Make Dance Fun

In Episode 40, we're sharing 5 things you can do to boost your summer success. 1.  Schedule summer and promote now! Parents are looking NOW to plan their activities for their kids. So, if your summer is not planned now, they may be signing up for other types of camps. Make sure you are consistently promoting the camps, too. Look into hiring a summer camp director, as we discussed in Episode 1...

In Episode 39 – our first episode of Season 2! – we're talking all things summer! We just successfully launched our studio's full summer schedule & registration this week! Our theme is Carnival-A-Rhythm to tie into our year-end show theme Rhythm Story (based on Toy Story). Check out @rhythmdancecenter for pics!  Camp Confetti: We launched 4 new Camp Confetti themes! These downloads a...

Episode 38 is our final episode of Season 1, and  we're sharing some of our faves (and least faves) of the year! Thank you for listening and supporting us ~ Cheers to 2022! Favorite Podcast Episodes: Dani: Preschool Dance Party Series  - Episodes 28 , 29 & 30 Becca: Dance Friends are the Best Friends - Episode 15 and Connecting the Dots of your Studio Brand - Episode 10 Favorite Photo Sho...

In episode 37, we're sharing 10 fun ideas for being festive at your studio this time of year.   1. Decorating the Studio 2. Fun Dance Class Activities: Check out these blog posts for TONS of fun dance activities (even more than we covered in the episode): Confetti Mood: Wondrous & Whimsical Reindeer Games: Dance Activities for Preschool Classes Candy Cane Lane Wondrous Wintry Dance Class...

In Episode 36, we're sharing tons of gifting inspo for dance teachers and studio owners, plus all of our fun specials during ThanksGifting week! For all the details and to see our gift guides, check out our latest blog post that is complete with images and links for everything we mention!  We hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving AND ThanksGifting!  Subscribe & Share You are officially i...

In episode 35, we're back after a short break sharing five fun things that are happening now that we are really excited about!  Rhythm Toy Barn: In our last episode, we talked briefly about the week of Halloween and how we were considering an outdoor space. We made it happen and are calling it the Rhythm Toy Barn. We painted it in bright colors to match our show logo. For Halloween, we hung a...

Episode 34 is all about HALLOWEEK, and we're sharing 5 fun things you can do at your studio! #rhythmhalloweek is a long-standing tradition at our studio. We encourage you to create a hashtag that is specific to YOUR studio for Halloweek. Create one that is specific to you so that you can easily find your posts!  For those of you that are new to all the Confetti fun, you may not know about our...

In episode 33, we are kicking off the first episode in a new series on recital planning! We are in full recital planning mode now, and we just launched the content of our recital planning course: Your Fun Big Show! Purchase by 10/8 and SAVE! If you purchase before that date, not only will you save money, but you will also be invited to a live Q&A Zoom with us on this topic! Here are the top 3...

In Episode 32, it's a Festive Fall Faculty Fun party we call Pumpkin Pizzazz - a fun kick-off to fall for our staff to get together and decorate pumpkins.  Invitations:  Create a fun graphic to get everyone in a fun, fall mood and send via Paperless Post or Evite so you can easily track who's attending. What to wear: Make it as simple and convenient as possible for staff.  We just sugges...

Episode 31 was recorded from our hotel room in New York City!  We are here again after missing it for 2 years searching for fabulous fabric for our custom costumes!  At Rhythm, we have always designed our own costumes and had them made for our performing company dancers. For years, we would have people ask us where we bought our costumes or how we went about designing them and the actual sewing pr...

Episode 30 is Part 3 of our Preschool Dance Party Series! We have a very special guest with us – our preschool director Ms. Jenni! She is responsible for so much preschool fun, we consistently get her feedback for Twirl and she is a regular contributor to our Camp Confettis and much more! She's celebrating her 16th season with us at Rhythm! Her top 4 tips for running a successful preschool cl...

Episode 29 is Part 2 of our Preschool Dance Party series. We're sharing  ideas for Preschool Progressions - fun ways to up our across-the-floor game! Dancing across the floor is fun and if your preschoolers continue dancing, progressions are not going anywhere! Start helping them understand standing in line, waiting their turn, going across the floor to get individual feedback from the teache...

Episode 28 is Part 1 of a new series called Preschool Dance Party and we're sharing 8 fun props you can use in your preschool dance classes!  We put a big focus on our preschoolers as they are the future of our studio. Be confident that your preschool team truly loves working with the little ones. They feed off the energy of the teacher, and that energy needs to be amazing and positive and nu...

In Episode 27, we're sharing 5 things we're doing right now to get ready for the new season! 1. Final Marketing Push: Our office manager gives us daily updates on what enrollment looks like for every class and this is how we determine our marketing strategy and what makes the most sense when creating ads or social posts. Run FB ads for specific classes with openings. Hold free trial clas...

In Episode 26, we're sharing some fun ideas and themes for Back To Dance!  We always have an Open House and Welcome Back Party at Rhythm to kick off our new season. Dancers meet their teachers, see the studio and watch performances. We're using our Rhythm Jungle Jam as an example. First, we choose a theme, then we create a name for the event based on the theme. Next, make lists of keywor...

In Episode 25, we are so excited announce our newest Confetti Course: YOUR FUN BIG SHOW - a complete recital planning course ! We love our year-end show, and we get so excited about all the aspects of it. We start planning it early and use our theme to market our studio for the entire season.  We have shared quite a lot about our show on the podcast (Ep 13 , 14 , 16 , 22 ) but in YOUR FUN BIG SHOW...

In Episode 24,  we're talking all things Twirl and sharing what’s new, what’s changed and also what it means for the original Twirl program. We’ve listened to your feedback over the past 4-5 years and this update reflects many of those requests. Twirl is our preschool program that we like to describe as a dance party in your classes once per month. It fits into your existing curriculum and se...

In episode 23, we are back from our short summer break and recovered from our crazy recital week. Now we are ready to transition into our next season  for our studio AND kick off a new season for Confetti on the Dance Floor! After our shows ended, we asked our entire studio to consider writing a google review and giving us a 5-star rating.  This was coming off the most exciting time for them, thei...

In Episode 22, we are back with our final installment of the Recital Fun Series! If you haven't listened to Parts 1, 2 and 3 yet, make sure to listen!  Today we are sharing 3 recital-related accommodations we made for Covid that we plan to continue in the future 1. Bundling Costs and Pre-Orders: Instead of selling things individually like t-shirts, videos, etc., we bundled them together and t...

In Episode 21, we have Shelley Marshall, our go-to for Confetti on the Dance Floor and much more! She covers all the things she does for Rhythm and Confetti and also shares some upcoming summer events.  Shelley is Becca's sister and was hired in 2016 to be the COO of Rhythm and to help launch Confetti. Confetti took off a lot faster than we thought so her role is way more Confetti than Rhythm...

In Episode 20, we are sharing how we structure our performing companies at Rhythm! It's Important to us that we can offer many opportunities to the  dancers at Rhythm. We've grown into 11 Performing Companies and 5 Spotlight Programs. Mini Stars: Youngest group, approx age 6-7, required to be at the studio 2 days/wk for jazz, tap, ballet & hip hop. Most also take an optional contempo...

May is the craziest time of year for dance studios! So we are sharing a few things that are motivating us to push through and make it to the finish line. 1. Vacation! It's so important to take time off and do nothing dance related, even if it is a staycation! Inspiring destinations can sometimes spark creativity for your studio. Our plan is to take most of June off since we took no time off t...

In Episode 18, we're diving back into summer with our Summer Camp Director (and Rhythm alum and Connection Performing Company Director), Emily Salerno. Pre-Emily,  we would launch summer enrollment in Jan/Feb and then we would not plan anything else until right before camps started - staffing, planning, shopping, etc.  Now with Emily and Camp Confetti we are in a much better position! General...

In Episode 17,  we're sharing 5 ways to add FUN to the last several weeks of your dance season. Share the Love! Get your dancers sharing their love for your studio as the season comes to an end.  Create a fun coloring page with your studio logo and email it to every dancer to color/decorate as the wish. Have them take a photo in their recital costume holding the sign and post/tag you on socia...

In Episode 16, we're back with Part 3 of our Recital Fun series talking about how we finalize our year-end show plans and communicate to our customers.  Spring Break Planning Week: We've use Spring Break to finish up major show planning because we don’t have our usual day to day to deal with. We go somewhere fun and are very productive! Our typical solid "formula" doesn't...