Classes return tonight as normal however we ask everyone to wear MASKS for the next couple of weeks or so.   If you do not feel comfortable returning yet, please let me know.  Thanks

The City Covid policies have not changed yet but City Department heads are discussing them today due to the latest CDC changes.   If you have been exposed in the past week let me know so I can give you the latest policy/instructions.   If you have had Covid over the holidays, the current return policy is this (I’ll let you know asap if/when it changes).

If you have/had symptoms, Discontinuing home isolation is allowed if:

o At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared and

o At least 24 hours have passed since last fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and

o Symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste and smell) have improved

If you do/did NOT have symptoms, Discontinuing home isolation is allowed if:

o At least 10 days have passed since the positive laboratory test and the person remains asymptomatic

Note, if you later develop symptoms, you should follow the guidance for symptomatic persons above.

Hope everyone is doing well! I wanted to send some dates/reminders for the rest of 2021!

  • Thanksgiving Break Monday November 22- Friday November 26.  No Classes- enjoy!
  • Competition Team Showcase for Parents and Siblings (only involves those on Competition Team)- Friday December 10th
  • Dance Starz Holiday Show- Friday December 17th *more details to follow.  We will have treats at the end of the show for Dance Starz to celebrate the holiday season.
  • Holiday Break Monday December 20th– Sunday January 2nd. No Classes!

Thanks- be on the look out for more details regarding our Friday December 17th Holiday Show!

Please see below for important October reminders and dates!  Click the pdf if you’d like to visually see the dates on a calendar!

Youth Day Parade:  Saturday October 9th See Below for Reminders!

Dance Starz will be participating again this year in Roswell’s Youth Day Parade. The parade begins at 10:00am and we finish about 11:30 at Roswell Area Park.  Companies 2/3/4 will meet at the parade starting point will be 8:45am at the Presbyterian Church (see below for more details). The Parade route/street will close at 9:45am.

Parade Kickoff performance by Pre Co & Company 1/5/6 at start of the parade at the Heart of Roswell Square (in front of Mac McGee’s) next to DJ/Emcee. Pre Co & Companies 1/5/6 will meet in front of Mac McGee’s at 9:00am. After their performance they will be escorted to parade float by dance instructors.

Parent Volunteers: Our parent volunteers are responsible for: check-in of dancers at parade route; help with last minute decorating of float; traveling with the float and monitoring dancers for safety; help with float tear down; check out of dancers/release to parents.

Dancers What to Wear:

Pre-Co & Company 1- Girls- Supplied costume, black leotard underneath, no tights, basic clean tennis shoes  Boys –dance starz shirt, lime jacket, any black shorts. 

Company 2/3/4/5/6- New black Dance Starz t-shirt (expect week of parade), black leggings (boy- black pants or shorts), basic clean tennis shoes.   (Dancers may be on float or walking, prepare for either).

Hair:  Girls must have a slick middle parted low pony tail. Boys- neatly styled hair

Makeup for girls:

Pre Co, Company 1 and 2:  No makeup required.

Company 3/4/5/6:  Light eye makeup and the required show lipstick (Revlon Cherry Blossom)

*Please don’t arrive looking like you just rolled out of bed.   We are representing the Dance Starz and want to look polished and professional.

Bring:  Please bring 2 large bags of individually wrapped candy in bags for distribution along parade route and a bag with handles for your child to carry candy and distribute. Fabric recycle bags work best.

Drop Off:

Company 2/3/4:  Meet at 8:45am at 755 Mimosa Blvd Roswell in front of Presbyterian Church (large white church) across from the First Baptist Church. 

PreCo & Co 1/5/6:  Meet at 9:00am in front of Mac McGee’s/Heart of Roswell on Canton St.

Parade Route: Mimosa Blvd., right on Magnolia St., left on Canton St., left on Woodstock, right into Roswell Area Park.

Pick Up:  Please meet our volunteers at the PAC lobby for student check-out 11:30ish or as soon as you can get there.  Water/snacks will be available for dancers while waiting.  Older dancers please assist with float dismantle at end of parade.  You may go on own.   Parents if you intend to meet your older dancer somewhere other than the PAC, please inform Nicole (nbrook@roswellgov.com) several days in advance so I can note it on the check-out sheet prior to parade day.   Example:  My daughter Jonnie A has permission to walk over to the old Crabapple MS for pickup (or riding with xx).

Monday October 18th and Tuesday October 19th– We will be walking over to the CAB to practice for Holiday Show.  Class times are the same, no change in the times you need to come in!

Friday October 22nd Dance Starz Halloween Party 6:30-7:30pm.  Check email for evite to RSVP.

Dance Starz Spirit Week is October 25th– October 29th.  Check attached calendar for days.

Dance Starz will be participating again this year in Roswell’s Youth Day Parade. The parade begins at 10:00am and we finish about 11:30 at Roswell Area Park.  Companies 2/3/4 will meet at the parade starting point will be 8:45am at the Presbyterian Church (see below for more details). The Parade route/street will close at 9:45am.

Parade Kickoff performance by Pre Co & Company 1/5/6 at start of the parade at the Heart of Roswell Square (in front of Mac McGee’s) next to DJ/Emcee. Pre Co & Companies 1/5/6 will meet in front of Mac McGee’s at 9:00am. After their performance they will be escorted to parade float by dance instructors.

Parent Volunteers: Our parent volunteers are responsible for: check-in of dancers at parade route; help with last minute decorating of float; traveling with the float and monitoring dancers for safety; help with float tear down; check out of dancers/release to parents.

Dancers What to Wear:

Pre-Co & Company 1- Girls- Supplied costume, black leotard underneath, no tights, basic clean tennis shoes  Boys –dance starz shirt, lime jacket, any black shorts. 

Company 2/3/4/5/6- New black Dance Starz t-shirt (expect week of parade), black leggings (boy- black pants or shorts), basic clean tennis shoes.   (Dancers may be on float or walking, prepare for either).

Hair: 

Girls must have a slick middle parted low pony tail. Boys- neatly styled hair

Makeup for girls:

Pre Co, Company 1 and 2:  No makeup required.

Company 3/4/5/6:  Light eye makeup and the required show lipstick (Revlon Cherry Blossom)

*Please don’t arrive looking like you just rolled out of bed.   We are representing the Dance Starz and want to look polished and professional.

Bring:  Please bring 2 large bags of individually wrapped candy in bags for distribution along parade route and a bag with handles for your child to carry candy and distribute. Fabric recycle bags work best.

Drop Off:

Company 2/3/4:  Meet at 8:45am at 755 Mimosa Blvd Roswell in front of Presbyterian Church (large white church) across from the First Baptist Church. 

PreCo & Co 1/5/6:  Meet at 9:00am in front of Mac McGee’s/Heart of Roswell on Canton St.

Parade Route: Mimosa Blvd., right on Magnolia St., left on Canton St., left on Woodstock, right into Roswell Area Park.

Pick Up:  Please meet our volunteers at the PAC lobby for student check-out 11:30ish or as soon as you can get there.  Water/snacks will be available for dancers while waiting.  Older dancers please assist with float dismantle at end of parade.  You may go on own.   Parents if you intend to meet your older dancer somewhere other than the PAC, please inform Nicole (nbrook@roswellgov.com) several days in advance so I can note it on the check-out sheet prior to parade day.   Example:  My daughter Jonnie A has permission to walk over to the old Crabapple MS for pickup (or riding with xx).

Nicole Brook – Performing Arts Supervisor

Due to several factors, we’ve changed plans for the Holiday show. We will do a short intimate performance for Starz parents/siblings at the Community Activity Building on Friday, Dec. 17th instead of a large production on the 18th at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.       Be on lookout for volunteer changes for holiday.  We may want to have treats table.  This is also a good night for Big/Lil sis gifting.

Coming Up:

Youth Day Parade is coming up Oct 9 (10am). Katie will be sending out the specifics on that soon.  Also be on the lookout for an email from the booster club regarding Float builders/decorators and parade chaperones!

Pre-co, Co 1, 5, and 6 are performing before the parade at 9:50am

Co 2, 3 and 4 will be with the float.   (Co 1, 5 and 6 can join float after dance.)

Past Due Fees:

We will be buying costumes soon.  Please make sure you have paid you costume fees and anything else you may owe(competition choreography, volunteer deposits etc).  If you owe, you will be getting an email from the booster club (RoswellDanceStarz@gmail.com).

Hi families, We’re so excited about the start of the new season AND the opening of our spiritwear store! The store is open NOW and orders will be accepted until Monday, August 30. Once the store closes, it will be early 2022 before we open it again, so please consider ordering holiday gifts now as well.

Please visit, place orders, and pay at our online store: https://sites.google.com/a/georgiapromotions.com/roswell-dance-starz/home 

It’s recommended to order on a desktop/laptop rather than your phone. All sales are final, so please double check sizing by clicking on the description and sizing specs link.

There are so many options in both youth and adult sizes, including: tanks, t-shirts for dancers (and MOMS & DADS, too), sweatshirts, hoodies, shorts, pants and various bag styles. Please pay attention to add ons like adding the Roswell Performing Arts logo to the front of the zippered hoodie, names on long-sleeved shirts/jackets, and name embroidery on bags. We’ve added magnets this year!

Once the store closes, our printer is asking for approximately 2 weeks to deliver. This means our spiritwear will be available in mid September! We will contact you to see if any of your purchases are gifts. Non-gifts will be distributed during class. For gift orders, we will make separate arrangements for pickup.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jennifer Hazelwood at jennifer@netzapp.com.

Hi parents! Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting in person or virtually. We hope you and your dancers are excited about the new season. This email will detail information that was discussed during the meeting and give you access to digital copies of the items we handed out.

SPIRITWEAR STORE CLOSES TODAY: https://sites.google.com/a/georgiapromotions.com/roswell-dance-starz/home

BUDGET/PAYMENTS: A copy of this year’s budget is attached to this email. One of the bigger changes this year is the addition of a requirement that each dancer sell 10 tickets to our spring show. These can be bought by you or friends/family. When you purchase tickets, there is a blank to put your dancer’s name.

When using PayPal to make costume, competition or any other payments to Dance Starz, please remember to select “Friends & Family.” This sends us the payment and doesn’t charge us any PayPal fees. Fees last year were roughly $650 so this would be a big help!  If you have any questions, please email roswelldancestarz@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEERS: Each family is required to pay a $100 volunteer deposit. If you complete the 10 required hours, you will be eligible for a refund of that fee or you may roll it over to next year. We need our parent/grandparent volunteers to sign up for open positions. Our events can only be carried out with the help of the collective. Please know: You do not have to fear job titles with the word chair in them. They are a great way to fulfill your volunteer commitment. We will provide ideas. We just need someone to carry them out as a point person. If you have ideas, tell us and help us make the events better for our dancers! If your role involves making purchases, please contact Vicki (our treasurer) for your event budget prior to making any purchases. And finally, this year the sign up is located in the parent portal at www.roswelldancestarz.com. No more Sign Up Genius!

SPIRITWEAR: The items will be available again in early 2022. If you would like to see any additions to the store, please let us know. We are presently looking into water bottles. We also plan to have Roswell Performing Arts branded t-shirts available for purchase by both RDS members and the general rec program. More details on those things later.

WEBSITE: One of our moms, Gretchen, has been hard at work on our parent portal and we’re excited about the possibilities. You should have received an email with guidance on how to access your account. Please let Gretchen know if you didn’t. We hope the website becomes a one-stop shop for all RDS information. In the parent portal, you can find: archive of emails, calendar, directory, volunteer sign up, etc.

SOCIAL MEDIA: If you haven’t already, we hope you will go like our pages on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/roswelldancestarz) and Instagram (roswelldancestarz). Also, we’re looking to build our web presence. When families Google “dance studio in Roswell,” we want to come up first. Please add a review at https://www.yelp.com/biz/roswell-dance-starz-roswell-2 and do a Google review (add review on the right-hand side).

TRAVEL: We are interested in providing a travel opportunity for our dancers. Travel traditionally has happened at the beginning of June. Two possibilities are Disney and/or Universal, but there are other opportunities available. With Covid uncertainty, we’re not sure whether travel could be planned for summer 2022, since plans and deposits would need to be made soon. We need a parent volunteer to help us in this process if this is something our RDS family is interested in doing. This volunteer would work with the Board on deciding all of the details.

FORMING A COMMUNITY: We hope that our parents and dancers will build relationships outside of the dance studios. We encourage each company level to plan get togethers.

Let’s work together to make this a fun and memorable year for our dancers!
Budget General Meeting Minutes – August 2021 MemberPortalInstructions
Thank you!
Jennifer Hazelwood at jennifer@netzapp.com
Jennifer Phillips at palmtrey@icloud.com
Vicki Manus at roswelldancestarz@gmail.com
Gretchen Sisti at gsisti@bellsouth.net

At our kick off party, we announced our Big/Little Siblings for the 2021-2022 season! Attached you will find a list of everyone’s big/little. Here’s a few things I wanted to let everyone know..

  1. Halloween treat- bring a small card/Halloween goody for your big/little the week of Halloween (no more than $5)*  I’ll have a bin In the dance office to drop off, so please label your treats.
  2. Holiday gift- a small gift to give to your big/little during our holiday show (approx. $10)
  3. Spring Concert good luck gift- something small to wish your big/little good luck for our show, even a handmade card is great!

*This shouldn’t be a big expense, but we encourage everyone to participate so no one feels left out!

Big Little 2021-2022

Hello Dance Starz!

See below for some reminders about choreography camp weeks!  Attached to this email you will find scheduling information for the weeks of August 9-13 and August 16-20th.  Our normal class schedule starts Monday August 23rd.  A few things I wanted to point out..

  1. Parent meeting is Thursday 8/19 from 5:30-6:30 in studio 4.  Please plan to send one parent from each family!
  2. Kick off party for all Dance Starz is Friday 8/20 from 5:30-7:30. See below for information
    1. We will be taking non-dancing group photos.  Please dress as if going to a banquet/party- no sweat pants/workout attire.  It’s fun to dress up!
    2. We will be providing dinner for the dancers- pizza, water, and King of Pops popsicles.  If you have a dietary restriction, plan to bring your own food.
  3. Chorography Camp fee: $150 was due July 30th Payable to the City of Roswell.  www.roswellgov.com/performingarts
  4. Costume and Volunteer deposit (if not rolled over from last year) was due July 30th Payable to Roswell Dance Starz by check or pay Paypal (www.paypal.me/roswelldancestarz )  Please refer to handbook to see what you owe for your company. 
  5. Company 4 dancers- Pointe shoe fitting at Dance Fashions Wednesday August 4th at 5pm.

*Please refer to your company handbook for regular class information.

Dress code: for our regular classes please see the attached dress code.  Like last season, we are running our shoe sale thru Dance Fashions this year, so please see the attached pdf for more details. 

Donated Shoe Sale:  We will run a consignment shoe sale during choreography weeks.  Please bring in gently used shoes, labeled with size and price during choreography camp weeks.  We will have a bin of shoes in the hallway for dancers/parents to look thru.  This will be benefiting the Dance Starz Booster Club, cash and checks made out to Roswell Dance Starz will be accepted.

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer!! Our choreography weeks are quickly approaching.  Attached to this email you will find scheduling information for the weeks of August 9-13 and August 16-20th.  Our normal class schedule starts Monday August 23rd.  A few things I wanted to point out..

  1. Parent meeting is Thursday 8/19 from 5:30-6:30 in studio 4.  Please plan to send one parent from each family!
  2. Kick off party for all Dance Starz is Friday 8/20 from 5:30-7:30. See below for information
    1. We will be taking non-dancing group photos.  Please dress as if going to a banquet/party- no sweat pants/workout attire.  It’s fun to dress up!
    2. We will be providing dinner for the dancers- pizza, water, and King of Pops popsicles.  If you have a dietary restriction, plan to bring your own food.
  3. Chorography Camp fee: $150 due July 30th Payable to the City of Roswell.  www.roswellgov.com/performingarts
  4. Costume and Volunteer deposit due July 30th Payable to Roswell Dance Starz by check or pay Paypal.  Please refer to handbook to see what you owe for your company. 
  5. Company 4 dancers- Pointe shoe fitting at Dance Fashions Wednesday August 4th at 5pm.

*Please refer to your company handbook for regular class schedule and information.

Thank you- we can’t wait to see everyone back at the studios!

PDF:  CoreographyCampSchedule

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is having a great summer and getting ready for another great season of dance in the fall!!  I’m reaching out regarding volunteer deposits for this past year.

The policy for the $100 volunteer deposit is they are returned at the end of the season or after the volunteer hours have been fulfilled.  This season we had a requirement of 6 hours per family.  If you are on this email you have either completed your hours or had signed up to complete your hours by the end of the season.  

You have the option of either getting a refund or rolling it over to next year.  Please let me know which option you prefer.  If you would like a refund please respond with your mailing address.  If we receive no response we will assume that you would like it rolled over.  If you are leaving RDS let me know so I can refund your deposit.  Please do not reply all.

Next season the deposit will again be $100 due in August and the hourly requirement is 10 hours per family.

I hope everyone has a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you back in the fall!!

Thanks,

Vicki Manus

Treasurer

Hi Dance Starz,

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer!! I wanted to check in with a few things/reminders…

  1. ***NEW***Attached to this email is our dress code.  It is similar to previous years. *For our male dancers, we will be in touch with specifics for your shoes.  If you’d like to purchase your shoes/class attire at Dance Fashions (10400 Alpharetta Street Roswell GA 30075) our Dance Starz Booster Club receives a kick back of sales.  They have a copy of our dress code and will be able to assist with sizing, etc!  Please plan to have all shoes at the start of regular classes Monday August 23rd.
  2. If you haven’t already done so, please send an email confirmation about your company acceptance.  You can bring in your signed forms during drop in classes or at the start of choreography camp.
  3. Choreography Weeks are August 9th-13th AND August 16th-20th.  We will have afternoon/evening classes that are based around your class schedule- you won’t be coming in every day.  We will be sending a more detailed schedule and info in JULY!
  4. Payment deadlines: ALL DUE JULY 30th
    1. Choreography Camp $150 due to the City of Roswell. www.roswellgov.com/performingarts  #47127
    2. Volunteer/Costume deposit due to Roswell Dance Starz- check or pay pay.  Please refer to the attached company handbook for what you owe by company level.
  5. ****NEW***During choreography camp weeks, we will be having a shoe consignment sale benefiting the Roswell Dance Starz booster club.  We will have a table set up in the hallway during choreography camp, where parents/dancers may purchase used shoes.  If you’d like to donate, please bring in shoes in a zip lock bag labeled with size and price (you set price).  Cash/check made out to Roswell Dance Starz will be accepted, it will be an honor system.

Thank you!! We will be in touch with a choreography camp schedule in the next few weeks!

Dance Starz Dress Code 2021-2022

Hey Parents! What a year it has been! We had no idea what the 2020-21 season would bring. We very much appreciate your commitment and the dancers’ commitment this year. Thank you to everyone who helped us out by volunteering at the events we were able to hold. We are very hopeful we’ll be able to move into a more normal season this August.

YEAR IN REVIEW: This year, the booster club sponsored Kona Ice as a kick-off event, hosted a pumpkin decorating party, set up a hot cocoa bar for a warm holiday treat, rented a limo for our Senior and PrePro dancers, and held an end-of-the-year party at Brookfield Country Club. We also purchased masks for each dancer and instructor, and we bought LORE t-shirts for each dancer. Funds were also used for our spring concert and spring recitals. We also coordinated the sign up of volunteers for each event.

BOOSTER CLUB BOARD: As we look towards the new season, we need to seek out a new Booster Club Board: President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. This past year’s board was run by Vicki Manus as Treasurer and Jennifer Hazelwood as Secretary. Please consider placing your name or someone else’s name (ask them first please) into nomination. These roles will not consume a significant amount of your time, and the board functions together to accomplish the “to do” items. We generally meet a few times to catch up on happenings, but most communication is via email. You will guarantee your volunteers hours are fulfilled, and your costume fee will be reimbursed at the end of the year. Please see the attached for job descriptions.

We will accept nominations until June 4. We will then ask you to vote on the nominations.

SPIRIT WEAR:
We would also like to fill the role of spirit wear chair ASAP. Please consider this role. We already have a company to do the printing, payment process and sorting of orders. Most of the store is already built. 

We’re also curious if there are any items you would like to see added to the store for the upcoming season. If so, please email jennifer@netzapp.com with any suggestions. We plan to open the store in early August for a September delivery.

Enjoy your summer!
Vicki and Jennifer