Welcome Recital Guests!
Each recital, we try to ease your mind by providing you as much information as possible about the experience from beginning to end! You'll find answers to almost 100% of your questions here! In the event you still can't find the information you need, please email Beth, our performance director, at Beth@bellaballerina.com
WHEN
Rehearsal is Saturday, November 13th
Recital is Sunday, June 6th
BOTH your time slot for your rehearsal as well as your arrival time for the recital are marked on the label on your child's costume bag!
WHERE
Dress Rehearsal- Bella Ballerina Merrimack Valley: 26 High Street, North Andover, MA 01845
Recital- Castleton Banquet and Conference Center: 58 Enterprise Drive, Windham, NH 03087
Rehearsal is Saturday, November 13th
Recital is Sunday, June 6th
BOTH your time slot for your rehearsal as well as your arrival time for the recital are marked on the label on your child's costume bag!
WHERE
Dress Rehearsal- Bella Ballerina Merrimack Valley: 26 High Street, North Andover, MA 01845
Recital- Castleton Banquet and Conference Center: 58 Enterprise Drive, Windham, NH 03087
TICKET SALES
Presale tickets go on sale Sunday October 31st and can be purchased in the studio. Each family is allotted 9 tickets per family for the first round of presale tickets. On Wednesday November 10th, after each family has had time purchase their allotted 9 tickets, ticket sales are first come first served and all remaining seats can be purchased. If we are not sold out, tickets will be sold on-site the day of the show for $15 for every person sitting in a seat. Lap children are free! One ticket is included with your child's recital registration. This ticket is for the parent or guardian who will accompany your dancer to the dancer check in area upon their arrival and will pick them up after the show. No additional adults are allowed in this area. This ticket will be given to you at the rehearsal in the form of a wristband. Dads participating in the Daddy Daughter Dance also receive a ticket to the show with their registration. These will also be distributed at the rehearsal for the Daddy Daughter Dance.
Presale tickets go on sale Sunday October 31st and can be purchased in the studio. Each family is allotted 9 tickets per family for the first round of presale tickets. On Wednesday November 10th, after each family has had time purchase their allotted 9 tickets, ticket sales are first come first served and all remaining seats can be purchased. If we are not sold out, tickets will be sold on-site the day of the show for $15 for every person sitting in a seat. Lap children are free! One ticket is included with your child's recital registration. This ticket is for the parent or guardian who will accompany your dancer to the dancer check in area upon their arrival and will pick them up after the show. No additional adults are allowed in this area. This ticket will be given to you at the rehearsal in the form of a wristband. Dads participating in the Daddy Daughter Dance also receive a ticket to the show with their registration. These will also be distributed at the rehearsal for the Daddy Daughter Dance.
RECITAL PHOTOS
Info coming soon.
Info coming soon.
RECITAL VIDEO
Your recital registration includes a digital download of the video of the recital. The video will be released within THREE WEEKS of the show via email. The video files are password protected, but you can feel free to download the videos and share with family and friends and keep any or all videos that you like. Videos will be available for a month past the release date for access. After the deadline has passed, the videos will be removed - access past this deadline will result in additional fees.
Your recital registration includes a digital download of the video of the recital. The video will be released within THREE WEEKS of the show via email. The video files are password protected, but you can feel free to download the videos and share with family and friends and keep any or all videos that you like. Videos will be available for a month past the release date for access. After the deadline has passed, the videos will be removed - access past this deadline will result in additional fees.
BOPPERS PARENT INFO
If your child is a Bopper in this show, this info is just for you :) The key differences for the Boppers are unlike the other age groups, you will stay with your dancer during their entire recital experience. You will start in the dancer backstage area just like all of the other dancers, but you will also accompany them backstage just as you will at the rehearsal. After their time on stage, you are welcome to take them back into the audience to watch the rest of the show!
If your child is a Bopper in this show, this info is just for you :) The key differences for the Boppers are unlike the other age groups, you will stay with your dancer during their entire recital experience. You will start in the dancer backstage area just like all of the other dancers, but you will also accompany them backstage just as you will at the rehearsal. After their time on stage, you are welcome to take them back into the audience to watch the rest of the show!
HAIR & MAKEUP
We want the recital to be a stress free day and we know how much stress hair and makeup can often add to this! Please do not feel that you have to apply heavy makeup to your dancer - it should be natural and maintain their natural beauty being a child. Watch the video below for some great tips and guidelines.....
We want the recital to be a stress free day and we know how much stress hair and makeup can often add to this! Please do not feel that you have to apply heavy makeup to your dancer - it should be natural and maintain their natural beauty being a child. Watch the video below for some great tips and guidelines.....
CARING FOR YOUR COSTUME
It is important to know how to care for your costume leading up to the show! Here are a few tips!
1. Try on your costume when you receive it! Make sure there are no sizing issues or defects. You can also email beth@bellaballerina.com if you have a defect issue.
2. Do NOT take the tights out of the packaging until the weekend of the show! You don't want to wear them to class or risk tearing them before the recital.
3. If your costume has a tutu, fluff the tutu the week before the show. Pull apart layers of tulle or mesh for full fluffiness effect!
4. Tulle and mesh will likely be wrinkled from being in their storage bag. DO NOT IRON THEM AS THEY WILL MELT!!! Instead, hang it in the bathroom with the door closed while you shower and then smooth out the fabric by tugging on it slightly. You can also LIGHTLY steam if you wish!
5. Keep the costume in the garment bag provided to you as well as all needed hair accessories and tights so that nothing is lost when you need it.
It is important to know how to care for your costume leading up to the show! Here are a few tips!
1. Try on your costume when you receive it! Make sure there are no sizing issues or defects. You can also email beth@bellaballerina.com if you have a defect issue.
2. Do NOT take the tights out of the packaging until the weekend of the show! You don't want to wear them to class or risk tearing them before the recital.
3. If your costume has a tutu, fluff the tutu the week before the show. Pull apart layers of tulle or mesh for full fluffiness effect!
4. Tulle and mesh will likely be wrinkled from being in their storage bag. DO NOT IRON THEM AS THEY WILL MELT!!! Instead, hang it in the bathroom with the door closed while you shower and then smooth out the fabric by tugging on it slightly. You can also LIGHTLY steam if you wish!
5. Keep the costume in the garment bag provided to you as well as all needed hair accessories and tights so that nothing is lost when you need it.
BACKSTAGE ACTIVITIES
Once checking your child in on the day of the recital, they'll experience a ton of fun activities backstage! We have activity stations in the cafeteria as well as on their path to the big stage. The entire time they'll be supervised by our event team who will work to ensure that dancers are both staying safe and having fun. Some of the stations they'll experience are: Bean bag toss game, simon says, coloring, story time, practicing their bows and much more!
Once checking your child in on the day of the recital, they'll experience a ton of fun activities backstage! We have activity stations in the cafeteria as well as on their path to the big stage. The entire time they'll be supervised by our event team who will work to ensure that dancers are both staying safe and having fun. Some of the stations they'll experience are: Bean bag toss game, simon says, coloring, story time, practicing their bows and much more!
CHECK IN & OUT SAFETY PROTOCOL
When every parent knows what the protocols are, it helps all of our dancers stay safe! With so many little ones under the age of 10, it's a big responsibility to keep track of everyone and ensure everyone is going home with the right party: it's one we take very seriously.
When you check in to the recital, your dancer has a number. You will have received a wristband with a corresponding number at Dress Recital. If at any point during the show we need you to come to your child, we will call this number out over the microphone in the auditorium and also say where we need you to go (cafeteria, backstage, etc.). After the show, please help us by asking all of your guests to exit through the main doors of the performance space ONLY. This is for the safety of our dancers as they travel back to the dressing room for pick up. Please wait by the dancer waiting room, behind the barricades patiently until ALL of the dancers are safely back in the room. Once they arrive, we will let parents with NUMBERED BRACELETS ONLY in to pick up their children. We know it's exciting and everyone wants to see their dancer after the show, but it's important to have other parents and guests wait in the hallway or outside to avoid more chaos than is necessary upon pickup. Please check in with your dancer's chaperone to check them out!
When every parent knows what the protocols are, it helps all of our dancers stay safe! With so many little ones under the age of 10, it's a big responsibility to keep track of everyone and ensure everyone is going home with the right party: it's one we take very seriously.
When you check in to the recital, your dancer has a number. You will have received a wristband with a corresponding number at Dress Recital. If at any point during the show we need you to come to your child, we will call this number out over the microphone in the auditorium and also say where we need you to go (cafeteria, backstage, etc.). After the show, please help us by asking all of your guests to exit through the main doors of the performance space ONLY. This is for the safety of our dancers as they travel back to the dressing room for pick up. Please wait by the dancer waiting room, behind the barricades patiently until ALL of the dancers are safely back in the room. Once they arrive, we will let parents with NUMBERED BRACELETS ONLY in to pick up their children. We know it's exciting and everyone wants to see their dancer after the show, but it's important to have other parents and guests wait in the hallway or outside to avoid more chaos than is necessary upon pickup. Please check in with your dancer's chaperone to check them out!
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Parents are always welcome to be backstage volunteers! They are an integral part of our show and we love having their warm, caring and responsible personalities to help us out. We will send an email a few weeks before the show asking for volunteers. It is important that volunteers know that:
- Once you submit to volunteer, you are responsible for finding a replacement should you no longer be able to participate.
- You will receive two additional ticket vouchers at the rehearsal. If they are lost, there is no way of honoring them.
- You will be required to attend a short volunteer meeting the day of the rehearsal so that everyone is up to speed! No children are allowed at this meeting to avoid distraction.
- You will be sent a short video to watch prior to the event to explain how the backstage recital process works.
- During the event, you will be required to wear a black t-shirt.
- During your dancer's performance, you will have the option of watching them dance from backstage OR going to sit in the front row, and then return to their class to escort them back to the cafeteria.
- YOU MUST STAY WITH YOUR CHILD'S CLASS FROM WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE SHOW. THERE IS NO OPTION TO SWITCH OUT ANOTHER PARENT OR PERSON FOR YOUR STATION AT ANY POINT DURING THE RECITAL.
Parents are always welcome to be backstage volunteers! They are an integral part of our show and we love having their warm, caring and responsible personalities to help us out. We will send an email a few weeks before the show asking for volunteers. It is important that volunteers know that:
- Once you submit to volunteer, you are responsible for finding a replacement should you no longer be able to participate.
- You will receive two additional ticket vouchers at the rehearsal. If they are lost, there is no way of honoring them.
- You will be required to attend a short volunteer meeting the day of the rehearsal so that everyone is up to speed! No children are allowed at this meeting to avoid distraction.
- You will be sent a short video to watch prior to the event to explain how the backstage recital process works.
- During the event, you will be required to wear a black t-shirt.
- During your dancer's performance, you will have the option of watching them dance from backstage OR going to sit in the front row, and then return to their class to escort them back to the cafeteria.
- YOU MUST STAY WITH YOUR CHILD'S CLASS FROM WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE SHOW. THERE IS NO OPTION TO SWITCH OUT ANOTHER PARENT OR PERSON FOR YOUR STATION AT ANY POINT DURING THE RECITAL.