NEW AND RETURNING BDA STUDENTS : The 2012-2013 dance season is right around the corner.  This year we will be doing an online registration.  Please go to this link below and fill out the form to inform us on what classes you or your child want to take this year.  For returning students please fill this out as well even if you have already signed up on the bulletin board at the studio.  We will be sending an email out with the link as well for people that don't follow us on Facebook, so if you've already filled it out you can disregard the email.  Thank you so much and we look forward to hearing from you all soon! 

www.bdaregister.com

Schedule in the Works!

Don't panic if you haven't heard from us yet, the schedule is still in the works. As you can imagine it is quite a process. Unlike most studios who just post a schedule and you have to work around them, we do our very best to accommodate everyones conflicts and requests, which takes a very long time. We are just about done and you should be hearing from us by the end of the week by phone or email. Thanks so much for your patience!! :)

Emails!

This year instead of calling everyone to see what you or your child would like to take this year we decided to email. An email was sent out today, so if you do not receive one it means that we either do not have your email address or we have the incorrect address.  If you could email us your email address to info@theboltondanceacademy.com that would we great.  Thanks for your cooperation!

2011-2012 Dance Season!!

The 2011-2012 dance season is around the corner.  Our schedule is in the works and classes start the week of September 12th.  Now's the time to decide what dances you or child are interested in this year. There's lots to chose from: tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, hip-hop, pom, theatre, and ballroom.  If you are new to our studio we do registration right over the phone.  You can call the studio at 792-3480 or email us at info@theboltondanceacademy.com if you would like more info or would like to register.
We're very excited to see our students that we've missed over summer vacation and are looking forward to meeting lots of new students as well.  We've got a lot in store for you this year and are ready to get started!
Old students be expecting a phone call or email soon and new students give us a call and join the "Fun, Friend's, and Dancing!!"

Happy Summer!!

We hope summer is going great for all of our dancers and parents!  The weather hasn't been great, but hopefully your getting some much needed relaxation!


Summer classes are starting next Tuesday and Wednesday the 12th & 13th.  If you are interested in them you can still call the studio and get signed up!  New this year is our Bieber Fever class! 
Also if you missed the picture and video pick-up you can stop by the studio next Tuesday or Wednesday and grab them.


We added lots of pictures from this years recital to our Facebook page and some videos will be coming soon as well!! Head on over and check them out and "like" us if you haven't already!
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Recital 2011!!!!

Friday June 3rd @ 7:00 p.m., Saturday June 4th @ 7:00 p.m.,

 Sunday June 5th @ 1:00 p.m.

Glens Falls High School Auditorium

Tickets available at the studio all week or at the door!

Production Rehearsal Saturday, March 12th 2011

Our next production rehearsals are this Saturday, March 12th.  

Times are as follows:

Jr. Military: 9:15- 10:00

2nd Half Opener: 9:30- 10:15

Opening # (Group 1- 9th thru 12th graders): 10:15- 11:45

                  (Group 2- 6th thru 8th graders): 10:00- 11:45

Sr. Military: 11:45- 12:20

See you Saturday!

The studio is CLOSED today due to weather conditions!

The studio is closed yet again (Monday, March 7th) this time due to post weather conditions, as Roger St. and our parking lot is a complete snowy/icy mess.  Hopefully this will be our last snow day and the warm spring air will be just around the corner!! Have a great day :)

Rehearsal Times for Production Numbers this Saturday (February 12th)

Our first production rehearsal was a success and we're excited to continue with our new routines this weekend!!

Production Rehearsal this Saturday February 12th!

Times are as follows: 

2nd Half Opener- 9:30a.m. to 10:30a.m.

Jr. Military- 9:30a.m. to 10:15a.m.

Opening #- 10:30a.m. - 11:45a.m.

Sr. Military (New Students Only!!)- 11:45- 12:15

This is our last rehearsal for the month of February.  Our next rehearsal will be March 6th.  See you Saturday! 

Studio Closed Today! (Wednesday February 2nd)

The studio is closed today due to weather conditions. 
Wednesday dancers, remember that production numbers start this Saturday.  2nd Half Opener: 9:30-10:30  Opening #: 10:30-11:45   Jr. Military: 9:30-10:15   Sr. Military: 11:45- 12:15
Have a great snowy day!

Snow Day #2!

Snow snow go away, come again on a non dance day!  :) The studio is closed yet again (Tuesday January 18th) due to weather/driving conditions.  We will re-open tomorrow, Wednesday January 19th.  We'll see Tuesday students next week! Stay warm!!

Studio closed Monday January 17th!

The studio is closed today in observance of Martin Luther King Day! Have a great Monday! :)

Snow Day!

The studio is closed today (Wednesday January 12th) due to the weather conditions.  Enjoy your day off and stay warm! We will see you next Wednesday! :)

My Wedding!

Everyone at the studio (all of our BDA friends) were so loving and supportive since Mike and I got engaged back in July of 2009! I would have mom's peak their heads into my room and students asking me each week if I had any new wedding details to tell them about, or if I'm getting excited, or how does my dress look, etc.,  which was so wonderful and just made this wedding time that much more special for me!

I have to say I have the most amazing mother in the world! I'm sure most of you know Nanette, but if you don't you'll never meet a better, or kinder, or more generous person than her. As you know from my dances and production numbers, i'm a bit of, I guess, a perfectionist and like to go a bit above and beyond. So if you can imagine, planning my wedding was quite a production itself. I wasn't just a normal bride who picked vendors quickly and easily, and on the first try!  No, we did consultations with about 5 florists before I picked my amazing floral designers, we went to maybe 12 dress shops from here to Massachusetts to New York City, twice (where I finally ended up picking my first dress I tried on from Kleinfelds), we went and watched our band that we chose perform live about 3 times with different people each time to make sure they thought it was the right choice, which the band ended up being the best choice of all, they were phenomenal!! to stationary, we did it all ourselves (invitations, programs, table numbers, place cards, etc....) My mom was by my side for all of these, never complained, never told me I was a crazy person (well once in a while she would imply that lol) and just gave all her support and assistance from the start, not to mention throwing us the wedding of our dreams!! So as I said before I have the best mother in the world, and I'd say the best dance studio owner in the world, since she did all of these wedding things while keeping the studio going. She's always telling people she told me from when I was little I could only get married in the summer when the studio was not in session, and instead I got married during our second busiest time of the year! Love you Mom!

So I promised a few of my BDA peeps that I would put some pictures on the blog if i got any back before we went back to dance and I have, so here you go!! :) My photographer Luke Walker of Clark & Walker Studio's put up a whole blog post of our wedding on his Blog. To view it click here: http://clarkwalkerblog.com/2010/12/hall-of-springs-wedding-photography/

Also to keep this a dance post, here is our first dance video and our newest member of The Bolton Dance Academy, Mike!! :) Our videographer was Ray Zanta who is also the video man of our recitals!

One more bonus, some pictures to see how pretty Angela, Julie and Nanette looked on Wedding Day!!

Mom and Me!

Angela and her Scott!

Julie and her Scott!

                        

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all our BDA friends and family!!

Merry almost Christmas from The Bolton Dance Academy!!

We hope all of our BDA friends and families are having a wonderful holiday season!  December has flew by for us.  I'm sorry there hasn't been many blog posts lately, but with all the wedding and holiday craziness there has not been much time for anything else :) . Things are getting back to normal around here finally and we have lots of blog posts prepared & coming at you soon!

Here is a video recap of some of our routines we performed at this year's Festival of Tree's.  I would like to give a big shout out to all of our specialty dancers, who did and incredible job this year.  The girls participate in the South Glens Falls Holiday Parade and the Festival of Trees every year, the weekend before Thanksgiving and the weekend after Thanksgiving.  What you probably do not know is that they have one rehearsal to learn and somewhat perfect their parade routines, and only 3 classes to learn and perfect there Christmas routines for Festival.  For any non dancers reading this, that is a really short time to learn a dance!! So I am so proud of them every year for doing such a great job under pressure and on such a short time frame! Great job girls!

I also posted many pictures from the Parade and Festival on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=49281&id=149109015115700  We would love you to check them out!   

So I hope these bring a little holiday cheer to your day and that you have a fabulous Christmas!

Enjoy..... 

Visit our blog again on Christmas, we will have a little holiday video posted for you! 

Also early next week I will have a "Wedding" blog up since so many of our BDA friends requested to see the photos! :)

Merry Merry Christmas! 

Love,

 Nanette, Angela, Julie, & Brianna

2010 Holiday Parade!!

Can you believe Thanksgiving is in less than a week?? This year has been flying by for us!
Every year our specialty groups march and preform in the South Glens Falls Holiday Parade, and we will be there again this year.  We would love for you to come watch us!  Look for Mike driving the big maroon "Dancenbg" Yukon and listen for our songs this year "Christmas Time is Here Again" and "Jingle Bells".  It starts at 1:00 p.m. and takes place between the Spare Time Bowling Alley to about Massie's Restaurant.  Hope to see you there!! :)

Happy Halloween!! (Video of the Week!)

Happy Halloween everyone!  Here is a video that I thought was appropriate being that today is Halloween.  It was our production numbers from that opened up the 2nd half of our 2009 recital "Decades of Dancing".  There were about 40 girls from Freshman to Seniors doing a hip-hop/jazz dance.  They all did a great job getting into the character of this routine, and I think was one of their favorites!
Enjoy and have a great Halloween!

Studio closed for Columbus Day!!

The studio will be closed Monday October 11th in observance of Columbus Day!  Classes will resume Tuesday October 12th.  Have a great holiday! :)

October is here! Video of the Week!! "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now"

The leaves are falling, the temperature is getting cooler, and the BDA is already into their 4th week of the 2010-2011 dance season!  The video I choose this week is from this past season's dance recital "I Dance NY".  The girls did a great job and the audience seemed to love it!

Enjoy, "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now"