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JR. ACADEMY - YEAR END RECITAL 

​The Jr Academy Recital will include dancers in the following levels: Tiny Tots, Pre School, Primary & select Level 1 Classes ​
Dress rehearsal schedule & show order will be announced soon!

cAST A

Dress Rehearsal:  Sunday, May 24th @ 12:00pm
​Show: Saturday, May 30th  @ 11:00am

PRE SCHOOL BALLET / ACRO 1
Faye Anderson, Bailey Morse, Adelia Rowe​

PRE SCHOOL COMBO (Saturday Class)

Liv Bolton, Lula Couves, Oaklynn Ganggloff, Arli Ingram, Zinnia Keeling, Desi Kontekakis, Stella Kontekakis, Maggie Mace, Leila Seifret, Anouk Strauss, Willamina White, Liv Kousholt

PRE SCHOOL COMBO (Friday Class)
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Noah Borbon Bennett, Madelyn Haboosheh, Winter Stevens, Sophie Mah, Hedda McKinnon, Noomi McKinnon, Lillian Parr

PRIMARY BALLET
Eleanor Anderson, Cecilia Gigian, Ver Gigian, Maddelyn Goertzen,
Ross, Mary Jane Watson, Olivia Haddress, Paige Henning, River Munro, Chloe Pawlychka, Sawyer Robinson, Cadence Seely-Ross



CAST B

Dress Rehearsal: Sunday, May 24th @ 12:00pm
​Show: Saturday, May 30th @ 1:00pm

PRE SCHOOL BALLET / ACRO 2 - Group 2
Eila Beupre, Trinity Callies, Ruth Ephraim, Scarlett Jenkins, Brooke Newsome, Beryl Poon, Rosie Rogers, Margot Shay

PRIMARY ACRO 
Ivan Baryliasstyi, Oakley Clarke, Charlotte Cooke, Louise Ferguson, Emilia Grymak, Scarlett Jenkins, Milo Koch, Violet Mennie, Aida Naghibi, Juliette Pospisil

PRIMARY / HIP HOP 1
McKinley Blake, Erick Chu, Wendy Fiedler, Cameron Mackenzie, Aliyah Ostrosky, Elowen Seymour-Seddon, Emily Weller





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CASTING


JR RECITAL - Q&A

WHEN & HOW TO ARRIVE (WHAT TO WEAR WITH YOUR COSTUME)

When to arrive: All children should arrive no later than 45 minutes before the show start time. 

Costume will be handed out upon your arrival. 

Children should arrive with their hair tied back and off their face.  Buns or Pony tails are recommended for girls with long hair. 

All Ballet students should wear pink ballet tights and ballet slippers. Girls in Pink Slippers, boys can wear pink or black with white ballet socks.

Acro students are in bare feet and can have bare legs OR nude footless tights (no footed tights please as they are a slipping hazard) 

Hip Hop Students should wear runners

Tap & Musical Theatre students are in Tap Shoes and white socks. 

Make up is not required but a little blush & lip gloss can help a dancers face look less washed out under the stage lights.  We do use minimal stage lights for the little ones. 


WHERE TO GO
Dancers should be signed in at the door, downstairs in the greenroom.  The entrance is located around back of the theatre. 
Parents will need to sign children out when they pick them back up from the greenroom at the end of the show. 
If you would like your child to join you in the audience after their dance or dances are finished please let the door guard know when you sign them in and we will deliver them to you from the stage after their dance. 
Otherwise your child will be waiting for you in the greenroom at the end of the show.


IN THE GREENROOM
Please do not send children with juice, sticky treats or messy snacks of any kind.    IN order to keep costumes uncompromised and show ready we must avoid any accidental stains or oopsies.  Also please no allergy triggering snacks (Nuts, Eggs, Etc) 
Good snacks to send are things like: Apple Slices, Crackers, Water Bottle
Children will be monitored by greenroom volunteers and kept busy with colouring and cartoons. 


COSTUMES 
Costume rentals will be stored at the theatre.  Students will be given their costume when they arrive by the costume manager. 


For parents with children in multiple dances: 
If you child needs assistance changing from one costume to the next costume please let the door monitor know when you sign your child in.   Parents are able to come down to the greenroom at Intermission to help with their child's costume change as well if you prefer.