PURE ACADEMYOFFICE HOURSMon to Fri, 10AM-6PMSaturday, 9AM-2PMSunday, CLOSED

NEW ADULT CLASSESYou asked for it and we made it happen! PURE is now offering classes for adults! We have sev-eral classes to choose from and we can’t wait for you to try them out.

Tuesdays 8:30-9:15pm Adult Cardio DanceTuesdays 9:15-10:00pm Adult Pilates FusionWednesdays 8:45-9:30pm Adult Hip HopThursdays 9:00-9:45pm Adult Tap

All classes start the week of November 14th and run for a 6 week session. Each session is $99 +HST, or take more than one class for only $149 +HST.

PURE’S MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT 2016We could not be more excited for this years Christmas show at the Capitol Theatre. Our dancers have started their routines and they are already looking fabulous. Listed below are a couple quick reminders about Christmas show this year:

- Contrary to what was previously stated, we will be running our dress rehearsal for Christ-mas show at the Capitol Theatre rather than at

the studio. The same date applies, December 16th. A specific schedule will come out in the near future.

- Classes will be measured for costuming within the upcoming weeks so attendance is of the ut-most importance

- A package containing show order, rehearsal order, and other small details will be distrib-uted mid to late November.

PARENT VIEWING PROTOCOLAlthough we understand the urge to step into each and every classroom at PURE and take a peak at how your dancers are doing, we must remind you of our studio protocol put in place to insure the best learning environment for our dancers. Parents and guardians are only to en-ter the classroom when the instructor invites them in to do so. We must keep parents out of the classroom in order to avoid distraction from the students as well as to fully immerse the child in the learning environment. Please feel free to take a peak at the viewing cameras or the glass windows if the teacher has them open. Please understand that sometimes these

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curtains will be closed in order to avoid distraction.

Our basement studio will be receiving a better camera in the near future in order to allow for viewing on the TV’s upstairs. Please just remember, if the instructor has not invited you into the classroom, there may be a reason for it.

COMPANY TEAM UPDATEStarting in November, all Company Team dancers will begin their Cecchetti Ballet classes on Thursday and Friday nights. Dancers will be training in 5 different levels and will be placed accordingly after a couple weeks of testing them out in different classes. Please keep in mind that this type of ballet syllabus is not equivalent to the BATD syl-labus that dancers train in during the week. Dancers may be placed in a grade level lower or higher than their BATD grade and they may train in a different grade than a dancer that may be in their BATD class. We ask that you trust the experience and knowledge of our coaching staff when these decisions are made. Please remember that all placements are made to the benefit of the individual student. It is only and always our intention to strengthen our PURE dancers.

A list of class placements will be posted the first Thursday in November. Please send your child to dance with a bodysuit, pink tights, hair in a bun and a change of clothes for their regular dancer rehearsals.

CREW TEAM UPDATEMiss Melissa has been working on trying to confirm dates for produc-tion rehearsals at the Health Plex. So far, she has been able to secure April 2nd, 2017 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Please jot this date down and stay tuned for any more production rehearsal dates that may pop up.

Also don’t forget the makeup classe (Halloween) this coming Sunday:Sunday, November 6th: 3:00-4:00pm Jazz select 4:00-6:00pm Junior Crew6:00-8:00pm Intermediate Crew7:00-9:00pm Teen Crew

CLASS CANCELLATIONS AND RESCHEDULED CLASSES- Class Cancelled: ALL PURE STUDENTS - Friday December 23rd and Saturday December 24th Why? Because Santa is coming!

- Class Moved: Saturday February 18th INTERMEDIATE CREW COMPETITIVE TRAINING moved from 9:30-11:30am to 3:30-5:30pm

- Class Moved: Saturday February 18th JUNIOR LEVEL HIP HOP moved from 11:00-11:45am to 10:45-11:30am (Miss Jaiden will be in-structing this class

- Class Moved: Saturday February 18th LEVEL 1 BALLET from 11:45-12:45pm to 11:30-12:30pm

BALLET DRESS CODE REMINDERSPlease be advised that all PURE ballet classes uphold a strict ballet dress code of bodysuit (color depends on specific grade) and tights as well as ballet shoes and hair in a bun. Students who do not adhere to dress code will be given reminders to take home. After several reminders, the student will not be allowed to participate in class. Our ballet dress code is based on years of tradition within ballet technique and encourages discipline while also allowing the teacher to assess each student prop-

erly while they work on their technical skill. PURE places importance on this aspect of Ballet for the betterment of our students and asks that all students respect this strict Ballet dress code.

BATD SCHOLARSHIPSCongratulations to all the students who represented our school at the B.A.T.D. North American Trixie Hardy Theatre Dance Scholarships in To-ronto on Oct. 14 and 15th. It is an honour for these students to be nominated and join other dancers from across the country to attend this prestigious event. Congratulations, we are all so proud of you!

Students who attended these schodlarships include:Junior Ballet - Evans Bicum Senior Ballet - Cassandra Comiskey, Hannah Ross, Jennifer Nooyen, La-rissa Bedford Junior Jazz/Modern – Piper Clapp, Maddison Segeren, Kambri-Anne GowmanJunior Tap/Stage – Piper Clapp

There were anywhere from 100 – 120 candidates in each discipline. They were split into two groups and then a final group was selected.

Congratulations Evans Bicum and Larissa Bedford for making it into the finals! We are so proud of you all!

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FUNDRAISER AND TOY DRIVERori Bennett will be collecting new and unwrapped toys for the Ronald McDonald House again this year. She is also collecting personal items for the families who use Ronald McDonald House. There will be a drop box at the Wallaceburg, Chatham and Lakeshore studios for your con-venience.

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This is Rori’s fourth toy drive and thanks for all the help Ronald McDonald house has given her and her family. She will be collecting toys and items until Dec 1st.

PUREWEAR IS BACK! We will be introducing new PUREwear styles in the next week or so! We will have limited quantities this year so keep your eyee peeled...

We also still have some of our PURE pants and previous shirts available. If you are interested in any of these, please ask the front desk or talk to Tammy Chouinard (tammy@pureacademy.ca) or Candice Willmore (candice@pureacademy.ca).

OUR 2016/2017 PARENT EXECUTIVE Calling all Parents!Now that everyone has settled into the dance groove for the 2016/2017 season it is time to establish the Parent Committee for the year.

Last year PURE was blessed with an abundance of help and support by many parents who were led by Steve and Holly Mitchell, Rachel Garrow and Katie Dickerson.

PURE Directors are excited to re-establish all of these fantastic commit-tees ASAP! Below you will find detailed descriptions of the tasks for each committee. We seek to fill the following positions by Friday Nov 4th. The fundraising committee has already been established however we seek to fill the Social and Community Outreach committee as well as the Props parents committee

Parent Involvement Fundraising Committee(i) Lead – Angela Mehlenbacher(ii) Secretary – Danielle Peterson(iii) Treasurer – Nancy Matteis

Social Committee and Community Outreach (i) Co-Leader #1 - TBD(ii) Co-Leader #2 - TBD

Prop Parents (i) Lead - TBD

Please contact Kent Willmore directly by email (kent@pureacedemy.ca) by Thursday Nov 3rd, 2016. In your email please mention the position that you seek to fill and be sure to include a brief (less then 200 words) description of why you feel the role is suited for you! Thank you

Committee DescriptionsFundraising Committee overall goals: - To raise funds to go towards costume fees and competition fees. - Positions needed – Team Lead, Secretary/Communication, Treasurer, and lots of worker bees. - Events – Fundraising events will be decided by the fundraising commit-tee.

Social Committee and Community Outreach overall goals: - To organize and offer opportunities to bring PURE’s dancers together to strengthen relationships and interact in a social setting - To organize and offer social/special events (e.g. parties, organized out-ings, a year-end celebration) for all of PURE’s students and their families to foster the PURE community- Provide opportunities for students of PURE to interact with the com-munity through events such as parades, festivals and other events to give back to the community and promote PURE in a positive light, - Promote and encourage the tremendous personal growth, discipline and dedication that is required to be a performer, and highlight the well-rounded individuals that result, - Work with directors to celebrate the accomplishments of the PURE stu-dents through media (e.g. media releases, video, social media, newslet-ters),

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Prop Parent goals are: - Work with coaches to prepare props for the dancers if required- Work with directors to transport props to and from all dance events- Work with directors to arrange for prop movement and storage while at events.

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE UPDATE We are full swing with our Lucky Raffle, on November 18th we will draw for our gift card baskets.. 1st place $550 in Gift Cards, 2nd $225 and 3rd $100...Tickets will be sold until November 4, see one of the many fund-raising team members for your tickets today. Starting sales next week for the 2017 Get out and Save books. These coupon books are a great gift, for the hard to buy for, stocking stuffers or just because you like great deals, all while supporting our local businesses.

PURE SPIRIT WEEKWe are excited to introduc PURE Spirit Week! This is a week for you to show your support and love for your Dance Academy and wear your PUREwear to class all week long!

PURE Spiriti week will take place November 28 - December 1st!

UPDATE ON FORT MCMURRAY FUNDRAISER

As we can all remember, Fort McMurray, Alberta had a devastating fire this past May. As part of PURE’s community outreach initiative, dona-tions were collected at our year end recitals to send to a dance studio in Fort Mac. Our students also made cards to send to their dancers with words of encouragement and well wishes. A total of $300 was raised and sent along with the cards to MacDonald Island Dance Academy.

This studio unfortunately lost one of their dancers, Emily, in a motor ve-hicle accident during the evacuation. MacDonald Island Dance Academy thought about putting the funds towards replacing costumes that were lost but ultimately made the decision to use the money to start a memorial

scholarship in Emily’s name. They were finally able to have their year end recital in September and Emily’s family were in attendance to present the award. According to Miss Kelli from the studio, there was not a dry eye in the house. Miss Kelli has forwarded a few pictures of the students (shown here) receiving the cards and sends her thanks on behalf of the entire

studio for r e a c h i n g out to them during a dif-ficult time.

T h a n k s again to our entire PURE family! We are so lucky to have you all.

THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS FAST APPROACHING!We are excited to be taking part in the Chatham Christmas Parade once again this year. This year the parade will take place on Friday night at 6pm on November 18th.

The Charron Family will once again be donating their transprt truck and trailer for our float (thank you!) and so we will be starting soon with deco-rating it and doing eveything we can to make it as festive as possible.

We are looking for volunteers for this venture so if you are interested in being a part of this fun community event, please email Tammy Chouinard at tammy@pureacademy.ca so she can add you to the Parade Committee list and keep you posted on meeting times as well as on any updates.

JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES!With 4 locations now, we always have so much going on and so we re-ply heavily on social media to help us to keep our families updated! So if you haven’t already, please like our page on FACEBOOK (facebook.com/PUREAcademy) and follow us on INSTAGRAM (puredanceacademy) and TWITTER (@PUREacademy).

What’s happening in Wallaceburg!

PURE ACADEMY BY DEBBIE MCGONIGLE PRESENTS ‘MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT’ Routines have been started and we are all excited for our annual Christ-mas Show on Saturday Dec. 17, 2016…. 1:00 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre in Chatham.

Tickets are available beginning 9:00 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3rd. 2016, Online: www.cktickets.com By phone: 519-354-8338 In person: 75 William St. Chatham

A full dress rehearsal will be on Friday Dec. 16th. at the Capitol Theatre from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. A detailed schedule is in the works and will be posted once it’s ready. An email will be sent with your full info package including the rehearsal schedule around mid November.

Costumes for this show will be rentals, so must be returned. Fees will be from $20-$35 for each costume and will appear on your account with the Dec. 1st. invoice.

We are looking for backstage volunteers, so if you are interested in helping out backstage please contact Debbie at debbie@pureacademy.ca

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FUNDRAISER & TOY DRIVERori Bennett will be collecting new and unwrapped toys for the Ronald McDonald House again this year. She is also collecting personal items for the families who use Ronald McDonald House. There will be a drop box at the studio for your convenience. This is Rori’s fourth toy drive, in thanks for all the help Ronald McDonald house has given her and her family. She will be collecting toys and items until Dec 1st.

FACEBOOK PAGE AND WEBSITEFor your convenience we are moving our Facebook Page to one place. Please like the PURE Dance Music Drama page where we will keep you up to date on events and announcements for all PURE studio locations. Please note the Group PURE Academy by Debbie McGonigle will remain open.

The dmsdance.com website will also be moving to the www.pureacad-emy.ca website, so all info is in one place. Just click on studios and go to the Wallaceburg location.

The dmsdance website will remain open until everything is moved.

PUREwear By Debbie McGonigle will be available for order this month.

WALLACEBURG CREW AND TAP TEAM FUNDRAISERTickets for the American Girl Doll are available at the studio. (see image to the right for more details)

Dress code reminder! Proper dress code is required for all classes.

HELP KEEP OUR STUDIO CLEAN AND SAFE!Just a reminder to remove muddy or wet shoes at the door, especially with the winter months ahead. Please pick up after yourself, there are garbage cans in both waiting areas and in both washrooms for your convenience. It is also much appreciated that all dancers and siblings respect the classes that are in progress. Running, screaming and bang-ing on the walls is extremely distracting and not safe. Thank you for your co-operation!

BATD SCHOLARSHIPSCongratulations to all the students who represented our school at the B.A.T.D. North American Trixie Hardy Theatre Dance Scholarships in Toronto on Oct. 14 and 15th. It is an honour for these students to be nominated and join other dancers from across the country to attend this prestigious event. Congratulations, we are all so proud of you!

Junior Ballet - Evans Bicum Senior Ballet - Cassandra Comiskey, Hannah Ross, Jennifer Nooyen, Larissa Bedford Junior Jazz/Modern – Piper Clapp, Maddison Segeren, Kambri-Anne GowmanJunior Tap/Stage – Piper Clapp

There were anywhere from 100 – 120 candidates in each discipline. They were split into two groups and then a final group was selected.

Congratulations Evans Bicum and Larissa Bedford for making it into the final groups for the Junior and Senior Ballet.

AMERICAN GIRL PRIZE PACKAGE RAFFLE

3 for $5 OR 10 for $10 Winner receives the MaryEllen American Girl Doll, her dog "Scooter", a hair brush, book and the Pretty Plie Ballet outfit set! Valued at over $250!!

All funds raised will support the 3 Dance Teams Competitive Fees, and costs for 3 competitions in Chatham, London and Toronto in 2017

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PURE’S PEOPLEMelissa Colman - Director/Artistic Director/InstructorCorey Mariuz - Director/Artistic Director/Lakeshore Director/InstructorCandice Willmore - Costuming & Retail DirectorKent Willmore - DirectorMargaret Ross - Administrative DirectorTammy Chouinard - Marketing & Design DirectorDebbie McGonigle - Wallaceburg Owner & Director/InstructorSandra Campbell - Receptionist/AdministrationTeena Bedford - Receptionist/AdministrationKristi Thompson - Dance InstructorRoger Wellington - Dance InstructorBrittany DeJoseph - Dance CREW Coordinator/Dance InstructorBrooke Thompson - Dance Instructor/CostumingHolly Holmes - Dance Instructor

Nicholas Eichenberger - Acro/Dance InstructorCarly Erina - Dance InstructorDakota Borland - Dance InstructorMadelyn Prizio - Dance InstructorJaiden Lyons- Dance InstructorHannah Ross - Dance InstructorSiena Browning-Morgan - Dance InstructorStephanie Harris- Dance InstructorSelena Scebba - Dance InstructorLavinia Butuza - Dance InstructorKyra Allen - Dance InstructorNathan Stewart - Dance InstructorJennifer Nardone - Dance InstructorShannon Clapp - Dance Instructor

The PURE dancer of the month is Kiera Nead. Kiera is in one of our Jazz classes and works hard each and every class. She has great at-tendance and a wonderful work ethic. Kiera is a very sweet girl, who respects her instructors and her fellow classmates and is just such a pleasure to be around!

Kiera you are doing such a wonder-ful job! Don’t change a thing :)

Our Acro student of the month goes to Hayley Trepanier Hayley is a young ballet student but is extremely attentive and talented! SHe is not only respectful in the class but also ensures her class-mates are as well. She is a joy to

teach! Keep it up Hayley!

Our Acro student of the month is Bianca Caleffi. Bianca is always cheerful and very encouraging to her dance mates. She works hard in class and has demonstrated diligent work at home practicing on her own time; determined to succeed in her skilss. This type of enthusiasm is what every dance instructor dreams of in their stu-detns! So we are very proud of you Bianca. Keep up the great work!

Wallaceburg Dancer of the month goes to Leighton Lacy. Leighton has come such a long way, She is

always ready to go and ready to learn something new. Leighton, is very respectful while in class, she is hard working, always has a smile on her face and is a joy to have in the class.

Congratulations Leighton. We are very proud of you!

Our Lakeshore Dancer of the month goes to Brooke Pinson-neault Brooke has had an amazing month at PURE in her brand new studio! Brooke is training in bal-let, tap and jazz in Lakeshore and she has quickly become a leader in class. Brooke’s discipline and focus in class in exemplary.

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Brooke - Way to go! !

Normally PURE Heart goes to an individual or individual families who have gone above and beyond demonstrating love and support to our PURE family and the PURE experience. This month the PURE Heart award is going to all of our new families to PURE at our Brand New Location in Lakeshore! Thank you for entrusting us with the phe-nomenal responsibility to help nurture and develop your children abilities though dance. We are very happy and proud to provide you the highest quality instruction, facility and administration. We hope you enjoy your PURE experi-ence -Welcome to the family!

The PURE Month ly Awards are a way for the PURE Staf f to recogn ize deserving students . Through-out each month instructors nominate students in their respective d iscip l ines who have been demonstrating a l l of the behaviours out l ined in the Code of Conduct found at pureacademy.ca .

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