TEACHERS MEETING
30/3/25
FIVE DOCK RSL CLUB
MINUTES:
Apologies: Eugenia Machado – Dance 100
Angela McDonald – CODE
Michele Piggott. – BAPA
Welcome: D’Arcy McDonald – New teacher at CODE.
- Welcome and Studio feedback
Amber Perry has retired from HKWH and CODE has taken over the Thursday classes.
- Charity Registration – Report.
Good start to the year with $18,528.25 credit.
2024 – Expenses = $22,248.58
2024 – Income = $31,854
- Membership – As agreed at last year’s meeting:
- A studio registration fee of $100 per year will cover all teachers at your studio.
thank you to studios who included this payment with their entry fees. Remember as a non-for-profit organisation we cannot charge a membership fee. There is no GST charges on any CBAA entry fees or medal fees.
WEBSITE: https://www.capricornartsacademy.com.au/
Happy to report that some changes were made this weekend and I will continue to get everything up to date. The icons have the syllabus and other information updated. The rest will be coming soon. – Dates need to be updated and studios added.
- DANCE EVENTS:
- Dance Festival – – Redgum Function Centre
Sat 24th and Sun 25th May
2 Lane St. Wentworthville.
Solos, Duos, Trios, Small Groups
Try to include all dance styles.
Entry fees: $5 per dance. $15 family admission (4 dances + family. = $35)
OPEN & CLASS TRAINED.
Duos, Trios & Small Groups – all OPEN sections
Discussion: Closing date – Friday 18th April
Music – as soon as I finish the timetable so that numbers and sections can be included.
Age taken from competition date
No Increase in Entry fees
Register DOB – teachers must be ready to give DOB if inquiry is made.
Adjudicators – TBF
Filming – video of the Sunday sections.
New numbers – only used on class trained where there is two or more performers.
Kitchen area used for numbers.
Thank you to Patricia for organising Coffee Van again for our functions at Redgum
Adjudicators Table to be raised – Hopefully we can use the Drama Boxes.
NEW LEVEL TO BE INCLUDED:
CLASS TRAINED– remains for pupils who do not have private lessons and have not won a first place in the C/T section.
STEP -UP – to be available for pupils who:
May have just started private lessons
may have regukar private lessons,
may dance in district Eisteddfods but have not been placed
have won a place in C/T
could be strong C/T pupils that need more conpetition
BUT- not up to the OPEN standard as yet
To be used to help performers reach the OPEN standard.
Any performer who has placed in a Trophy Award is ineligible for this section
IT WILL BE THE TEACHERS RESPONSIBIITY TO CHOOSE THE PUPILS FOR THIS SECTION.
OPEN: Pupils who have private lessons, may dance regularly in district eisteddfods
confident performers who have performed in Open sections.
- Trophy Award &SCTD
- Sat 13th & Sun 14th September – Five Dock RSL Club
- Each day has to finish by 5pm
Entry fees: $8 per dance $15 per family Trophies
Entry fees for other dances as Dance Festival
Discussion: Closing date – Friday 9th August
Second Chance to Dance. – duo, trio, small group not solos.
Age taken on date of performance
Increase in Entry fees
Register DOB
Adjudicators TBF
Duo, Trio, Small Group to be in the morning session and then Trophy Awards in the afternoon.
Different Adjudicators for each session.
Saturday – Juvenile and Junior Age Groups – under 11’s
Sunday – Intermediate and senior Age Groups – 12years and over.
Final Decision to be made by Closing Date – Friday 9th August – if not enough interest. – we will go back to one day Trophy Day on Sunday.
- Group Competitions – Date tba – Wentworthville
- Looking at 26th OCTOBER
Entry fee $5.00 per dance + $15 family admission
Discussion: Closing date – Friday 26th September
Age taken on performance date – average age of group but no more than 2 performers older than age group.
No Increase in Entry fees
Register DOB –
Lights in Dressing Rooms
Teacher desk set up
Kitchen area
Adjudicators
- MEDAL DAYS: Book in dates – Calendar
Discussion: Numbers?
Promote the event
- General business:
Monitor or Board to show the sections – at side of stage
Screen to cover the Door area at Redgum
More comments from Adjudicators – encouragement, telling performers what they are looking for in a performance. Comment of good standard.
More Encouragement certificates awarded to non-place winners.
Suggested: Stunning Dance Costume, Great Dance Personality, Good Dance Expression,
MERCHANDISE: Kate looking at setting up a stand in the foyer to sell Dance and other niknaks
That children might like.
Celebrating the 45 years of CBAA with a 4 DAY cruise
Leave form SYDNEY – include a workshop, concert and cocktail party.
Emma and D’Arcy to gather information for Studios.
Possible date. – End Term One. – 2026.