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Tomorrow is the day!!!

Lets start with schedule

All students performing must arrive at 1:00 p.m. (local time) to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

The show will start at 7:30 p.m. and will end at 9:00 p.m

Orlando Metropolitan Ballet Academy will provide snacks and drinks for performers, if your students is in a special diet or allergic to any food please send them snacks and food to last for the entire time at the theater (8 hours).

Rehearsals: we will run full rehearsals twice, at 3:00 pm and at 5:00 p.m

The uniform

Since students will perform part of the show wearing their OMBA StudioWear uniform (Headpiece, Leotard, Tights, Ballet shoes and skirt) the must clean everything tonight or wear new uniforms.

Please be extra careful when washing it (if washing any), hand-wash the leotard and skirt (L3 and up) and also be extra careful with the ballet shoes.

Make sure your student’s uniform is properly tagged (named) so it is easily identified when changing back from costumes to uniform by the end of the show.

Please remember not to bring them exposed, use loose garments (black) to cover the uniform. Again, tag everything your child is bringing we do not want any confusions or lost things. Orlando Met is not responsible for any lost objects so please do not send them wearing any piece of jewelry, no cell phones or electronics.

All students must come wearing make-up and hairstyle (clean and neat). All students must come wearing the uniform, they will change here, costumes will stay at the academy until performance day. Please bring extra bobby pins, U-shape pins, hairspray, and the make-up in case we need to retouch.

Parents remember you are not going to be allowed in the theater backstage during the show or rehearsals, just the students, faculty, backstage moms (previously trained and authorized) and production staff,

SHOW (12/03/2019)

We are pleased to let you know that the performance will be at Dr. Phillips Center for the performing arts, 445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801

The gate that we will be using to receive your children is at the loading area of the theater (the theater does not have parking available) please park at Orange County administrative building parking building (see map below)

The gate is on S Rosalind Av.

All Levels call time: 1:00 p.m.

Remember that the people in charge of your child/children are other parents that kindly volunteer and are given their time and love selflessly.

Please do not send any food or beverage that is accidentally spilled could stain the costumes, we do not want any accidents.

You must send an storage bag for all your child’s belongings – Please tag the bag (Level 1)

Students, please bring your make-up.

Recommendation, please download WhatsApp, we will create broadcast groups by level with your phone number so you are informed of any situation inside the theater, moreover finishing time. Please do not use the broadcast group for any other purpose. We will not answer any questions via these groups, again this is only to let you know if anything comes up during your child stay at the theater. On December 4th these groups will be deleted.

Performance

Approximate pick-up of your children after show time 9:15 pm.

Read constantly this blog in case of any additional information is posted.

Do not send your child/children food or any other beverage (if you feel comfortable not doing so), we will provide fruits, water, yogurt, vegetables, and turkey ham and cheese sandwiches for them.

After the show, you can wait for your students at the main entrance of the theater and pick up your child, due to the theater’s internal administration our students will exit the stage by the front/main door. It is a tradition among ballet dancers’ parents to have flowers or a small gift to give to your dancer when they are given back to you after the show.

Children under medication

If your child is under any medication, please come and talk with us, please do not forget to bring the doctor’s order or prescription.

Date of the meeting, September the 14th 2019

Schedule and Agenda

3:00 PM

        Required attendees: All levels

        Mandatory

        Duration: 45 min

        Location: OMBA

        Subject of discussion: General school information: uniform/ dress code/ promotions / examinations / attendance importance / etc.

3:45 PM

        Required attendees: All levels

        Mandatory

        Duration: 20 min

        Location: OMBA  

        Subject of discussion: School Calendar: Performances/ rehearsals / invitations / calendar.

4:05 PM

        Required attendees: All levels

        Duration: 10 min

        Location: OMBA

        Subject of discussion: Backstage Mom’s Committee 

4:15 PM

        Required attendees: Level 2 and Up parents

        Mandatory

        Duration: 75 min

          Location: OMBA

        Subject of discussion: Rehearsals and training program opportunities / competitions / performances

Estimated end time of the meeting: 5:30 pm

We are very happy because we are 3 days away from the show, and with it come many activities, details, dates, schedules and more.

Lets start with dates

Photo-shoot 05/31/2019
Full rehearsal 06/01/2019
Show 06/02/2019

The photo-shoot

Date 05/31/2019 – Time 10:00 am to 5:00 pm – first come first served – at the academy.

Usually, the photographer takes 10-15 min per student, if there are no parents waiting that is the time that you should spend here. All belongings must be tagged with the student name to avoid lost.

Because of reduced space, please do not come with company, just one adult per student.

There are no classes on 05/31/2019, so after photo-shoot, you are free that day.

All students must come wearing make-up and hairstyle (clean and neat, remember is photo-shoot day). All students must come wearing the uniform, they will change here, costumes will stay at the academy until performance day. Please bring extra bobby pins, U-shape pins, hairspray, and the make-up in case we need to retouch.

Please remember, no underwear.

Level 2, remember to bring the black panty-short, no other colors, no motives, no patterns, just flat black.

Level 3 and up, since you all are principal roles you are required to stay until the last person takes photos, do not bring food we will have everything you will need here, please arrive 20 min earlier. (9:40 am)

Parents remember you are not going to be allowed in the studio during the photo session, just the students, the photographer, and the teacher.

Full Rehearsal (June 1st)

We are pleased to let you know that June 1st rehearsal will be at Dr. Phillips Center for the performing arts, 445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801

The gate that we will be using to receive your children is at the loading area of the theater (the theater does not have parking available) please park at Orange County administrative building parking building (see map below)

The gate is on S Rosalind Av.

Pre-primary – Primary – Level 1 and Level 2 call time: 10:50 am

Level 3 and up call time: 10:00 am

Rehearsal will end at 1:30 p.m. Please remember that a full rehearsal is a copy of the show in every aspect, some issues may occur and we ask all your understanding in case that we need 15-20 minutes more. Thank you in advance. Also, remember that the people in charge of your child/children are other parents that kindly volunteer and are given their time and love selflessly.

Please do not send any food or beverage, it is a short period of time and they are going to wear costumes and we do not want any accidents.

Please take your student(s) wearing make-up, hairstyle, and regular class uniform, please remember not to bring them exposed, use loose garments to cover the uniform. Tag everything your child is bringing we do not want any confusions or lost things. Orlando Met is not responsible for any lost objects so please do not send them wearing any piece of jewelry, no cell phones or electronics.

You must send an storage bag for all your child’s belongings – Please tag the bag

Please also place in the bag the hair kit of your child along with, hairspray and the make-up given to you at the make-up workshop. Level 3 and up students, please bring your make-up.

Recommendation, please download WhatsApp, we will create broadcast groups by level with your phone number so you are informed of any situation inside the theater, moreover finishing time. Please do not use the broadcast group for any other purpose. We will not answer any questions via these groups, again this is only to let you know if anything comes up during your child stay at the theater. On June 3rd these groups will be deleted.

Performance

Please follow the exact same directions given for the full rehearsal above. Please make your best with the make-up and hairstyle. Call time changes for June 2nd, please see below

Call time 10:50 am, please be on time.

Approximate pick-up of your children after show time 6:00 – 6:30 pm.

Read constantly this blog in case of any additional information is posted.

Do not send your child/children food or any other beverage, we will provide fruits, water, vegetables, and turkey ham and cheese sandwiches for them.

After the show, you can walk again to the security gate on the theater’s back (on Rosalind Av) and pick up your child, it is a tradition among ballet dancer parents to have flowers or a small gift to give to your dancer when they are given back to you after the show.

Children under medication

If your child is under any medication, please come and talk with us at the front desk on 05/31/2019 5:00 pm, please do not forget to bring the doctor’s order or prescription.

Hello Parents!

We’re happy to have you this Saturday 25th at 3:00pm after rehearsal for our first Makeup Parent Workshop for Levels Pre-Primary to Level 1.

The objective of this workshop is to train you parents in how to do your daughter’s makeup for the Photoshoot day and the day of the show. The stage makeup is very different in comparison with party or regular makeup. In addition to this, all the students need to have -the same- makeup, as a sign of equality and uniformity.

You’ll need the basic requirements listed above in the picture.

We will give you the Eyeshadow, an additional eyeliner and the lipstick. The cost of this items will be $6. The workshop will consist in you learning how to makeup your daughter for staging purposes. Please remember, this is an activity just for parents and representatives, people not related with the school will be not accepted. The stage makeup is not a big deal, we will give you all the tips and tool and is a great moment to share with your little ballerina.

Feel free to record the techniques and explanations in order to practice at home. Sharing the material in social media is not allowed.

We are going to talk also about the hair style, the schedule of the performance week and you will receive a list with all the needs that you have to acquire for the show. All the doubts are going to be solved that day.

Remember the attendance is mandatory, your presence is very important to us.

Welcome to our blog. This is our first post. We will be posting general information about the academy, events, classes, schedule changes and more.

This is meant to be a our digital extension, everything that you need to know about what is going on in the academy will be here, so… if you did not receive an important email about a parent workshop or special classes, student’s special workshop, etc, all of it will be here. You will just have to come and look for the information that you need.