Welcome back NAPA Family. Week 2 at Gold Coast Eisteddfod Dance Groups has concluded, and our final dance comp for the year is officially done. Our Senior Performance Teams had great success in some very competitive sections. The feedback from the judge was excellent and confirmed that our students are getting the best training and have amazing teachers helping them to fulfil their dreams.

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.

August is here! Which means our busiest month has begun. This weekend saw our Pre-Senior Acting class hit the stage with ‘The Con’, and our 12’s Small Group Team performed at The Flow City Convention at Miami Marketta. The next two weeks will be filled with Gold Coast Eisteddfod Group sections and then finally we will see our Senior Tread the Boards class in the Australian Classic ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’. What a busy time!

Another week of success! Students continued to achieve great results at Gold Coast Eisteddfod solos, our Vocal Concert was a hit and our Pre-senior actors are preparing for their performance of ‘The Con’.

Welcome back to another busy week! Gold Coast Eisteddfod has begun and our students are already having massive success. We are so proud seeing all of the results coming through! Keep up the great work cherubs.

We are well under way for term 3! This past weekend our Broadway Bound Extension class performed Rock of Ages and were met with several standing ovations! The kids have had the best time working on this show and it brought me so much joy to see them smashing it every night. When we announced that we were doing a ‘rock’ musical the kids were unsure at first but seeing them step outside their comfort zone and embrace the challenge was just amazing. A great lesson in never shying away from a challenge and instead using the experience to grow into an even more versatile performer. We are SO proud of you all.

…Our final week of Term 2 is here! It’s been such a big term for our students and teachers, and we thank our families for all their support through this busy time. Next term is another big one with several productions, Gold Coast Eisteddfod and several other performance opportunities. Keep an eye on your emails for any updates from your class teachers, as extra rehearsals and class changes may happen in Term 3.

Welcome to another week! The days are definitely getting colder, but our winter uniforms have been ordered and will be here before we know it!

Welcome to another week. I can’t believe there are only 3 weeks left of term! How time flies. Don’t forget, we run our classes via the public school terms and you can find all of our dates for the year on our calendar.

Welcome back to another week! Not too much news this week but keep an eye on your emails in case your class has any specific information being sent out.

Another epic week has ended, and another begins! Term 2 is certainly keeping us on our toes. Firstly, a big thank you to all those who read our newsletter as it is our main source of weekly info, so we appreciate you all for taking the time to read it.

Happy Mother’s Day! To all of our mums, aunties, grandmas, we hope you had a fabulous day and were spoilt by your loved ones. Our thoughts also go out to those whose mums are no longer with us. They live on in our hearts.

Another busy week is ready to begin! The weather has certainly changed and it’s getting cooler at night, so it’s time to order those winter uniforms! Our winter range has been secured and we are excited to have some new items added to our selection for 2024. We have sourced quality items, made to last, and keep our cherubs nice and warm.

It’s been another week of successful stories from our students with news of our cherubs having success at auditions, in workshops and in their school performing arts communities. If you have any success stories, we’d love to feature them in our newsletter so don’t forget to send them in!

First and foremost, I must say thank you to everyone who has reached out with kind words and support as I take over as the sole owner of NAPA. After being partners for 18 years it will certainly be a big change for me, but I know I am not alone, as the NAPA family has always been such a great support. I must thank our amazing staff who have been fabulous throughout the transition and of course to my partner in crime Lynn, who started as my teacher and then became my business partner and most importantly my friend. We have created an amazing space that I am so proud of and I can’t wait to continue our legacy. Big shout out to Laurie who has always been such an amazing part of NAPA. From building sets to working on admin to everything else in between. I know you will be missed by many! We are sending all our love to you both for retirement and can’t wait to see all your travel updates!

WOW this is my last newsletter, it’s hard to believe! This is also the last newsletter for the term, so Kim will be taking on this task next term. I am feeling very sad to say goodbye to you all, but I will always be part of the NAPA family and support NAPA in any way I can. I look forward to attending as many of our shows as possible to continue to see our students’ development throughout their training here at NAPA and seeing where this journey takes them. Laurie and I wish to thank you all for the continued beautiful messages and gifts that have been sent to us since our retirement announcement, we feel very blessed to have you in our lives.

A big thank you to all who sent Laurie and I such heartfelt messages in response to our retirement email. Your words mean so much to us and we are extremely grateful to have received them. It is so hard to retire but we will never leave the NAPA family completely as we will continue to support our students and staff in any way we can.

This has been a big week of auditions for our Musical Theatre classes. This can be a stressful time for the students and often for parents in handling this part of a performance journey for their child. You may need to give a few pep talks to keep them positive, so I will include a few helpful hints in this newsletter.

We hope all of our cherubs have settled in well to their classes and our newbies are now feeling familiar with our procedures.  Only a few news items this week and a few reminders.

We hope you have had a great week. We have lots of congratulations this week. I would like to start off by wishing our wonderful creative media and publicity designer, Trina Power, all our best wishes as she ventures off to Uganda to photograph an orphanage and school over there for the next 2 weeks. She will also be going on a 3-day safari up the Nile River.  We all wish Trina a fabulous experience and congratulate her in being selected to do this incredible work. We’ll miss you Trina.