DANCE DRAMA MUSIC
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AAPAC's Mission and Vision Statement
At AAPAC our moto is "Developing Artistic Diversity". We are dedicated to spreading the love and appreciation of all areas of the performing arts through quality instruction at affordable tuition prices with scholarships, discounts and financial aid programs available. We are committed to providing a safe and fun learning environment that encourages students to be diverse in, and open to, all art forms and cultures. Our goal is to celebrate diversity through performance. We encourage community involvement and our school gives many performance opportunities at student and pre-professional levels throughout the community. We believe in teaching Care Accountability Respect Excellence and our instructors and students lead by example and show CARE in all that we do.
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Quick Up-Dates
Summer term ends August 27th. Fall Term begins Sept. 20th
REGISTRATION FOR FALL CLASSES!
The best time to register is on "First Friday", September 3rd 6-8 pm at AAPAC. See our space, our new dance floor and ballet barres, meet our staff, ask questions, purchase or order dance attire, make payments and more! This will be our last registration night for fall classes. Classes begin Monday, September 20th.
You can also register online (see registration and payments page), but be sure to call or email us first to make sure there is room in the classes you want before making payments.
Are you a returning student? Although we would LIKE to assume you are coming back and give you first dibs, we just can't be sure until we hear from you. So you need to call or email us to let us know that you are planning on coming back and to which classes.
New students don't need to pay a registration fee, but if you are a drama student, you DO need to pay for your script fee by the deadline of Sept. 13th.
DAY CARE! New!
AAPAC is now offering a day care service during all weekday morning and early afternoon fitness classes! Our day care is run by an experienced and certified day care provider (and our music instructor, Michelle Kurns) who also has experience raising 6 children of her own!
To take advantage of the day care program, you can pay either a drop in rate of $3 per child for the hour, or purchase a pre-paid punch card of $10 for 5 visits to our day care. So now YOU can come and get a great FUN work out, while your child is in the next room having their own fun!
ZUMBA!
Zumba is taking the world by storm! Due to the huge demand in classes, we're adding 2 more instructors and adding 6 more weekly classes by November to the schedule, to offer a total of 12 fitness classes a week! WOW!
Current class times are Wednesdays 7-8 pm and Saturdays 9-10 am. Wednesdays class is now full but the Saturday morning class still has 4 openings.
Approximately 9 more Zumba class are coming in mid-October.
Zumba is included in our new "Fitness Membership" program! Membership includes "all access" to fitness classes which include: Zumba, Conditioning (Pilates based), Shimmy Shape-Up (belly dancing fitness) and Yoga, all for only $45 a month!
Zumba is taught by licensed Zumba Instructors Enez Bradford, Emily Eikleberry, Brenda Zajdel and Darby Carkeek. Zumba is a Dance Aerobics class that incorporates many ethnic styles of dance to fun, hypnotic and rhythmic music! Zumba has been spreading like wildfire all over the world!
Workshops!
We have all of our Thriller workshops scheduled in preparation for our 3rd annual Thriller in the Streets Halloween event. Take a workshop to learn the dance and be in it! See our workshops page for more info. $15 per person and is a fundraiser for a new dance floor which is sorely needed at AAPAC.
FUNdraising!
We are fundraising for a new dance floor this summer. All of our Thriller In The Streets Workshop profits will go towards the floor. So come shake your zombie-booty for a good cause!
WELCOME ABOARD!
Please welcome new staff members Michelle Kurns, Brenda Zajdel and Darby Carkeek! Michelle Kurns is our new choir and Creative Music instructor. Brenda and Darby are new Zumba instructors (beginning in October). Darby will also be teaching Conditioning and Shimmy Shape-up. Welcome to the family, ladies!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to AAPAC alumni students Gavin Knox and Jasmine Kim who both qualified for National competition for Speach! They will be going to Kansas City this summer to compete. We are so proud of them! They are now the 3rd AAPAC students in 2 years to qualify for Nationals in speach. Yay!!!
Did you know that some of our students are already paid actors (professional)? Yep. Casey Magis-Agosta and Haley Karlson both got summer jobs acting at Enchanted Forest. Not bad for 17 year olds! Also, Serena Dufour is going to be in a Papa Murphy's Pizza commercial this year too! Way to go!
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For More Information
We are located at...
202 "A" Main Street, Silverton, OR 97381 (At the corner of Water and E. Main Streets in Silverton, above El Toro Mexican restaurant)
Our Mailing address is...
PO BOX 939 Silverton, OR 97381
To Contact us...
Academy Phone: 503-873-0464
Directors cell: 503-998-9947
martadancn@msn.com