Studio Address: 802 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, Poms & Funk Classes
For Dancers Ages 3 & up

​DATES TO REMEMBER:

NO CLASS DATES

Friday, February 21 - Sunday, February 23

​Monday, March 10 – Thursday, March 13
Friday, March 21 – Sunday, March 23

​PICTURE DAY
Saturday, March 1

​PRODUCTION DANCE PRACTICE - 11:00 - 12:15 pm
Sunday, January 26 

Sunday, February 9 

Sunday, February 16

Sunday, March 2 
Sunday, April 6 

STARZ DANCE COMPETITION
Friday, February 21 – Sunday, February 23

SPRING FLING DANCE COMPETITION

Saturday, March 8 – Sunday, March 9

MASQUERADE DANCE COMPETITION
Friday, March 21 – Sunday, March 23

CELEBRATION DANCE COMPETITION
Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30

2025 SPRING DANCE RECITAL

Thursday, April 10 & Friday, April 11 - Rehearsal

Saturday, April 12 - 12:30 pm & 5:00 pm Performances 

DANCING WITH MY GUY
DANCERS!! This is your chance to get your father, stepfather, grandfather, uncle or brother on stage with you at your 2025 Spring Dance Recital!! All dancers are invited to get a special guy involved. It’s lots of fun and a good time spent together. This dance features one dancer paired with one "Guy" Practices will take place on Monday evenings from 7:15 to 8:15 PM on the following dates: February 24, March 17, March 31, and April 7. To be eligible to perform in the Spring Dance Recital, attendance at 3 of the 4 practices is required. The practice on April 7 is mandatory, as it is the final rehearsal before the performance. A $25 fee covers all practices and rehearsals. Registration opens on February 1. Log in to your online dance account (https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/asod) to sign up. Space is limited to 15 dancers and 15 "guys."

SPRING DANCE RECITAL

Please note that the first performance time for our Spring Dance Recital has been updated from 1:00 PM to 12:30 PM. Dancers will wear their costumes, tights, and dance shoes for the performance. Tickets for the recital will be available for purchase online (https://dancestudio-pro.com/tickets/asod) starting February 15. All tickets are general seating and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Everyone attending, including parents, family members, and friends, must have a ticket; children 3 and under are free if seated on an adult's lap. Tickets are $12 each. We ask dance families to purchase only the tickets they will use, as tickets are nonrefundable. When purchasing tickets, please be sure to select the correct performance, as we have a limited number of tickets available for each show. All rehearsals and performances will be held at the Northwestern High School Auditorium (4751 County Road F, Maple, WI). For the 12:30 PM performance, dancers should arrive by 12:00 PM in their costumes, tights, and hair done (make-up is optional). For the 5:00 PM performance, dancers should arrive by 4:30 PM. 

SPRING DANCE RECITAL VOLUNTEERS
An adult volunteer is needed to supervise dancers backstage during their recital. Responsibilities include ensuring each child is safe, wearing the correct costume and shoes, and backstage at the right time. Volunteers also ensure children return to the dressing room area after performing. Parents with dancers in a Poms, Level I, Level II and  on a competition team are all asked to volunteer backstage on one recital performance. Dancers can’t be backstage without a parent volunteer. For the 12:30 pm performance, we ask that volunteers arrive by 12:00 and for the 5:00 pm performance we ask that volunteers arrive 4:30 pm.  Volunteer sign up will begin January 15.

​PICTURE DAY
Our final dance picture day is scheduled for Saturday, March 1, with the day’s schedule outlined below. Dancers will have both individual and group photos taken during their class's scheduled time. If your dancer missed their picture day in December or January and you'd like to have their individual photos taken, please contact Stacey to add your dancer to the March 1 schedule.

Pictures will be held at Focus Photography Studio, located at 63914 Santama Road, Ashland (approximately 10 minutes south of Ashland on Hwy 13). Picture order forms will be sent home with dancers the week of picture day. If your dancer is absent from class that week, order forms can be picked up when you arrive for their scheduled picture time. Payment for pictures is due on the day of pictures. Please make checks payable to Focus Photography. Please make sure your dancer brings their costume, tights and shoes for their pictures!

Saturday, March 2
9:00      Ballet (Ages 3-5) – Saturday class
9:30      Contemporary – Friday class
10:00    Mini Competition Team
10:45    Ballet (Ages 7 & up) – Saturday class
11:15      Jazz/Funk – Saturday class 

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RECITAL COSTUMES
The last couple recital costumes are scheduled to arrive this month. If your dancer hasn’t received their costume, please ask your instructor about it; there’s still a few costumes that need to be picked up at the dance studio. We have spent several hours steaming all the recital costumes; when your dancer brings home their costume, please be sure to keep it hung up so it’s not a wrinkled mess for pictures or the recital!  Also, make sure your dancer only wears their costume for pictures and then not again until recital week, there is no replacing costumes if something happens to it before the recital. If your costume comes with a hair piece, please keep it with the costume, we’re unable to replace any missing items. 

TIGHTS
For pictures, the Winter Showcase and Spring Dance Recital dancers are required to wear nude color tights with their costumes. A tights order form is available at the dance studio. The attached document outlines the required tights and hairstyle for each group participating in the Winter Showcase performance on Friday, January 10, at Northwestern High School. Tights are also available for purchase through the online store on your dance account. Once logged into your account, click on "Store." dancestudio-pro.com/online/asod Ordering tights through the studio is optional. We provide this service as there are no local stores that carry them.

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PRODUCTION DANCE
 This group of dancers will perform at both of the Spring Dance Recital performances in April. Practices for January and February will be held from 11:00 - 12:15 on the following Sundays: January 26; February 9, February 16, March 2 and April 6. 

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.

​SPRING DANCE RECITAL
Mark your calendar! Our 2025 Spring Dance Recital is scheduled for 12:30 pm & 5:00 pm on Saturday, April 12 at the Northwestern High School Auditorium. Dancers in Creative Movement, PreBallet/Tiny Tap, PrePoms/Jazz & PreJazz/Funk classes will each perform at 1 performance. Families will receive an email this month with the schedule for which performance each class will participate in. Dancers in Poms (Monday & Friday), Level I, Level II, Level III; Int/Adv Tap, Competition Teams, Jr Co and Sr Co will perform at both performances. All dancers will also be required to attend their rehearsal practice which is held on either Thursday, April 10 or Friday, April 11 at the Northwestern High School auditorium. Recital tickets will be available for purchase online beginning February 15 by using the following link https://dancestudio-pro.com/tickets/asod or by logging into your online account and clicking “Tickets” on the home page.  

​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 children enter the dance room, we ask that they avoid running around while waiting for their class to begin.

DANCE COMPETITIONS
All competition teams, including Mini, Petite, Junior, Teen, as well as Jr Company and Sr Company classes, are set to participate in competitions for the upcoming year. If your dancer is unable to attend their group's competition, please inform us as soon as possible. Additionally, competitions are open to all dancers registered for a solo, duet, or trio for the 2024-2025 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. The document detailing the competition dates, locations, deadlines, and the classes participating in each competition is available for pick up at the dance studio or by email.

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AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 2024-2025 DANCE CLASSES
The following age requirements are required for 2024-2025 dance classes:

Creative Movement dancers must be 3 years old by Sept. 1

Pre-Ballet/Tiny Tap & Pre-Jazz/Funk dancers must be 5 by Sept 1

Level I dancers must be 7 by Sept 1

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!! The list below shows what each class needs for dance shoes:

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Creative Movement - pink ballet shoes
PrePoms/Jazz - black jazz shoes
PreJazz/Funk - black jazz shoes
Preballet/Tiny Tap - pink ballet shoes/black tap shoes

Poms - black jazz shoes
Int/Adv Tap - black tap shoes

Mini Comp Team: pink ballet shoes/black jazz shoes
Petite Comp Team: tan lyrical shoes
Teen Comp Team: tan lyrical shoes
Junior Comp Team: tan lyrical shoes

Level I Lyrical/Jazz - pink ballet shoes or tan lyrical shoes & black jazz shoes
Level II Lyrical/Jazz - pink ballet shoes or tan lyrical shoes & black jazz shoes
Level III Lyrical/Jazz - tan lyrical shoes

Jr Company - tan lyrical shoes
Sr Company - tan lyrical shoes

Level I Jazz/Funk - black jazz shoes
Level II Jazz/Funk - black jazz shoes
Level III Jazz/Funk - black jazz shoes

Jr Co Jazz/Funk - Black/White Nike shoes
Sr Co Jazz/Funk - white 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'll continue using 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. Once our schedule is finalized after registration the calendar page on DSP will show the no class dates.

WEATHER/CANCELLED CLASSES
Please remember to check your email on a regular basis. A few of our dance instructors come from out of town to teach their dance classes; if we cancel dance class for any reason, I will send an email to notify parents. I will also post on facebook if classes are cancelled. All cancelled classes will be made up at a later date; all make up class details will be emailed to parents once dates and times are set.

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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​​CLASS ADVANCEMENT
Over the dance season, the instructors evaluate the dancers in their classes to decide who is ready to advance to the next level. All Creative Movement and PreBallet/Tiny Tap dancers advance to the next level depending on their age. Dancers must be 5 by September 1 to advance to the PreBallet/Tiny Tap class. Dancers must be 7 years old by September 1 to advance to Level I Ballet/Jazz; Level I Jazz/Tap and/or Level I Jazz/Funk. After dancers reach Level I they are moved up to the next level by the instructors. Instructors evaluate dancer’s skill & ability levels, their behavior in class, listening skills, maturity levels, respect for others (dancers & instructors), how well they work together as a team, their attendance...many things are taken into consideration when determining if dancers are ready to move up to the next level. As parents it’s natural to think that our dancer is ready to advance to the next level but we have to remember we aren’t the ones in the class each and every week. . . . . so we’ll leave this up to our instructors.
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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
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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: 802 Main St West Ashland, WI 54806 (next to The Alley)