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JR PROGRAM - Year End Recital

At The Heritage Playhouse Theatre

CAST a - 12pm Show

1.   Primary Ballet (Tues) - Enigma
        Dancers: Blake Beadle, Saoirse-Rose Haldane, Quinn Horton, Maddison Skye Hunt Nicholson, Georgia Payerle,
        Brynn Roberts, Rio Sauve, Olive Ward​
        Instructor: Anna Reznick


2.   Pre School Ballet / Acro 1 - Dance of the Lily Pads
        Dancers: Eila Beaupre, Quinn Bradshaw-Scott, Trinity Callies, Scarlett Jenkins, Myra Leech, Beryl Poon, Margot Shay,  
        Instructor: Chelsea Minatsis & Emily Sherwood


3.   Youth Program - Competitive Lyrical Solo - Invisible String
        Dancer: Zia Johnson
        Instructor: Zoe Barbaro


4.   Pre School Ballet / Acro 2 - Hawiian Roller Coaster Ride
        Dancers: Eleanor Anderson, Charlotte Cooke, Olivia Hodgson, Killian Mills Baluyot, River Munro, Chloe Pawlychka, Emilia Ritchie,                Sawyer Robertson, Maryjane Watson
        Instructor: Chelsea Minatsis


5.   Primary Musical Theatre - Do Re Mi
       Dancers: McKinley Blake, Mireya Hope Hizole, Alice Rohac, Rio Sauve, Robyn Sauve   
        Instructor: Gabriel Ditmar 
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6.   Youth Program - Competitive Musical Theatre - My Party Dress
        Dancer: Georgia Barbaro
        Instructor: Shantaya Cottrell 


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7.   Primary Hip Hop (Fri) - High Hopes
       Dancers: Amaya Morgan, Isabelle Paine, Greyson Punch, Killian Punch, Georgia Spence
       Instructor: Emily Sherwood


8.   Youth Program - Competitive Acrobatics Solo -
 GEM

       Dancer: Maya Roberts
       Instructor: Zoe Barbaro

 9.   Pre School Hip Hop - Trashin' the Camp
         Dancer: Maryjane Watson
         Instructor: Emily Sherwood


10.   Primary Acro (Fri) -  Best Day of My life
         Dancers:  Isabelle Paine, Abigail Reardon, Alice Rohac, Robyn Sauve,​
         Assistant:Brooke Graversen
         Instructor: Melanie Graversen 


11. Youth Program - Competitive Acrobatics Solo - Golden Hour
        Dancer: Anabelle Topcu-Doering
        Instructor: Zoe Barbaro




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CAST B - 3pm Show

​ 1. Primary Ballet (Mon) - Thumbalina's
     Dancers: Halle Baker, Abby Brandt, Oakley-West Clarke, Sophie Maedel, Micki Mitchell, Leah Rines, Isla Tchorbadjiysky​​

 2.  Pre School Ballet
 - A Dream Is A Wish
       Dancers: Lyla Bentall, Audrey Blancard, Maddelyn Goertzen, Olivia Haddrell, Brodie Knowles, Lucy Maedel,
       Bowie Rines, Cadence Seeley-Ross
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 3.  Youth Program - Lyrical Solo - Invisible String 
       Dancer: Zia Johnson
       Instructor: Zoe Barbaro
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 4.   Pre School Acro - Octopus' Garden
       Dancers: Bobbie Carson, Milo Koch, Noomi McKinnon, Madison Nutall, Juliette Pospisil, Aila Smith
       Instructor: Chelsea Minatsis

​ 5.   Primary Ballet 2 - Golden Afternoon
       Dancers: Annika Chell, Jemma Duggan, May Duggan, Cordelia Kochel, Chloe Mitchell
       Instructor: Chelsea Minatsis
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 6.   Youth Program - Competitive Musical Theatre Solo - My Party Dress
        Dancer: Georgia Barbaro
        Instructor: Shantaya Cottrell

 7.   Primary Hip Hop - The Smurfs
       Dancers: Isla Tchorbadjiysky & Charlotte Saunders 
       Instructor: Emily Sherwood
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 8.   Youth Program - Competitive Acrobatics Solo - GEM
       Dancer: Maya Roberts
       Instructor: Zoe Barbaro


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​9.   Primary Ballet (Sat)
 - Bell of the Ball

        Dancers: Stella Kontenkakis, Birdie Rincon-Bazinet, Aisla Soroka
        Instructor: Chelsea Minatsis

10.  Pre School Hip Hop -  Trashin' the Camp    
        Dancers: Bobbie Carson, Noomi McKinnon
        Instructor: Emily Sherwood

11.  Youth Program - Competitive Acrobatics Solo - Golden Hour
        Dancer: Anabelle Topcu-Doering
        Instructor: Zoe Barbaro

12.  Primary Tap -  Cheek to Cheek
        Dancer: Nisha Mann
        Instructor: Gabriel Ditmar

13.  Primary Acro (Sat) - Try Everything
        Dancers: Madeleine Gaudry, Emilia Grymak, Madeline Hudson, Birdie Rincon-Bazinet, Emily Weller​
        Instructor: Chelsea Minatsis

14.   Youth Company - Competitive Acro Solo - Freedom
          Dancer: Brooke Graversen
          Instructor: Zoe baarbaro 

15.   Primary/Hip Hop 1 - Lil Groovers
          Dancers: Charlotte Dawe & Clarke Graversen 
          Instructor: Caia Minatsis & Meg Greenfield

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JR PROGRAM - RECITAL Q & A


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

When to arrive: All children should arrive no later than 30 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. 

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.