2024 Term 3 Newsletter
We hope everyone is enjoying their holiday.
Please take time to read the rest of this newsletter as it contains very important information regarding:
- Term Dates
- End of Year Performance
- Term 3 Invoices
- Outstanding Costume Deposit Invoices
- Make Up Lessons
- Emails
Term 2 was full of events and we’d just like to mention some exciting things that happened during the second term.
CECCHETTI MEDAL AWARDS
We are incredibly proud of each of our students who competed in the Cecchetti Ballet NSW Medal Awards at the start of Term 2. They demonstrated their beautiful artistry, pure technique & joy of dance in both their class work and solos.
We had 6 students represent LCDA in the Pre-Junior section:
Ada W, Adeline H, Alexandra F, Charlotte G, Lucy T & Sophia H.
Congratulations to Charlotte who received an Honourable Mention in a very tough section of 25 dancers.
We were represented by Adabelle L, Ruth F & Scarlett vB in the Junior section.
7 students represented LCDA in Intermediate; Amarlie W, Amy S, Claudia W, Emily T, Emmanuelle G, Marlo T & Noam Z.
Well done to Amarlie, Claudia, Emily & Marlo who were selected as finalists and presented their 2nd solo for the adjudicators.
A huge congratulations to Emily who was announced as the Runner Up and Claudia who received an Honourable Mention.
Amelia G competed in the Senior section, she performed two professional solos for the esteemed adjudicators; Jade Wood, Senior Artist with The Australian Ballet & Cameron Holmes soloist with The Australian Ballet.
We are so proud of Millie and the time, care and dedication she put into her performance.
Congratulations to all of our dancers, we are so proud to have had them represent LCDA.
PERFORMANCE GROUPS
Our 2024 Performance Groups have been representing LCDA across Sydney and have received some amazing results!
Expression Dance Eisteddfod
1st Place – 10/U Ballet
1st Place – 14/U Contemporary
1st Place – 14/U Hip Hop
1st Place – 16/U Contemporary
2nd Place – 12/U Contemporary
2nd Place – 14/U Jazz
2nd Place – 14/U Ballet
3rd Place – 12/U Ballet
Highly Commended- 10/ U Jazz
Extreme Dance Competition
2nd Place – 14/U Contemporary
2nd Place -14/U Hip Hop
3rd Place – 12/U Contemporary
Highly Commended – 10/U Ballet
Highly Commended – 12/U Ballet
Our 14/U Hip Hop Group were invited to perform at Extreme Dance Competitions Gala event and received the award for Most Entertaining Group!
The Ultimate Dance Challenge
2nd Place – 14/U Contemporary
2nd Place – 14/U Hip Hop
3rd Place – 12/U Contemporary
Highly Commended – 10/U Ballet
Highly Commended – 12/U Ballet
Highly Commended – 14/U Ballet
IRBD Competition
2nd Place- 14/U Jazz
2nd Place -14/U Hip Hop
3rd Place – 12/U Contemporary
Highly Commended- 10/U Jazz
St George Dance Eisteddfod
1st Place – 16/U Contemporary
And Most Outstanding Senior Group of the entire competition!
Sydney Eisteddfod
1st Place – 16/U Contemporary
CONTEMPORARY DANCE OPEN
Our dancers had a great weekend of learning, growing & dancing at Contemporary Dance Open.
Adabelle L, Amarlie w, Amelia G, Eden H, Emily T, Grace M, Hannah I & Kiara M had the amazing opportunity to work with industry professionals; Kimball Wong, Daniel Roberts & Madeline Harms.
A special mention to Hannah, Kiara & Adabelle for being selected in the top 10 in their divisions and performing in the finals at NIDA.
We are so proud of all of our LCDA dancers!
We’re looking forward to another busy term; with the 2nd half of our competition season, ballet exams and the beginnings of our concert preparations.
2023 TERM DATES
Term 3, Monday 22nd July-Saturday 28th September
Term 4, Monday 14th October-Concert
Please remember the academy does not have pupil free days like the education system.
END OF YEAR PERFORMANCE
We are very excited to see our students on stage again this year! We will begin preparations this term for our end of year concert. Please remember, the classes your child is enrolled in this Term are the classes they will need to stay in for the remainder of the year.
Please make sure you have all concert related dates in your diary.
You can now find concert dates & times for Tiny Tots, Pre-Ballet & Pre-Jazz classes at the link above.
Timetables will be posted on the website. Please subscribe to the website to receive these alerts. LCDA Subscription – https://lcda.com.au/subscribe/
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TERM 3 INVOICES
Term 3 invoices have now been raised and are available on your Customer Portal.
If you are paying via the app, please make sure you have downloaded the latest version. You will need to delete the old version of the app from your phone and download the new version, it does not update automatically.
To view and pay your invoice just log into your LCDA family portal; https://www.thinksmartsoftware-au.com/customer_portal_v2/#/
If you need, our company code is; YMEYUYAH
If you have any problems regarding your fees, please contact the office by email lcda@lcda.com.au so that we can make appropriate adjustment as required.
To avoid a Late Fee please pay by the due date.
COSTUME DEPOSIT INVOICE
Please note that all invoices for costume deposits are now due. If you haven’t done so already, we would appreciate prompt payment of these invoices as we have already begun to purchase costumes for your children.
MAKE UP LESSONS
As we begin our concert preparations, make up lessons may not be available in Terms 3 & 4. Each class begins working on their specific dance and so attending a class which is not their own is impractical and disruptive to the class.
We strongly encourage students to keep up their attendance so their class can work together as a team and students do not fall behind in learning choreography.
EMAILS
Unfortunately, it seems that we do not always receive emails from Hotmail accounts. Please send us a text message if you are having any difficulties emailing us. 0422 861 592
We can’t wait to see you back for Term 3!