Happy "Tap Dance Day!"

National Tap Dance Day falls on May 25th of every year.  It's a salute to one of the best forms of dance ever created!  National Tap Dance day was brought forth to congress in 1989 and signed in to American Law by President George H.W. Bush in November of 1989.

So why the 25th? Well, it's in honor of Bojangles Robinson, who as a significant contributor to this art. Lets celebrate by tapping our way to every place we go today; especially while honoring our Heros!

How You Can Help!

 

It is so different from yesteryear when a 501 (c) (3) organizations such as SSSPA/CODE were able to place outreach flyers in teachers'  mail boxes for distribution to students. We are such an organization with a mission to keep costs down and provide an amazing environment to learn out dance and perform. Each county now has unique rules about information dissemination and requires almost a personal in-house understanding on how things can and are being done to get information to area kids and their families about us.

Since our visibility is limited due to our location, and we know we are one of the best and unique studios in the tri-county area, we need you NOW more than ever to let other people to know about us. Let them know about our dance programs from Toddler (Yaya) classes to our summer programs and fall program dance options. Encourage them to try out for our competition teams, and/or enjoy just taking class. We really want to share our studio with many others and have them become a part of our family too!

So here's how to help:

1. share, Share, SHARE - Share everything from our fliers to our Facebook posts and tweets.  If you haven't already, like our Facebook page here and share our posts.  The more shares we get the more exposure is out there, and our "location" viability will be a thing of the past!
2. See something, say something - If you see a child, teen, adult or anyone that needs to socialize or has that special something say something to them about us!  We can tell you many stories about our students that have thrived in our environment all because they gave us a chance.
3. Register early - Registering early gives us a better idea of how to manage class sizes.  The more information we have about our incoming students the better prepared we will be to ensure your student gets the most out of their class
4. Check-in - If you have a Facebook account, use the "check-in" feature to let your friends know you are here enjoying your child's love for dance
5. Send us your photos - We LOVE featuring ALL of our dancers!  Send us any photos you take from your child's class and we will make sure to publish it; whether it be on the website, instagram, twitter, or Facebook accounts

We appreciate ALL of our volunteers from the Moms & Dads to the Brothers & Sisters and all those in between.

Have a fabulous weekend and we will see you soon!

What are We? - Really

We always advertise that we are a 501 (3)(c) Non-Profit Dance Studio but, does anyone really know what that means?  If we asked people on the streets would they really know what that meant?

Well, we won't bore you with the logistics of what the definition of 501 (3)(c) Non-Profit is but we will tell you what it means for you:

1. Low Cost - Because we are non-profit everything we offer is at cost.  We don't jack up the prices so that we make a profit off of every little item you end up purchasing with the studio.  Most for-profit studio's have higher tuition rates, up the price of costumes anywhere from 25-75 percent of the actual cost the studio pays for them. Crazy right!  We know.  
2. Donations - Anytime you make a donation to our studio it is tax deductible.  That's right! Just like the donations you make to other charities whether it be monetary or actual items you can deduct any donation to our studio from your taxes
3. Creativity comes from within - Since we are non-profit we need to get creative without spending a whole lot of money.  This year one our our company costume accessories was made out of a Dixie bowl.  Yes, you read that right. A Dixie bowl covered in cloth.  What was it exactly?  A hat for our "flight attendant" tappers. We have the ability to pull out some of the best creativity in EVERY single one of our studio members.  Pulling talent from every angle!
4. Non-Profit doesn't mean low talent - Just because we are less expensive then the for profit studio's doesn't mean we lack in our ability to provide top notch education.  In fact, some would say we work harder because we have to keep the business growing.  Our own Company dancers took first place all around for a Tribute to Sandy Hook this past weekend at the Groove competition.  The ONLY platinum award in their category.  That is talent. That is hard work. That is AMAZING!

Summer is right around the corner and our new schedule will be released soon. We would love for you to stop by and see our studio in person. 

Toxic Hats made from Dixie Bowls

Until then enjoy this beautiful Spring!

GROOVE Dance Competition Results!

This past weekend the C.O.D.E. Company team members competed their second competition of the season in Huntingtown, Maryland at Mary Harrison Cultural Arts Center.  And we are proud of our results!  With one more competition to go we are working hard on improving our dances and producing stellar results!

GROOVE Dance Competition Results

Routine	Dancer(s)	Category	Results	Award	Overall Award	Specialty Award
Roxie	Abby Hiltke	Jazz Solo	Gold	2nd Place
B.E.P.	Caitlyn Peigh	Hip Hop Solo	Gold	1st Place
Down the Rabbit Hole	Alyssa Yammarino	Contemporary Solo	High Gold	1st Place
Zombie	Harper Lindsey	Contemporary Solo	Gold			Creativity Award
My Radio	Meghan Stokes	Hip Hop Solo	High Gold	1st Place
Wrecking Ball	Franny Sweeder-Gold	Contemporary Solo	Gold
Set Me On Fire	Shelby Hardy	Contemporary Solo	High Gold	1st Place
Maneater	Shelby Hardy	Contemporary Solo	Gold
Soon	Karly Fennington	Lyrical Solo	Gold	1st Place
All Nigh	Karly Fennington	Jazz Solo	Gold	3rd Place
Boogie Wonderland	Kaileigh Strewig	Hip Hop Solo	High Silver	1st Place
Click, Flash	Ashley Nash	Jazz Solo	Gold
Hey Little Girl	Shannon Duncan	Tap Solo	High Silver	3rd Place
Shut It Down	Kate Parker	Hip Hop Solo	Gold	1st Place		Enormous Energy Award
We Are Siamese	Karly Fennington & Ashley Nash	Lyrical Duo	Gold
Meant	Big Contemporary	Contemporary Small Group	High Gold	3rd Place
The Dance	Big Contemporary	Contemporary Small Group	High Gold
Why Don't You Love Me	Big Jazz	Jazz Small Group	High Gold	2nd Place
Dance at the Gym	Big Musical Theatre	Musical Theatre Small Group	High Gold	1st Place
The One	Big Hip Hop	Hip Hop Small Group	High Silver	3rd Place
Sisters	Big Contemporary	Contemporary Small Group	High Gold
Crazy In Love	Big Tap	Tap Small Group	High Silver
A Better Place - A Tribute to Sandy Hook	Big and Little Contemporary	Contemporary Small Group	PLATINUM	1st Place	1st Place (Junior & Novice)
Roar	Open	Open	High Gold	1st Place
Vogue	Little Hip Hop	Hip Hop Small Group	High Gold	2nd Place
I Enjoy Being A Girl	Little Musical Theatre	Musical Theatre Small Group	High Gold	1st Place
Run The World	Little Jazz	Jazz Small Group	High Gold	2nd Place
Light Em Up	Little Jazz	Jazz Small Group	Gold
Toxic	Little Tap	Tap Small Group	Gold