March 2024
Announcement
2024 Spring Term Registration NOW OPEN!
March-April-May 2024 SPRING TERM
Dear Tap Happy Community Members,
Our 2024 Winter Term is coming to a close with our final lessons on Wednesday,
February 28th. It's been an exciting start to the year!
Meanwhile, registration is now open for the 2024 Spring Term! Classes begin on
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 and 6.
Tap Happy is pleased to announce that we are extending our policy to waive the Annual
Fee for another term!
Tap Happy is offering four levels for in our all-adult classes:
Introductory (for Absolute Beginners), Beginning I & II (a transitional level), Beginning II,
and Intermediate...so you can find the best level for you!
Know that you'll have to miss classes? Remember the option to choose the Drop-In
Plan for maximum flexibility (if not an absolute beginner in Introductory Tap).
Since we reopened in spring 2023, Tap Happy has enjoyed welcoming old friends and
new ones while rebuilding the business and our fun-loving community. I hope that 2024
is the year that our thriving together grows into its full potential. Please join us!
Sara
REGISTRATION/SCHEDULE/FEE INFORMATION 2024
CLASSES FOR WINTER TERM 2024!
SCHEDULE – SPRING 2024 (Scroll to the bottom for class descriptions.)
CALENDAR ALERT!
MARCH CLASSES MEET THE FIRST AND LAST WEEKS OF THAT MONTH ONLY!
After that, classes meet every week through May 7th & 8th.
Tuesdays
Intermediate Tap Class Tuesdays, 7:15 – 8:10pm
Mar. 5, 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; May 7. 8 lessons total
Beginning II Tap Class Tuesdays, 8:15 – 9:10pm
Mar. 5, 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; May 7. 8 lessons total
Wednesdays
Beginning I & II Tap Class Wednesdays, 7:15 - 8:10pm
Mar. 6, 27; April 3, 10, 17, 24; May 1, 8. 8 lessons total.
Introductory Tap Class Wednesdays, 8:15 - 9:10pm
Mar. 6, 27; April 3, 10, 17, 24; May 1, 8. 8 lessons total.
Tap Happy Video Supplement (THVS) - access to online tap lessons
For Fall and Holiday, 2023 tap students
Access to the appropriate level online lessons is available for $20 for students enrolled in 4 or 8-week summer sessions, throughout January-February, 2024. Drop-in students may have access at a different price.
Watch this website or our Facebook page for possible changes to our schedule.
FEES
GREAT NEWS! FOR NOW WE ARE WAIVING THE ANNUAL FEE.
Drop-In Rate: $20 per 1-hour class, paid in advance via this website.
Package Rate: $15 per class, paid in advance for all eight Winter Term classes, plus $5.00.
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$125 for the eight classes in one course, paid in advance.
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$63 for a package of four consecutive lessons in one course: Lessons 1 - 4, OR Lessons 5 - 8.
Tap Happy Video Supplement:
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$20 for online access for the level in which you are enrolled through the end of 2023.
HOW TO REGISTER AND PAY (Complete registration/payment by 4pm the day of your first lesson.)
Follow these simple steps to register and pay:
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Email Sara here and let her know which course you'd like to take.
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Find the two forms from Tap Happy in your email Inbox. Complete them using your keyboard; save; and attach them to your Reply email.
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Use the “Buy Now” yellow button in the lower right footer at the bottom of any website page.
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Pay the full amount due for your plan by 4:00pm on the day of your first lesson, at the latest.
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Or, if using the Drop-In plan, pay by the day before your lesson.
NOTES ABOUT DROP-IN PLAN
Drop-Ins only fill out the forms before their first lesson. After that, only a payment by one day in advance of each lesson to be attended is needed. (This plan is not for Absolute Beginners taking the Introductory Tap class.)
The Drop-In plan is only permitted if the class is confirmed with enough full enrollees.
NOTES ABOUT CLASS CANCELLATION
These classes are subject to cancellation if too few enroll in a package. If that is the case, those who have paid will get an immediate, full refund. Another option may alternatively be offered, of combined class levels.
Classes are also subject to cancellation should a rise in Covid cases require us to wear masks during class. However, I feel confident that will not happen. Should it occur, immediate refunds will be given for all cancelled lessons.
PRIVATE LESSONS
Private lessons may be available. For details, email Sara here.
AIR CONDITIONING UPDATE
GOOD NEWS:
The new A/C system installed in late 2019 is a game changer. It keeps the studio cool even in the humid summer.
Additionally, studio owner Roxanne Claire installed two window units in case those are also needed.
BAD NEWS:
We will not use the electric fans at all, ever, in the dance studio. I have an eye condition that makes me unable to function in even a light breeze.
However, fans will remain running in the lobby on warm evenings, and you can feel free to step out and into the wind at any time you need during class.
I will also give a water/fan break about halfway through the class.
Please bring your personal sweat towel and dress to be comfortable!
COVID PRECAUTIONS
We will follow any protocol that studio owner Roxanne Claire requires. Currently, masks are not required anywhere in the building. Roxanne does not expect to require them this year.
Many or most of Tap Happy participants are over fifty years old. Let's take reasonable precautions to keep each other
safe. If you are coughing or sneezing for any reason, please stay home or wear a mask. Allergies are bad this year, but hopefully allergy remedies or masks will prevent the spreading of droplets from those of us who have symptoms.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Course Descriptions
Introductory Tap WEDNESDAYS, 8:15 - 9:10 PM , SPRING, 2024.
INSTRUCTOR: Sara Draper | LEVEL: Absolute beginner
This class is for absolute beginners, even if this is your first dance class ever. It is also a methodical review of fundamentals for those returning to tap dance after a very long break. A brand new session of weekly classes will introduce fun-loving adults who have always wanted to tap dance to the fundamentals, so you can begin fulfilling your dream now. Sample tap dance in January, or get the entire 8-week course to prepare for the next level.
Beginning I & II Tap WEDNESDAYS, 7:15 - 8:10 PM ,SPRING, 2024.
INSTRUCTOR: Sara Draper | LEVEL: Progress to this after Intro Tap
The next step after Intro, here tappers learn two long combinations and a dance number to help practice skills and basic steps including soft shoe, waltz clog, and more. Reinforcing and continuing from the Introductory level, this energizing course allows you to really get the basics under your belt and to learn a dance routine. It prepares you to shuffle up to the next level! This course will move quickly through Beg I material and seque
into Beg II material.
Beginning II Tap TUESDAYS, 8:15 - 9:10 PM , SPRING, 2024.
INSTRUCTOR: Sara Draper | LEVEL: Progress to this after Beginning I Tap.
After getting basics under your belt in Beginning I, this course moves you up to the next level. You'll learn popular, standard steps, more advanced technique, and a variety of routines as you move through a year's worth or so of Beginning II level courses. Arms, style, and formations are honed here. You'll feel like you're "shuffling off to Buffalo" with Broadway and Hollywood tap dancing stars!
Intermediate Tap TUESDAYS, 7:15 - 8:10 PM , SPRING, 2024.
INSTRUCTOR: Sara Draper | LEVEL: Progress to this after Beg Tap II
Our most advanced level, this class accommodates tappers beyond the Beginning II level who love to learn dance routines. Interesting new steps, syncopation, turns, and full-body dancing are features of this exhilarating class. Jazz, swing, and Broadway tunes accompany our dancing.
Intro-Beg I Combo Extension Tap (not currently offered)
INSTRUCTOR: Sara Draper | LEVEL: Sara This level combines those who have just completed the 8-week Introductory and Beginning I Tap courses. Those courses are blended and extended into this unique, single course. New tappers will continue to strengthen technique while learning a delightful, holiday-themed dance routine together, and more!