OPEN REGISTRATION FOR FALL CLASSES
Registration - we enroll students September - April
FLIP FLOP SHOP
One Saturday out of every month
Students must be 7 years old to participate
call to get a registration form or sign up in the office
cost is $15
(must pre-register)
This Month's Flip Flop Shop...To Be Announced
Check out our links page and click on the Alpha Factor link to order new leotards and gymnastic wear! Type in IL for state and LDG for gym - orders come directly to you!
FUN AT LDG
WHAT WE DO AT LLAINA'S DANCE AND GYM
This past week, someone at the studio asked me what
each day is like for the staff and me… well, if you’ve seen the movie
“Night At The Museum”, you might have some idea of what goes on behind our doors. It can get pretty crazy at times!
It takes a lot of planning (teacher meetings, paperwork, music
selection, choreography, costumes, phone calls/emails, cleaning, etc.)
to get the place up and running each day. The teachers and assistants have to be well
prepared because every day of the week is different from the rest and there's never a dull moment!
Most days we open our doors around 3:00 p.m., and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, we have our tumble bug classes
(half tap and half tumbling) for our youngest students – they’re always loud, silly and fun. Aside from the tumble bugs, our classes run Monday through Friday with a wide range of students working on jazz, tap, hip hop, ballet, pointe, clogging, modern, tumbling and trampoline. On any given night you will find members of our competition team here working until almost 9:30 p.m.! At times, the studio can be very chaotic and busy. Saturdays and Sundays at LDG are usually spent with the team at various competitions or with dancers and teaching workshops. Weekends that aren't spent traveling are usually filled with birthday parties, camps, or clinics. By Friday night we have gone through 40 dances, hundreds of tumbling passes, 200 hand stamps, dozens of stickers, 5 pounds of suckers and more smiles than we can count.
I am blessed to have such a great staff and a lot of great dancers and tumblers to
work with. I believe that children learn more while having fun so if you walk into the studio and hear laughing and giggling amidst the sound of tapping shoes you'll know that we are doing our job! While it gets hectic at times, we always try to have a lot of fun
and it makes me really love what I do!
Our Calendar - Important Dates
July - August Fall Registration
Call out 245.1903 or stop in and check out the gym. Unsure about a class? Try one out for free
(call for more details).
July 26-28th Princess Camp
Every little girl is a princess (this we know), send your child to princess camp for dancing, tumbling, cheering, and of course best of all becoming a true princess!
July 26-29th Flip Flop Shop/Cheer Clinic
Cheer clinician is Dalia Sobyra, Flip Clinicians are Dalia Sobyra, Katie Carroll, Morgan Hansmeier, and Llaina Groves
September 7th - Fall Classes Resume
Fall schedule will be sent out via mail, please make sure your registration form has been turned in so you are notified of the 2011-2012 schedule.
October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Pink Sale on leotards, shirts, dance bags, if its pink, its on sale!
October 7th - Competition Team Sleepover
October 8th- IC homecoming Parade
Please meet at the gym by 9:00 so we can leave to go to the line up. Parents will need to pick up their children at the gym immediately following the parade. Dress appropriately - for both parades its usually cold in the morning then once parade starts it gets really warm quick!
October 24-28th - Orange and Black Spirit Week. Wear your orange and black all week to classes.
October 29th- New to 2011 Join us for our first annual Trunk or Treat. Come show off your Halloween outfits. LDG parking lot from 3:00-5:00pm.
October 31st - No Classes. Have a safe and fun trick or treating night.
November TBA- Parents Night Out - Kids Night In
Registration forms are available in the office. You do not have to be a Llaina's Dance and Gym student to attend but you must pre-register!
December 17th- Holiday Party at the gym
Santa will make a special appearance, taking a break to see you little stars! Make sure to keep him coming back and use manners! Stop in for treats and pick up your Christmas gift 11:00-12:15!
December 19th -Jan.4th - NO classes Holiday Break
Classes resume on Tuesday, Jan. 4th, see you next year! Reminder that December 20th is the last day to pay on your child's recital costume. Contact Llaina if you have questions.
January 16th - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
Classes will be in session
January 16-20th - Crazy Sock Week
Mismatched, tall, short, colored, plain, toe socks, ...anyway you want to mix it up! See how crazy you can make your socks.
January 23rd-27th Bring A Friend to Dance Week
Please bring friends that are close to the same age as your child. Girls leave your boyfriends at home, they really don't want to be here anyway ;)
February 13th-17th Red, Pink, & White Week
*Students may also bring a friend to dance this week! Have a friend that comes and interested in trying classes out? Tag along with them and see all the fun there is to have at LDG!
March 12th-16th Luck O' The Irish!
Looking for dancing leprechauns! Everyone wear your green and White Week
April TBA- No Classes due to Spring Break
(keep your fingers crossed for warm weather)
May 17th-19th- Recital Weekend
June - Relay 4 Life
Everyone is welcome to come and support LDG's relay team "Cartwheels 4 a Cure!"
