October 2019

COSTUME 101Costume Fees for our 2020 Product ion

and Gymnastics Showcase will be added

to your account on October 11th. All

fees are due no later than November 9th.

Please DO NOT PAY these fees online.

They must be paid in person with Cash,

Check, or Credit Card. Fees paid online

will be applied to future tuit ion;

payments will not be refunded.

Why are we collecting fees in November for

Spring shows, you ask?

Many companies take up to 12 or more

weeks to produce costumes. We

measure the students in November and

begin ordering costumes right away. Our

goal is to get them back in t ime to

distribute them for the group pictures

that are featured in our program book.

Costumes are $50 to $70 per costume.

They will be added to your account on

October 11th, so please make sure your

classes are properly listed on your portal.

If you'd like a more accurate est imate of

your costume fees, please see the

website under Tuit ion and Fees. Last ly,

costume fees are non-refundable.

Tuit ion for the full season must be paid

to receive costumes in the spring.

PIZZA KITS SCRATCH & GIVE

IMPORTANT DATES

Our Lit t le Caesars

Pizza Kit Costume

Fundraiser is well

underway! This is

a fundraiser for

your costume fees and MCDF! For

each item you sell, $3.00 is applied

toward your costume fees. Orders

are due Saturday October 19th. We

do not accept checks. Supporters

may also order online. Make sure

they list the dancer as seller. The

pick up day is Thursday November

7th between noon and 7PM. Please

make arrangements for pick up.

This is the easiest fundraiser ever!

Raise money for your gymnastics

costume and/or tuition while raising

money for the MCDF Flip Factory

expansion!

For a $25 donation to the

Gymnastics Program, you will

receive a fundraising card. Each card

has scratch off values equal to $100.

(That?s a $75 profit for parents to use

towards gymnastics costumes

and/or monthly tuition). Simply

bring in the donations and we will

apply the money toward your

account. Easy as pie...without

having to deliver the pie!

October 1 October Tuit ion Due

October 1 Late Regist rat ion Begins

October 11 Costume Fees will be posted on accounts (Do not pay online)

October 12 MCDF Gear Order Due

October 19 Pizza Kits Orders Due (Cash or Money Order - No checks)

October 24-27 Tapology Tap Fest ival - Flint , MI (visit Tapology.org for details)

October 31 Trunk or Treat and Halloween Class Party

October 31 Last day to enroll for 2019-2020 Season

November 7 Pizza Kit Pick Up Noon - 7 PM

November 9 All Costume Fees Due (Pay in person cash/check - Do not pay online)

AUTO PAY

Did you know that you can sign up for Auto Pay and have your tuition automatically debited from your account? Set it and forget it! You can do this through your parent portal or at the front desk. If you were a previous Auto-Pay customer, please log in or come into the studio to check the status of your Auto Pay Account.

MCDF TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

MCDF ANNOUNCEMENTS

Want t o at t end t he 2019 Tapology Fest ival

or Concer t ? Visit Tapology.org for m ore

inform at ion. The Tap Fest ival runs

Oct ober 24t h - 27t h. There are classes

available for all levels and ages w it h som e

of t he best t ap t eachers in t he wor ld! The concer t on Sunday

Oct ober 27t h (7PM at The Whit ing Audit or ium in Flint ) is a

present at ion of hot jazz and excit ing dancers, raising funds for

Flint 's Children of Challenge. This year 's t hem e is Celebrat ing

Wom en in Tap. For 14 years t h is concer t and fest ival product ion

has been work ing t o br ing form al ar t s and dance t rain ing t o

schools and st udent s who had none. www.t apology.org for info.

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Alfred Bruce Bradley, performing art ist and

educator, is a Flint Michigan nat ive, father of

four and proud grandfather who resides in

the Flint area with his wife Sherry. Mr.

Bradley is the founder of Tapology Tap

Fest ival for Youth, The Flintstone Hoofers

and co-founder of Creat ive Expressions

Dance Studio. Mr. Bruce has been teaching

at Motor City Dance Factory for over 10

years. Bradley is a graduate of Alabama

State University where he earned a Bachelor

of Arts degree and began his theatrical

t raining. Upon returning to the Flint area

after college he became act ively involved

with the McCree Theatre as a performing

art ist . As a result of his work through the

McCree Theatre he was given the

opportunity to work professionally in the hit

Off Broadway musical ?One Mo Time? in the

lead role as Papa Du which resulted in an

extended run at The Village Gate in Toronto,

Ontario. It was in Toronto that Bradley

began learning how to tap. Other notable

performance experiences would include the

off Broadway musical ?Staggerlee?, ?Rollin

With Stevens and Stewart?, ?A Raisin In The

Sun?, the Broadway hit musical ?Black and

Blue? it?s world tour in which he teamed with

his mentor and teacher, the late great Lloyd

Storey from Detroit , MI to perform the

?Class Act?. He has performed ?David

Danced For The Lord? from Ellington?s

Sacred Works with the Duke Ellington

Orchestra at the Cleveland Tri City Jazz

Fest ival. Mr. Bradley can be seen as a regular

in the Flint Inst itute Of Music?s product ion

of ?The Nutcracker? as Droselmeyer and is

also a member of the Flint Inst itute of

music?s Jubilee Chorale singers. His

Advanced and Intermediate tap classes

meet on Fridays from 6PM -8PM . Adults

with tap experience are welcome!