​Studio Address: 511 1/2 Main St West, Ashland, WI            Mailing Address: 1316 Main St W, Ashland, WI 54806

ASHLAND SCHOOL OF DANCE

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Offering Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop & Poms Classes
For Dancers Ages 3 & up

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COSTUME WEEK
Sunday, October 25 – Thursday, October 29

SPOOKTACULAR DANCE COMPETITION
Saturday, November 7 – Sunday, November 8

NO CLASS DATES
Sunday, November 8
Sunday, November 22 – Friday, November 27

Sunday, December 20 – Saturday, January 2

PICTURE DAY
Saturday, November 14

PARENT WEEK
Sunday, November 15 – Thursday, November 19

PRODUCTION DANCE PRACTICE
Sunday, November 29
Sunday, December 13     

2026-2027 WINTER SESSION     
Friday, December 4 – Saturday, April 3

ASHLAND’S CHRISTMAS PARADE
Saturday, December 5  4:30 pm 

​2027 WINTER SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE
Saturday, January 16 - Northwestern High School

​2027 SPRING DANCE RECITAL
Saturday, April 17 - Northwestern High School

COSTUME WEEK

Dancers are invited to wear their Halloween costumes to dance classes Sunday, Oct 25 through Thursday, Oct 29!

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​DANCING WITH MY GIRL
Dancers, here’s your chance to have your mom, grandma, or aunt join you on stage at our Winter Showcase performance on Saturday, January 16! All dancers ages 5 & up registered for the 2026-2027 Dance Season are welcome to join in on the fun. This is a great opportunity for quality time together on stage. We will have practices from 4:30-5:15 pm on the following Fridays: November 6, November 20, December 11 & January 15. To participate, please sign up by logging into your online account, select "Register – Dancing with My Girl." The cost to participate is $25.00, which covers all the practices. Dancers and their girl (mom, grandma or aunt); are required to attend 3 of the 4 practices, must be willing to practice at home between classes (We will provide a video to assist with your practice) and attend the required practice on January 15. 

PICTURE DAY
Our first Dance Picture Day is set for Saturday, November 14.  A schedule for this picture day has been emailed to families and is available for pick up at the dance studio.  Dancers will have their individual and group pictures taken during their scheduled class times. Please have your dancer dressed in their costume, with tights and hair done, by their scheduled time. Makeup is optional. Be sure to bring your dancer’s dance shoes, and note that costumes will be sent home prior to picture day as soon as they have all been hung and steamed. All dancers must wear nude-colored tights for pictures. If you would like to purchase tights through the studio, please return a tights order form or log in to your dance account, select Store on the homepage, and place your order online. Dancers wearing lyrical shoes must wear stirrup tights. Hairstyle instructions will be sent in a separate email closer to picture day.

If your dancer is unable to attend their assigned time on Saturday, please email me as soon as possible. We always try to wait until all dancers have arrived before taking the group photo, so knowing in advance if your dancer will be absent is very helpful.

PHOTO FEES: Dancers with one costume have a $30 fee, while dancers with two or more costumes have a $60 fee. These fees include digital access to all photos, with no additional purchases required. Payment must be made directly to the photographer, Michaela Wickman, by cash or check on picture day. If your dancer's class isn't included on the Saturday, November 14 picture day schedule, they will be listed on a future Picture Day schedule. We’re working on finalizing additional picture dates.

PRODUCTION DANCE

Dancers ages 5 & up are invited to join this year’s Production Dance. The Production Dance is a large group dance consisting of dancers of all ages that perform at the Spring Dance Recital in April. This group will meet once a month for practices. The participation fee is a one-time $50 fee per dancer, covering all classes from November–April. There will also be an additional recital costume fee (exact cost TBD). 
   10:00 AM Sundays: November 29, December 13
 To participate, log in to your online dance account and register for the Saturday or Sunday group. 

RECITAL COSTUMES
Costumes for the Winter Showcase have been ordered and are being sent home as soon as they arrive and have been steamed. Parents are responsible for any alterations that may be needed. All costumes for dancers scheduled for the November 14 Picture Day have been sent home. If your dancer has not received their costume, please let me know ASAP! Please remember that costumes should only be worn for Picture Day, rehearsals, and performances. There are no replacement costumes available if a costume is damaged or lost before the performance

WINTER DANCE SESSION
Is your dancer interested in trying a new style or adding an extra class? Or do you know a friend who wants to join ASOD? Our Winter Dance Session starts Friday, December 4 and all classes will perform one dance in our Spring Dance Recital. Weekend classes meet 2-3 weekends per month through April 3. Check out the available class options by logging into your online dance account! https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/asod

​MONTHLY TUITION
Class tuition is billed monthly and will be posted to dance accounts by the 15th. Monthly tuition is due by the 1st of each month. Payments can be made through your dance account, if you want to avoid online processing fees payment can be done via Venmo (@asod5678), or by cash/check given to your instructor. If enrolled in Auto Pay, payments will be processed on the 25th of each month.

PARENT WEEK
Parents are invited to join their dancer during their dance class the week of Sunday, November 15 through Thursday, November 19! Parents - you'll need to wear comfortable clothing, bring clean soled tennis shoes and a water bottle. ​

DANCE SHOES
 Dance shoes are required for class – a complete shoe list has been emailed to all current dancers. If you still need shoes, contact Stacey by text or email to schedule a fitting before classes begin. Please label shoes with your dancer’s name or initials to avoid mix-ups.

STUDIO WAITING ROOM
If you plan to stay at the dance studio while your dancer is in class, please remain in the waiting room once classes begin. Dancers perform better when they’re not being watched by everyone in the waiting area. For those dancers waiting for their class to start, we also request that they stay in the waiting room until the previous class has ended. Once dancers enter the dance room, we ask that they avoid running around while waiting for their class to begin.

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WINTER SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE
Our 2027 Winter Showcase Performance is scheduled for 5:00 pm on Saturday, January 16 at the Northwestern High School Auditorium in Maple, WI. Dancers will wear their costumes, tights, and dance shoes for the performance. There will be one performance on Saturday, January 16. The posted list at the studio shows the solo/duet dancers and groups that will be performing for the Winter Showcase. If your dancer's class isn't listed, they will perform in our Spring Dance Recital in April. 

WINTER SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE TICKETS
Tickets for the Winter Showcase Performance are now available for purchase online. All parents, family members, and friends who wish to attend the performance on Saturday, January 16, at 5:00 PM at Northwestern High School must have a ticket, with the exception of children 3 and under who can sit on a adult's lap for free. Please only purchase the number of tickets you will use, as they are nonrefundable. Tickets can be purchased by following this link (https://dancestudio-pro.com/tickets/asod) or by logging into your dance account and clicking on the tickets option on the homepage. Auditorium doors open at 4:30 pm.

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SOLO/DUET DANCERS
If your dancer is signed up for an extra dance, please make sure you are in contact with their instructor to set up private lessons. It's important that dancers practice their dance at home weekly! Please make regular practice a habit! Dancers will have the opportunity to run their dance ONCE a week at the studio in between classes with their instructor that worked on the choreography for them. ALL other practice must be completed outside of regular class time. If your dancer would like to use the studio to practice, please reach out to Stacey to set up a time (an adult has to be present when dancers use the studio outside of class time). These dancers will perform their dance at our Winter Showcase on Saturday, January 16 at Northwestern High School. Additionally, dancers have the opportunity to register for competitions if they are interested. Participation in competitions is optional, all details regarding competition dates, payments & deadlines have been emailed to all current dance families.

​​DANCE COMPETITIONS
All competition teams, as well as Company Lyrical/Jazz, Company Hip Hop and Company Tap classes, are set to participate in competitions for the upcoming year. If your dancer is unable to attend their group's competition, please let us know as soon as possible. Additionally, competitions are open to all dancers registered for a solo/duet dance for the 2026-2027 Dance Season. Dancers are allowed to do one solo and one duet at each competition. You can register your solo/duet dancer for competitions by logging into your dance account online. Details for all competition dates, locations, deadlines, and the classes participating in each competition have been emailed to all competition dancers and can be found on our your dance account - once logged into your account: select info; documents & files; class files.​

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NO CLASS DATES
Mark Your Calendars! A complete list of "no class dates" may be found on the schedule tab. Please note: ASOD doesn't follow the school schedule; sometimes we have class when there is no school and vice versa. 
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AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 2026-2027 DANCE CLASSES
The following age requirements are required for 2026-2027 dance classes:

Creative Movement/Balle dancers must be 3 years old by start of session

Ballet/Tap & Hip Hop must be 5 by start of session

Level I dancers must be 7 by start of session

Dancers in Level 2 and up are all moved up by instructor recommendations. Please contact us if you have any questions on which class(es) your dancer may sign up for this fall.

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DANCE SHOES

If your dancer needs to order dance shoes at any point throughout the dance season, please be sure to let your dance instructor know! Dancers can be fitted for shoes before or after their dance class.  Dance shoes are mandatory when attending dance class. And please be sure to write your dancer’s name or initials in their dance shoes!!

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EMAILS, NEWSLETTERS & WEBSITE
Throughout the dance season, please be sure to check your emails regularly and read the monthly newsletters. Our main form of communication is email. The monthly newsletters always have lots of important information. All newsletters will be emailed to everyone who provided an email address at registration. Please email us (asod@centurytel.net) if you didn't receive a copy of this newsletter by email. All of the information is also available here on our website. (site.ashlandschoolofdance.info). You can also find ASOD on Facebook.

PRE-BALLET/TINY TAP & LEVEL I DANCERS
When dancers for the Pre-Ballet/Tiny Tap and Level 1 classes come to class, please make sure that both sets of their shoes have their names in them and please make sure their shoes are in a bag when they come to class each week. This will help lessen the confusion of whose shoes are whose since most dancers have the same shoes.

DANCE STUDIO PRO
We use the online program called Dance Studio Pro for our registrations, tuition payments, ticket sales and volunteer sign ups. DSP also offers an app which is also very convenient. This link: https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/asod can be used to log in your account. If you ever have any issues logging in, please be sure to let me know. Monthly payments can be done right online, otherwise payments can also be given to your dance instructor or sent via Venmo (@asod5678) if you want to avoid the fees from paying online. Please note, dance instructors DO NOT know how much each family owes on their account; you are responsible for logging into your account to get your balance due. Monthly newsletters and various reminders are also posted on bulletin board of DSP. 

CLASS ATTENDANCE
If your dancer is unable to attend their dance class, please be sure to email asod@centurytel.net or send us a message to let us know they won't be at class. If your dancer isn't feeling well, please be sure to NOT send them to dance class!! We want to stress the importance of attendance to dance class. In our policy handout it states: "Any student who misses 8 or more classes during the regular season (Sept-April) will not be allowed to participate in the spring dance recital performance." Dancers only progress if they attend class on a regular basis. If your dancer is going to miss 2 or more weeks in a row due to other commitments, you can expect that while they're missing class the rest of the class is learning parts to their recital dance so your dancer may be excluded from a portion of the recital dance. It is not fair to the instructors or the other dancers in the class, if instructors can't move forward each week with teaching their recital dances.

WATER BOTTLES
Remember to send a water bottle with your dancer to each and every class!!

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​DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP YOUR DANCERS
If you have a Creative Movement, PreBallet, Level I or Level II dancer please stay at the studio with your dancer until class starts. Dancers shouldn’t be arriving more than 10 minutes prior to class starting. And please remind your dancers there should be no running around and yelling or using loud voices while waiting for class to start. Also, when your dancer’s class ends each week we would like parents to come into the building to pick up their dancer (this is required for all dancers through Level 2).​

LOST & FOUND
When you pick up your dancer after class each week, please be sure to make sure they have all their shoes.

CLEAN STUDIO

For those of you that bring a snack to the studio, please take a moment to clean up any mess before you leave. Please help up keep the studio area clean.

FACEBOOK
Like Ashland School of Dance on Facebook to keep up on all the dance updates and reminders.

                        
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS
Please contact us by phone or email.
Telephone: 715-413-1074
Email: asod@centurytel.net    
Mailing Address: 1316 Main St West Ashland, WI 54806
Ashland Studio Address: 511 1/2 Main St West Ashland, WI 54806 (3rd floor)