July Birthdays

Kinder Ballerina, Evie

 Happy 5th Birthday to Kinder Ballerina Evie.

Have an enchanting day today Evie :)

Baby Ballerina, Makenzie

Happy Birthday to Baby Ballerina, 

Makenzie, who turns 4 tomorrow on the 2nd July.

Have a marvellous day Makenzie :)

Bubby Ballerina, Natalie

Happy Birthday to Bubby Ballerina, 

Natalie, who turns 3 on the 15th July.

Have a lovely day Natalie :)

Kinder Ballerina, Isla

    Happy Birthday to Kinder Ballerina, 

Isla, who turns 5 on the 27th July.

Have a terrific day Isla :)

Kinder Ballerina, Madeleine

 Happy Birthday to Kinder Ballerina, 

Madeleine, who turns 5 on the 27th July too!

Have a magical day Madeleine :)

August/September Newsletter

 

Hi Parents and Carers

Newsletter has been emailed out today. Please read all of the information regarding the end of year concert and costumes :)

Newsletter and Costume information is also on our private facebook group page here :)

 xxx Miss Kim & Miss Charlotte

Happy Birthday

Grade 2 Ballerina - Charlotte

Happy Birthday to Grade 2 Ballerina, Charlotte, who is 8 years old today :)

Have a wonderful day Charlotte :)

Week 9

Dancing around the World with Mickey Mouse Open Day Sold out!!!

Only 3 days until our Open Day!!!!

Good luck to all our little Ballerinas :) We are looking forward to seeing you dance your best and we know Mickey and Minnie are very excited about meeting you all!!!

Grade 2 Ballerinas - Talia, Charlotte, Chloe, Isla and Paige looking stunning in their tutus created by Beryl Barker

Good luck to our 5 Grade 2 Ballerinas who are competing in Sydney Eisteddfod next Monday and in Ryde Eisteddfod on the 13th July - Paige, Chloe, Isla, Charlotte and Talia :) Your performances on Sunday at the Hunter School of Performing Arts were outstanding and we are very proud of your achievements this semester :) All the hard work and hours have been worth it :)

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday and we are looking forward to seeing you all next term for Coppelia and the Dolls :)

Week 7

Wonderful news - Almost all of the concert tickets have sold!

 Don't forget Baby Ballerinas will be sitting either on the floor on their mats in the front, or on parents knees. 

Bubby Ballerinas - Please wear Minnie Mouse caps to ballet this week to practise for Open Day.

Reminder: Full Dress Rehearsal for all classes in Week 9 (Sat 22nd - Wed 26th). This includes hair, tights, costume and shoes. 

 DVD Payments are due next week. 

 Arrival times for Open Day:

Grades - 9.00am with hair and makeup already done.

Kinder/Baby/Bubby - 9.45am. 

 Presentations and arrival of Mickey & Minnie will be at 11.45am and ALL Ballerinas present will receive a certificate and special gift.  

The waiting room will be available on Open Day for toddlers/babies (toys and DVD's available).  

Help - volunteers needed for Open Day.

We would really appreciate if some parents can help out with selling refreshments after the Presentations on Open Day from 12pm- 1pm.

We also need 2 x Baby/Kinder Ballet Reps to arrive early on Open Day and check

all ballerinas are in FULL costume (tights, hair, shoes and costume) and hand out the bows.

If you can help out on the day, please email us asap.

Thank you to Miss Belinda and all the families who have sold cookies and raffle tickets this term. The Raffle will be drawn after the Presentations. 

We are offering a special prize for the family who sells the most cookies & raffle tickets.

Please see Miss Belinda if you would like to take more cookie boxes next week.

 

 

Week 6

Tickets went on sale yestrerday for Open Day - get in quick as they are selling fast!
 Adults $10.00 Children over 5yrs $5.00
 
DVD's of Open Day are available for $35.00 with AK video.
Payment is due by Week 8 (cash only).


PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to order new ballet tights or shoes for Open Day, please put your order in this week as we are making our final order before Open Day early next week. 
Tights $15.00 Canvas Shoes $25.00
 
Important Dates
Grades Performance - Sunday 23rd June 2013 at 3pm -  Hunter Performing Arts School Theatre.
McDonalds Sydney Eisteddfod - Monday 1st July 2013 at 9am - North Shore Grammar School.
Ryde Eisteddfod Practice - Thursday 11th July 2013 from 10am to 3pm.
Ryde Eisteddfod - Saturday 13th July - program TBA.

Congratulations to Grade 1 Ballerina Paige who will be advancing to Grade 2 next term and sitting for her Grade 2 exam at the end of Term 3 with our other Grade 2 Ballerinas, Isla, Chloe, Charlotte and Talia. :)

If you wish to book an appointment regarding Kinder/Grade 1 placements for next term please email or phone us :)

Week 1

Welcome back to Term 2 everyone!!!
We were so happy to see our smiling Ballerinas on Saturday and we are looking forward to this weeks classes with our weekly Ballerinas :)

Welcome to new Bubby Ballerinas - Zara and Makenzie who enrolled on Saturday :)

TERM 2 OPEN DAY 

AND

McDonald's Sydney Eisteddfod

We are looking forward to a fun and exciting term with our Mickey and Minnie theme and preparing our 5 Grade Ballerinas - Paige, Isla, Chloe, Charlotte and Talia for their very first Eisteddfod as well. It will be a busy term :)
Open Day raffle prizes on display in the studio - tickets going out now and our prize for the Ballerina(s) who sells the most tickets this term is a beautiful Blochs Dance Bag (kindly donated by Kylie and Luke).

TERM 2 COMPETITION

We will also be donating 1 x $100 CCBB voucher to the parents who promote our school and photo project the most - more details in our May newsletter going out this week.

CENTRAL COAST BABY BALLET PROJECT
The Baby Ballet Project will continue this term starting with Bubby Ballerina, Kyah on Wednesday.

REMINDER

One more day left to enter your photo in

Bloch Dance Australia's

Fan of the month April. Click to enter -
http://bit.ly/11eO2mU

Thanks to Mums - Sharelle, Mel H, Tiffany B and Belinda who have entered our photos of their Ballerinas!!!

Grade 1 Ballerina - Paige at Bloch Dance Australia :) :)

Kinder Ballerina - Holly at Bloch Dance Australia :) :)

Baby Ballerina - Lily at Bloch Dance Australia :) :)

Merry Christmas to All!!

Princess Aurora - Amelia

What a busy week it has been since the concert - editing concert photos and posting on CCBB Photos FB Page, designing our 2013 flyer and program, working on the 2013 Timetable, posting out DVDs and taking new enrolments for 2013!!!

We watched the entire concert on DVD this week and it was wonderful to see such a magical performance by all of the ballerinas!!! We are so very, very proud!!!
Congratulations Olivia and Lily!!! Thank you for your absolutely delightful (and unrehearsed) welcome!!!
Congratulations to our 3 Guest Dancers from Central School of  Dance - Julia, Madeline and Amelia!!! Thank you for your stunning performances - you were an absolute pleasure and delight to have at our concert!
Thank you to Karen at Central School of Dance for taking the time to prepare dances for your guest ballerinas, for the hire of the stunning tutus and costumes, extra chairs and portable mike!

Congratulations to the winners of our raffle:

1st Prize - Paige
2nd Prize - Jade, Olivia and Sophie
3rd Prize - Riley
and to Holly for selling the most raffle tickets!!!

Congratulations to all of the Ballerinas who received trophies this semester - 

One Year Trophy (attendance for a minimum of 12 months)
Katia, Charlotte G,  Linsey, Bella, Layla, Olivia M, Talia
Two Years Trophy (attendance for a minimum of 2 years)
Jazmine, Ella, Ava, Matilda, Holly H, Charlotte M
Three Years Trophy (attendance for a minimum of 3 years)
Paige


Congratulations to Bella- winner of

‘The Face of CCBB’

Bella has won a free modelling shoot plus TWO Terms of FREE BALLET CLASSES WITH CCBB in 2013!

Bella will be featured on our banners, brochures, website and facebook pages IN 2013

and Congratulations to the Finalists 
Baby Ballet - Charlotte W, Olivia P, Sophie, Jade P
Kinder Ballet - Keira
Grade 1 - Paige
Grade 2 - Isla  

Congratulations to the winners of the 2 special prizes very generously donated by Grace at

Maddi's Dancewear

Thank you Grace for selecting 2 of our ballerinas

Bella - winner of a $20 voucher

and Sara - winner of the fairy dress pack

We wish all of the Parents and Families at CCBB a wonderful Christmas Day and New Year Holiday!!! Looking forward to doing our Christmas shopping today ;)