Presenting Fort Smith native Barry YoungBlood back for his Annual Hip Hop Holiday Workshop on Saturday, December 20th. Class for Mini's age 5 to 7 is 10:00 to 10:45 @ a cost of $12.00. The Junior class age 8 to 12 is 10:45 to 11:45 @ a cost of $15.00. The Intermediate class is 12:30 to 2:00 @ $20.00 and Advanced 2:00 to 3:30 @ $20.00. Take two classes and receive a $5.00 discount! Call the studio 479-783-7748 or visit our website @ www.graycedewittdancestudio.com and view more about Super ByB @ www.barryyoungblood.com.

Proper fitting dance shoes are an important part of your dancer's education. Children grow and feet expand at a rapid rate, but improper fit of a dance shoe does more harm than good. A ballet or jazz shoe should fit the length of the foot. The big toe should make comfortable contact with the end of the shoe. Toes curling means the shoe is too short, room between the end of the shoe and the big toe means the shoe is to long. When the toe is pointed in a ballet or jazz shoe the foot decreases in size and a shoe that is too big will leave a large amount of gapping fabic at the end of the shoe and the toes will curl up giving the dancer "elf feet". If the drawstring of the ballet shoe needs alot of adjustment, the shoe is probably too wide. Tap shoes can have a small amount of pinch room at the toe as this is a hard shoe and does not conform exactly to the foot.

Don't be fooled into buying a shoe for your child to grow into and don't be fooled by the satin house shoe display thinking you are getting a good deal on ballet shoes - these are not ballet shoes and you will have to purchase another pair of shoes to take the place of the house shoe. We employ a system at our studio to help with the turnover of shoes and to do our part in recycling. "Leave a pair - Take a pair" you take a pair that fits your child and you leave one for the next dancer - everybody wins!

Grayce DeWitt Dance Studio
3400 Rogers Ave.
Fort Smith, AR 72903
479-783-7748
www.graycedewittdancestudio.com

Fall Hours of Operation: Mon. & Tue. 3:30 to 8:00 pm
Wed. 3:30 to 9:00pm & Thu. 3:30 to 7:00 pm

To enroll your child in a dance class is a big decision. Trusting the teacher you place your child with is an even bigger decision. In allowing the teacher to observe your child and place her in the proper class will be to her advantage. Teachers cannot control how tall a child is or how small. We cannot control the level at which they mature, the attention span, or motor skill. We do our best to choose the class that will challenge the child, give the child motivation and create a desire for creative learning. To push a child into a class she is not ready for does her no service. Many times it just causes frustration and discord in the classroom. You see, the teacher has the biggest decision of all, to insure you child is learning, developing, and becoming the dancer she desires to be.

Grayce DeWitt Dance Studio
3400 Rogers Ave.
Fort Smith, AR 72903
479-783-7748
www.graycedewittdancestudio.com

Fall Hours of Operation: Mon. & Tue. 3:30 to 8:00 pm
Wed. 3:30 to 9:00pm & Thu. 3:30 to 7:00 pm

The best way to age-proof the body? Actitivy and stretch. Flexibitity is key. There is absolutely nothing needed to stretch the muscle but the body itself. You need no equipment, no special gym, mirror, floor, chair, weight, only the natural body. Increase your range of motion, stay supple and supply your body with oxygen. Practice deep breathing as you inhale and exhale, holding for 60 to 30 seconds on the stretch.

So you only plan to watch the Olympics on TV and there is no balance beam in your future? Stretching will keep your movements graceful and keep you looking youthful and feeling refeshed and that in today's insurance market is priceless.

Grayce DeWitt Dance Studio
3400 Rogers Ave.
Fort Smith, AR 72903
479-783-7748
www.graycedewittdancestudio.com

Fall Hours of Operation: Mon. & Tue. 3:30 to 8:00 pm
Wed. 3:30 to 9:00pm & Thu. 3:30 to 7:00 pm