An International Celebration at AV Dance Studio 81

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

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http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances. AV Dance Studio ‘81 526 W Lancaster Blvd. Lancaster, CA 93534 (661) 942-4953 Website: avdancestudio81.com 2011-2012 Daily Class Schedule Updated 02/14/12 SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE CALL TO VERIFY STAFF: CB = Candice Beatty: Director AA= Amy Avery SB= Sonja Beck BGC= Barbara G. Coates BC=Brooke Coddington DC= Darla Coddington BD= Bettye Davis VJ= Vincent Julius LM= Lidia Michael LM= Lisa Monaco JM= Jen Monaco AP= Alvaro Pena HP= Holly Pardue JO= Judy Ortiz ST= Sarah Tyndall ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY 3:15 JAZZ A 6-10 CB FULL 3:00 OPEN 3:00 OPEN 4:15 COMBO C 5-8 CB FULL 4:00 COMBO B 3-4 BD 4:00 OPEN 5:15 BALLET A 8-12 ST FULL 5:00 MUSICAL THEATER 8-UP CB/BGC 5:00 COMBO A 5-8 AA 6:15 ADV LYRICAL 14-UP SB 6:00 TAP B 11-UP BD 6:00 Danny K 7:30 ADV JAZZ Teen/Adult CB/JM 7:30 AGELESS LYRICAL SB 7:00 YOGA Shannon Starts March 8:30 ADV ADULT JAZZ CB 8:30 OPEN TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY 3:00 OPEN 4:00 COMBO A 3-4 CB FULL 10:00 YOGA Shannon Starts Mar. 4:30 JAZZ B 8-12 LM 5:00 HIP HOP 4-7 AP FULL 4:00 COMBO A 5-8 AA 5:30 BALLET B Teen/Adult ST 6:00 HIP HOP 8-13 AP FULL 5:30 BALLET A 8-12 HP 6:30 POINTE 12-UP ST 7:30 ADULT BALLET ST 6:30 ADULT TAP HP Starts Mar. 7:30 HIP HOP Teen/Adult AP FULL 7:15 VINYASA YOGA 1 Sandra 8:30 ADULT HIP HOP AP WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY 10:00 COMBO A 3-4 AA 3:30 BOYS COMBO 5-10 CB 3:00 OPEN 4:00 COMBO A/B 3-4 AA FULL 4:30 COMBO A 5-8 JO 4:00 JAZZ A 6-10 Starts March 5:00 ADULT TAP B BGC FULL 5:30 KIDS COMPANY JO 5:00 COMBO A 3-4 Starts March 6:15 AGELESS JAZZ LM 6:30 BALLET B 10-14 CB 6:00 Danny K 7:30 AGELESS TAP LM 7:30 JAZZ TECHNIQUE 12-UP JM 7:30 ADULT JAZZ DC THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY 10:00 ADULT TAP BD 4:00 COMBO A 3-4 BD FULL 4:00 POLYNESIAN 7-12 AA/LM 4:00 COMBO A/B 5-8 CB 5:00 TAP B 8-12 CB 5:00 OPEN 5:00 JAZZ B 10-15 HP 6:00 BEG BALLET Teen/Adult CB 6:00 HIP HOP 4-7 VJ 6:00 ADV TAP 10-UP HP 7:00 LYRICAL A 12-UP HP 7:00 HIP HOP 8-13 VJ 7:30 CONTEMPORARY 15-UP CB 8:00 CLASSICAL EGYPTIAN w/Wanda 8:00 HIP HOP Teen/Adult VJ FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY 10:00 TOT-BOPPERS 2 CB 4:00 COMBO A 3-4 AA 9:30 YOGA Shannon Starts March 4:00 COMBO A/B 5-8 CB FULL 5:00 TAP A 8-12 BC 4:00 YOGA KIDS Wendy March 5:00 COMBO A 3-4 CB 6:00 JAZZ TECHNIQUE 6-10 CB 5:00 YOGA KIDS Wendy March 6:00 JAZZ A/B 10-16 BC FULL 7:00 OPEN 6:00 COMPANY TOTS AA 7:00 JR COMPANY TEAM CB/JM 7:00 TAP A Teen BC SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY 10:00 COMBO A/B 3-4 BD 9:30 TOT BOPPERS 2 CB 9:00 YOGA Wendy 11:00 COMBO A/B 5-8 BD 10:00 HIP-HOP 4-7 AP 10:00 COMBO A 5-8 BC Starts March 11:00 HIP-HOP 8-13 AP 11:00 COMBO A 3-4 BC

Top 10 Valentine’s Day Dance Songs

Some special songs to help celebrate Valentine’s day with the one you love..

1. Erasure – “I Could Fall in Love With You”

Mute Records

Erasure proves once again why they are one of the premier bands of our generation. They continue to whip out great songs that are fun and catchy and make us wanna dance every time we hear them.

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2. Mike Melange featuring Alan Connor – “Let Your Love Flow”

Rumour Records

Looking for a happy song to bring a smile to your face? Check out this cover of The Bellamy Brothers’ classic “Let Your Love Flow” by German producer Mike Melange and uk singer Alan Connor. The robot love video is just as happy as the energetic (and Motiv8 inspired) remix by 7th Heaven. With release scheduled for February 16th, this song and video would be the perfect Valentine’s Day gift.

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3. Barbara Tucker – “Love Vibrations”

B Star Music

If you are a fan of “Most Precious Love,” you will no doubt be up in arms for “Love Vibrations,” the new single from Miss Barbara Tucker. Those same genuine emotions of love are expressed through Barbara’s lyrics and vocal performance.

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4. Pleasure Center – “Love’s a Basic Freedom”

Northcross Media

With writer/producer Cory Conley and Jennifer Rivers on vocals, Pleasure Center’s latest single “Love’s A Basic Freedom” can’t help but be a hit. Lyrically, this is a gay pride anthem to the nth degree, with lyrics like “If you are willing to believe that love is something that is free / All my brothers and my sisters dancing to a different drummer’s beat.”

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5. Tiesto featuring BT – “Love Comes Again”

Nettwerk Records

Tiesto is one of the finest Trance DJ’s, Remixers and Producers of our time. When I heard this song and found out that he teamed up with BT my jaw nearly dropped to the freakin floor.

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6. Billie Myers – “Just Sex”

www.BillieMyers.com

The biggest thing that stands out here is the horn break that changes up everything for a second with bombastic horns and a classic show tune chord progression as Billie Myers’ belts out “Can I Take You Home.” It’s a split second of full-on Broadway musical appeal.

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7. Danielle Bollinger – “When the Broken Hearted Love Again”

www.DanielleBollinger.com

This is pretty hot vocal house, and Bollinger belts out a solid, soulful performance. Chris Cox keeps the energy up and driving with big walls of synths and muscular drums.

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8. Joyce Sims – “What the World Needs Now”

www.JoyceSims.com

“What the World Needs Now” is the latest from Joyce Sims, taken from the inspirational album A New Beginning. With the help of Junior Vasquez and Friscia & Lamboy, Sims takes the Burt Bacharach classic from the church to the dancefloor.

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9. Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine – “Love Generation”

Tommy Boy

Thanks to its island feel, reggae sound, and strong acoustic guitar, it will indeed get you moving. So much so, that it will make you want to dance with someone as it asks you to “be the love generation.”

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10. Kandystand – “Love Invasion”

ReverbNation Records

Not only do we look to the Dutch for superstar DJ/producers (Tiesto, Don Diablo, Armin), we can also find some fun pop dance in the form of Kandystand. While the video for “Love Invasion” is undeniably do-it-yourself, the sheer exuberance of singer Katy D and the bouncy production of Alodis makes up for budget with pep and spirit. We reviewed their first cd [link url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Kandystand.htm][i]Watch Out Here I Come[/i][/link] and are very happy to see their sound and production both improving and developing. Keep your eyes on this duo, we foresee big things to come. In the meantime, a download of “Love Invasion” would be a cute gift for your valentine.

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Lancaster’s #1 Dance Studio

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

An International Celebration

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Santa and Kitty!!!!

Kitty and Santa wish you a Merry Christmas From Dance Studio 81

http://avdancestudio81.com/ Kitty and Santa along with Candice and Chris Beattywish you the happiest hollidays to you an to yours.

A Little About the Rockettes

 

The Rockettes are a precision dance company performing out of the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City. During the Christmas season, the Rockettes have performed five shows a day, seven days a week, for 77 years. Perhaps their best-known routine is an eye-high leg kick in perfect unison in a chorus line, which they include at the end of every performance.

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is performed annually at Radio City Music Hall and in numerous other American and Canadian cities by a touring company of Rockettes. It is one of the most-watched live shows in the United States, with over 2 million viewers per year. The Rockettes perform annually at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (since 1957) and the America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit. The NBC Rockefeller Center Tree-Lighting Ceremony also traditionally includes a performance by the dance troupe.

 

 

 

 

History

The group was founded in St. Louis, Missouri by Russell Markert in 1925, and originally performed as the “Missouri Rockets.” Markert had been inspired by the John Tiller Girls in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, and was convinced that “If I ever got a chance to get a group of American girls who would be taller and have longer legs and could do really complicated tap routines and eye-high kicks… they’d knock your socks off!” The group was brought to New York City by Samuel Roxy Rothafel to perform at his Roxy Theatre and renamed the “Roxyettes.” When Rothafell left the Roxy Theatre to open Radio City Music Hall, the dance troupe followed and later became known as the Rockettes. The group performed as part of opening night at Radio City Music Hall in 1932. In 1936, the troupe won the grand prize at the “Paris Exposition de Dance.”

The Rockettes have long been represented by the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). In 1967 they won a month-long strike for better working conditions,^[1] which was led by AGVA salaried officer Penny Singleton.^[2]

The first Asian Rockette, a Japan-born woman named Setsuko Maruhashi, was hired in 1985.^[3] The Rockettes did not allow African-Americans into the dance line until 1987.^[4] The justification for the policy against hiring African-Americans was that they would distract from the consistent look of the dance group.^[5] The first African-American Rockette was Jennifer Jones; she made her debut in 1988.^[6]

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXII in 1988, the Rockettes were seen by a television audience of 150 million viewers. George W. Bush‘s 2001 Presidential Inauguration Ceremony featured the performers prancing down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Every Rockette must be between 5’6″ and 5’10¹⁄₂” tall.

 

 

The Story of The Christmas Carol

A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry “Bah! Humbug!” in response to his nephew’s “Merry Christmas!”

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Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives a chilling visitation from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, looking haggard and pallid, relates his unfortunate story. As punishment for his greedy and self-serving life his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him during each of the next three nights. After the wraith disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep.

He wakes moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike phantom with a brightly glowing head. The spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases from the curmudgeon’s earlier years. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood school days, his apprenticeship with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig, and his engagement to Belle, a woman who leaves Scrooge because his lust for money eclipses his ability to love another. Scrooge, deeply moved, sheds tears of regret before the phantom returns him to his bed.

The Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant clad in a green fur robe, takes Scrooge through London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that year. Scrooge watches the large, bustling Cratchit family prepare a miniature feast in its meager home. He discovers Bob Cratchit’s crippled son, Tiny Tim, a courageous boy whose kindness and humility warms Scrooge’s heart. The specter then zips Scrooge to his nephew’s to witness the Christmas party. Scrooge finds the jovial gathering delightful and pleads with the spirit to stay until the very end of the festivities. As the day passes, the spirit ages, becoming noticeably older. Toward the end of the day, he shows Scrooge two starved children, Ignorance and Want, living under his coat. He vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark, hooded figure coming toward him.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes relating to an unnamed man’s recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man’s riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash, and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of their unforgiving creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to honor Christmas with all his heart. Whoosh! He suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed.

Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his newfound Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred’s party, to the stifled surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides lavish gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.