Ballet    Arts

OXFORD CHRISTMAS PARADE - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

Line-up at 6:00p.m. Parade begins at 7:00 p.m. Parade route: Line up on Spring Street. Parade moves down Belle St., Williamsboro t./Hillsborough St. It turns right into Friendship Business Park and ends at the Public Works parking lot. Please pick up your child in the Public Works parking lot when our group finishes marching...NOT after the parade ends. Please do not pull performers out of the line up until we disband, as this causes a hold up in the progress of the parade.

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HENDERSON CHRISTMAS PARADE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

Line up at 1:30 p.m.——-Parade begins at 2:30p.m. Parade route: Line up on Raleigh Rd (by Burger King). Parade will continue straight down Raleigh Road and turn right onto Garnett St. and end on Rose Ave./next to Sunrise Biscuits. Parents please pick up your child immediately when we finish marching...NOT when the parade ends.

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WARRENTON CHRISTMAS PARADE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13

Line up at 4:15 p.m.—-Parade begins at 5:00 p.m. Parade route: Begins at Miriam Boyd School on S. Main St. and ends at the old John Graham High School. Please pick up students when we finish marching.

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RECREATIONAL DANCERS
We will be wearing scuba blue Ballet Arts printed hoodies (the same color/design as last year), black pants (any type you can move in, but please no jeans), black socks and black tennis shoes/sneakers/boots (no heels). Feel free to wear a turtle neck, gloves, scarves, earmuffs, hats (as long as they are black) as we want to look uniform in our appearance. Dancers will also be using small props this year.

 

PARADE HOODIES 
If you wish to march in the parades, you will need to purchase a Ballet Arts hoodie (unless you have one from last year). Hoodies are $30 (youth small to adult xlarge) & $35 for adult 2XL-4XL. All hoodies are first come, first serve. Please stop by the office to purchase and reserve a hoodie. 

REHEARSALS
We will be having rehearsals, for non company students ages 8 and up, at the studio to learn the parade routine. All dance students who will be performing in the parade will need to attend at least TWO (preferably more) parade rehearsals. Preschool students and young dancers, under the age of 8, that will be walking in the parade & not performing the routine, do not need to attend parade rehearsals. Baton students will learn the parade routine during their regularly scheduled weekly baton class. Parade rehearsals will be held at the studio on the dates and times listed below. Rehearsal Schedule is above

VOLUNTEERS
As always, we welcome parents to march along on the sides. Parents of preschoolers may walk along with their child and hold their hand, carry them, or pull them in a wagon. All preschoolers must be accompanied by an adult. Parents of school age students may walk along with us but must be BEHIND our group. For parents that are walking , we recommend wearing black pants with a black top or a top and/or scarf that will coordinate with our sweatshirt colors. We also need 4 volunteers for each parade to carry the banners. This could be pre-teen/teenage siblings, adult parents, or friends. If you would like to be a banner carrier, please let the Ballet Arts Office know. 

LAYERS
Depending on the weather you may want to add extra layers under your parade outfit for warmth, as it can get cold and windy. We highly recommend a black turtleneck along with thermal underwear under your outfit. You may wear a coat while we line up or bring a blanket to wrap up in, but these may not be worn or carried once we begin to march. 

 

We should receive our line up numbers for the parades prior to Fall Break. As soon as we receive this information, we will post it at the studio and on the studio Facebook page. The local papers also usually list this information closer to the weekend of the parades.

 

Please call us at the studio at 252-430-6443 or message us through Facebook if you have any questions regarding the parades. Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you at the parades!