Updates

Hello Ballet Gloria Dancers and Families,

I just wanted to write and let everyone know that, Lord willing, we will be having classes now every week through the end of April. I am so very sorry about all of the inconsistency this year:-(

Also, I've had a couple of parents ask about our next ballet performance with Ballet San Antonio. It is called Coppelia and it's a lovely, hilarious, completely clean classical ballet. It will be at the Majestic Theater on March 20 at 7:30pm and March 21 at 2:00pm. Tickets start at $27.25, but if we can get a group of ten or more to go on the same day ( to get a 10% group discount), the price per ticket drops to $24.53. If you order through Ballet San Antonio, there are no TicketMaster charges. Unfortunately, there aren't any student performances or public-viewings of rehearsals right now:-(. If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please let me know and we'll try to put together a group.

I mostly wanted to mention this because a few of you had expressed interest, but concern that the word "comedy" might reflect poorly on the moral nature of the subject matter. It is a comedy, but one that was based on a childrens' story by ETA Hoffman and choreographed in 1870 for families to enjoy. It deals with problems of betrayal and jealousy, but it highly values faithfulness, dedication, marriage, and forgiveness. The synopsis can be found at www.balletsanantonio.org (on the main page under the link to TicketMaster--don't buy tickets through these links...they'll charge you about $9 per ticket in fees). All of this being said, please don't feel at all pressured to come.


I am so grateful for all of you. You are God's gifts of grace to me.

Grace and Peace and Many Thanks
Josie

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