KATHI’S DANCE & GYM CENTER, LLC MARCH NEWSLETTER 2014

KATHI’S DANCE & GYM CENTER 10825 Springfield Rd. .::. Poland, OH 44514 .::. 330.549.2522

STUDIO POLICIES AND NEWS

ABSENCES – Attendance is very important and instrumental to the development

of your child’s skills. If you are not able to attend we ask you to please call the

office to report his/her absence. There are no refunds for missed classes.

TUITION DUE DATE – Tuition is always due the first class of the month. A

10% late fee will be applied to all tuition on the 16th. There are no deductions or

credits for missed classes. Withdrawals must be made before the first class of each

month or you will be billed for the entire month.

OBSERVATION – There will be no parent observation in the month of March.

We will be having parent observation the last week of April. Parents are welcome

to sit and observe the class. Please remember you are in a learning environment

and we must keep noise to a minimum. Please turn off cell phones.

EASTER VACATION –We will be closed Thursday, April 17—Wednesday,

April 23. Classes will resume on Thursday April 24. Monday classes will be held

on so that the Monday classes get four weeks of classes in April.

CREDIT CARD PROCESSING—We are now able to process MasterCard,

Visa, and Discover cards for payments of tuition, costumes, team fees, etc.

FACEBOOK—If you are on Facebook, Kathi’s Dance & Gym Center does have

a group you may want to join. It’s a great way to touch base, ask questions, and

post any fun things you want about or for our dancers and gymnasts.

2014 SHOW NEWS

“Alice in Wonderland ” plans are underway. The

show will be held at Powers’ Auditorium on

June 19th and 20th. Please make sure we have

your dance show form in the office with your cos-

tume deposits IMMEDIATELY. We are cur-

rently measuring for costumes and it is imperative

we know who will be participating. We must re-

ceive a costume deposit in order for your costumes

to be ordered. No costumes will be ordered without

a deposit.

REMEMBER – we still need the form returned,

even if you are not participating in the show.

In this Issue…

Studio News & Policies 1 Show News 1 Cecchetti Exams 2 Cecchetti Day 3 Klinke Scholarship 3 Mark Goodman 4 Student News 5 Dance Show Ad Form 7

Calendar of Upcoming Events & Workshops…

Gorant Fundraiser begins March 1, 2014 NEOGL @ American Elite March 2, 2014 Cecchetti Exams @KDGC

March 7-9, 2014

Optional Meet @ Kalahari

March 7-9, 2014

Optional Meet @ G.O. March 15-16, 2014

Excel State Meet @ Olympic Dreams March 22-23, 2014 ODM Convention in Cleveland March 28-30, 2014 Gorants Candy Orders Due March 29, 2014

Klinke Scholarship Due April 1, 2014

Level 6,7,8 State Meet @ Halker’s Gold, Toledo April 5-6, 2014 Gorants Candy Pickup April 9, 2014 4:00 p.m. Easter Break—Studio Closed April 17– 23, 2014 NEOGL Championships Level 4 April 26-27, 2014 NEOGL Championships Level 3 May3-4, 2014

KDGC Dance Show @ Powers Auditorium June 19 & 20, 2014

Like the convenience of e-mail? Feel free to correspond with Kathi at any time through e-mail at

kathihalbert@gmail.com

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Spring Cecchetti Exam Dates – Spring Cecchetti Exams are being held here at Kathi’s

the weekend of March 7-9, 2014. We always want to thank all the students that have put so much time

and energy into these exams. Good Luck girls.

Grade Six: Jennifer Mullally

Sarah Swank

Grade Five: Kassie Kudler

Abbey Sheronovich

Alyssa Swank

Victoria Valko

Mackenzie Wardle

Morgan Wardle

Grade Four: Kendra DeWitt

McKala Lehman

Emily Masluk

Sarah McKim

Macy Metzger

Caitlin Slattery

Grade Three: Rachel Mowad

Leah Mrozek

Sophie Willaman

Grade Two: Aliya Abeid

Haley DiLullo

Ava DiMuzio

Brooke Dinopoulos

Lia Fecko

Jillian Gady

Teegan Graff

Rachel Murray

Brianna Phillips

Taylor Sackella

Sophia Sainato

Sydney Scotford

Katherine Simon

Jaelynn Young

Grade One: Anna Duraney

Teresa Quinones

Felicita Quinones

Nicolina Pezzone

Amanda Reevely

Gianna DelSignore

Hayley Ho

Margaret Faur

Lauren Engle

Primary: Carli Hamilton

Sydney Henderson

Maya Reevely

Carly Schiffhauer

Emily Wright

RAFFLE TICKET FUNDRAISER – If you have signed up for the

dance show in June you will be receiving raffle tickets very soon. This fundraiser

is very important to the studio enabling it to afford Powers Auditorium for our

show. The tickets are $5.00 and a ticket will be drawn each day (except Sundays)

in April. Multiple winners are a possibility. If your ticket is drawn Monday thru

Friday you will receive $25 and a Saturday drawing is worth $50.00. Please help

support this fundraiser.

COSTUME DEPOSITS – If you have not yet paid your dance show costume deposits or turned

in your dance show sign up form, please due so immediately. We will not order costumes unless we

have received a costume deposit from you. If you are not participating in the June show, please still

take the time to fill out a form to let the office know.

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CECCHETTI OHIO BALLET DAY On Sunday, February 9th, KDGC hosted Cecchetti Ohio Ballet Day. We had several girls receive scholarships that day. Sarah Ahlswede was awarded 1st place of the Cecchetti Grade V & VI scholarship audition and received full paid tuition to Cecchetti Summer Intensive program at Hope College in Michigan. Jennifer Mullally received 2nd place in the Cecchetti Grade V & VI scholarship audition and received half tuition paid to Cechhetti Summer Inten-sive program at Hope College. In the Cecchetti Grade III & IV scholarship audition, Leah Mro-zek placed 2nd, McKala Lehman placed 3rd, and Caitlin Slattery placed 7th. Leah received half tuition to the Summer Intensive at Hope College as well. Congratulations to all of the girls.

DANCE and Gym SHOW

PROGRAM ADS

At the back of this newsletter you will find a

program ad order form. This form may be

used to place an ad in the dance show or gym

show program. By accepting ads, we are able

to distribute these programs at the shows

without charging for them. You may place

personal ads or solicit ads from local busi-

nesses. Every dance line member is required

to submit one ad for the dance show program

and competitive members are to submit one

ad to gym show program to help defray the

cost of pictures in the program. If a line

member does not submit an ad, they will be

charged a picture assessment. Check for due

dates on the form at the back of newsletter.

KLINKE SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE

PEGGY KLINKE SCHOLARSHIP

The Peggy Klinke Scholarship will be awarded at

this year’s dance show in June. It is a $500.00

scholarship to a summer dance workshop of your

choice and it is given in memory of Peggy, one of

our former dancers, who was fatally assaulted.

The requirements are as follows:

At least 11 years of age

Submit a 1 ½ minute video in a dance disci-

pline of your choice

Submit a 500-word essay, typed, doubled-

spaced and titled “How Dance has Influenced

my Life”

Please submit video and essay no later than

April 1st.

2nd place Cecchetti V & VI Scholarship Winner

Jennifer Mullally with Kathi

1st place Cecchetti V &VI Scholarship Winner

Sarah Ahlswede with Kathi

2nd place Cecchetti III & IV Scholarship Winner

Leah Mrozek with Kathi

3rd place Cecchetti III & IV Scholarship Winner

McKala Lehman with Kathi

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STUDIO UPDATE

ATTENTION ALL LINE DANCERS Remember there is a mandatory $50.00 fundraising assessment to all line

dancers to help defray the cost of Powers Auditor ium. This can be generated

through any fundraisers (ex. Gorant’s candies, raffle tickets, etc.) or paid di-

rectly to the office.

GORANTS CANDY

FUNDRAISER

Orders due—March 29

Pick up—April 9

EASTER BREAK Closed Thursday, April 17—

Wednesday, April 23.

We will reopen on April 24.

Ohio Dance Masters Junior Members We have a group of dancers that are Junior Members of the Ohio Dance

Masters Organization of which Kathi is a very dedicated member. For the

March convention, the girls are making Chinese Auction baskets to raise

money for Dancing Wheels, a non-profit organization of young men and

women who dance in wheel chairs. We thought if anyone would like to

donate a scratch off lottery ticket or an item from Victoria’s Secret for the two baskets our

girls are creating, that would be awesome. These items need to be turned in by Monday,

March 24th at the office. Thank you for your generosity.

Congratulations to the Halbert Family

On Thursday, February 20th, the Halbert family wel-

comed a new member. Kathi’s son Keith and his

wife Kelly were blessed with their second child, an 8

pound little boy, named Elliott Erwin Halbert. Con-

gratulations to Kathi and Ken on the birth of their

second grandchild.

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FITNESS WITH JOANNE Did you know that you may be eligible for free adult fitness classes? Fitness with Joanne is introducing the new “FLEX” exer-cise program right here at Kathi’s Dance & Gym on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 a.m. Joanne has been teaching exercise classes for over 25 years and would love for you to five these classes a try. Call Joanne to see if you qualify for theses free classes or for more information. 330-501-7585.

COMPETITIVE TEAM NEWS

AAU Winter Nationals were held at Spire Institute the weekend of February 15th and 16th.

There were several gyms from six different states competing. Our girls overall had a great

meet. Our Xcel Gold team placed 2nd, Level 6’s placed 3rd and the Xcel Platinum team placed

6th.

Individually in the top ten we had our Xcel Gold gymnasts Abigail Catlos, 9th on vault,

2nd on bars, 4th on beam, 2nd on floor, and 2nd all-around; Marissa Mangino placed 8th on

vault, 6th on bars, 1st on beam, 7th on floor, 6th all-around; Vanessa Lehman placed 3rd on

vault, 2nd on bars, 3rd on beam, 4th on floor, 2nd all-around; Gianna Gentile placed 5th on

vault, 2nd on bars, 5th on beam, 4th on floor, 3rd all-around; Maddie Ewing placed 3rd on

beam, 2nd on floor, 6th all-around; Jayce Klink placed 5th on floor; Sami Smith placed 10th on

vault.

From our Platinum team we had Zoe Weaver placing 8th on vault, 2nd on bars, 8th on

beam, 6th all-around; Kenzie Ferenchak placed 4th on vault, 5th on bars, 8th all-around;

Amanda Heffron placed 9th on vault, 10th on floor.

Our level 6 gymnasts individually placed as follows. Sophia Neddy placed 3rd on bars,

4th on beam, 5th on floor, 4th all-around; Abby George placed 7th on vault, 7th on bars, 5th on

beam, 9th on floor, 7th all-around; Gizalia Smith-Kelso placed 2nd on vault, 4th on bars, 2nd

on beam, 10th on floor, 4th all-around; Lauren Gates placed 6th on vault, 7th on bars, 4th on

beam, 7th on floor, 5th all-around.

Our two Level 8’s had a great meet as well but could not compete as a team with only

two gymnasts. Grace George placed 4th on vault, 3rd on bars, 4th on beam, 7th on floor, 4th

all-around; Kess Gordon placed 8th on vault, 8th on bars, 5th on beam, 5th on floor, and 7th all

-around.

GREAT JOB GIRLS!! KEEP UP THE HARD WORK!!!

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2014 DANCE SHOW PROGRAM AD ORDER FORM

BUSINESS NAME: PHONE:

ADDRESS:

CITY: STATE: ZIP:

NAME OF INDIVIDUAL PLACING AD:

SIZE OF AD: (PLEASE CHECK ALL APPROPRIATE SPACES)

DANCE SHOW

(Deadline May 17)

1/8 Page (2 1/2 X 2) $30

1/4 Page (2 1/2 X 4) $60

1/2 Page (5 X 4) $120

_____ Adding Photo _____ $20 ____ Photo Attached

____ Please Return Photo

Based on 5 1/2 X 7 program size

PLEASE USE SAME COPY AS LAST YEAR

(PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR BUSINESS CARD)

COPY OF NEW AD ENCLOSED

(PLEASE SHOW LAYOUT ON THE BACK)

ENCLOSED IS A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $

(PLEASE MAKE CHECK OUT TO KATHI’S DANCE & GYM CENTER)