Mark Your Calendars

Tuition & Costume Balances Must Be Paid in Full!!
May 1st!

Costume Distribution Week
May 5th – 12th
Recital Forms Due:
May 15th

Ticket Sales:
May 19th

Memorial Day Weekend:
Studio Closed
May 26th – 28th

Dress Rehearsal & Recital
June 7th, 8th & 9th

Pre-Registration for Returning SBS dancers – Fall Season 2012-2013
June 11th, 13th 16th

Five Week Summer Program
June 18th – July 19th

Summer Dance Camp
August 13th – 17th

Book Your Birthday Party @SBS!

Your party girl or boy and their friends will enjoy a great deal of fun at a SBS Dance Party. An instructor will lead children in a 45 minute dance class. We introduce popular line dances and incorporate movement games. Music will be provided, along with a table, chairs, and two dozen balloons.

To book your next birthday party, send an email to office@stepbystepinc.com.

Number One! 2011 Readers Choice Awards

A special thank you to all our families for voting us Best Dance School this year! It is the good word of our students and their families that have brought the studio success through the years. Thank you Waltham for voting us #1!

Canceled: Zumbatomics For Kids

Our Four Week Zumbatomics Session, scheduled to run 4/30-5/21, has been cancelled.

Ladies Night

Ok mothers, I’ve heard it for years that I have a thing for the fathers of our studio and that’s why I choose Father/Daughter over getting the mothers to dance in our annual production. Here is your chance to prove that our SBS Dance Moms have more “swagga”!

Beginning Wednesday, May 2nd from 7:15-8:15 p.m. Jen Williams and I will host “Ladies Night”. This opportunity is also being extended to adults who have participated in Flogayoga Fitness classes and Zumba. The more ladies the merrier! We’re hoping to fill the stage!

Join Jen and I for the next six weeks as we teach Zumba Fitness moves with a cardio workout twist. It’s absolutely FREE! We’ll get you working out and teach you a routine in six classes to be performed at our annual 16th recital. If you don’t want to be in the show then just come to the class anyway and get your body moving!

To get started you need a registration form. We understand that this offering is FREE of charge however the registration form is important for a few reasons. First , if you decide you want to be in the show we need an accurate list of participants to add your name to our Recital T-shirt. Second, keeping your information on file get’s us communicating with you better as the show approaches.

Here is what you need to do …….

• Registration form. Hard copies are available in our lobby.
• Fill out the Registration Form so we know who’s participating.
• Come to your first class Wednesday, May 2nd from 7:15-8:15 p.m.
• Your last class will be at our dress rehearsal and shows on June 7th, 8th & 9th.
• You need to come to class each week in comfortable clothing and sneakers.
• The day of the show you need a solid black pair of workout leggings, a solid black tank top or t-shirt and sneakers.
• The accessory for this routine in a belly dance shimmy skirt in any color. If you own one or could borrow one from someone then you don’t need to buy one from us. However, for $10 we will order you one. Just check that box off on the registration form.

No excuses! Let’s do this. Jen and I will be on stage with you! You’re going to love the music!

Summer Dance

I spoke to a few older SBS students this past week and there appears to be some confusion regarding the Summer Program that runs for five weeks after the recital. The conversation came up as I was complementing a class this Wednesday night on their flexibility. Many students in this particular class are almost in full splits on either their right or their left side. I stated that since their flexibility was increasing they should continue to stay fit during our five week program from June 18th – July 19th not to lose what they have worked hard all year to accomplish. Many of them were very interested but appeared in the dark about what the Five Week Summer Program really entailed. To clarify, our five week program is designed similar to our current fall schedule. We are simply staying open five extra weeks at a modified schedule. Dancers can take only 1/hour per/week for five weeks or as many hours per week in five weeks in the dance styles of their choice. This is not to be confused with our dance camp offered in August. The older students thought our five week summer program was an all day camp and it’s not.

Other SBS dancers have approached me with the question, When should I sign up for the summer? My answer, as soon as possible! Out of courtesy for my summer staff I would like to inform them sooner rather than later if their classes are filling with enough students. Many of them decline other teaching offers at other studio’s because they are committed to me and SBS. They could accept other job opportunities if they know in advance their classes at SBS are not running. Please, if your child is interested in continuing to stay fit after the recital please register soon! Many of them were interested in our Dance Fitness Classes! Visit our Summer Programs page to download the registration form.