LYNN NEWS HAPPY FEBRUARY http://www.lynnacademy.com I hope that your dancers are enjoying their Irish Dance Classes and looking forward to our St Patrick’s Day parades and shows. All Beginners and tiny tots can march in the parades. We need your dancer’s sweatshirt size ASAP! So please go online and register. We want to wish our dancers good luck at the All Ireland Championships to be held in Killarney, Ireland from February 12 th – February 16 th . They will be against the best in the world so fingers crossed for really good dancing. Maureen, Owner Lynn Academy of Irish Dance *************************************************************************** WIN WITH LYNN FOR LIFE Enter to win FREE Tuition for Life for one dancer in your family • Every time you refer a new student of any level to the school that signs up and pays for a session or summer camp, your name gets put in a drawing – refer 20 students and you have 20 chances to win! • Just email Jacque @ [email protected]and she will ensure that your name is entered or tell the new family to let Jacque know • Winning Name will be pulled when 50 new students have signed up. You have a 1 in 50 chance of winning! • Exclusions: tuition for life does not apply to private lessons, summer camps or those who sign up on groupon Vol #3 FEBRUARY 2018 IN THIS ISSUE 1 Results Corner & Congratulations WIN With LYNN For Life Beginners Corner Mini Workshops Calendar Important LYNN Info Did You Know? FEB BIRTHDAYS Daniel Callanan Emily Conte Aoife Cullen Carolyn Darcy Kathryn Gulia Molly Martin Maya Maymin Ciara McIntyre Emma Meyer Jack Puluka Julia Puluka 2 3 4 5 6 7 8-9 OPEN STUDIO WEEK Feel Free to bring your friends or family to our Open Studio Week! They can meet the instructor and take a class! Reserved for Beginner & Advanced Beginner Levels FEBRUARY 26 TH – MARCH 3 RD Catherine Salamon Abiageal Slusarz Parades & Shows Summer Camps Private Lessons Mentoring Program & Want To World Qualify 10 10
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www.lynnacademy.com
LYNN NEWS HAPPY FEBRUARY
http://www.lynnacademy.com
I hope that your dancers are enjoying their Irish Dance Classes and looking
forward to our St Patrick’s Day parades and shows. All Beginners
and tiny tots can march in the parades. We need your dancer’s sweatshirt size
ASAP! So please go online and register. We want to wish our dancers good luck at the All Ireland
Championships to be held in Killarney, Ireland from February 12th – February 16th. They will be against the best in the world so
fingers crossed for really good dancing. Maureen, Owner Lynn Academy of Irish Dance
Enter to win FREE Tuition for Life for one dancer in your family
• Every time you refer a new student of any level to the school that signs up and pays for a session or summer camp, your name gets put in a drawing – refer 20 students and you have 20 chances to win!
• Just email Jacque @ [email protected] and she will ensure that your name is entered or tell the new family to let Jacque know
• Winning Name will be pulled when 50 new students have signed up. You have a 1 in 50 chance of winning!
• Exclusions: tuition for life does not apply to private lessons, summer camps or those who sign up on groupon
Vol #3 FEBRUARY 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
1 Results Corner & Congratulations
WIN With LYNN For Life
Beginners Corner
Mini Workshops
Calendar
Important LYNN Info
Did You Know?
FEB BIRTHDAYS
Daniel Callanan Emily Conte Aoife Cullen Carolyn Darcy Kathryn Gulia Molly Martin Maya Maymin Ciara McIntyre Emma Meyer Jack Puluka Julia Puluka
2 3
4 5
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OPEN STUDIO WEEK
Feel Free to bring your friends or family to our Open Studio Week! They can meet the instructor and take a class! Reserved for Beginner & Advanced Beginner Levels
FEBRUARY 26TH – MARCH 3RD
Catherine Salamon Abiageal Slusarz
Parades & Shows Summer Camps Private Lessons Mentoring Program &
FAIRFIELD COUNTY Prelim & Champs Teagan Hanrahan – U10 PRELIM
Fairfield County Feis Grades Clare Dunleavy U9 Beg R, LJ Cailin Hanrahan – U9 Adv LJ
Alyssa Conte – U8 Nov LJ Samantha Cohen – U11 Nov R, Trad Set
Feis Na Cara Prelim & Champs
Ciaran Bubb – U15 Prelim Jack Puluka – U17 Champ
Feis Na Cara Grades
Emily Lewis – U8 Adv R, SJ Jillian Puluka – U11 Nov R
RESULTS CORNER & CONGRATULATIONS The month of JANUARY was very successful for the LYNN Academy. Here’s our First place winners!
****denotes perfect score (all 3-5 judges gave the dancer 1st place!)
GOOD LUCK AT THE ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS KILARNEY, IRELAND
Monday, February 12th
11:00 am – Mary Kate Callanan – Under 12
Tuesday, February 13th 8:20 am – Lily Atkinson
12:15pm – Daniel Callanan – Under 14 12:30 pm – Julia Puluka – Under 14
Thursday, February 15th
8:00 am – Jack Puluka – U17 12:45 pm – Cailin Bubb – U18
Congratulations Alanna and Fred Romer on your marriage in October! Alanna dances in our Hillsborough location and although she doesn’t compete anymore she use to compete for the Golden Harp School under the tutelage of her mom! Alanna brings a wealth of knowledge and helps out the dancers while she’s taking a break with working out! She has amazing foot placement so its great to have her in the class!
Congratulations Emma Darcy!
Emma a Senior at Hillsborough high school is headed to Colgate University in Hamilton, NY this fall! Colgate is one of the top liberal arts Universities in the country! Amazing work from this smart, charming and beautiful Lynn dancer!
BEGINNERS CORNER
This is a fun section dedicated to Beginners! We will house information each month, so please ensure that you read this every month!
Now that your child has started to take Irish dancing lessons with a school rank 4th in the world for results and education, please ensure the following:
Class Attire:
1. Lynn Tee – given out when registration & session is paid 2. Black shorts only (no colors please) – please order Lynn shorts from our
website https://lynnacademy.logosoftwear.com 3. White socks for girls, black sock for boys 4. Ballet Slippers or Irish dance soft shoes 5. Hair pulled back and off face 6. NO headbands or jewelry please 7. Please ensure your child goes to the bathroom before class.
We only have 45 minutes with the dancers each week and they have a lot to learn
8. Please practice tying their shoes, untied shoes during class inhibits learning 9. We utilize the black Lynn shorts for learning…
the LYNN logo on the left helps teach the dancers the difference between their left leg and their right leg. 10. The uniform is utilized for shows as well. Purchase new soft shoes, Antonio Pacelli Side Loop from fays shoes http://www.shop.celticchoice.com/Antonio-Pacelli-Side-Loop-Loop.htm
LYNN LOOT RESALE SHOP
We have a Facebook page for Lynn Academy used apparel & shoes – It is called LYNN LOOT
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1086929721390656/ Email Lynne at [email protected] with any questions, or text her at 908-330-1700
MUSIC & HANDBOOK & PARADE SIGNUPS!
1. Please printout the beginner handbook and put in a binder for your dancer to bring to class. Email lynn business manager if you need another copy!
2. Music can me downloaded via itunes – Sean O’Brien – Reel 113, Light Jig 113-116, Slipjig 113, Heavy Jig 92-96,
3. Please Sign Up for our St. Patrick’s Day Parade online by February 1st at http://lynn.ivolunteer.com. Please also put your dancers sweatshirt size too. Youth XS (2-4), Youth S (6-8), Youth M (10-12), Youth L (14-16) Youth XL (18); Adult S (2-4), Adult M (6-8), Adult L. This is a free event! There will also be sign ups done online for shows. All beginners can attend shows and the audience usually loves them! Beginner dancers can just wear their uniform
Our Teaching Staff is wonderfully trained and has a lot to offer our students. They each bring to the table their own expertise. So we thought that we would offer you mini Workshops to not only have fun, but to also focus and perfect your Irish dancing technique. The workshops are limited to 10 dancers with a minimum of 5 and your dancer would bring $20 cash with them to attend the class. First Come First Serve, sign up online at http://lynn.ivolunteer.com.
WITH PATRICK * NY Studio
Sunday, February 04, 1:00 – 2:30pm Focus: Learning the difference b/w
Please Sign Up for our St. Patrick’s Day Parade online by February 1st at http://lynn.ivolunteer.com. Please also put your dancers sweatshirt size too. Youth XS (2-4), Youth S (6-8), Youth M (10-12), Youth L (14-16) Youth XL (18); Adult S (2-4), Adult M (6-8), Adult L. This is a free event! There will also be sign ups done online for shows. All beginners can attend shows and the audience usually loves them! Beginner dancers can just wear their uniform
Parade Attire:
1. Girls - Black (tight at the ankle) Leggings
2. Boys - Black tight at ankle sweatpants
or addidas zip at ankle pants
3. Black long-sleeve turtleneck to wear underneath sweatshirt
4. Black warm socks & black mittens
5. White or Black Dance Sneakers or Sneakers the dancer can dance in.
No fashion sneakers
6. Headband and Sweatshirt will be given out at the parade…please sign up your dancer’s size of sweatshirt when
signing up for parade.
NY Parades & Shows
Sunday, March 11th , 1:00pm Sleepy Hollow, NY Parade
Sunday, March 18th , 1:00pm Mamaroneck, NY Parade
For Information about shows or if you have a show lead a for Lynn Academy to book a new show, contact Jen O’Leary
June 25th – June 28th 9am - 1 pm Stamford, CT Studio
July 9th – July 13th 9am - 1 pm
Sleepy Hollow, NY Studio
July 16th – July 20th 9am - 1 pm Hillsborough, NJ Studio
July 23rd – July 27th 9am - 1 pm Stamford, CT Studio
Aug 13th – Aug 17th 9am - 1 pm Sleepy Hollow, NY Studio
Aug 13th – Aug 17th 9am - 1 pm Hillsborough, NJ Studio
Sign Up Online for camps today https://app.thestudiodirector.com/lynnacademy/portal.sd?page=Login ! Pay in Full by April 1st for a 10% discount on cash payments (overnight camp excluded). Installment Payments: Payment 1 due April 1st, Payment 2 due May 1st. Any dancer advanced beginner and above who signs up after May 1st, will be charged a higher rate.
FULL DAY CAMPS
$350 per 40 hour week
July 9th – July 13th 9am - 5 pm Sleepy Hollow, NY Studio
July 16th – July 20th 9am - 5 pm
Hillsborough, NJ Studio
July 23rd – July 27th 9am - 5 pm Stamford, CT Studio
Aug 13th – Aug 17th 9am - 5 pm Sleepy Hollow, NY Studio
Aug 13th – Aug 17th 9am - 5 pm
Hillsborough, NJ Studio
OVERNIGHT CAMP – Pocono Springs Camp
https://www.poconospringscamp.com
August 20 – August 24, 2018
Last year we held our first overnight camp in the Poconos. The dancers loved it. It was so incredible to see how the LYNN Alumni came back to be counselors and the dancers learned to
hammerstep and cross train with Angela. In addition, they learned ceili and improved their dancing. They had time at the pool and enjoyed barbeques, bonfires, kick ball, sporting activities
and team bonding. We had dancers ages 5-18 and no one was homesick!!
This camp is for those dancers who are advanced beginner level and above and can be without electronic devices for a week, phones, instagram, snapchat, tablets, and ipads.
Counselor ratio 5:1 for children under age 8, and 10:1 under age 18
1. Here’s the link to sign up for private lessons. http://lynn.ivolunteer.com
2. If you sign up AFTER January 15th, then ALL private lessons are $100 per lesson per week.
3. Just email Lynne Martin @ [email protected] to add a private lesson to the schedule if need be.
4. If your child has no school and would like to book a private lesson, then just contact Lynne martin and she will put you on the schedule and let the teacher know.
5. Teachers are available for private lessons on the day he or she is also teaching the mini
workshop.
PRIVATE LESSONS, MENTORING PROGRAM AND WORLD QUALIFYING
MENTORING PROGRAM
We have a mentoring program for the preliminary and championship
level dancers. They are teamed up and they collect various points each week based on certain
criteria. The winning team each session receives his or her own, special choreographed routine at the showcase for you all to see
For the Fall Session with 10,750 total number of points
Mary Kate Callanan &
Keira Dorrian
from our NY Location WON!!! Congrats!!!
WHAT IT TAKES TO WORLD QUALIFY
We Teachers get this question a lot…what does it take for my dancer to world qualify.
The answer I always give is, how do you think your dancer can get AHEAD of the World
Qualifier competition
1. Does your dancer follow the same intense work schedule all year or thinks that Irish
dancing is seasonal, like only fall session is important
2. Does your dancer make up missed classes with another class
3. Private lessons are reserved for getting AHEAD of the competition, not in place of
missed classes
4. Does you dancer finish summer camps or does he/she always jet out early?
5. What additional, consistent sacrifices does your dancer make to improve faster
6. Is your dancer getting scores in the 90s at Feisanna in all three rounds??
2018 CALENDAR NO SATURDAY FEISSANNA UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE
FEBRUARY
Saturday February 03 O’Rourke Feis (students can miss class for this Feis) Sunday February 04 NJ Mini Workshop: w/Cody: Rhythm 01:00pm Sunday February 04 NY Mini Workshop: w/Patrick: Difference Between Treble
Jig Rhythm and Hornpipe Rhythm 1:00 – 2:30pm Friday February 09 NJ Mini Workshop: w/Katie: Soft Shoe Technique 5:00pm Sunday-Friday February 11th – 16th All Ireland Championships, Killarney Ireland Sunday February 18th NY Mini Workshop: w/Mary Lynn: Ballet Class For the
Irish Dancer 12:30pm – 1:30pm Sunday February 18th NY Mini Workshop: w/Patrick: Speed, Lift & Getting
High Off the Floor 2:00pm – 3:30pm Tuesday, Wed Feb 20, 21 NO NY (only) Classes - Winter Break Friday February 23 NJ Mini Workshop: w/Katie: Grades Show Routines 5pm Saturday February 24 Broesler Feis (students can miss class for this Feis) Saturday February 24th NAFC Championships (students can miss class for this) Sunday February 25 NJ Mini Workshop: w/Cody: Stage Presence 01:00pm Monday-Saturday February 26-Mar 3 Open Studio Week – Bring a Friend to Class Week
MARCH
Thursday March 01 Spring Session Tuition Due Saturday-Sunday March 03rd – 04th Worlds Workshop: NY Studio 01:00 pm start Saturday March 03rd Parade: Stamford, CT 11:30 am Friday March 09th NJ Mini Workshop: w/Katie: Grades Show Routines 5pm Saturday March 10th Parade: Norwalk, CT 10:30 am Sunday March 11th Parade: Sleepy Hollow, NY 01:00pm Sunday March 11th Parade: Somerville, NJ 01:00 pm Sunday March 18th Parade Greenwich, CT 01:00 pm Sunday March 18th Parade: Mamaroneck, NY 01:00 pm Monday-Saturday March 19th – 23rd Open Studio Week – Bring a Friend to Class Week
APRIL
Sunday-Sunday Mar 25 – Apr 1 World Championships of Irish Dancing, Glasgow Sctlnd Sunday-Sunday Mar 25 – Apr 1 ALL STUDIOS CLOSED AND NO CLASSES Monday Apr 2 Classes Resume & Spring Session Begins! Saturday April 14th Feis At the Beach (NJ only students can miss this class)
MAY
Sunday May 6th LYNN Feis – Stamford High School, Stamford, CT Monday May 28th NO CLASSES – Memorial Day
JUNE
Saturday June 2nd Rockland Feis (NY/CT only students can miss class) Saturday June 10th Jersey Shore Feis (NJ only students can miss this class) Saturday June 16th NJ End of Year Showcase Thursday June 21st NY/CT End of Year Showcase Friday June 22nd LAST DAY OF CLASSES Sat, Mon-Thurs June 23, 25-28 Nationals Camp NJ 23, NY 25-28 Mon-Fri June 25 – 29 CT Beginner Camp ½ day Saturday-Wed June 30 – July 4 NA Irish Dance Championships Hilton, Orlando, FL
JULY
TBD July Weekly Summer Classes for all levels Mon-Friday July 09 – 13 NY Beginner ½ day camp, grades and Oireachtas Camp Mon-Friday July 16 – 20 NJ Beginner ½ day camp, grades and Oireachtas Camp Mon-Friday July 23 – July 27 CT Beginner ½ day camp, grades and Oireachtas Camp
AUGUST
TBD August Weekly Summer Classes for all levels Mon-Friday Aug 13 – Aug 17 NJ Beginner ½ day camp, LYNN Feis Prep Mon-Friday Aug 13 – Aug 17 NY/CT Beginner ½ day camp, LYNN Feis Prep Saturday August 18th LYNN Feis – Atlantic City, NJ Mon-Friday August 20 – 24th Overnight Camp https://www.poconospringscamp.com
2018 CALENDAR NO SATURDAY FEISSANNA UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE
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Maureen Collins, Owner [email protected] 908-432-5469 Teachers: Mary Lynn Collins NY 914-420-9742 Patrick Quinlivan NY 704-962-8971 Cody Klepperknoop NJ 484-560-2543 Jacque Clark NJ 732-710-1394 Katie Rose Bortz NJ 610-349-5213 Laura O’Hanlon NY/CT 914-819-7431
In need of a mandatory class uniform or shoes: Logo Sportswear https://lynnacademy.logosoftwear.com Fay Shoes http://www.fayshoes.com 2nd Hand Apparel & Shoes Lynne Eichenbaum [email protected] LYNN loot Facebook page – look it up and ask to join the group!
Private Lessons: To Book a private Lesson online http://lynn.ivolunteer.com Help with the System ask Lynne Martin [email protected]
Social Media: Please send all pictures of your dancer wins to Abby Coyman. She is now doing our social media on our three Facebook accounts and instrgram account, etc. Abby Coyman 203-274-3742
Newsletter and Recruitment Ideas? If you have any ideas for recruiting new students or for our newsletter, please send them Maureen’s way [email protected]
LYNN INFORMATION & IMPORTANT CONTACTS
DID YOU KNOW??? Irish dance is the equivalent of riding a
bicycle fast up a very large hill. It is a ton harder than it looks! This is why it is such
a demanding sport-form.
TEACHER FUN FACTS Cody also had a degree in dance! So he can help with all aspects of performance as well as his world medal holder Irish
