We love our dancers, we love having them perform and we know you love watching them! 

In past years, we have held a free solo/duet/trio showcase the Saturday morning of recital weekend for families to have a final chance to see their dancers perform their competition solos.

However, with the number of company solos, duets and trios we have this year, our Saturday morning Solo Showcase would be over 3.5 HOURS LONG! That would mean most of your dancers would be performing Friday night, Saturday Morning, Saturday Matinee and Saturday Evening- with NO BREAK TIME on Saturday AND doing all of that after a week of rehearsals and late nights! Everyone, parents included, would be exhausted!

While we have no doubt that everyone would step up to the plate to make it happen, we don't want to put our dancers, their families, or all of our staff through that grueling schedule and we know we have to make a change for the good of everyone! 

We've brainstormed MANY alternatives to what we've done the past few years, such as renting the hall another day and having the Solo Showcase on Sunday-but the rental fees for Hendricks Hall are just too much for a free performance and we didn't think everyone would want to spend another $10 per ticket. We've also considered limiting the number of routines we have available in the show-but how do you choose which dancers will perform? By drawing from a hat? How do we make that fair? We know that for many of you the benefit of the Solo Showcase is having a time for your out-of-town guests to see you perform-so having it on another weekend entirely (at a less expensive venue like Heckart Hall in Sedalia) really doesn't solve the issue. So, after debating this all year long, and keeping the well-being of our dancers foremost in our minds, we have reached the decision that there will NOT be a Saturday Morning show in hopes that this will allow everyone to more thoroughly enjoy the excitement of the entire weekend!

We know there will be some disappointment (and also secret relief even if no one wants to admit it!), but try to see this as a positive change!

Here is your chance to sleep in, to actually spend time with your family that has come in for the performance, to have a yummy breakfast or just to simply take some time to relax and refresh before you bring it on full force for the show!!! 

We truly do care about each and every one of you. We honestly believe this is the best course of action to take for the well being of our studio families and we thank you in advance for supporting this difficult decision!