COPA Open House, July 25 from 2-5!

Register for fall classes, see studio, and meet some of the teachers...

Lots of fun activities to participate in!

Hello COPA Families!!

We are very excited this year to have our first open house at COPA on Sunday, July 25 from 2-5. We are planing on lots of activities and you will be able to register there as well. You do not have to wait to register if you would like to call the studio starting next week, July 5. We are almost finished with the fall schedule and are finalizing a few things. There will be fun incentives for coming to the open house for returning students to include 3 months of free dance for one student by putting your name in a hat for a drawing, but you must be there to win. You cannot put your name in there if you are not participating that day. We will have some entertainment also. The first 20 new student enrollments will receive a COPA dance bag. Fall classes begin August 16. You will be able to go to the website next week and pull up the new forms for 2010-2011 to include the policy statement, medical forms, payment forms and tuition. Please bring the appropriate forms that day.

You will be able to purchase dance shoes, dancewear, and do all of those things ahead of time that makes that first week of class hectic. Please come and join the fun! And spread the word to your friends and families that are new enrollment students.

Remember that as of last year as stated in the policy, the returning students will receive a 10.00 registration fee if they have not re-enrolled by August 1st. There are lots of reasons for this to include the more work that is involved when we have to add classes due to staff not knowing whom is coming, the work involved with canceling classes, and the last minute craziness that goes along with that. We would also like for COPA families to please think about your choices of classes before you have completed your enrollment due to the increased work that involves drop and adding classes. The dance manager system is great, but it takes lots of time to drop and add classes for students and we would like to spend our energy with the classes and continued growth at the studio.

Please also note that due to the posting of the accounts and changing accounts with drop adds, etc, we will not send you a statement until the end of September. Once we post the accounts for the tuition by total hours, it is with great difficulty to go back and change tuition, etc if classes are wrong, or people drop /add. So, when you enroll, please talk to staff about your tuition charge for the month of August and September which will be due by the first week of classes. Then, you will receive an itemized statement at the end of September for October. This will again help us greatly. But please realize that you will be responsible for paying your monthly tuition even without a statement. It is a good idea to jot down the tuition charge so that you will remember.

We are very excited about all of our progress and growth this year. And our summer enrollment is up from the past years, and we hope that the fall will be the same as well.

Please wait to call the studio next week of fall classes and also note that we do not accept fall registration by email.

COPA wishes Blair Foust, Good Luck next week, as she travels to San Antonio for nationals. She is Miss Teen Dance of NC and will be competing for the National Title of Miss Dance fo America. Go Blair!

We look forward to seeing you on July 25!

Thanks for being a part of the COPA Family!

COPA STAFF

New COPA Baby!

Meredith and Chuck have a new baby: Graysen Hope Thornton! Born April 29, 2010

COPA Has New Owners!

The new owners are Joanna Warren, Michelle Sharpe, and Meredith Thornton! All three are familiar faces around the studio as they grew up at COPA, and are current teachers!  In addition, all three have children currently enrolled in COPA classes!

• To provide quality dance education.

• To expose students and the community to other forms of performing arts.

• To encouraging individual improvements in technical dance ability, self esteem, social skills, discipline, and positive self image.

• To promote positive physical, emotional, and psychosocial well-being by embracing uniqueness.

• To Provide a positive experience in many forms of performing arts.

Newsletters are located on the Newsletter Page!

Forms are located on the Forms Page.

For more Information Call Jo or Millicent at 336-228-1553.

Dancewear & Shoes may be purchased at the Dancewear Centre during Registration.