Although school was canceled, we will still be at the studio tonight for regular classes. We respect what you need to do to keep your family safe when roads are not the best. Please only come if you feel safe traveling. If you’d like to know which class you could come to to make up a missed class, please reach out to Ms. Heather

DANCE FAMILIES!- lots of info! 

1) Dancers are invited to dress up this week for class.  It can be a Halloween costume, but it can be an old dance costume or a part of a costume.  Your dancer must be able to still dance, tumble, or twirl in whatever they wear and it still must have modest coverage.  We won’t be giving out any candy, but if you’d like to send a treat for your dancer to hand out, you are more than welcome to.  Please no nuts as we have a dancer with an airborne peanut allergy. 

2) Little Caesars Pizza kits will be delivered on Tuesday October 28th.  That is THIS WEEK. I need help with sorting the kits by family.  If 4-5 people show up, it takes us about an hour and we really really appreciate it.  No one will be allowed to take anything home until everything is sorted.  I will post on the studio band and HDC app when it’s all ready, but you should be good to come pick up stuff by 1:00.  Please be sure to have everything picked up by 9pm.  We do not have room to store anything or keep it cold. 

2a) Thank you so much for everyone that participated or donated.  We made about $2000!  The funds are being used to purchase ballet costumes for the studio to lend to dancers for the Christmas program.  The remainder is being held for costume angel money and recital props that may be needed.  Here are our top sellers and the size shirt that we estimate they would want for their prize.  If it is different, please message me asap as I’ll be ordering them Monday morning. Congratulations to the Martin family who won a free dance costume.  The video of the wheel spin is on the band app. 

	items sold	shirt
Kylen Steadman	37	lc
Maelynne Slavik	35	sc
Maglolia Seyfred	28	sc
Lilyanna Iir	27	mc
Maddie robbins	21	lc
Reyna Horveth	19	sc
Arla Curtis	18	sc
Kenzley rice	17	sc
Bryndle and RaeLynn Martin FREE COSTUME!	16	mc/sa
Mila Cooper	16	lc
Kendall theis	15	sc
Kensington theis	15	mc
Austin Rodgers	14	mc
Bella Ritter	14	sc
Carley Fedewa	14	mc
Leala Lockwood	13	lc
Grace and Elenor Dainton	11	sc/mc
Jordyn Koslowski	11	ma
Sawyer Feldpauscjh	11	sc
Blaire Brunner	10	sc
Ellie Schreiner	10	mc
Addie/Everly Hatler	10	lc

3) Christmas Program tickets go on sale this Saturday November 1st. at 9am!  Because we are only having 1 show, we need to limit the number of tickets each family can purchase until everyone has had a chance to purchase.  We anticipate selling every seat in the auditorium.  Please do not wait to purchase tickets.  On another note, we will need volunteers to help us in the dressing rooms, backstage, and to line up dancers.  If you are willing to volunteer, don’t buy yourself a ticket and message the studio so we can plan on you helping.  Any volunteer needs to be able to help for the entire show (about 1.5 hours), but will also be allowed to watch their dancer perform from the side of the stage.  We appreciate you.  (Dress rehearsal info at the end of this email)

3a) To purchase tickets, here is the link:  Christmas Program ticketing Link      On Friday October 31 around 6pm,  every family that is participating in the Christmas program, will receive an email from DRT that references the studio name.  It will have a priority code in it that will allow your family to purchase up to 4 tickets per dancer.  If you click on the link before then, you will only be able to purchase merchandise, red rose bouquet with gold glitter, keepsake printed program, or a HDC Christmas Program crewneck sweatshirt.  Please note that I had to enter email addresses in my hand and manually remember who has more than 1 child in the program.  I may have made a mistake, if you think so, kindly email or text me and I will handle it as quickly as I can that morning. 

4) Recital costume payments are due at the end of next week November 6th.  If you need more time to pay, please just communicate with me.  It will take me a couple weeks to get all the orders together and actually placed.  

5) Competition Team opportunity! I’ve made a few changes with the competition team information. #1 when the entry fee due dates are.  Half due Dec 5, other half due Jan 8th.  If you are interested, but have financial difficulties with everything due so close together, please speak to me so we could possibly work something out. 

5a) Hip Hop team Junior ages 6-8.  Super fun and simple, sassy dance routine.   
Attachment: COMP TEAM AGES 6-8.pdf (201.9kB)

5b) Ages 9-18 Hip Hop Team, Lyrical Team, and/or Jazz Team.  Join 1, 2, or all 3!  All super fun routines! Attachment: COMP TEAM AGES 9-UP.pdf (205.9kB)

6) Dance at Disney December 10-13 (Thurs-sun) 2026 opportunity!  Ages 7-22.  We had a quick (1 hour) meeting about this last week.  Here is the link to watch or listen to it.  (Remember that it was not very formal- lol)  Disney meeting link

6a) So much is included, but here is a quick edit of what we said: Register now via the link and pay $200 per person deposit.  The next required payment is June of 2026, but you can and should make payments on your own before then.  The final payment is due august of 2026.  You can make changes yourself via that link. 

The performer and a chaperone is required to purchase a complete package in order to participate. Included in package, Stay at the resort, costume, shoes, tights, park hopper passes, bus to rehearsal and the parade/performances for dancers and Ms Heather, dance choreography and lesson tuition.  What extra will you need?  To get there (fly with the group or drive on your own) and food (no dining plan available for our group). You can also add more days before or after our scheduled days. Here is the booking link- go ahead and click it and check out all the info on there too. WCV Dance the world Booking Link for HDC

7) Euchre Fundraiser Tournament for Disney and Competition Teams!  Everyone is invited to participate in this first tournament at the studio.   Friday November 7th. 6:00-8:00pm. RSVP here so we know you are coming.  Our goal is to have 7 tables or more! $25 per person to join. Prizes. RSVP to the Euchre tournament here. 

8) Dress Rehearsal for the Christmas Program is Thursday November 20th 6:00-8:30ish.  We will go in order of the show.  We will work as quickly as we can to get everyone out the door at a decent hour.  Here is the line up and order of the program.  Please be sure that your dancer’s name is spelled correctly and that they should or should not be in the program. 
Attachment: Christmas Detail 2026.pdf (357.6kB)

8a) No classes for Wednesday Nov 26 or Thursday Nov 27 classes the week of Thanksgiving.  That means that the poor Thursday classes will only have class this week, October 30, Nov 6 and 13, then dress rehearsal at the auditorium the 20th, no class the 26 or 27th then perform at the show on the 30th. No problem though, they will be ready! 

9) If you do not have our app, please get it!  I don’t send push notifications unless it is important information.  Our app and the Band app are the best ways to stay up to date on everything.  Google Play Link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heathersdancecompany.miiTunes Link

https://apps.apple.com/app/heathers-dance-co/id1642078746

All registered Dancers ages 6-18 are invited to join our competition teams! 1st year or 20th year, we would love to have you join us for this fun performance team!

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR COMPETITION TEAMS so we can get everything planned and finalized!

Attached is the information for the teams available. The practice dates and times are not etched in stone, so if you have a conflict please let me know asap. My husband recently asked me if I’d like to go away for a couple days after Christmas so the classes scheduled on the 29th and 30th may change. I welcome your communication on these practices. I am open to pretty much anything before Christmas. Would you prefer to get things done then?

Hip Hop Team Ages 9-18, Hip Hop Team Jr ages 6-8, Lyrical Team ages 9-18, Jazz Team ages 9-18. Costumes for each class are on the wall at the studio! I am so excited about these routines.

To register, please sign into your account and search by competition. Put the class in your cart and register. There is no registration fee for these classes, please sign up Asap so I can start getting a feel for how many we will have on each team. If you are interested in fundraising, there will be plenty of opportunities to raise back some of the money you’ll need to spend. 🙂https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/jr3.0/Openings/OpeningsDirect?OrgID=512919&session=2025-2026&Cat1=Competition/Performance%20Team

Dance families,
Last week we handed out forms in each class that included the costume order form for the Spring Recital. If you are new to us, please know that in order to keep costs down and to get costumes in time, we must order them as early as possible. In order to participate in the spring recital, the dancer must purchase the costume we’ve chosen for each class. There is no need to return a form for sizing as we will measure students in classes during the next few weeks. If you pay for the costume, we will order you one. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: The costume for each class will be added to your account this week. It is Due November 6th. ($85 per costume) EVEN IF YOU ARE ON AUTO PAY, YOUR CARD ON FILE WILL NOT NOT NOT BE CHARGED AUTOMATICALLY. You must log in to make the payment yourself. This policy is in effect so that accounts do not get charged for monies if you are not prepared to have it come out. The best way to pay is with cash, check, Venmo, PayPal, or cash app so the studio does not get charged a fee.
On the back of that form is costume information for each class for the CHRISTMAS program. We’ve discussed with each class what they need to be in the Christmas program. Ballet classes are borrowing costumes from the studio, Teen jazz has special shirts ordered or them, tumbling 1 have special leotards ordered for them from Amazon, everyone else has guidelines on what to wear for the routine. We strive for you to not spend a ton of money on something they won’t wear again. If there is something the studio purchased for your dancer, you will receive a separate email explaining that.
Here is the form for your reference.

Hello Dance Families!

As we are finishing up our first week back to classes, we’d like to tell you how wonderful this week has been!  Here is lots of important information about the next several months. 

1) We are beginning our annual Fund Raising campaign.  Funds from this are used for programs such as Costume Angel, Financial Aid Angel, and for props and such that are needed for the recital.  Each season we purchase costumes that we can use in our Christmas Program each year.  We lend out the costumes, collect and store them for use each year.  It helps keep the costs down for parents this time of year. We sell Little Caesars Pizza Kits from now until October 9th (Orders due Oct 9th).  Join the fundraiser with this Link Join the fundraiser Here. After you set up your account, you can invite friends and family to purchase from you. Remember that you will be responsible to pick up and deliver items to your family.  For family out of the the area, perhaps the meal deal code would be best.   Items purchased online with this link can be tracked to your dancer directly.  You will get a unique code for your family to use.  We will also be handing out paper brochures for you to take orders the old fashioned way.  Take orders, collect the money and drop off at the studio in the front box or hand directly to your teacher by 9pm on October 9th.  Delivery is expected to arrive on Tuesday October 28th.  We ask all students to please sell 10 items if you can.  All dancers that sell 10 items will receive a FREE HDC t-shirt.  Everyone selling 11 or more items will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE recital Costume!    People often ask if they can donate instead of participate in the fund raiser.  The answer is YES.  Just make checks payable to HDC or Heather’s Dance Co. 

2) Performance Opportunities:  T

      A) This season we will be having a Christmas Program at SJHS Auditorium again.  Our Christmas program is a more casual performance opportunity than our Spring recital.  Costumes for Christmas are either borrowed from the studio stock costumes, or we give parents guidelines for what students should wear, with the intention for you to not have to spend a lot of money or can rewear what you purchase.  When we have everything set, we will announce music and costume choices by class.  Example: last year the teen hip hop class needed a Christmas sweater and funky socks, Pre level dancers just needed a Christmas dress.  It will be similar.  The performance this season will be on SUNDAY November 30th at 2:00pm.  Note that this is the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  We will help everyone start their Christmas season with some wonderful blessings. Dress Rehearsal will be Thursday Nov 20 6:00pm.  Tickets for the Performances will on sale Nov 1st at 9:00am.  Because we are only doing 1 show, we need to limit the number of tickets available to purchase at first to 4 per dancer.  After everyone has gotten the chance to purchase tickets, we open sale to purchase additional tickets if their any remaining. More info to come, but get these date on your calendar.  NOTE: NONE OF THE PERFORMANCES ARE REQUIRED. If you can’t participate, kindly let me know so we put your dancer on an end of the line. 

     B) Spring Recital: Just Dance 2025 will be SUNDAY MAY 31 2:00PM SHOW A, AND 6:00PM SHOW B.  Classes Pre, Stage 1 and 2 will be in 1 show or the other, Stage 3 and teen classes will be in both shows.  (if you have dancers that are siblings that are in multiple classes, we strive to have them in the same show- PLEASE look up your dancers classes assigned show when it is announced so we can make adjustments if we can)  Dress Rehearsal is required to participate in the shows and will be Wed May 20 (pre, stage 1 and 2 classes) and Thursday May 21 (stage 3 and teen classes).  

           a) Recital costumes are $85.  In order to participate in the recital, a costume purchase is required.  The costumes chosen for each class will be shown to students and parents during parent watch week October 6-10th.  Costume orders are due Nov 6th. Instructors will measure and size all students in class.  If you pay for a costume, we will get it ordered. It takes us some time to get everything finalized, if you need assistance on size or financial, please reach out at heathersdancestjohns@gmail.com. You can make the costume payment anytime between now and Nov 6th. 

3) Dance shoes and leotards:  Please remember that all female students must wear a leotard every week.  We understand that things happen sometimes and we will not deny your dancer into class, but please have your dancer communicate to her instructor if she forgot her leotard.  Dancers can wear leggings, shorts and t-shirts over leotard but may be ask to be removed if necessary. Breast, belly, and bottom are required to be covered.  Nude colored leotard are NOT leotards for class, they are for under a costume.  Male students should wear shorts or lounge pants, and t-shirt that can be tucked in if asked.  As it gets colder, students can wear a sweatshirt when classes start, but it must be able to be removed when the instructor asks.  Everyone should be able to maintain modesty if we tumble or do tricks including reaching and such.  Tips: Baton= baggy clothes and skirts hinder twirling, stick with form fighting clothing.   All classes: pants that are extra long or flare legged hinder the dancer (tripping hazard) and the instructor (can’t see the ankle), stick with leggings that are tight at the ankle.  No jeans or jean shorts ever please.  Shoes:  If you need to order shoes yet, here is the link to the dance studio’s online store : https://www.shopnimbly.com/heathersdance.    Tuesday Teen Hip Hop:  for now, wear clean tennis shoes to class, we will discuss shoe options in class this week.   Wednesday Stage 3 (preteen) jazz/Pom/Hip Hop, based on our conversation in class this week, the white sparkle shoes are ordered, we will distribute and get sizing situations corrected next week. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT HAIR MUST BE BACK AWAY FROM THE FACE EACH WEEK. We always have extra hair bands in the studio by the benches, help your self and feel free to contribute to it if you can.  Please do not put used hairbands back into the container.  That’s gross.  Just keep the band. 

4) Competition Teams are beginning to form.  If your dancer is 7 and up, she/he is invited to participate in 1 of our competition teams.  Competition at our studio is quite different from other studios.  We do not require a try-out, you can sign up if you are interested.  These classes start in December and go through March.  All music and costuming is age appropriate.  We have fun but work a little harder and perform 3 weekends late Feb-March.  The info is here, you can sign up through the app or parent portal anytime now! competition 2025-2026 info here

5) Dance at Disney 2026!  We will have final pricing and sign up information on this amazing opportunity very soon.  We will be traveling to and performing at Walt Disney World Orlando, FL Dec 10-13, 2026!  Why are we advertising for this so early?  Because we offer the opportunity to make payments and fund raise for this wonderful dance and vacation opportunity for a full year before we go.  This is available to dancers that will be 7 by Dec 10, 2026 up to age 22!  Disney sends me parade choreography that I teach the students starting next August.  Dancers ages 7-9 perform their parade in Disney springs (nice shorter route), dancers ages 10 and up perform their parade in Magic Kingdom!  Both parades include hundreds of other dancers from around the world.  It’s an amazing site!  We also perform on Disney spring stage another routine that we choreograph and teach only our students.  If you’d like to stay up to date on all fund raiser opportunities and get first look at pricing when we have it, please join our Band.   Miss Heather invited you to the ‘Dance at Disney 2026’ Band. Accept the invite and join the group! 

6) Coming soon: Date TBA: Euchre tournament fundraiser and Nov 6th Parent Night Out Fundraiser 6:00-9:00pm (more info coming) 

7) If you have any questions, feel free to email us.  Welcome and have a great season! 

Ms Heather and the HDC Staff and Assistants

We’ve recently added a second Tumbling/Jazz funk 1 for 5-6 year olds on Thursdays from 6:30-7:15pm

We’ve recently added (2) 10 week session classes on Friday nights with Miss Izzy. Musical theater Jr from 5:00-6:00pm or Variety Dance from 6:00-7:00pm both classes are for ages 5-10. Classes are $150 total ($50 per month Sept-Nov) Multi Class discounts apply. If your dancer took both classes it would be $10 per month discount so $90 per month Sept-Nov or $270 total.

We’ve recently added a Tap and Jazz/Pom class for older beginners ages 9-18 on Mondays from 4:30-5:15pm

Here is the current schedule as of 8/28/2025

2025-26- updated 8/28/25

Mondays

4:30-5:15 older beg jazz/hh/tap 10

5:15-6:00 Tap/Ballet 2 4

6:00-6:45 Jazz/Hh 2 2

6:45-7:30 Tumbling 2 5

7:30-8:15 Tumbling 3 1

8:15-9:15 adult variety (sept-nov)

                      Comp team (dec-mar)

Tuesdays

3:30-4:15 Pointe 

4:15-5:00 Pre Combo 

5:00-5:30 Baton

5:30-6:15 Musical theater 

6:15-7:00 Teen Tap 

7:00-7:45 Teen Jazz/pom 

7:45- 8:30 Teen ballet/lyrical 

8:30-9:15 Teen hip hop 

Wednesdays 

4:30-5:15 Combo 1-2 

5:15-5:45 Pre Dance – Scarlett 

5:45-6:30 Pre Combo – Scarlett 

6:30-7:15 ballet/lyrical 3 

7:15-8:15 jazz/hh/pom 3 

8:15-9:00 tap 3 

Thursdays 

3:45-4:15 pre tumbling 

4:15-5:00 Tumbling 2-3-4 -AV 

5:00-5:45 Tumbling/HH Jazz 1 AV

5:45-6:30 Ballet/Tap 1 

6:30-7:15 tumbling/Jazz funk 1 late 

7:15-8:15 adv Tumbling 

Adult Drop In Ballet. Monday June 16 8:00-9:00pm, Tuesday June 24 7:00-8:00pm, Tuesday July 8 7:00-8:00pm $15 drop in fee

Adult Drop In Hip Hop Thursday July 17 (Word Up with Miss Heather) Thursday July 24 (1, 2 Step with Miss Jessica) and Thursday July 31 (1, 2 step continued with Miss Jessica) $15 per class drop ion fee

Ballet Technique Camps: Wed, Thurs, Fri June 25, 26, 27 5:00-6:30 with Miss Hannah,

Mon, Tues, Wed Aug 18, 19, 20 6:00-7:00 with Miss Olivia

All Day Camps: Middle School age 9-14 Tues July 29 9:00am-4:00pm. All styles of dance, plus crocheting and other crafts, and bible study.

All Day Dance and Craft July 22, 23, 24 (Wed, Thursday, Fri) AND/OR August 12, 13, 14 Ages 5-13 9:00am – 4:00pm All styles of dance, lots of crafts, walks. Bring lunches and we will walk to the depot park to eat together. $200

Tap/Ballet/Jazz/HH Camp Ages 5-6 Wed Aug 13 6:00-7:00, Ages 7-9 Wed Aug 13 7:00-8:00 (one day only) $20 per student

Please Pre register so we can plan. Each camp has a minimum number in order for the camp to run. https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/jr3.0/Openings/OpeningsDirect?OrgID=512919

Reminder about make up classes FRIDAY MAY 9.
I will order cheese pizza and cheese bread to have around 7:00.

So times will overlap and as soon as everyone gets there, just come into the studio. Classes will all watch each other. I may decide to not have them keep changing shoes if they can’t rotate fast enough. 😊

Order of practice is:
WWJD
Jesus jump
Be our guest
Jazz hands

We will go through a few times.
At 6:30, I’ll get the mats out but we will still rotate the others but they will do their routines on the mats.

Up + Up
Gods word
Jesus jump
Magic happens
Be our guest
Jazz hands

At 7 pizza but still doing dances – first classes are dismissed

Then
Anchor
Gods word
Up+Up
Holupwait
Magic happens
Charleston
Boogie woogie
Set free

At 7:30 all tumblers dismissed

Last half hour until 8
Anchor
Holupwait
Charleston
Boogie woogue
Set free

Monday dress rehearsal May 5
5:45 dad daughter dance
6:00 call time
Monday tap 2 WWJD
Tues pre combo Growing up a princess
Wed pre combo Growing up a princess
Mon Ballet 2 Be our Guest
Wed Pre Dance puppy love
6:30 call time
Mon Musical theater jr Jazz Hands
Thurs Tap 1 Show Jesus
Tues Pre Combo Alphabet Boogie
Wed Pre Combo Wheels on the Bus
Thurs Ballet 1 Once Upon a Time
Mon Jazz/HH Jesus Jump
7:00 call time
Thurs tumb 1 Splish Splash
Mon tumb 2 Gods Love
Thurs Tumb 2-3 No Survivors
Wed Combo 1-2 Jack n Jill
Adult Tap Sing
Wed Combo 1-2 I’m so Blessed

Tuesday in this order: May 6
Tuesday dress rehearsal
6:00 call time
Tue musical theater Newsies
Comp duet I’ve got the music
Senior Shelby Good ol’ days
Senior Riley Black Friday
Senior Emmy/Maddie Can’t catch me
Mon Tumb 3 Up + Up
Mon Adv Tumb Magic happens
6:30 call time
Wed PT tap Charleston
Tue Teen tap Waterloo
Wed Baton Bugle boy
Tue teen jazz Raspberry beret
Wed PT Pom Set Free
7:00 call time
Tue teen Pom When Doves Cry
Wed PT hip hop Holupwait
Tue teen Hip hop Shweet
Tue ten lyrical Dandelion
Wed PT lyrical Anchor
Thurs pointe Sunny
Senior Olivia No Excuses
Senior Courtney Dance the night
Senior Maddie Safe and Sound
Senior Izzy/Riley Voulex-Vous