| "Before" and After Photos of Our Belleville Studio Location....377 Front Street, Suites 201-202 Thank you to the generous donations of time, money and materials from so many kind people. |
| Before Outer Hallway....complete with dancers already on the wall! It's a sign....this place is meant to be. |
| Before Studio A |
| Before The Waiting Room |
| Before The other side of the Waiting Room...shows the viewing window into Studio A. |
| Before Studio B |
| Now Studio B comes to life with a medley of pinks, and hand-sewn ballerina curtains. |
To All Those Helping Make Our New Studio Possible Connor and her Family Families Who Donated to The Home Depot Gift Certificate Rick Lamer Brenda and Tom Funari Darrell Nelham Marjorie Clement Alyssa Jessica Shayna Kiowa Sue Maracle Louis Maracle Steve Maracle Carlene Bryant Bob House Quinte Bay Contract Flooring Zoe and her Family Shantal and her Family Stage Bryant Brad Vaughn Kailyn Angela, Ashtyn and Alyssa |
| Now White paint and new baseboard. Student photos and Dance Movie posters line the hallway. |
| Our "private" courtyard....complete with artwork and seating area, and the occasional pigeon. I Want To Learn More About Graffiti (Click) |
| First Rehearsal in Studio A. "Classic Cruisers" 50's Number Rehearsal |
| After Vintage ballet prints, colorful chairs hand-painted by students, toys, books and magazines, bulletin boards. Purple chalk board wall-panel. |
| After Mosaic Floor-Pattern Design by Kiowa....age 10 |
| Now Studio A |
| Only a few more ceiling tiles to install. New Raspberry floor tiles....shock resistant, laid over wood. White baseboard. Seven mirrors, but we are still collecting more. |
| Wisteria tiles...shock-resistamt....laid over wood. Barres not yet installed, but we have five mirrors up....still collecting more. Water cooler, costume closet, and lots of fans. |
| Close-Ups |
It started out as a dream, and with the help of family, friends, parents and students, it has come true. We hope to share this dream with many dancers...now, and in the future. We hope you will be a part of it.....come and dance with us! ~Angela Maracle |
| Rewind: Progress Pictures from Summer 2008 |
| Grand Opening September 7/08 |
| Ballerina Cakes from Donna and Connor. Yum! |
| Still Growing! We wanted to make sure all our parents and students are comfortable, so we have just rented additional space at our Belleville location. During October we expanded our waiting room, so everyone will have plenty of seating, and small children will have more room to colour or play. We moved our Senior Student lounge down the hall, to Suite 207. This set of rooms includes a main lounge for the dancers....a small eating area with seating, fridge, free popcorn, and microwave (thanks Sue!)....a changeroom....and a teacher's lounge. Newest addition to the lounge is a big TV, PS2, DVD player and dance movies, and Dance Dance Revolution video game...thanks Steve! We have also been granted first rights for rental or refusal on all other rooms upstairs at our location, in case we need additional space in the future. Thank you to all the parents and students for helping our studio grow! |
| Our New Jackets! Thanks Threadworks Custom Embroidery. You can order jackets through the studio: $60 children and $65 adults |
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What's Coming Up in September 2009? A third studio at our Belleville location! Now we can accommodate more students, and schedule even more of our popular Bollywood classes! A new, larger and brighter waiting room. Viewing windows into all three studios. Piano and pianist for Cecchetti Ballet classes. "Be Part of the Team....Be Part of the Dream" Come Dance With Us! |
Senior Lounge Re-Vamp Old Waiting Room with wall taken out.
This will be Studio 3
This will be Studio 3
| Hallway Re-Paint, New Waiting Room with Painted Doors, Before Picture of New Waiting Room |
| Thank you Rick for all your hard work on the renovations! |
Piano is in...now we need a pianist! Floor for the 3rd studio and the new waiting room being laid this week. New waiting room has been painted, and on one window sill is a mother pigeon sitting on an egg, in her nest. What's left to do? DVD player for the waiting room, CD player for Studio C, make and hang the curtains, cut a new door into Studio A, install the viewing windows, seal the floors, and final cleaning. Can we get all this done before the 8th? We are going to try! "Be Part of the Team.....Be Part of the Dream" |
| Four new mirrors in Studio A. You can see the piano back in the corner, and our new customized-purple gym mats on the floor. Get ready for Acro! Mirrors for Studio C Saturday the 5th. Mirrors By Moira Glass |
| Our new, large, beautiful Quinte Bay Flooring for the gorgeous floor. Curtains to Follow A HUGE thank you to Sue and Kiowa for all your help. Happy Birthday Kiowa! Sept. 5 |
| Our new stairwell Graffiti Art by Chris D. |
| write on the wall here! |
| In September 2010, our enrolment went up 35%! We quickly obtained another unit for new room seems cozier and brighter, with a bigger space for people to spread out in, and an attached office. Rick started work on Studio D, which meant tearing down some walls and putting up new ones! Our new studio currently has classes running in it, even though the floor won't be complete until next week. Two new 8 ft barres are being shipped next week, and the next thing to order will be more acro mats. Thanks you to all our dance families...you are the reason we continue to grow! Happy Thanksgiving! October 2010 |
| Thank you Mike from Quinte Bay Flooring. Thank you Moira Glass. Thank you Rick, for new luncheon counter in lounge! |