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Dress Code

Creative Movement: Students are required to wear pink ballet tights, pink ballet shoes, tan tap shoes (slip on or buckle) and any style or color dancewear is acceptable.

Pre Ballet/Tap: Students are required to wear pink ballet tights, pink ballet shoes, tan tap shoes (slip on or buckle) and any style or color dancewear is acceptable.

Ballet: All students are required to wear pink ballet tights, pink ballet shoes, ballet skirts (any color Level 4 and up) and hair must be in a bun and off the face. Touch of Class is requiring each Level of Ballet to wear the required color bodysuit below.
Level 1 (ages 6/7) – Pink Bodysuit or our Touch of Class Skirted Leotard. (Leotard can be ordered through Touch of Class Dance)
Level 2 (ages 7/8) – Lavender
Level 3 (ages 9/10) – Light Blue
Level 4 (10/11) – Royal Blue
Intermediate 1 & 2 (ages 12/13) – Burgundy
Advanced Intermediate (ages 15 & up) – Black
Advanced (Ages 16 and Up) – Any of the above colors
All bodysuits can be purchases at Motions Dance & Fitness Shoppe. All Touch of Class students receive a 10% discount on all dancewear and shoes.

Tap: Students are required to wear appropriate dancewear, black pants or shorts with bodysuit and tights. Tap shoes required for each level are listed below.
Levels 1 & 2 – Block 302 Tan Tap Shoe
Levels 3 -5 – Trim Foot Flex Tan Oxford Tap Shoe or Capezio CG17 Carmel ( Capezio Definitely Dance)
Intermediate & Up – Block Flex Black Tap Shoe
All tap shoes can be purchased at Motions Dance & Fitness Shoppe. All Touch of Class students receive a 10% discount on all dancewear and shoes.

Jazz: Students are required to wear appropriate dancewear, black pants or shorts with bodysuit or dance top and tights. All levels are required to wear tan jazz gore boots.

Modern/Contemporary: Students are required to wear appropriate dancewear, black pants or shorts with bodysuit or dance top and tights. All levels may be bare footed or wear foot undies.

Hip Hop: Students are required to wear appropriate dancewear, loose fitting dance pants and top. All levels are required to wear sneakers, preferably dance sneakers. Sneakers must not be worn outside the studio.

Acro: Students are required to wear appropriate dancewear, black pants or shorts with bodysuit. Bare feet for all levels.

**Please note that all Touch of Class students may wear the current tap shoe that they already own until new shoes need to be purchased. However, the new style of tap shoe must be purchased for the recital.

OBSERVATION WEEK

Observation weeks are established not only to allow the students to demonstrate their progress to their parents/guardians, but also to distribute important information. Dates for observation are scheduled four times a year and are listed on the enclosed calendar and on our website. These dates will also be posted in the studio as the observation week draws near. Mark these dates on your personal calendars and make every effort to attend. If it is necessary to bring younger siblings to the classes, please be considerate of not disrupting the class in progress. We love initiating our babies to TOC, but must insist that parents remove children from the classroom who are not quiet and controlled.

EMERGENCY CLOSINGS

In case of an emergency closing, a phone tree will be set in motion and a class representative will contact all students. There will also be a message left on the studio phone voice mail and a message posted on the Touch of Class website homepage, www.touchofclassdance.com. In the event of emergency closings, classes will not be rescheduled; however the individual student will be permitted to make-up the class in a class equal in level to the one canceled within 1 month of the missed class. It is the sole responsibility of the student to make arrangements for these classes. No tuition is refunded due to inclement weather.

WEBSITE

All information concerning schedules and calendar are posted on our website. Our site functions as a way to keep students and parents informed and up to date on studio events and activities. Please visit this site often to receive current studio information as it is updated regularly.

MANDATORY CLASSES

Members who are chosen for Junior, Teen, or Senior Competition Classes must take two ballet classes and one technique only jazz class in addition to their regular jazz class. Mini Competition Members must take one ballet class in addition to their mini jazz class. Students are recommended by their jazz instructors to the directors for competition classes.

Students who are taking Pointe must take a technique only ballet class in addition to their repertoire ballet class. The repertoire ballet class can not be taken on the same day as the Pointe class. There are no exceptions. Pointe students must be recommended to the directors by their ballet teachers and approved for Pointe by the ballet director

STUDENT PICK UP

NO ONE is permitted to park in front of the studio door or in the driveway in front of the studio in Broomall. There is no stopping outside of the studio door. All students must be picked up promptly at the end of their class times. No student will be permitted to remain at the studio unattended if their classes are more than one hour apart. Parents must arrange for pick up if they are unable to do so themselves. Touch of Class Dance Studio employees cannot be held responsible for unsupervised children. We urge all parents to personally pick up their children in the studio lobby and not permit them to exit the studio unattended.

PAYMENT METHODS

FULL YEAR PAYMENT OPTION: Touch of Class offers a 5% discount to families paying tuition in full for the season. This payment must be made in full by September 1, 2009, or families will need to follow the procedure of our Installment Payment Option. Payment for this option must be made in the form of a check, cash, or money order. There are no refunds or credits for full year payments. Costume Deposits are also due at this time. No discount is given on costume deposits or Competition fees.

INSTALLMENT PAYMENT OPTION: Families who prefer to pay tuition in monthly installments will be set up on an automatic payment system. Payments will be submitted on the 1st of each month, from September through May. Your MasterCard, VISA, Discover, or Debit Card (all credit/debit card options are charged an additional 3% surcharge for every deduction) will be charged each month or you may provide us with a voided check (there is no additional surcharge for checking account option) and we will automatically deduct your tuition payment from your checking account. A $20 NSF charge will be assessed for any returned or declined payment. If this payment is not made within 10 days, you will be charged an additional $10 late fee.

If you agree to the Installment Payment Option, you must notify Touch of Class of any changes to your credit card, debit card, or checking account, including email address, expiration date, etc. These changes must be made in writing to the business office.

If for any reason you choose to cease your tuition obligation, or your child drops a class, written notification or an email (info@tocdance.com in Broomall; downingtown@tocdance.com in Downingtown; Folsom@tocdance.com in Folsom) must be given to Touch of Class business office 10 days prior to the next month’s billing date. Once we have been notified, we will inactivate or adjust the automatic payment. You will not receive a refund for paid classes that you did not attend if you discontinue in the middle of the month.

COSTUME PAYMENTS

Costume deposits ($60 per costume) will be automatically deducted from your account on November 15, 2009. The balance, if any, must be paid in house by February 15, 2010. Any balances not paid by February 15th in house will be automatically deducted from your account on file on February 20th. If a student is not planning on participating in the recital, written notice must be given to Touch of Class no later than November 1, 2009. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR COSTUME DEPOSITS AFTER DECEMBER 15, 2009.