Helpful hints and other tidbits from the readers, for the readers. Get your creative energy going and try something new.

A website is your chance to reach those customers who may be hesitant to contact you personally, and it allows you to include advertising information in an unconstrained ad space.

UNITY Can Help!

The C.A.R.E.D. Committee of UNITY has authored a document to assist the dance teachers in educating parents who are contemplating dance education for their children or for themselves.

 Creating Your Brochure

One of the most effective and long-standing methods of advertising for the dance school is the brochure. This miniature profile is an excellent way to convey a good deal of information and increase enrollment.

United Dance Merchants of America will offer separate “School Owner Only” and “Teacher and Classroom” Practical Dance Seminars at their annual shows nationwide.

When I proposed starting a competitive-team dance troupe, my business partner laughed at me. Our four-year-old studio is in the rural community of Dunnellon, Florida—population 3,000, with a median family income of around $27,000.

Making Economic "Cents" Of It All. How Much Does That Class Really Make?

We’ve got the choreography, performances, competitions, and Nutcrackers; and those things are a miniscule sample of the daily school owner’s agenda. I would bet a large majority of us have never sat down to analyze what each class really makes.

We Want To Hear From You.

Do you do recitals? Please give us your feedback as we prepare for the Nov/Dec Goldrush Special Recital Edition. Thanks--Rhee

A Balancing Act-Reader Response

Teacher helping teacher

I’m finding it hard to balance the parental responsibility and the school responsibility with just one child and now I’m panicking; wondering how I’m going to manage two! I missed my daughter’s first steps (the baby-sitter called me to let me know) and so many other precious “mommy-baby” moments because of my schedule. I don’t want to do that again.

Despite everything, the owner of this studio is convinced this teacher is an “independent contractor.”  In fact, the studio went even further and had the instructor sign a written agreement as if such agreement proves such status (IRS does not have to honor it).  The owner feels confident that it is unnecessary to withhold federal, state, and Social Security (FICA) taxes or pay unemployment or worker’s compensation insurance.

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,

Or listened to the rain slapping the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight,

Or gazed at the sun fading in the night?

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Something special for the start of the new season!