Our next school show is Peter Pan to be held at the Civic Hall, Trowbridge during week commencing Sunday 25th March 2012.

Auditions for character roles are going to be held on Saturday 12th Nov at Roundstone School, Trowbridge. Please be prepared to do ballet, tap and modern at the audition but don’t worry if you don’t take lessons in all genres!

Tap shoes will not be required for the audition. Please come along at the specified time:

1.00-1.45 pm - Grade 1-2 (Ballet, tap or modern)
2.00-2.45 pm - Grade 3-4 (Ballet, tap or modern)
3.00-3.45 pm - Grade 5 up (Ballet, tap or modern)

We are looking for John, Michael, Wendy, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Mr & Mrs Darling, Nanna, Tinkerbell, Mr Smee, Tiger Lily, Crocodile & Lost Boys. Please note all characters will be needed for the whole of the show so this could be quite late, and will need to be available for all rehearsals. Rehearsals will generally be on a Saturday at Roundstone, but characters should be prepared to go to all branches ie Bradford, Bratton, Derry Hill and Holt to rehearse with groups as required.

PLEASE only audition if you are able and prepared to put the hours in to the role. Main rehearsals will be at Trowbridge and will include Saturdays. We will only have 11 weeks to put this show together so we cannot afford to have children missing. We also plan to hold rehearsals over the February half-term week.

THERE WILL BE NO LESSONS ON SATURDAY 12TH NOVEMBER FROM 1PM ONWARDS BECAUSE OF THE AUDITIONS.

THE EXCEPTION IS GRADE 3 BALLET WHICH WILL BE 4.15-5.00PM

Dear Parents

We are unfortunately going to be increasing fees from September 2011. New fees will be as follows:
½ hour class - £26.00 per term
¾ hour class - £30.00 per term
1 hour class - £34.00 per term
2 x 1 hour class (Grade 3 ballet & up) - £50.00 per term

We are also introducing a new discount from September 20 11 of 10% off the total bill if your child dances 2 or more disciplines.  We will still be offering the 10% discount for 2 or more siblings dancing from the same family.  You will however only be able to have one discount of 10%.

We do hope that you agree that we are still offering very good value for money.

Future Events

October Half-Term Days of Dance
We would like to hold 3 days of Dance (similar to the one held in 2008) during October half-term. This would involve guest teachers coming in to teach the children different dance genres. We would anticipate the cost to be approx £60 for the 3 days of dance.  This event would be open to Grade 1 and above in any genre. If your child is interested please let their teacher know so we can see if the event would be worth organising.

Show 2012
we have provisionally booked the Civic Hall, Trowbridge for a school show for the last week of March 2012. Please keep this week free!                                                    

DVDs for the recent show will be available shortly. Click on the following link to download an order form.

This must be returned to your dance teacher WITH PAYMENT by Saturday 18th September in order to take advantage of the "early-order" discount rate of £20.

View / Download DVD order form

Please click on the following link to see a short promo video of the day - quite a few shots of Morphew Dancers are included

Thrive festival video

These rehearsals are very important please do your very best to attend. It provides an opportunity for everyone to have a go on the stage before the show. Unfortunately because of the limited availability of the Civic Hall this is the only opportunity the children will have to rehearse on stage before the actual shows. Times for the rehearsals are as follows:

12.45-1.45pm Show A – plus Spiders
2.00-2.30pm Show B – plus Stars
2.30-3.45pm Show C – plus Chinese, Keys, Scarecrow
4.00-5.50pm Grade 3 and above ballet, tap & modern

If you have any queries please contact your child’s teacher. Also if you are CRB checked and would be happy to chaperone at any of the shows then please pass your details on to your child’s teacher.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Term will commence on Saturday 17th April not on Monday 19th as per your invoice. This is because we need to get rehearsal time in for Thrive, free festival of dance, which is being held in Trowbridge Park on Saturday 1st May.  There will be no classes at Morphew on this day as a lot of the school will be performing at this event. If your child is not available to dance on this day please let Miss Gill or Miss Kate know as soon as possible.

The Civic Hall is due to close on July 11th 2010 for a complete refurbishment which will take approximately 18 months. With this refurbishment in mind we have therefore managed to book the Civic Hall for a show from Tuesday 29th June until Thursday 1st July 2010.

The aim of the show is to say goodbye to the old hall and also to celebrate Mrs Pearce being Principal of Morphew for the last 21 years. (Morphew has in fact been established in Trowbridge for 58 years now!) We have decided to re-create dances from the last 10 shows – which have spanned 20 years.

Because of the large number of pupils in the school we will be producing 3 separate shows, each night will be a slightly different show. The younger children will only be dancing on one night. You will be informed after Easter which show/s your child will be dancing in.

It is really important that the staff know WHEN WE START TO REHEARSE how many children are in the dance – for placings and also for costumes.  Could you please therefore complete the slip downloadable from the link at the bottom of this item and return it to your child’s dance teacher, so we know your intentions.  Also if you have not returned your pupil registration form and photo policy, we need these as soon as possible. Your child will not be able to participate in the show without us having these forms.

There will be one rehearsal at the Civic Hall on the afternoon of Sunday 20th June – so please keep this date free. There is also a vague possibility that we may be able to extend the show to the Friday and Saturday (2nd & 3rd July) – all dependent on how well England do in the World Cup!!  So please indicate below if your child would be available then if necessary!

Download Show Information slip to be returned by FRIDAY 26TH MARCH 2010 AT THE LATEST

Unfortunately I am unable to teach on Monday 8th March, Saturday 13th March (tap class) and Monday 15th March. What I propose to do is to move some classes to Sunday 7th March and the 15th to Tuesday 16th March. Modern on Wednesday and Saturday are unaffected.

Sunday 7th March (replaces the 8th and 13th March)
Stage 3 Tap                               9:45 - 10:30
Stage 4 Tap                               10:30 - 11:15
Stage 5 Tap                               11:15 - 12:00
Stage 6 Tap                               12:00 - 12:45
Stage 7 Tap                               1:30 - 2:15
Stage 8 Tap                               12:15 - 1:30

Tuesday 16th March (replaces 15th March)
Stage 3 Tap                               5:45 – 6:30
Stage 4 Tap                               6:30 – 7:15
Stage 5 Tap                               7:15 – 8:00
Stage 6 Tap                               8:00 – 8:45
Stage 8 Tap                               I will fit in on a time that is convenient to you both

Any problems please let me know, sorry for any inconvenience

Kate

Morphew are supporting this free festival of dance in Trowbridge Park on May 1st. Grade 5s and up are participating in the mass choreographed piece now named "Aiming High". We will have a couple of performing slots on the main stage over the course of the day where we hope to show as much of our work as we can. There will be no lessons this day as the teaching staff are involved for the whole day. We are hoping you will all come out in support of us and all the other dance groups that are attending.Fingers crossed for a lovely May Day!!

Dear Parents

Dress rehearsals will take place at the Civic Hall, Trowbridge as follows:

Sunday 22 March,
2pm-4pm Act 2  - Main Cast, Snowflakes Group 2, Witches (Thurs Group)
4pm-5.55pm Act 1 -  Derry Hill & Bradford, Main Cast & Opening Group 3

Monday 23 March,
4.40pm-6.40pm Act 1 – Trowbridge Thurs, Fri, Sat & Roundstone, Understudy Cast & Opening Group 1
6.45pm-8.45pm Act 2 – Understudy Cast, Snowflakes Group 1, Witches (Wednes cast)

Tuesday 24 March,
4.40pm-6.40pm  Act 1 – Bratton, Holt & Trowbridge Tues, Main Cast Opening Group 2
6.45pm-8.45pm Act 2 – Main Cast, Snowflakes Group 3, Witches (Fri cast)

If you are at all unsure which rehearsal or show your child should attend then please contact your child’s teacher or email the school on info@morphewschoolofdance.co.uk.

The dress rehearsals are really important so please try to ensure that your child attends.

SHOWS: Please arrive 30 minutes before the show start. Unfortunately we cannot have parents in the dressing rooms, but all children are chaperoned.

Costumes: Your child’s teacher will let you know what socks/tights etc are needed and how the hair is to be worn. Please note that we provide the costumes but because of the numbers involved in the lower school we have to share some costumes. The costumes will be kept at the Civic Hall and are not to be taken home please, otherwise someone in the next show may not have a costume.

Chaperones: We could still do with a few more chaperones. If you are CRB checked and available to help out them please do speak to your child’s teacher. We will need to know your CRB number.  Thank you for all those that have volunteered so far. We will get back to you nearer the time to check your availability.

DVDS: If you haven’t ordered your copy yet then don’t worry you will be able to do so at the show.

7 February 2.30-3.30        Group 1 2 & 3
14 February 2.30-3.30     Group 3 & 2
28 February 2.00-3.00     Group  3 & 2
7 March 2.00-3.00            Group 1 2 & 3
14 March 2.00-3.00          Group 1 2 & 3
21 March 2.00-3.00          Group 1 2 & 3

There might be slight changes to the above rehearsal schedule as at some point we need to have a whole act rehearsal. I will let you know as soon as possible if there are any changes.

If you have any problems then please let me know on 01225 769991 or better still email on gill@morphewschoolofdance.co.uk.

Miss Gill

Firstly apologies for the length of this letter but we have a lot of information to give you!

Please find below, links to the revised photo policy and registration/pupil information form for you to complete for your child.  It is very important if you wish your child to participate in our show in March that you return these forms as soon as possible to your child’s dance teacher:-

New Pupil Information Form (UNDER 18)              Video/PhotoPolicy (UNDER 18)

New Pupil Information Form (OVER 18)              Video/PhotoPolicy (OVER 18)

WIZARD OF OZ

SPONSORSHIP - We would like to offer you the opportunity to sponsor our school show The Wizard of Oz which is taking place from 25th-28th March 2009. Money received from sponsorship will help us to costume the show which with well over 400 children is a mammoth task.  For a minimum donation of £20 we will display your name/company name/business name on a sponsors board in the Civic Hall foyer during performances. We will also have a sponsors page on our website.  If you know of anyone or are yourself prepared to sponsor us then please see your child’s dance teacher.  All donations (including smaller ones) will be very gratefully received. As usual we will be donating any profit from the show to local charities.

CHAPERONES - we will need chaperones to help backstage with the children. We are sorry but we can only have people who are CRB checked.  If you are willing to help please let your child’s teacher know and please let them have your CRB number.  We can then draw up a rota.

STAGE CREW – We will also probably need help backstage with back cloths etc. (This could be heavy work!) If you are interested then please see Miss Gill

MAKE-UP – We will be using make-up for most of the dances so if you have any problems with this please let your dance teacher know in writing.

REHEARSALS & SHOW SCHEDULES
If your child is Nursery to Grade 2 level they will be dancing in 2 shows, one week day and one Saturday show. Grade 3s and above dance all 6 shows. (The children involved in the opening number and snowflakes have been informed separately of their groupings). If you have trouble deciphering the table overleaf then please see your child’s dance teacher! The show will be filmed for all 3 performances on the Saturday. If your child is unable to dance in their scheduled performance please let their teacher know as it may make a difference to the staging of the dance.

We would like to hold some rehearsals in half-term week on Wednesday 18th February as this provides an ideal opportunity for different groups to practise together.  We appreciate that this is a holiday but it would really benefit the children to dance together so please do your best to attend. The teaching staff are donating their time for this rehearsal and would appreciate a donation of £1 per child to put to the costume fund.

REHEARSALS WEDNESDAY 18th FEBRUARY AT ROUNDSTONE SCHOOL
12-12.30                Bratton/Holt/Trow Tuesday          Nursery & Presyllabus Ballet
12.30-1.00             Bratton/Holt/Trow Tuesday          Pre-Primary & Primary Ballet
1.00-1.30               Bratton/Holt/Trow Tuesday          Munchkins & Tinmen
1.30-2.00               Bratton/Holt/Trow Tuesday          Scarecrows
2.00-2.30              Derry Hill & Bradford                      Nursery & Presyllabus Ballet
2.30-3.00              Derry Hill & Bradford                      Pre-Primary & Primary Ballet
3.00-3.30              Derry Hill & Bradford                     Munchkins & Tinmen
3.30-4.00              Derry Hill & Bradford                     Scarecrows
4.00-4.30              Derry Hill & Holt                            Senior Modern
4.30-5.00              Trowbridge/Roundstone            Nursery & Presyllabus Ballet
5.00-5.30              Trowbridge/Roundstone            Pre-Primary & Primary Ballet
5.30-6.00              Trowbridge/Roundstone            Munchkins & Tinmen
6.00-6.30              Trowbridge/Roundstone            Scarecrows

We also plan to have one rehearsal on Sunday 8th March at the Civic Hall. This rehearsal will give the younger children a chance to get on stage before the dress rehearsal. We are making a charge of £2 per child to cover the cost of the hire of the hall and any left over will go towards the costume fund. Again we will inform you of timings separately.

Dress rehearsals will take place from Sunday 22nd March – Tuesday 24th March, you will be informed of this separately. 

PERFORMANCES

Tickets will go on sale on Saturday 7th March at Roundstone School from 11.00am – 2.00pm. After that they will only be available from the Tourist Information Centre in Trowbridge. Tickets can be purchased in person or you may ring and reserve (a handling charge is made of £1 for card payments) tel: 01225 710535. Ticket prices Adults £8, Children/Concessions £5.

Thank you very much to everyone who came along and danced on Saturday. You all performed really well and the judging panel were very impressed with the standard. Unfortunately we could not give everyone a part, but hope if you did not get a part this time that you will still very much enjoy participating in the show. We hope you enjoyed the audition and found it a positive experience – you certainly looked like you did.

Parts were allocated as follows:

SNOWFLAKES

CHARACTERS

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE!

Our next school show is The Wizard of Oz to be held at the Civic Hall, Trowbridge week commencing Sunday 22 March 2009. Grade 3 and above (any discipline) dance all the shows. Under Grade 3s are divided into groups and dance usually 2 shows. All children will be performing in the show but may audition for additional parts as below.

Auditions for roles are going to be held on Saturday 6th December at Roundstone School, Trowbridge. Just come along at the specified time:

2.30-3.00 pm                Pre-Primary & Primary (Ballet)*             Snowflakes

3.15-3.45 pm                 Grade 1-2 (Ballet, tap or modern)*        Toto & understudy                   

4.00-4.45 pm                Grade 3 up (Ballet, tap or modern)        Good Witch, Bad Witch, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman, Monkey, Wizard     

*Please note Snowflakes will be needed in the 2nd half of the show so this could be quite late. There will be at least 2 groups so will only be expected to dance hopefully on one school night. Snowflakes will be needed for Saturday rehearsals. Toto will be needed for the entire show and will perform in all the shows except one which will be for the understudy. Toto will have to be available for all rehearsals.

PLEASE only audition if you are able and prepared to put the hours in to the role.  Main rehearsals will be at Trowbridge and will include Saturdays.  We will only have 10 weeks to put this show together so we cannot afford to have children missing.  We also plan to hold rehearsals over the February half-term week.

M E PEARCE

Click here to see letter sent out on 23 September regarding our Days of Dance. 
Click here to see the photos of the event

Trowbridge Community Sensory Garden is located at the rear of the Town Hall and has been created as a place of peace and tranquility that will also stimulate and reinvigorate the senses and encourage physical and mental well-being close to the town centre.

The Trowbridge Community Sensory Garden is open Monday - Friday 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. in the summer and till 3.30 p.m. in the winter and is entirely supported by volunteers, and funded from donations.

Dear Parents

We will be providing most of your child’s costume for the forthcoming show but because of the numbers involved in the lower school we have to share costumes. This means the costumes will be kept at the Civic Hall and must not be taken home. Could you please make sure your child has the following:-

DAISIES - Pretty white ankle socks, ballet shoes and hair off the face

RABBITS - Plain white tights or ballet tights, ballet shoes and hair in buns. Boys white socks and ballet shoes

BIRDS - Ballet tights, ballet shoes and hair in buns

MICE - Tap shoes, thick grey tights (if possible) and hair in ponytail

OWLS - Tap shoes, thick black tights, black leotard and hair off the face in ponytail/bun

TEARS - Ballet tights, ballet shoes and hair in a bun.

GOLD KEYS - Tap shoes, tan tights and hair off the face ponytail or bun

Any queries please see your teacher.

Many thanks for all your support.

All the Staff

We need a complete run through of Alice to see how the show is progressing.  We will be holding this on Saturday 10 March at Roundstone School, Trowbridge. Please send your child in their normal dance clothes with a drink, snack and something to amuse themselves with as there will be a lot of sitting around.  Act 1 will be from 10-12.30 and Act 2 from 1-3.30.  Please do make sure your child attends, this is a very important rehearsal.  Any queries please see your child’s teacher.

DRESS REHEARSALS at the Civic Hall, Trowbridge. Parents will not be required to stay.

SHOW A            Monday 26 March            Act 1 - 5.00-6.30          Act 2 - 6.30-8.00
SHOW B            Sunday 25 March            Act 1 - 4.30-6.00
SHOW C            Tuesday 27 March          Act 1 - 5.00-6.30          Act 2 - if necessary will tell you at the Monday rehearsal!

Alice (Big), White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Alice’s Sister & Dormouse will be required at all Act 1 rehearsals.

Please arrive half an hour before start time if in Act 1. Act 2 arrival time will be notified at dress rehearsals.

CHAPERONES - we need chaperones to help backstage with the children. We are sorry but we can only have people who are CRB checked.  If you are willing to help please let your child’s teacher know and please let them have your CRB number.  We can then draw up a rota.

TICKETS - will go on sale on Saturday 10 March between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm from Polebarn Hall, Roundstone School, Trowbridge.  From Mon 12 March they will be sold by the Tourist Information Centre in Trowbridge., tel:01225 710535. They offer a ring, reserve and collect service. Teachers will not be able to obtain tickets for you. Prices Adults £8 concessions £5.

Thank you to those who have provided sponsorship it is very much appreciated.  The opportunity to sponsor the show is still open, please see your child’s teacher for information.  Click here to see the latest list of sponsors.

Finally, thanks must go to parents for all their continuing support in enabling their children to take part in this show.

Good luck girls, boys and ladies! Dance your best and enjoy it.

We would like to offer you the opportunity to sponsor our school show “Alice” which is taking place from 28-31st March 2007.

Money received from sponsorship will help us to costume the show which, with over 400 children, is a mammoth task.

For a minimum donation of £20 we will display your name/company name/business name on a sponsors board in the Civic Hall foyer during performances. We will also have a sponsors page on our website.  If you know of anyone or are yourself prepared to sponsor us then please see your child’s dance teacher.  All donations will be very gratefully received. As usual we will be donating any profit from the show to local charities.

Welcome back to what will be a very busy term.

Our show will be week commencing March 25th at the Civic Hall in Trowbridge. Children under Grade 3 will take part in 2 performances, your teacher will give you details of which shows your child will be taking part in nearer the time. Please do your very best not to miss classes this term as every lesson will be vital as time is so short. Please also return the video consent form quickly so the paperwork side of things can be sorted out as soon as possible. If you have lost the release/order forms, you can download them below in PDF format. Please ensure they are completed and returned to your dance teacher BY THE END OF JANUARY 2007.