Extra Practices

Just a reminder to all dancers that wish to dance at St Joe's on Sunday the 29th at 3:30:

We will have a practice on Wednesday from 6:30-7:30. It is important that you attend this practice. We will also go over the dances for the baseball game on Friday.

Maureen

August News

August Dates:

• 2^nd (this is a Thursday)
• 7^th

Upcoming Performances:

• July 27^th older girls only…Irish night at the Stadium…Arrival at 6:00 p.m.
• July 29^th Any dancer that performed at Jack Frost may participate…St. Joe’s Festival…Arrival at 3:00
• August 5^th Jack Frost Dancers…Bishop Timlin’s Birthday at Holy Family… Arrival at 2:30. Dancers must be at the August 2^nd Practice

If your dancer wishes to participate in any of the above dates, please email Maureen so that she can inform you of any extra practices.

September Schedule:

We will start back on Saturdays on September 8^th. New students are welcome to join. There is a $25 registration fee for new dancers and monthly classes are $32.00. Hardshoe class is an additional $20 per month. We will keep the same time schedule as last year. Classes will also be held on the 15^th and 22^nd.

Recital:

The recital was scheduled for October 7^th. However, due to a large number of dancers taking the summer off, I have postponed it. As in the past, we were going to apply a $100 participation fee to each dancer (with reductions for families). Having the recital in October would not give families enough time for the 3 month payment plan we implemented for other recitals.

We will be having a Parents Meeting in early September to discuss this and other fund raising activities.

Please keep checking the Blog and your Email for other summer performances.

Camp Dost

On Tuesday, July 10th...Some of our dancers and I traveled to Millville, Pa to Camp Victory. We were asked to perform for Children with cancer through a program called Camp Dost. There were approx 65 campers there. We danced a few numbers and then taught the campers the Haymakers Jig. Almost30 campers were able to get up and dance with us.

It was a night we will never forget. I have never been so proud of our dancers. They were outgoing and helpful and understanding. The parents of the dancers were also moved by this experience. We should all be very proud of these young dancers.

We were asked to come back again next year; but before I could answer, the dancers all said YES! We took some great photos and I hope to have them up on the blog soon!!

A special thanks to all the parents that took time out of their busy schedules to drive to Millville.

The dancers that participated were: Molly K., Maeve K., Caitlin C., Colleen C., Kayle G., Shannon, Katie and Patrick J., Mia O., Bridget F., Erin K., and Sarah B.

Maureen

ICS Dancers at Christ the King Picnic