Seasons Greetings from CCBB!!!

© Laura Hockley Photography

Another busy week uploading all of the gorgeous photos from our Open Day onto our website here and we are probably halfway there!!
We will continue to put up as many photos as possible over the next few days.
Photos can be ordered from our photographer, Laura at
Laura Hockley Photography
please email or message us for the password
DVD's will be posted out to you in the new year.
Special thanks to Julie and Sharon for your help on Open Day and to our "understudy" Nutcracker Dads this term- Luke, Joe, Jason and Luke :)
Thank you Parents for such positive feedback on Open Day and to Belinda, Nicola, Raquel, Nicole and Sarah for your wonderful comments and feedback on our facebook page this week - they are greatly appreciated :)
and to our Ballerinas - Ashley, Keira and Amelie, Ella, Jade, Olivia and Sophie, Isla and Linsey and Jessica for our lovely cards, pressies and flowers xxxxx we love them!!

Exciting news for 2012!

INTRODUCING:
jELLYBEANz JaZZ - commencing Term 1 - 2012
Age: 4 -6 years

Click here to read more....

Reminder: If you have not returned your 2012 enrolment form please let us know your preferred class for next year.
You can view the 2012 Timetable here

We would also like to welcome new Ballerinas for 2012 - Summer, Sienna and Layla who have already enrolled with CCBB for 2012.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate CCBB's Open Day Award Winners:
Bubbies, Mummies and Daddy Ballerinas/Dancer with Natalie, Katia, Piper, Eva, Linsey, Lily and Jade.
2/3 years Baby Ballerinas - Commended - Amelie, Olivia, Sophie, Brianna, Holly (+12mths trophy) and Leah
Highly Commended - Zoe and Jade P
Runner Up -Ella (+12mths trophy) and Student of the Term - Gabbie
4/5 years Baby Ballerinas - Commended - Erika, Ava (+ encouragement award + 12mths trophy), Jazmine (+12mths trophy), Matilda (+12mths trophy), Keira, Niamh (+ most improved student), Paige (+2yrs trophy) and Isabelle B
Highly Commended - Jessica (+12mths trophy) and Mackenzie (+12mths trophy)
Runner Up - Róisín and Student of the Term - Ashley (+12mths trophy)
6 years Kinder Ballerinas - Runners Up - Charlotte (+12mths trophy and Isla and Student of the Term - Chloe
Grade Award - Lara
Miss Karen, the Adjudicator, was extremely impressed with everyone's performances!!
CCBB Ballerinas have been receiving glowing reports from all of the Parents and Guest Dancers from Central School of Dance all week and we will be sure to post them here for all to read.

We are off to see Angelina Ballerina tomorrow so we will make sure that we tell Angelina all about our really, really enthusiastic, talented, and oh so clever Ballerinas at Central Coast Baby Ballet!!

So on that note we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and New Year!
Happy Holidays!!!!
Love and Best Wishes
Miss Kim, Miss Charlotte, Mrs Barker and Miss Kelly xxxx

"The Nutcracker" - 2011

What a great finale to CCBB's year with all our Ballerinas and Guest Dancers from Central School of Dance on Stage.

Thank you for showing us the magic of dance!!!!!

Click here to view more photos on our website.

Congratulations to the 6 Winners of our Baby Ballet Christmas Gift Vouchers!!!! 
I will email your voucher out to you this week :) 
Stay tuned to our facebook PAGE here  for our New Year Giveaway when you will have the chance to win one of our Nutcracker Artworks 

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” Cesare Pavese

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
'tis the season when girls of all ages dream of being the Sugar Plum Fairy ... oh just once !

Looking forward to seeing all our happy smiling ballerinas tomorrow!!!!
We know you will enjoy every moment.
Sweet dreams and we will see you tomorrow morning.

We will be posting photos from Open Day on our website next week.

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to:

Baby Ballerinas -  Mackenzie (Toukley) Ella, Jade, Sophie, Olivia, Paige, Keira, Amelie, Ashley and Brianna (Kanwal) and - Róisín (Abermain) - 100% attendance this Term and to Isabelle M - Winner of the Stencil Prize Draw at Kanwal and Isabelle B- Winner of the Stencil Prize Draw at Abermain
 

Open Day 

Saturday December 17 

at Kanwal Youth and Community Center
Please check arrival times for your Ballerina(s) here
Don't forget costume, ballet shoes, tights and tutu briefs - hair in a bun.

Reminder:
Please switch mobiles off during performance.
Please ensure siblings are supervised and sit quietly during the performance
Please no photos or videos during performances.

Please note:
Admission: $2.00 (per adult)
Program: $1.00
Lucky Door Tickets: $1.00
Mummies Mystery Prize Tickets: $1.00

Thank you to Julie and John Anderson for their kind donation for the Mummies Mystery Prize

Week 10 - Our last week of term!!!

Shabby Blogs.com

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Congratulations to:

Bubby Ballerinas - Linsey and Lily for 100% attendance this Term and to Lily  - Winner of the Stencil Prize Draw at Toukley

Baby Ballerinas - Matida 100% attendance this Term and to Ava - Winner of the Stencil Prize Draw at Toukley

Kinder Grade Ballerinas - Charlotte, Isla, Chloe and Lara -  100% attendance this Term and to Isla - Winner of the Stencil Prize Draw at Toukley

Happy Birthday Wishes this week to Erika (who turned 4 yesterday), to Isabelle B (who turned 5 yesterday) and to Isla (who will turn 6 tomorrow)

We know that next Saturday will be a fun day with lots of beautful smiling, dancing Ballerinas and that Central Coast Baby Ballerinas are Winners every day of the year!!!!!

We have a busy week ahead -  

• handing out stencil and 100% attendance awards at Kanwal and Abermain
• helping Santa bring all the presents from the North Pole to Kanwal Youth and Community Centre
• finishing the props, for the stage
• making sure that we have all of the certificates, trophies and SOT prizes ready for Open Day.

Central Coast Baby Ballet

Term 4 Open Day “The Nutcracker”

Saturday 17^th December 2011

at

Kanwal Youth and Community Centre

Wallarah Road Kanwal

Next door to Wyong Leages Club – drive through the carpark and the hall is at the top of Breen Oval- NEXT to the Leages Club

Arrival and Run Through Times:

8:20am - Central School of Dance - 8:30am (run through on stage)

8:45am - Kinder Ballet and Lara 8:40am (Nutcrackers run through with Kinder Ballet – Chinese Dance and Waltz of the Flowers – Lara run through Clara’s Dance))

8:55am - Baby Ballet 9am (Nutcrackers meet the 22 Baby Ballerina Sugar Plum Fairies)

9:15am Arrival of Bubby + Mummy Ballerinas

9:20am – 9:30am Arrival of Parents Guests and Visitors –

Programs will be available at the door

9:30am Welcome by Lara/Clara

11:30am Presentation of certificates, trophies and Student of the Term Awards – Draw - Lucky Door Prizes

11:45 – 12:00 Arrival of Santa

ps don't forget your 2012 Enrolment forms this week and Open Day DVD money can still be paid online.

Congratulations Baby Ballerinas and Co and Central School of Dance!!

Miss Karen with Baby Ballerinas

Huge congratulations Karen and staff, ballerinas, parents and helpers....at Seasons of Dance last Sunday!!! Fabulosa!!! When are you going on tour??? .... too many highlights to mention!!! the character dances....superb..more please... next year..... the choreography in all areas was faultless!!!! from the babies to the boys... the classical wood nymphs and the swans...the contemporary...with up.... and all the wonderful jazz and tap as well ...big pats on the backs teachers!!!! We are very much looking forward to welcoming your Guest Dancers from Central School of Dance to our Open Day at Kanwal next Saturday week - December 17 xxxx Kim and Charlotte ♥ ♥
PS Good luck with your ABC radio interview at 10am tomorrow morning :) :) xxxx

More photos of Sugar Plum Fairies

Jessica and Isabelle

Jessica

Miss Charlotte took these lovely photos of Jessica and Isabelle at Kanwal yesterday.
All individual photos are for the end of year certificates presented at Open Day 2011.

Seasons Greetings from Sansha

A big thank you to Sansha in Melbourne for providing such wonderful service all year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
Sansha Australia   supplier of dance wear, ballet pointe and flat shoes, jazz and tap shoes, wedding shoes, leotards, tights, knitwear, leisure and yoga wear

Week 9 - "There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them."

Pockets of Happiness: Creating Meaningful Moments In Your Life.

Quote ~Vicki Baum
This week will be the last week to hand in your Ballerina's stencils. We will be drawing and giving out the stencil prizes and 100% attendance prizes at the end of each class next week instead of  Open Day (to save time on Open Day)
Reminder: Please return your 2012 Enrolment forms this week as we are still finalising our Timetable for 2012.
Thanks to those Parents who have already returned their 2012 enrolment forms early.

Snowflake Fairies and Sugar Plum Fairy at Toukley - Photo Shoot # 2

Lily - click on images to zoom

Katia

Piper

Great Photos at Toukley today!!!

Fantastic classes today Bubby + Mummy, Baby, Kinder & Grade Ballerinas and those arabesques are looking sensational.
Keep practising and don't forget those smiles and tippy toes too!!!

Nutcracker History

Chinese Dance - The Nutcracker - Isla, Chloe and Charlotte

A great love of nutcrackers emerged from The Nutcracker Suite, the fairy tale ballet that inspired families around the world.  The beloved ballet brings soldier nutcrackers to life and makes them heroes of the day.
German legend has it that nutcrackers were given as keepsakes to bring good luck. They represented power and strength and would serve a family faithfully to protect them from thieves and danger. 
The All-American Folk Art Nutcracker

Seasons of Dance

Looking forward to seeing Baby Ballerinas and Co and Central School of Dance dance at the Civic Theatre in Newcastle on Sunday!

Over 1,500 tickets have sold (wow!) and some of the best tickets have just been released to go on sale today.

Wishing you a fabulous time Karen, Director (and special Judge for our Open Day), Staff, Students and Parents!!

Performances: Sunday 4th December 10am & 3pm
Running time: 2.5hrs
Tickets*Adult $39.50
Junior (2-16) $26
* Fees & charges may apply
General Public on sale 5th November 0900

Thank you Belinda!!

Charlotte

detail

for making Charlotte's T-shirt so special!
Charlotte loves it and the details are wonderful.
 Belinda dances with her daughter Lily every Saturday morning at our Bubby Ballet Class and she very kindly offered to put a Nutcracker on a T-shirt for Charlotte after we saw Lily wearing her Nutcracker T-shirt to class!

 

 Belinda has just started up her little business:

Four Bubbles Handmade Kids Clothes 

and their Facebook link is http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Four-Bubbles-Handmade-Kids-Clothes/322157191134962   so please pop over and like her page.
 Four Bubbles Handmade Kids Clothes are making dresses and animal appliques shirts for their next collection and they will be at 

Mumz Share

The Love

Boutique Market

at Mingara Club on the 18th December 2011.

Sugar Plum Fairies at Kanwal - Photo Shoot # 2

Keira - click on the photos to zoom

Amelie

Paige

Isabelle

Holly

Brianna

Ashley

Friends -  Ashley and Isabelle

Sisters - Amelie and Keira

Sisters - Amelie and Keira

Sisters - Amelie and Keira

Sisters - Olivia, Sophie and Jade

Sisters - Olivia, Sophie and Jade

Sisters - Olivia, Sophie and Jade

Sugar Plum Fairies - Kanwal - absent Jessica and Piper

Sugar Plum Fairies - Kanwal - absent Jessica and Piper

Sugar Plum Fairies - Kanwal - absent Jessica and Piper

Ready for an "on stage" practice!

Miss Charlotte behind the scenes!!

Great Photo Shoot #2 at Kanwal today!!!!
Terrific photos everyone and a great first practice "on stage" too!!!
Photographs © 2011 Kim Barker - Central Coast Baby Ballet

Christmas Competition!

Win one of six Baby Ballet Christmas Gift Vouchers each valued at $15!!!
Like our facebook page here, share this post on your wall and you will automatically go in the draw!!!
Giveaway closes at 12pm on the 15th December 2011.
Winners will be notified on our facebook wall here on the 19th December 2011 ♥
Thank you to our Parents who have already liked our page ♥ you have all been entered in the draw.

Nutcracker Props for Open day

Nutcrackers

The Nutcracker props are almost finished!! Some sequins and glitter and they will be ready to put up on Open Day at Kanwal Youth and Community Centre.

Kanwal Baby Ballet class tomorrow will be practising "on stage" at Kanwal and don't forget full costume and hair for photo shoot #2. Isabelle, Paige, Ella, Holly, Piper, Keira, (individual) and  Amelie (together), Jade, Sophie and Olivia (together) + group shot of all Ballerinas.

ps: Open Day DVD payments to be finalised this week please.

Newsletter #10 - November 2011

will be handed out in class this week...
click here to read online

Week 8 - 28 Days until Christmas

and only 19 days until Santa vists all our Ballerinas at CCBB's Open Day on the 17th December at Kanwal Youth and Community Centre.
We spoke to Santa yesterday (on our special Santa Phone) and he was really happy to hear that all of the Ballerinas are dancing beautifully.
The Sugar Plum Fairy very kindly sent us this info from Australia Post too!!!

Santa Mail Remember to write your letter to Santa this Christmas. Last year, Santa received over 120,000 letters from children all over Australia with requests for toys, pets and world peace. Australia Post will once again work with Santa's elves to ensure children who write a letter to Santa at his special address receive a reply. Make sure you send your letter to Santa before 17 December, to ensure you receive a reply before Christmas. Remember to write the address clearly, place a 60c stamp on the envelope and don't forget to include your return address on the back of the envelope, so Santa knows where to send a reply. Santa's special address is: Santa NORTH POLE 9999 An Australia Post postie meets Santa at a secret location to hand over children's letters. Every child who lives in Australia who writes to Santa will receive a special reply. Children are encouraged to get their letters in early to avoid the Christmas rush. See Santa's Mail from You Tube [wmv 14,605kb] Here is an example of how to address your envelope: Front of envelope Back of envelope

Click here for a selection of fun letterheads to use when writing your letter to Santa.

ps:We will be handing out special CCBB letterhead/stencils in class this week too!!

Snowflakes, Sugar Plum Fairies, Flowers, Chinese Dance and Clara at Toukley

Bubby Ballet Snowflakes - Linsey, Natalie, Eva and Natalie -
missing from group photo Lily and Jade - absent Katia - click on photos to zoom

Eva

Lily

Linsey

Natalie

Jade

Natalie

Baby Ballet Sugar Plum Fairies -L to R -
Zoe, Ava, Ashley, Gabbie, Jazmine, Mackenzie, Leah, Erika and Matilda

Zoe

Ava

Ashley

Gabbie

Jazmine

Mackenzie

Leah

Erika

Matilda

Sugar Plum Fairy Sisters - Ava and Zoe

Kinder Ballet - Waltz of the Flowers - L to R Isla, Choe and Charlotte

Isla

Chloe

Charlotte

Kinder Ballet - Chinese Dance - Isla, Chloe and Charlotte

Kinder Ballet - Chinese Dance - Isla, Chloe and Charlotte

Isla

Chloe

Charlotte

Lara/Clara Grade Ballet

Isla, Chloe, Lara and Charlotte

Isla, Chloe, Lara and Charlotte

Isla, Chloe, Lara and Charlotte

Great Photo Shoot at Toukley Today!!!!
Wonderful photos everyone!!
Mums and Dads please feel free to copy and save photos from our blog and we would love for you to post as your facebook profile photo :) ♥ ♥ and mention our new facebook page here http://www.facebook.com/ccbb11?sk=app_129982580378550
Photographs © 2011 Kim Barker - Central Coast Baby Ballet

Important Notice 
Change of Venue for Open Day - 17th December 2011

Dear Parents
After speaking with the hall hire organiser regarding the cupboards and items on the stage at Toukley Neighbourhood Centre we have changed the location of our Open Day to

Kanwal Youth and Community Centre.
Wallarah Road Kanwal (next door to Wyong Leagues Club).
The stage is more suited (height) for young children, there will be plenty of seating with wheelchair access and ample parking as well.
The date, times and program will be the same.