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We are gearing up for dress rehearsals to begin this afternoon! Many thanks for your cooperation and attention to details during this busy week! A few notes about this weekend’s shows…  Hancher does not allow any type of recording during performances — photos, videos, audio, etc. If you would like to take photos (no flash, please!) or videos of your performers on stage, please do so at dress rehearsal. Also, tag us at #NolteTreasure on social media this week and weekend! We’d love to see your recital moments! For the safety of all our dancers and families: parents, siblings and other family members are NOT ALLOWED backstage unless you signed up prior to the event as a volunteer. Every class has 2-3 volunteers assigned to it and are in constant conversation with our team to make things run smoothly. Parents should ready their child to walk with their teacher or teacher’s helper from the check-in table to their dressing area. At 10 minutes before the show begins, the backstage doors will lock and our backstage team will get to work, making sure our performers are having fun, using the restrooms and getting them safely to and from the stage. We have two check-in/check-out tables that will be clearly marked outside Strauss Hall: Table 1 is for Children’s Dance 1, Children’s Dance 2, Kinder Combo, 1st Grade Combo Table 2 is for Levels 1-4 in all styles and Musical Theatre Dancers in Levels 5+ will check in at their dressing room when they meet their parent volunteer for that show • Please remember to pick up your Dancing with the Stars shirts during dress rehearsal this week! Joy will be at a table distributing T-shirts. This weekend, performers should arrive at Hancher 30 minutes prior to their show’s start time. They will enter the building at Door 3 (the same doors we are using for dress rehearsal and where there are balloons to mark it). They should arrive ready for their first performance. The show order is attached to this email. Please send only essentials in a bag with your children and mark their name in all costumes, tights, shoes, etc. And, a reminder: • Monday classes perform Friday, May 31 at 6:30 pm • Tuesday and Saturday classes perform Saturday, June 1 at 1 pm • Wednesday classes perform Saturday, June 1 at 6:30 pm • Thursday classes perform Sunday, June 2 at 1 pm Once performers are checked in, family members can enjoy the Hancher lobby, visit the Showcase store (flowers for performers will be available for sale) and then find your seats. There will be one 15 minute intermission which is when parent dancers will come backstage for our Dancing with the Stars performances. Parents dancing should meet us at Table 2/Levels 1-4 check-in table outside Strauss Hall. If you have noisy children in the audience during the show, please consider taking them to the “Cry Room” at the back of the house. Unless prior approval has been granted, performers will stay backstage during the show, regardless of where their dance falls in the order. We follow this policy for the safety of our dancers and enjoyment of our audiences. The younger groups will have access to supervised activities (coloring, puzzles, movies) and allergy-safe snacks. Please send a water bottle with your child (labeled with their name!). Please do not send a snack with your child. (If your child has dietary restrictions, you may send a safe snack with them keeping mind the allergy-safe/no-nut rule and please no: red juice, suckers, anything sticky or with food dye.) Please remind your child to let a chaperone know if they have to use the bathroom — we will also ask often. You may send books with your children, but please no toys or other activities. They will also have an opportunity to watch #NolteTreasure from a big screen back stage. Performers in Children’s Dance 1, Children’s Dance 2 and Kinder Combo who perform before intermission may make arrangements to leave at intermission. If you would like to pick up your child at intermission, please email us and indicate your child’s name and who will be picking them up. Performers must be checked out (at their check-in/check-out table) upon leaving the show, even if you are already backstage with them (ie for Dancing with the Stars). All students will return to the stage at the end of the show for a finale. Once that is complete, our backstage team will escort performers back to their assigned dressing area to help them collect their belongings. Parent volunteers will remain with their group until all are checked out and safely with their parent/guardian. • Performers in Levels 5+ will not be required to wait for a parent to check out. Please plan to meet these performers in the Hancher lobby. • All other performers will be required to check out. Please send only one family member to Table 1 or 2 to check out your performer. NOTE: In case of emergency, each volunteer, Erin and Leslie have a clipboard of all of our performers for the show with allergy information, parent cell numbers and email. The Hancher staff is also fully connected by radio and we can get a parent backstage very quickly. If we were to need you, a Hancher Usher will escort you backstage. If you needed us, any Hancher Staff member located throughout the theatre and lobby can reach us. The shows are shaping up to be incredible and our team can't wait to celebrate your performers on the Hancher stage!
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 • DVDs of each end-of-year production are offered for sale, including Acting & Vocal Showcase and each Hancher Nolte Treasure performances. The DVDs are $30 and available for pre-order here. They will be available for pick up at Nolte Academy starting mid-June. • DVDs of last week's Affect Showcase are also offered for sale. The DVDs are $30 and available for order here. • We are still looking for additional backstage help during the Hancher shows. Oftentimes, parents volunteer for the class(es) in which their child(ren) participate. There is an opportunity to view their child's performance(s) from the audience. If you have already purchased a ticket to the show in which you wish to volunteer, Hancher will reimburse you for one ticket. Please consider signing up here. • If your child is participating in both Saturday Hancher shows (levels 5+), and would like to purchase a catered late lunch/early dinner box from Bread Garden Market for $8, please sign up here by 12 pm on Thursday, May 23. If you would like multiple sandwiches, please fill out multiple forms. • If you signed up for Dancing with the Stars and ordered T-shirts, they will be available for pick up at Hancher during dress rehearsal week. If you selected "stop in to pay," please do so this week or the balance will be added to your payment option on file. You may also pick up pre-ordered Nolte Treasure T-shirts at Hancher or at Nolte Academy after recital week. We will have some additional shirts available for sale after recital on a first-come, first-served basis. • Dancing with the Stars has two remaining schedule rehearsals -- this Friday and Sunday evenings. You may also access the videos to each group online. Please disregard the ages I mentioned in the video, and use the link/title name for each video. At Hancher, parent performers will wear black pants/shorts/skirt with our Nolte Treasure shirt or a medium grey shirt.
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 There are just a few short weeks remaining in our regular class schedule! This week, as you know, is picture week. Next week is a regular class week. And the following week, we begin dress rehearsals! Here’s a short summary of what to expect, schedule-wise, during the last week of May. Please note, dress rehearsals will be condensed into a short week due to Memorial Day. Monday and Saturday classes are sprinkled throughout the dress rehearsal week. Please carefully read through the process for your dress rehearsal(s). Click the "schedule" button below to see a full schedule with classes listed by day and time in the left columns, then the dress rehearsal day and time listed in the right columns. Creative Movement Classes• No dress rehearsal/no tickets required • Students should arrive 10-15 minutes before performance and in costume • Please use the church parking lot next to Nolte for overflow parking; do not park in The Hawk Shop’s spots • Recitals at Nolte Academy on Saturday, May 25: • Thursday, 5:30 pm and Saturday, 9 am class will perform at 1 pm • Thursday, 10:15 am and Wednesday, 5:30 pm class will perform at 2:15 pm • Monday, 9:30 am class will perform at 3:30 pm Acting and Voice Classes, |
 Photo by: Angela Thompson Applause Talent Awards #1: Beautiful Feet Award: Abbey Schley, Parallel Fusion Intensive Scholarships: Andreas Warren Delaine Tyler Cameron Reimers Hannah Lederman Katie Granner Sandrah Ochola Teen Solos Overalls: 20th: Sorry Seems to Be, Anna Dreusicke 19th: Rostro, Hailey Frank 17th: Be OK, Aiden Gillespie 15th: Remember, Mia Thompson 13th: Find My May, Molly Reipe 11th: Mr. Bojangles, Andreas Warren 10th: Life is But a Dream, Tatiana Schmidt 8th: Audrey, Ella Morgan 7th: Jumpin at the Woodside, Cameron Reimers 6th: How Great is, Emma Bach 5th: I Will Remember, Shay LaVelle 3rd: Written in Stone, Emma Morgan 2nd: Flight from the City, Sigrid Rossi 1st: Pure Imagination, Delaine Tyler Senior Solos Overalls: 18th: Parallel Abbey Schley 13th: Overcome, Leigha Pacha 11th: All of Me, Izzy Bach 10th: Consequence of Sound, Gwyneth Durian 8th: Get Low, Haley Miller 5th: Rise, Kathleen Washington 3rd: Falling, Sandrah Ochola 2nd: Floating Sinking, Katie Granner 1st: Blowers Daughter, Hannah Lederman Choreography Award: Falling, Aaron Choi Highest Score of the Day: Blowers Daughter, Hannah Lederman Applause Talent Awards #2: Scholarship to Chicago Fusion Intensive: Lana Greenleaf Intensive in NYC Invitation: Sing Sing Sing Ovation Junior Solo Overalls: 4th: I Want You Back, Lana Greenleaf Encore Junior Solos Overalls: 9th: Only Autumn, Emily Collins 7th: Something New, Maryn Reimers 1st: Gravy Waltz, Quinn Fridrich Ovation Junior Large Groups Overalls: 7th: Angels 3rd: Sing Sing Sing Encore Junior Large Group Overalls: 3rd: Bottom of the River 2nd: Wasting My Young Years 1st: Down Applause Talent Awards #3: Scholarship to Fusion Dance Camp: Alexis Benford NYC Intensive Invitation: Across the Sea First Call Petite Solo Overalls: 3rd: Girl From NYC, Alexis Benford First Call Petite Small Group Overalls: 6th: Itsy Bitsy Spider 5th: Born to Be Yours 4th: Shake it Up 2nd: Blackbird First Call Petite Large Group Overalls: 2nd: Across the Sea Ovation Petite Large Group Overalls: 1st: RESPECT  Photo by: Angela Thompson | Applause Talent Awards #4: First Call Junior Duet/Trio Overalls: 3rd: Home, Lauren and Delilah 1st: Brooklyn Girls, Adeline Bair, Mya Fordice, Ella Lewis First Call Junior Small Group Overalls: 8th: ABC Ovation Junior Duet Trio Overalls: 1st: L. O. V. E., Molly Miller, Audrie Dowdle, Gabe Johnson Encore Junior Duet Trio Overalls: 3rd: Footprints in the Sand, Grace Walker, Ava Moore Ovation Junior Small Group Overalls: 4th: Move 3rd: All I Need is the Girl Encore Junior Small Group Overalls: 2nd: Fremd 1st: Grief Highest Score of the Whole Day: Grief Applause Talent Awards #5: Rhythm Masters Award: Gone Gone Gone Chicago Fusion Dance Scholarship: Lilly Quast-Villafana NYC Intensive Invitation: Showgirls Ovation Teen Solo Overalls: 7th: Love Never Felt So Good, Lilly Quast-Villafana Encore Teen Line Overalls: 1st: Gone Gone Gone Encore Senior Line Overalls: 1st: Showgirls Applause Talent Awards #6: Teen Small Group Overalls: 2nd: Concrete Wall Ovation Teen Small Group Overalls: 5th: Brighter than the Sun Encore Teen Small Group Overalls: 5th: Control 4th: Airmail Special 3rd: Metamorphosis 2nd: The Long Road 1st: This is My Hand Encore Senior Small Group Overalls: 10th: Awake my Soul 4th: Mercy 2nd: Hurt 1st: Composition Applause Awards #7: NYC Intensive Invite: Cult Encore Teen Duet/Trio Overalls: 5th: Grace, Lila Tallman, Taylor Stevens 4th: Sadness, Emma Genkinger, Abby Schley 3rd: I am Piano, Quinn Fridrich, Shay LaVelle, Sigrid Rossi 2nd: Banana Pancakes, Zoe Nolte, Ella Morgan, Molly Reipe 1st: Catch Me, Mia Thompson, Delaine Tyler Encore Senior Duet/Trio Overalls: 5th Broken, Izzy Bach, Emma Genkinger 3rd: Stairway to Heaven, Cameron Reimers, Karissa Burkhardt 1st Faking Bright, Gwyneth Durian, Haley Miller, Anna Dreusicke Encore Teen Large Group Overalls: 5th: Pulse 4th: Singing in Rain 3th: Pas de Sass 2nd: Modern Flame 1st: Jack and Diane Encore Senior Large Group Overalls: 4th: Hey Mami 3rd: Running From 2nd: Cult 1st: Above the Clouds Senior Student Choreography Award: Easy, Kathleen Washington Overall Bests/IDA Awards: Best Jazz: Showgirls Best Tap: Composition Best Lyrical: Above the Clouds Best Musical Theatre: Mean Girls Best Open/Ballet: Long Road Highest Score of the Day: A Composition |
Have you been waiting all year
for your turn to dance?
Are you ready to take center stage
with your child(ren)?
with your child(ren)?
The Star = your child(ren)
The Amateur = you!
The Amateur = you!
Many of our students find this to be a lighthearted celebration during our annual recital. Please note the four numbered sections below and sign up via our Google link by May 10. It is important that you note which show(s) so we can be sure the student is ready backstage.
This performance will happen during the second half of our intermission. There is no cost to participate in this family dance, but we do offer T-shirts for $20 per shirt that you and your dancer(s) may wish to purchase for the event. This event is for those families performing at Nolte Treasure at Hancher.
This performance will happen during the second half of our intermission. There is no cost to participate in this family dance, but we do offer T-shirts for $20 per shirt that you and your dancer(s) may wish to purchase for the event. This event is for those families performing at Nolte Treasure at Hancher.
1. Our production is divided up into four age/dance groups:
Ages 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13+
Ages 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13+
2. If you plan to participate, please attend two of the rehearsals.
We will also record a sample of instructors doing the choreography and send a link via email. Nolte's parking lot gets full during these rehearsals, so please park in the church lot to the west of us for overflow as needed.
We will also record a sample of instructors doing the choreography and send a link via email. Nolte's parking lot gets full during these rehearsals, so please park in the church lot to the west of us for overflow as needed.
| Friday, May 10: • Ages 3-5: 5:30-6:15 PM • Ages 6-8: 6:15-7:00 PM • Ages 9-12: 7:00-7:45 PM • Ages 13+: 7:45-8:30 PM Friday, May 17: • Ages 3-5: 5:30-6:15 PM • Ages 6-8: 6:15-7:00 PM • Ages 9-12: 7:00-7:45 PM • Ages 13+: 7:45-8:30 PM | Friday, May 24: • Ages 3-5: 5:30-6:15 PM • Ages 6-8: 6:15-7:00 PM • Ages 9-12: 7:00-7:45 PM • Ages 13+: 7:45-8:30 PM Sunday, May 26: • Ages 3-5: 7:00-7:30 PM • Ages 6-8: 7:30-8 PM • Ages 9-12: 8-8:30 PM • Ages 13+: 8:30-9:15 PM |
3. If you are interested, please sign up by Friday, May 10, but only once per family, please.
You will have the option to list each child and choose multiple T-shirts for them.
4. Costume:
Black pants/shorts/skirt with our Nolte Treasure shirt or a medium grey shirt.
You will have the option to list each child and choose multiple T-shirts for them.
4. Costume:
Black pants/shorts/skirt with our Nolte Treasure shirt or a medium grey shirt.