In Step With DC
In Step With DC
Summer Playlist: Ultimate road trip tunes
Vacations abound during the summer months, and there’s nothing better than a road trip with friends or family—the journey is often just as important as the destination. We put together a summer playlist from some of our favorite summer road trip recital songs! Roll your windows down, turn the volume up, and enjoy the drive: […]
Paint Brushes, Hammers, and Refreshments
On Thursday, May 19th, two dozen volunteers attended our second Paint Night/Beer Build of the year. The volunteers worked on the crazy colored columns for “Just Like a Rockstar”, the castle for “Happy Working Song”, the stairs for “NYC”, the train for “Santa’s Choo Choo Boogie Train”, the marquee signs for “Broadway Banana, the haunted […]
Our Volunteers: In Their Own Words
Dance Connection’s annual Recital is a huge production and a labor of love for our teachers and staff. There are countless hours spent prepping, designing, choreographing, organizing, and the list goes on, but one of the most essential and important parts of our Recital preparation and the success of the recital itself are our amazing […]
Dancers perform at Make-A-Wish Gala
On May 11th, dancers from the Dance Connection Competition Team performed at the Suffolk County Make-A-Wish Foundation’s annual “Bouquet of Wishes” gala at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. This year’s gala celebrated 17 year old Rory, who’s wish was to visit Abby Road. As an homage to Rory’s wish, the gala was Rock ’n’ Roll themed. […]
Kids had a blast at Minute to Win It!
Dancers and their friends & family had at Dance Connection’s Minute to Win It Night of Fun last Friday night. Based on the hit television game show, the event consisted of team challenges using common household items to complete a task in 60 seconds or less! Participants met new friends and won cool prizes throughout the night. […]
The History of Ticket Sale Day
The day recital tickets go on sale is always very exciting for everyone at Dance Connection. It’s a clear signal that the recital is on it’s way and an official start to the peak of “recital season”. This morning, hundreds of parents logged onto our website to purchase their recital tickets, completing their ticket transactions […]
Looking Forward to Beach Weather, Sunshine, Ice Cream, and Camp!
Sometimes it seems as if warm weather will never get here, but the days are getting longer and every now and then we get a day that breaks 60 degrees and lets us know beach weather is on its way. I always look forward to the summer especially being here on Long Island with all of […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Ginny!
Today we are featuring one of our fantastic staff members (and DCCT parents), Miss Ginny! In her free time Miss Ginny loves to craft, cook, and bake and you’ll see some of her handiwork in the form of the Competition Team T-shirts! Miss Ginny was a dance student until she was about 15 years old. […]
How Pre-Registration creates a Fall Class Schedule
Ever wonder how Dance Connection creates its Fall Schedule or what the point of Pre-Registration really is? Joe Naftal, Dance Connection’s Marketing Director, walks us through an insider’s look at how the Pre-Registration process works and the work that goes into creating the fall schedule. In the midst of priority pre-registration week, you may be […]
Getting to Know You: Mr. Joe
Today we are featuring a member of our Studio Management Team, Mr. Joe! As a college student, Lighting Designer and our Marketing Director, Mr. Joe doesn’t have a lot of free time, but he loves to spend it traveling (mostly to Europe), going out to eat with friends, and binge-watching his favorite TV shows. […]
Why I Pre-Register For Next Year…
I know that right now we’re really up to our ears in recital planning, but behind the scenes we’re also prepping for next year’s classes as well. That may seem a little crazy, but when recital is all done for the year and the last piece of scenery has been lovingly tucked away, we’ll only […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Tiffany!
Today we are featuring another amazing teacher, Miss Tiffany! Miss Tiffany is happy to be home spending time with her two kids, but also loves going to see shows locally and in NYC with her daughter! She has a dog named Dug that is a rescue from Babylon Shelter who is very sweet. He […]
Are you ready for Recital Costumes??!!
It’s that time of year again! The recital costumes have begun to arrive and we are getting so excited! Every day we get shipments of costumes for our classes and are busy checking to make sure they have all of their accessories and their tights. Once we have costumes ready for the whole class, they’ll […]
Recital Company Rehearsals Are Underway!
I know, it’s hard to believe but Dance Connection is in full “Recital Prep” mode already! We’re cutting music, monitoring costume orders, picking out props and scenery, beginning choreography in classes, and we’ve begun Recital Company rehearsals. The start of Recital Company is always exciting because every year has a different theme, the costumes are […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Amanda
Today we are featuring one of our amazing staff members, Miss Amanda! Miss Amanda loves to spend her free time with her family and friends or binge-watching her favorite shows on Netflix. She danced for 15 years at another studio (Roseland) and then came to DC and was a student teacher in out Teacher […]
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