NAPA News - Week 5, Term 3, 2024
Welcome back NAPA Family. Week 1 at Gold Coast Eisteddfod Groups has concluded, and we are so proud. Our Performance Team had great successes, but the most important thing is that every time they attend another comp or performance, they learn another lesson. Whether that be helping a student improve their stage confidence, learning to do their own make-up, implementing notes or feedback given during class, or just improving on the last performance! We are super proud of the high quality of our NAPA groups, the discipline our students show on and off stage, and their love of dance and passion for performing.
GOLD COAST EISTEDDFOD Results
So far, our Junior Teams have competed and here are their amazing results.
6’s:
Any Style (Jazz): 1st
8’s:
Song & Dance: 1st
Lyrical: 2nd
10’s:
Lyrical: 1st
Musical Theatre: 2nd
12’s:
Small Group Contemporary: 1st
Small Group Any Style (Acro): 2nd
Song & Dance: 1st
Acro: 1st
Lyrical: VHC
Thank you as always to Miss Greta for all your choreography and early training and Miss Mandy, Miss Suzanne, and Miss Bella for keeping our teams up to scratch each week. We are so grateful.
Good luck to our senior teams who begin their sections on Friday!
Socks are back in stock
Our NAPA socks are back in stock. See Kimberley at reception for yours. Get them quick, before they sell out again! While you’re there, don’t forget to pick up your NAPA jibbit. All profits go to our NAPA P&F fundraising to help create more wonderful opportunities for our cherubs.
Drop off and Pickup
A reminder that students should not be dropped off any earlier than 15 minutes before their class. This is a health and safety issue and needs to be followed please.
WIZARD OF OZ - IMPORTANT NOTE
Miss Laura recently sent out an important email regarding costumes. If you did not receive it, please ensure you let us know so that we can forward it on to you.
A MESSAGE FROM MISS MANDY
Hi NAPA fam!
I'm excited to let you know that on Saturday August 24th I am going to be shaving my head for The World's Greatest Shave to raise funds for The Leukaemia Foundation.
Did you know that 53 Australians are diagnosed with Leukaemia EVERY DAY!!?? There is no way to screen for blood cancer or protect yourself against it.
I have set a goal of raising $10K to support The Leukaemia Foundation. If you are in the position to donate you can head to my donation page here....
https://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/fundraisers/mandymorrison/2024
Of course I couldn't think of a better place to host 'the shave' than our very own NAPA! If you are free on the day I would love to see as many of you there as possible
SATURDAY 24th AUGUST from 4PM
- food truck
- bar open (thanks P&F!)
- hair colouring fundraiser for the kids and big kids (with coloured hair spray)
- PLUS bid in the auction for your chance to shave off the first bit of my hair!
Hope to see you there & thank you for the support!
BIG LOVE!
Miss Mandy x
Have a FABULOUS week ALL!
Kim and The NAPA Team
What a huge few weeks it has been at NAPA! Our competition season has certainly kept us busy, and we are incredibly proud of the way our students have represented the studio. Beyond the results, it has been wonderful to see the growth, teamwork, resilience and support for one another that comes from getting out on stage and putting all that hard work into practice. A massive congratulations to every student who performed, and a big thank you to our teachers and families for everything that goes on behind the scenes to make these weeks possible.
And there is certainly no slowing down just yet! We are now heading into an exciting few weeks of productions, with Bring It On and The Jungle Book Kids both getting ready to hit the stage. There is so much happening across the studio, and we can’t wait to see all of that rehearsal-room work come to life!
A little reminder as we head into production season: there will be some changes to our regular timetable during production weeks to accommodate rehearsals, performances and staff commitments. Please keep a close eye on your emails and studio correspondence, as we will communicate any class changes, cancellations or adjustments as early as possible.
It’s a busy time of year, but also one of our favourites with lots of opportunities to perform, learn, support our NAPA friends and celebrate what our students have been working towards. Thank you, as always, for staying on top of communication and for being part of our wonderful NAPA community.
Now, onto this week’s news!