Classes Cancelled 2/15

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

We are having to cancel classes today due to President's Day. I am so very sorry about the inconvenience:-(. I completely forgot about the Holiday and it's relevance to working hours for the church staff until I got to the church today and the doors were locked. This is completely my fault and I am so sorry I'm letting you know so late.

Please forgive me.
Thanks
Grace and Peace
Josie

Ballet Gloria Reminders

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

I'm just writing to clarify that we will be holding all Ballet Gloria classes as usual tomorrow. Classes should continue normally through March 15th at least. For those of you in Miss Aline's class, tomorrow will be her last class before her wedding (yay!) so be sure to congratulate her. Miss Sophie will teach her classes for the two weeks that she is out--she should be back by March 8.

Thank you all so much for your patience and support
Grace and Peace

No Classes For the Next 2 Weeks

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

I'm very sorry--we are going to have to cancel all Ballet Gloria classes for the next two weeks. Next week, 1/18, I have mandatory rehearsals for BSA's production of Coppelia. The following week, I have to have a colonoscopy. Hopefully, this won't be anything long term/serious...I had one in November, but have had some persistence of symptoms and my second opinion doc needs another look. I'm sorry I've been such a mess schedule-wise this year. Thank you all for being so patient and understanding.

I miss you all terribly and will hope to see you all back on 2/1/10.

Thanks so much
Grace and Peace
Josie

Ballet Gloria Christmas Party

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

I'm writing to remind everyone that the Ballet Gloria Christmas Party is this upcoming Monday, 12/14 from 2:00pm-5:00pm. From 2:00- 4:00 we will be in the B2 wing visiting, enjoying refreshments, doing crafts, having an ongoing story time in one of the classrooms where parents/teens take turns reading to all ages of children. At 4:00pm dancers will make their way to foyer to get ready for a 4:30 demonstration while parents and siblings continue to enjoy stories, refreshments, etc. The demonstration will include memory verse, class dances, and then a special slideshow. We can't set up chairs in this area due to fire codes, so if you want to bring a blanket or cushion of some sort, that's completely fine (it shouldn't be very long).

Please wear your favorite Christmas sweater and black pants.

If you have any questions, please email Linda Ronald at ronaldfamily@att.net.

This will be our last Ballet Gloria meeting until 2010. Classes will be back to normal 1/4/10-1/11/10. There will be no classes on 1/18/10, but after that there are no more absences (that I know of right now).

Thank you all so much!
Grace and Peace
Josie

Ballet Gloria December

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

Here is our plan for the remainder of November and December (so far):

11/30/09 Normal Classes

12/07/09 Normal Classes

12/14/09 Ballet Gloria Christmas Party
2:00pm-5:00pm
B2 Gathering Area at Oak Hills Church
(We will not be having classes on this day, but each class will have a chance to demonstrate part of their class material as well as Scripture memory work as a part of celebrating what God has done in this year so far. I will be contacting some of you who have volunteered to bring and/or help with different things within the next couple of weeks--Thank you so much for your hearts of service!)

The Ballet Gloria Christmas Party will be the last time we meet in 2009--we hate to take so much time off this year, but Miss Olivia, Miss Sophie, and Miss Josie are all dancing in Nutcracker through 12/26 and we figured that everyone would need some down time between Christmas and New Years. We're still trying to figure out exactly when we will start up again in January, but I will let you know as I know.

I am so grateful for all of you and can't wait to see everyone again on Monday!

Grace and Peace
Josie

Classes 10/26

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

Because of the rain (praise God!) and flooding today, we want to encourage you to exercise an extraordinary amount of caution in traveling about today. We will be holding all classes. However, we will not be working on choreography or going forward in Scripture memory, and I would like to encourage you to stay home if you have to go through low water crossings on the way to Oak Hills--absences will not be "counted" today.

In addition, the last class will be shortened to 1hr for today--meaning that the Psalms classes will meet from 4:30pm-5:30pm.

Be careful!
Grace and peace
Josie

No Classes Next Week

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

I have been feeling a little icky for the past couple of days, had a fever yesterday, and went in to the doctor today--he said I have H1N1 flu and that I should not be around people until 24hrs after the fever is gone. I didn't have a fever on Monday, but I'm not sure at what point I started being contagious. If you start getting a sore throat, please go to the doctor (especially if you're pregnant or have a chronic condition like asthma).

I think that it might also be a good idea to cancel classes this Monday and give everyone a break from all the germs floating around. So classes on October 12th will be canceled. We will resume classes on October 19th (please pass this around in case I'm missing someone's email).

Wash your hands, get vaccinated whenever the vaccine comes out, and go to the doctor if you start to feel sick.

Grace, peace, and my apologies,
Josie