What an incredible week it has been! We saw the final week of Lion King, celebrated our graduation of our Year 12 College students, the studio was busy with rehearsals for Neverland and plans were made for our Awards evening. We are very close to finalising our timetable for next year so hopefully this will be released with next week’s newsletter, and you can start enrolling for 2022!

What an incredible week! It saw the opening of Lion King, the announcement of us winning the Bulletin’s competition for the best Dance school on the Gold Coast and another success story for one of our students.

This week sees the opening of the long-awaited production of Lion King! Lots of excitement is around the studio at the moment, not only with this production, but the upcoming ones as well. Changes in some class times has occurred to accommodate all the extra rehearsals for Lion King, Neverland and the filming for our Film Screening night.

Hope you all had some fun during Halloween week. Some great efforts were put into dressing up here at NAPA, especially from our canteen lady, Kristie, who not only dressed up herself but decorated our canteen area to set the atmosphere. This week saw our production of The Game performed and now we are getting ready for The Lion King. At NAPA there is always something to celebrate or look forward to.

Saturday saw the final performance of 13 The Musical and Sunday the bump-in of The Game. Rehearsals and preparations are underway for our Neverland Concert, the Awards night and Movie World’s White Christmas Parade! It certainly is our busiest time of the year! Hope you are all enjoying the numerous performances we provide during the year.

Another wonderful week at NAPA – shows, rehearsals, training, indoor and outdoor game playing, and above all – lots of laughter.

We hope you all have had a great break and ready to engage in lots of what is happening at NAPA in the last term! With so much going on, we do ask that you are vigilant in staying informed through our newsletter, emails and our Facebook pages to ensure your child is at all scheduled rehearsals and are well prepared to meet all requirements. Schedules are tight, but that is because our performances have been moved due to COVID lockdowns during the year. Back-to-back shows is not ideal, but we were determined not to cancel any of them so that our students get the opportunity to shine on stage.

This is the last newsletter until next term, so we wish you all a wonderful holiday. Many of our cherubs and teachers will definitely need this rest period after all the shows we have done recently!! For everyone else, rest up in readiness for the shows you are about to perform in!

What a week this has been! With only one more week to go before the holidays we are packing in so much into these last two weeks, due to some changes of dates during COVID lockdowns. However, despite the pressure of staging so much close together, we are still achieving awesome results, as you can see in this newsletter.

This has been a week of great achievements by our Performance Teams and their teachers as you have probably seen on our Facebook page! They have not only gained outstanding results at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod but the feedback from judicators, staff and audience members on their behaviour, their attitudes and how well they all presented themselves in their uniforms and costumes, was outstanding. At NAPA we value this as just as important as the level of performance they gave. I hope you are all feeling not only proud of these performers and their teachers but also feeling proud to be part of our NAPA Family.

This has been a week of great achievements by our Performance Teams and their teachers as you have probably seen on our Facebook page! They have not only gained outstanding results at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod but the feedback from judicators, staff and audience members on their behaviour, their attitudes and how well they all presented themselves in their uniforms and costumes, was outstanding. At NAPA we value this as just as important as the level of performance they gave. I hope you are all feeling not only proud of these performers and their teachers but also feeling proud to be part of our NAPA Family.

The week has been filled with rehearsals for productions and the eisteddfod. Changes of dates for all of these has been difficult to navigate but the support we have had from everyone has been incredible; getting children to extra rehearsals, changing other plans to attend the new dates, changing tickets, re-blocking of dances and productions due to some of our students over the border ... the list goes on! It has certainly proven how flexible and resilient our NAPA families and staff are! Thank you everyone for doing your part! The first couple of days of the Eisteddfod has already been a great success, the kids smashed it! Check out the outstanding results – great job everyone who performed this weekend we are so proud of you.

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We hope the COVID restrictions have not been too challenging for you all, especially those of you who live over the border, our thoughts are with you as you battle hold-ups at the border. We appreciate the effort you are making to ger your children to their classes as we don’t want them missing their preparation for productions and shows. This week features the opening of Abigail’s Coven and final polishing of eisteddfod numbers in readiness for the Gold Coast Eisteddfods next week.

Our first week went off with a bang with our fabulous Performance Team concert and a great vibe of excitement at the studio. Now they are Gold Coast Eisteddfod ready – chookas to all the teams! It was a challenging first week with the extra COVID restrictions, but it was made easier by the compliance of teachers, students and their family members to the rules provided - thank you. Our next performance is Abigail’s Coven. This will appeal to those of you who love a historical-based drama. With so many productions on this semester, we ask that you help set aside time for your child to practice. Lots of routines and musical numbers are on the online learning platform and most of our students should have lines, dance routines and lyrics down by now, so lots of extra effort is required from this point onwards.

Welcome back! We hope you all had a fabulous holiday and our young performers are ready to get stuck into lots of fun, learning and performing in Term 3. With lots of shows and eisteddfods happening in this term, it is certainly going to be a busy one. A few COVID rules have been set in place, so please read and follow the information regarding this. All term 3 shows are open for booking. Tickets can be purchased from our website, so please make sure you don’t leave it to the last minute to book as tickets sell out quickly. Term 4 show tickets will be going on sale soon so please ensure you read the newsletter each week, so you don’t miss the announcement.

This is the final week of term with the last classes being held on Saturday, 26 June. Term 2 has been filled with auditions, eisteddfods and a great finish to the term, our Solo Concert. This was a sold-out performance with the audience being treated to a fabulous display of talent. Our Solo Concerts give an opportunity for students having private lessons, to polish what they have been learning on stage for a live audience which for many will be a great way to prepare for their upcoming eisteddfods. Congratulations to all of the performers and their teachers for an incredible performance!

Our first student show for the year kicks off this week in the form of our Solo Concert and then it gets very busy from this point with our heavy schedule of productions and concerts. We are constantly asked about dates. Please note that all dates for all shows have been on our website since the start of the year – check on the Playbill. Our website is our go-to spot for information. For new parents, it is important to note that our shows sell out quickly, so you need to get in early before people outside of NAPA grab tickets. In the past we have had some very disappointed parents who have missed out. Our shows attract community audience members as well.