ARRIVAL: Check-in times & room assignments are posted HERE. Dancers need to arrive in stage-ready costume, hair, makeup (except for lipstick which can be applied right before stage time) for their first dance.

3-10 years: A parent/guardian needs to sign in dancers. You will receive a sticker with your dancer's name on it. This becomes your “ticket” to enter backstage to pick up your child at check out time. 

12+ years: Dancers do not need a parent for check-in, but must sign in.

Once checked in, dancers must remain in their assigned room. Regardless of age, dancers may not leave to enter the Commons during intermission.

DEPARTURE:  Unless pre-arranged with Jenica, dancers will check out after the curtain call. For the safety of our dancers, only ONE adult per dancer/family — the one with the name sticker(s) — may go back to the choir/band rooms.

COSTUME CHECKLISTS: Before dropping off your dancers, please ensure they have EACH & EVERY costume item and BOTH shoes (ie both tap shoes, or both half soles, etc.). This is especially critical when coming back for the evening performance. We cannot stress this enough. 

Do not wash or iron costumes because the materials can shrink, burn, melt, or change color. To remove wrinkles, use a hand steamer or hang in the bathroom during a shower. Or you may use the commercial-grade steamer at the studio.

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COSTUME CHANGES: There are changing pods in each room, however, we HIGHLY recommend wearing a nude/skintone leotard underneath costumes for quick and easy costume changes. These can be purchased at a discount from the studio office.

FOOD/DRINK: Please send a water bottle with your child. Note that ONLY WATER is permitted in the backstage rooms. Please do not send juice, soda, or messy snacks.

Bake Sale: If dancers would like anything from the bake sale, please visit before their call-time and send it backstage with them BEFORE the show starts.

FOR FAMILY MEMBERS & FRIENDS DURING THE SHOW

Applause: Enthusiastic applause and cheering is encouraged — the louder the better!! — but it is not appropriate to yell a child's name.

Auditorium: Please refrain from entering and exiting during the performance. It is very distracting to the performers and to the audience. If urgent, ushers will allow doors to open between numbers. No eating or drinking in the auditorium (including bake sale items). Please do not make Lonnie and Jenica clean up after you.

Backstage: Friends and family are NOT permitted beyond the back hallway doors during the performance or intermission. There is a lot of backstage activity in a limited space, and the dressing rooms are private areas. Unless you are the adult picking up your young children, please meet dancers in the Commons after the recital.