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February Birthday

Grade 1 Ballerina, Holly

Grade 1 Ballerina, Holly will be celebrating her 6th Birthday this Thursday on the 6th February :)

Happy Birthday and have a lovely day Holly :)

October Birthdays

October Birthdays

Grade 3 Ballerina Talia

 Happy 8th Birthday TODAY to Grade 3 Ballerina Talia !

Have a terrific day Talia :)

 

Bubby Ballerina Chelsea

Happy 3rd Birthday to Chelsea for the 13th October!

Have a wonderful day Chelsea :)

 

Grade 1 Ballerina Matilda

Happy 6th Birthday to Matilda for the 15th October!

Have a marvellous birthday Matilda :)

Happy Birthday

Grade Ballerina - Paige

Happy Birthday to Grade Ballerina, Paige, who is 6 today :)

Have a perfect day Paige :)

Week 3

Grade Ballerinas looking beautiful at the hair and makeup workshop and CCBB Parents and Stan putting their final stamp on the new extended dance floor :)

A VERY VERY BIG THANK YOU to Julie and John, Belinda and Andy, Sharelle and Jason, and  Stan for a tremendous effort extending our dance floor on Saturday afternoon! It looks amazing! We simply cannot thank you enough for your time. We are very lucky to have such wonderful families at CCBB.

Great work Grade mums on an excellent hair and makeup workshop! Thank you Belinda and Karyn for babysitting the littlies and doing mini makeovers!
A very big thank you to Beryl Barker for a preview of the first stunning tutu for our Grade Ballerinas who are competing in Sydney Eisteddfod this year!!

Remaining Mickey Mouse costumes for Bubby Ballet, Baby Ballet and Kinder Ballet will be handed out this week. 

 

Welcome to Taylah who enrolled in our Wednesday Baby Ballet Class last week :)

Central Coast Baby Ballet Project

Baby Ballerina - Isla on location

Another fantastic photo shoot with Isla  :)

Congratulations to CCBB Bubby Ballerina, Chelsea!!!

BLOCH DANCE AUSTRALIA FAN OF THE MONTH APRIL RUNNERS UP - guest judge Jordan Matter Photography  selected 4 runners up due to the high standard of entries. Click on the pic to read the judge's comments.

Runner up - CCBB Bubby Ballerina - Chelsea

FAN OF THE MONTH MAY is all about your love affair with the Bloch piece you can't live without. So get creative and send Bloch Dance Australia a pic featuring you and your most loved Bloch item. Click to Enter http://bit.ly/18bWfvx

Week 11

Baby Ballerina - Jade on location

Another fun photo shoot on Saturday with Jade and a few more photo shoots this week.

Classes finish for Term 1 on Saturday 13th April and resume on Saturday 27th April 2013.
We will be sending out invoices for Term 2 by email this week.
Open Day Minnie Costume(s) including postage costs have been added to Term 2 invoices.
Several Parents have already taken advantage of our Early Bird Discount and don't forget to allow 3 days if you are making your payment online.

Sydney Eisteddfod practice for Grade Ballerinas will be on Wednesday 17th April at Doyalson 10am to 12pm (Grade 2) and 12.30 to 3pm (Grades 1 and 2)

Welcome to new Baby Ballerina, Bonnie who enrolled recently :)

We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday!!!

xx Kim and Charlotte

Happy Valentine's Day

Grade 1 Ballerina - Paige on location

Central Coast Baby Ballet Project - Ballerina # 1

One more sleep!!!

Grade 1 and 2 Fairies

Until our concert!!!
Looking forward to a wonderful day with lots of beautiful dancing so.....

Keep calm, smile, and dance from your heart 

Love from Miss Kim and Miss Charlotte xxxx

CCBB Trophies have arrived!

CCBB Trophies - Semester 2 - 2013

Semester 2 Trophies 

The following students will be receiving Trophies at the Concert:

One Year Trophy (attendance for a minimum of 12 months) 
Katia Sansom, Charlotte Gould,  Linsey Anderson, Bella Whyte, Layla Ben-Romdhane, Olivia McCulloch, Talia McCulloch
Two Years Trophy (attendance for a minimum of 2 years)
Jazmine Gould, Ella Jakes, Ava Henderson, Matilda Maybury, Holly Hoekman, Charlotte Maybury
Three Years Trophy (attendance for a minimum of 3 years)
Paige Jackson 

Thank you to Purnell Trophies for your prompt, professional services again this year :)

Week 7

We have another busy week at CCBB  with only 3 weeks until the dress rehearsal on Saturday December 8 at Toukley Neighbourhood Centre!
There will be an extra practice and final tutu fittings for our Grade Dancers on Friday November 23rd - 10am to 3pm - at Central School of Dance, Lake Macquarie.

Welcome
We are very happy to welcome three special guest dancers from CSOD - Julia Howard, Madeline Denholm and Amelia Denholm who will be performing at our Concert.

Dress Rehearsal
Timetable for dress rehearsal and photos will be emailed to parents in week 9.
Last day for orders for tights and shoes is this Thursday 22nd November (order will be emailed on Friday)

All Raffle tickets and money must be returned asap. All parents were given 1 x raffle ticket book at the beginning of term - please return any unsold tickets.
Concert DVD payments are due now. Preferred payment option - Electronic Funds Transfer EFT or Direct Deposit

Sausage sizzle
Does any anyone have a portable barbeque that we could borrow on concert day for the sausage sizzle?

Concert news
Because most of the concert items are longer than originally choreographed we will not be having a compere.
Limited edition concert souvenir programs will be on sale at the dress rehearsal and concert - price $6.

Week 6

Grade 1 Ballerina - Paige

What a fabulous week last week with lots of Ballerinas bringing their friends along to our Angelina Ballerina and Friends Classes and Tea Parties. Miss Charlotte's special tea cups and saucers were certainly a big hit!!! Thank you everyone for your participation :) CCBB welcomed 10 friends to our classes at Kanwal and Toukley. Great work!!!  

Don't forget to join our facebook photo page to see all of the photos - nearly 1,000 photos!!

nb this is a private page for enrolled students only.

We have also updated our Handbook with some of the photos too!! 

You can view the handbook via our private facebook group here.

            and the FUN continues this week with 

our Term 3 DISCO!!!!

 Central Coast Baby Ballet

Fundraising Committee Family Disco

Retro Glam!

Friday, 24^th August 2012

5:30pm – 7:30pm

at: Kanwal Youth & Community Centre

$5 entry includes light snack and drinks

Lots of music and fun games. Dress up in Retro Glam (leg warmers, pearls, bright colours, scrunchies, high pony tails) and bring a friend for so much fun!

Happy Holidays!!

Term 2 Combined Open Day at Toukley
30th June 2012

"ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD 

WITH DORA THE EXPLORER"

Click here to view Photos

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Grade 1 Ballerina Charlotte who is 7 today!!!

Have a wonderful day Charlotte  :) :)

Week 7

Dora Ballet Costume for Open Day

Dora Costumes

Dora Costumes are ready to collect. Don't forget to pay online or bring your money in an envelope.
(Please do not wear Dora Costumes to classes. Please keep your Dora Costume in a safe place until Open Day)

Welcome to new Baby Ballerina, Beth (Happy 3rd Birthday for Sunday too) 

Welcome to JB Jazz  - Callum and Laylah!!!

We would also like to welcome new Grade 1 Ballerina, Tahlia who enrolled at CCBB last week  :)

Classes at Kanwal and Mums' Dance class will be extended 15 minutes every week until Open Day.

We will also be passing around the Proposed Term 3 Timetable this week so please write your preference(s) on the attached sheets.

 

Newsletter will be going out early next week!!

Week 4

Kinder Ballerina, Keira at Music for Tutus :)

Fantastic classes last week everyone!!!

All our our little Dancers are really enjoying their travels around the world with Dora :)
Check out our Mums' Dance Class Video - Ballet to Bollywood and Saturday's  jELLYBEANz JaZZ Video

Week 5 Giveaway!! 

Share this photo again on your profile and Like our Page to be in the draw to win 1 of 4 DORA THE EXPLORER COSTUMES!!! :) PLEASE USE THE 'PUBLIC' SETTING WHEN SHARING OTHERWISE WE WONT KNOW! Last week's Winner was Melissa Perrin and Brianna!

Next Week is Dora and Friends Week!!

Dora Cupcakes for everyone and 4 Dora Posters to give away  :)  Bring along a friend next week (for free).

Dora invites going out this week.

CCBB Fundraising Committee

We now have 9 Mums on our Fundraising Committee!! That's fabulous!!!
Don't forget to start bringing in your donations for the Christmas in July Raffle:)

Grade 1 Meeting

There will be a meeting for Grade 1 Parents to discuss options for Term 3 re exams and syllabus (2012 – 2013)

on Saturday 19^th May 2012 

AT 11.15am to 12.00

at Toukley Neighbourhood Centre

Week 2

Such a busy week last week with CCBB Ballerinas and Little Dancers happily dancing around the world with Dora!
The Mums' Dance Class was lots of fun and we are hoping to seeing a Mums' Dance Demo in the near future.
Lovely to see the Grade 1's dancing the new RAD Grade 1 too!!

Competitions
Winner of the Fantastic CCBB Dance Bag - Congratulations to Michelle McClelland :)
and Winner of the first Dora Costume - Congratulations to Kylie French :)
Keep sharing the Dora photo for more chances to win a Dora Costume :)
Next draw will be in 2 weeks!!!

Our facebook fan of the week last week was... Joanna Henderson!
Congratulations Joanna!
To get picked as our next fan of the week and win a $10 CCBB Gift Voucher , post on our wall or comment / like other posts and we might just pick you.
Central Coast Baby Ballet Fan of the Week

Fundraising Committee Meeting
WHEN: Saturday 5th May
TIME: 11:15am to 12:00
AT: Toukley Neighbourhood Centre

Dora Costumes
Last week to fit your Bubby, Baby, Kinder Ballerina for the Dora Costume. Orders will be placed at the end of this week.

The Australian Ballet School

Step Up to the Barre

Baby Ballet - Toukley - Term 1 - 2012

Step Up to the Barre is for any child between the ages of 4 and 6 years who is interested in discovering the joy of dance, with lessons in creative ballet and folkloric. All lessons are conducted at The Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre in Melbourne in a positive learning environment which enables individuals to develop coordination, self esteem and social skills, and gives them the security and confidence to explore the world through movement, music, learning and creativity.

In 2012, Step Up to the Barre will consist of a two day workshop for children aged 4 - 6 years. Step Up to the Barre is offered bi-annually, with different themes applied to each workshop. There will be a creative component, a ballet component, and a drama component.

Venue
The Australian Ballet School

Dates
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September

Cost
$180 (two day workshop)
Enrol in one or both workshops!

Accommodation:
Melbourne Family Getaway

To avoid disappointment, early application is advised.

Click here for application details.