get my splits flat and my leaps higher.

Elite Dance Extreme Minis

Melana R.

Dancer's Name: Melana R

Age: 4

Birthday: November 8

Favorite thing to do: dance

Favorite Color: purple/pink

Favorite food: popcorn

Favorite pet: Oscar

Favorite candy bar: Reeses

Something unique about you: I have very blonde hair

Favorite thing about dance or why you love to dance: loves the teapot dance

What are you most excited about for dance this year? Why? Learning something new

What are your goals for dance this year? Learn to do the splits

Elite Dance Extreme Petites

Josie R.

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Elite Dance Extreme Seniors

Natalie J.

Dancer's Name: Natalie J

Age: 13

Grade: 7th

Brithday: Sept 15

Favorite thing to do: dance, volleyball

Favorite Color: neon green, orange and pink

Favorite food: pizza!

Favorite pet: bunny

Favorite candy bar: snickers

Something unique about you: I'm the most unique person you'll meet

Favorite thing about dance or why you love to dance: winning and learning new things. When you dance you can express yourself.

What are you most excited about for dance this year? Why? my solo because I'm going to practice way hard this year.

What are your goals for dance this year? pass off everything I can and always keep my facials and smiling.

Elite Dance Extreme Lyrical Team

Makele L.

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Elite Dance Extreme Hip-Hop Team

Kennedi L

Dancer's Name: Kennedi L

Age: 10

Grade: 4

Birthday: October 7th

Favorite thing to do: dance and ride horses

Favorite Color: black

Favorite food: spaghetti tacos

Favorite pet: horse

Favorite Candy Bar: Twix

Something unique about you: funny & very outgoing

Favorite thing about dance or why you love to dance: makes me feel good and makes me stretchy

What are you most excited about for dance this year? Why? to do competitions and learn to do splits well

What are your goals for dance this year? be a better dancer and better at splits

MOCK COMPETITION

Attention Dancers & Parents: THIS Saturday (March 12) we will be having MANDATORY Gym Practice/Mock Competition from 9 am till NOON at the Duchesne 1^st & 3^rd Ward Church Gym. THIS PRACTICE IS MANDATORY, DANCERS WILL NOT BE EXCUSED FOR MISSING THIS PRACTICE! Dancers need to come wearing their team warm-ups over their team practice attire. Bring ALL of your costumes, costume accessories, shoes, tights, warm-ups, etc. Come with your hair & make-up in competition style when you arrive (see below for required make-up & hair styles). If dancers need help with their hair and/or make-up they need to meet at the church building by 8:15 am! Bring all of your own hair & make-up supplies. Come as ready as possible. If you only need help with hair, make sure you already have on all your make-up & vice versa. If any moms are willing to help with hair and/or make-up, please come at 8:15 am. We will practice all routines the first 1 ½ -2 hours and the last 1 – 1 ½ hours will be our Mock Competition. We will also be taking team pictures throughout practice. There will be judges to critique the girls on their performances. We need to be as prepared & professional as we would be at competition. DO NOT BE LATE!

TEAM MAKE-UP: ALL Dancers need to wear DARK eyeshadow (browns/grays), BLACK mascara, BLACK eyeliner (top & bottom), dark RED lipstick, and LOTS of blush! Performance make-up is much heavier/darker than you would usually wear it. ABSOLUTELY NO GLITTER!

HAIR: All dancers need to wear their hair parted on the LEFT side (2-3 inches back) and FRENCH BRAIDED from the “part” to the edge of your forehead right as it starts to curve. Secure the braid with a CLEAR hair elastic. NO BANGS, braid them in! Then (after the french braid is in) MINIS need to slick their hair back into a TIGHT HIGH ponytail with lots of BIG CURLS. Then (after the french braid is in) PETITES & SENIORS need to slick their hair into a TIGHT ponytail in the middle of the back of your head. Then pull the hair into a TIGHT messy bun.

Make sure you do not have any “fly-aways”. Use lots of bobby pins, hair spray, & hair elastics that match your hair color. Practice doing your hair before our Mock Competition and make sure it will stay in place tightly for the entire performance.

The Mock Competition will start between 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM. Parents are welcome to watch the Mock Competition portion of practice ONLY! This is a closed dress rehearsal/gym practice! Parents coming to watch the Mock Competition will NOT be allowed to enter the gym or stage area until 10:45 AM. THIS DRESS REHEARSAL/MOCK COMPETITION IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Only parents of team dancers are allowed to watch the mock competition, no other relatives, friends, etc. Please try not to bring children with you, as it is a distraction to the dancers & we have limited seating.

Upcoming Events:

Listed below are upcoming events. We still have all regular classes unless listed as a change below).

March 3: Seniors Extended Practice 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

March 7: MANDATORY GYM PRACTICE (EDE Team Members): 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm @ Duchesne 1^st & 3^rd Ward Church Gym

March 10: Seniors Extended Practice 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

March 12: MANDATORY MOCK COMPETITION/GYM PRACTICE 9:00 am – Noon @ Duchesne 1^st & 3^rd Ward Church Gym

March 14: MANDATORY GYM PRACTICE (EDE Team Members): 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm @ Duchesne 1^st & 3^rd Ward Church Gym

March 17: Seniors Extended Practice 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

March 17: PARENT MEETING 6:30 pm. (Parents will receive all competition information. Please have at least one parent attend. Dancers must attend also).

March 18: UDC SOLO,DUO, TRIO, & QUAD COMPETITION in Taylorsville

March 19: UDC TEAM COMPETITION in Taylorsville

March 22: TEAM PRACTICE 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm. We will be having pictures taken with the team competition awards. Please wear your team practice clothes & bring your warm-ups to wear for pictures. (Drill Prep will be held 6 – 7 pm this day only).

April: Additional Gym Practices & Team Practices, watch for dates on calendars sent home later this month.

April 29: UDC SOLO,DUO, TRIO, & QUAD COMPETITION in Roy

April 30: UDC TEAM COMPETITION in Roy

May: Team, Class, & Individual Pictures

May: Spring Recital

SHOES & TIGHTS

Attention Dancers & Parents: If you order shoes and/or tights, the payment for these items is due THIS WEEK! Please pay on time to avoid a late fee. Thanks!

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

Attention Dancers, our first competition is less than 3 weeks away! Make sure you are practicing every day and that you have your routines memorized! Practice makes perfect!

We will be having a few gym practices & a mock competition this month. ALL of these practices are mandatory!!! Watch for the dates listed on your calendars.

As always, all team members need to be in team dress code FOR ALL PRACTICES! Wear your green/white tank, black shorts/pants/capris, & hair MUST be pulled back into a ponytail/bun with NO BANGS! It is easier to perfect a team in uniform.

***If you would like a copy of your music please bring in a blank CD & I would be more than happy to put your music on it for you. You can also have a parent come the last 15-20 minutes of class to record your routines so you can practice them at home & have them memorized.***

MANDATORY TEAM PRACTICE

REMINDER: EDE TEAM MEMBERS HAVE MANDATORY TEAM PRACTICE THIS TUESDAY (FEB. 22) FROM 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. TEAM PRACTICE ATTIRE IS REQUIRED!!

*No other classes will be held this Tuesday.

PARENT T-SHIRTS

Parent T-Shirts will be handed out next week to all of those who pre-ordered. If you ordered a "Dance Dad" t-shirt, please specify if you want the small or large print design.

If you did not pre-order and would like a t-shirt, contact Dana ASAP. We have extras but we are running out very quickly. These t-shirts are great for parents, grandparents, friends, everyone! This is not only a great way to show your support for your dancer but for the whole EDE Team!

**T-Shirts are $15.00

REMINDER:

PAYMENTS DUE THIS WEEK:

• Remaining amount for team warm-ups is due this week (by Thursday). Dancers will not receive their warm-ups until paid for in full & all other dues are paid up to date!

• Costume deposits for our Pom/Pre-Cheer Classes are due this week.

*Seniors remember all dues must be paid for in full this week in order to receive your costume, shoes, tights, etc & to be able to perform at the DHS Drill Review on Tuesday (Feb. 22).

COMPETITIONS

EDE TEAM MEMBERS, PARENTS, & FANS MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

LISTED BELOW ARE THE COMPETITIONS OUR TEAM WILL BE ATTENDING THIS YEAR:

MARCH 18 & 19 AT TAYLORSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN TAYLORSVILLE

APRIL 29 & 30 AT ROY HIGH SCHOOL IN ROY

**Team Competitions are held on the Saturday dates listed above. Solo, Duo, Trio, & Quad competitions are held on the Fridays listed above. **

**FOR TEAM COMPETITIONS PLEASE PLAN TO BE THERE THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY**

December Dancer of the Month Winners

EDE Petites/Juniors

Shalae V.

Dancer's Name: Shalae VanTassell

Age: 10

Grade: 5

Birthday: July 12

Favorite thing to do: dance and ride horses

Favorite Color: turquoise

Favorite food: pizza

Favorite pet: cat and horses

Favorite candy bar: milky way

Something unique about you: I am flexible and I have red hair.

Favorite thing about dance or why you love to dance: cause of all the moves and I get new friends.

What are you most excited about for dance this year? Why? Competition to compete against others and be a good sport.

What are your goals for dance this year? to get my splits flat.

November Dancer of the Month Winners

EDE Petites/Juniors

Devry M.

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Pictures from our "Christmas Performance for Parents"

If anyone has photos of this performance that would like to see them posted on our blog and Face book page, please email them to Dana at EliteDanceExtreme@gmail.com. Thanks!

**I apologize that a lot of the photos are blurry or not centered. I was try to take pictures at the same time I was helping the girls up front. **