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New Year Newsletter January 2012

Dear All,

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you had a lovely Christmas break and I wish you all the best for 2012 and the coming Chinese Year of the Dragon.

I spent the 31^st December and the 1^st January at Disneyland with all my family: 8 adults and 5 grandchildren under 3; plus family friends and Ms Rebecca.

We had a wonderful time and I can recommend staying overnight, getting up early and visiting Disneyland before the crowds get there.. to everyone!! Even my two sons-in-law had fun!!

Shows

I am now in full swing organising things for the three Dance Performances in March. It could be quite complicated when ordering tickets so you will have to make sure you know which show your daughter or son is starring in.

3^rd March at 3.00pm "The Sound of Music" - Ms Elektra’s students

3^rd March at 7.30pm "Monday's Child" and "A Night on Broadway" - Ms Lisa’s students Grade 6 and above, Ms Verity’s students and Ms Rebecca's G3 & G4 Modern

4^th March at 3.00pm "Coppelia" - Ms Rebecca’s students and Ms Meg’s 4-5year old class

If you have any questions please do call me 28726917 and I will try to help.

It’s always very difficult when the children have so many commitments but I will be extremely grateful if you can try to make sure that your child attends all her classes. I know Chinese New Year will bring more than a week of holiday but the teachers will be flat out trying to produce the show in seven weeks, two of which will be disrupted by CNY, so please do give us as much support as possible.

We in the meantime will be behind the scenes making costumes and set so we can have a memorable week-end.

I am a bit worried that we may not have much of an audience for the evening performance as the senior students usually have less people watching them, a real shame I always think, as they are quite accomplished dancers by Grade 6. So please pass the word and try to get your daughter's or son’s friends to come and watch..no-one likes performing to an empty auditorium!!

Exams

The R.A.D. exam entries have all been made and I am now waiting for I.S.T.D. to send me their exam entry forms. I will send out entry forms as soon as I receive more information.

The teachers will all be attending a R.A.D. Grade 1 -3 new syllabus course during this term and unfortunately we may have to cancel a few classes as this is a compulsory course.

I do not have the dates yet but will send out a note to any of you affected by a cancellation of classes. These classes will be made up at the end of term. This is certainly not ideal for us when we have all the shows coming up, but we have to make sure the teachers attend this course.

Uniform

Remember if you would like new uniform Fe and Chona at Southmark and Shaw House will be happy to help you, they can also source hair nets and pins as required.

Kind regards and have a happy term.

Marion Knight

Adverse Weather Policy

Classes will CONTINUE...

if the Amber and Red Rain Storm warning or No3 Typhoon signal is hoisted.

(Please note however that safety is the priority. Parents must therefore be the ones to assess the weather situation and decide whether or not to send their child / children to class in these circumstances.)

Classes will NOT RUN...

if the Black Rain Storm Warning or No8 Typhoon Signal is hoisted.

(these classes will be made up at the end of term)

Southern School of Dance