MNR Dance Factory

Updated: 7/20/2010

Next UP:
Team Auditions - Saturday, August 28th, 2011

Team Audition Saturday August 29th, 2009. Please Register Online at our Customer Portal Click Here Choose Audition Team 2010-2011

Mini's Age 6 and Under - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Jr’s Age 7 to 11: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sr’s Age 12 and up: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Attire: Tights, black leotard, black jazz pants or bike shorts.
Bring jazz, ballet and tap shoes. Hair tied neatly in a bun.

Please fill out the Team Registration Form before August 28th Save and Email to mnrdancereg@me.com

Click Here for Form

Clipper Video click here.

Competition: (please go to the competition FAQ page for more info on what to expect) click here Exact dates and times will be posted 1 week before competition.

Hair: How to prepare a competition pony tail and bun click here

Happy New Year to everyone!! If you are reading this on a PDA or Blackberry you may want to wait until you get to a computer to read this.

We are just a few weeks away from our first competition and we have quite a few new families so I want to make sure I remind you to review the competition dates so you can block it out now. Although I have had the competition dates posted for awhile I wanted to point out to those that may not have figured out how to go to the Team Information Pages the following.

Our first competition is the weekend of February 14th. Just for those of you have not realized yet it is both Valentines day and Presidents day weekend. I can't tell you how many times people write down the dates of competitions but don't realize that they are on holiday weekends until it is too late.

Please do the following
1) Go to the team website and click on Upcoming competitions (While your there add it to your bookmarks) write them down on your calendar, share this information with your family, especially to your significant others and exes......This will alleviate many (not all) headaches... :o)

2) For the issues that are absolutely unchangeable, please, give us more than 5 weeks notice (so that we can rework the number :0( not a preference as it wastes everybody's time and confuses the dancers), or

3) If your timing issue is only during certain hours of one of the days, let me know as soon as possible and we will find a way to make it work for you and everyone else but I can't fix anything unless I know there is an issue. Also know that you won't be the only family with issues and in order to plan accordingly. Please do not wait until you get the final schedule, hoping that you dodged a bullet. ( a warning though, please do not ask me to change something so your child can go to a birthday party. I'm thinking more in the line of a school interview, a close family bar or bat mitzvah or the like) Since we don't get the exact competition schedule until 7 days before the competition we ask that you keep the Sat and Sunday of each competition weekend open (groups are never on a Friday). Competitions that block out a Friday for competition only do so for overflow and is only for solo/duets/trios. There are times when we get the schedule sooner. We let you know as soon as we have the information as we know that you want to schedule the rest of your life.

On the Team web page there are Competition FAQ's that if read should answer most if not all of your questions about what to expect on a competition weekend.

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Please be on time, work hard, do not talk in class, be respectful of everyone, put your best foot forward.

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Team Audition Saturday August 29th, 2009. Please Register Online at our Customer Portal Click Here Choose "Audition Team 2009-2010"

Jr’s Age 11 and under: 11:00am-12:30pm
Sr’s Age 12 and up: 12:00pm-1:30pm

Attire: Tights, black leotard, black jazz pants or bike shorts.
Bring jazz, ballet and tap shoes. Hair tied neatly in a bun.

Please fill out the Team Registration Form before August 28th Save and Email to mnrdancereg@me.com

Click Here for Form

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TEAM PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS: TBA

Congratulations to our Nationals Dance Team: Our Soloists Annie Aberle (Teen), Jill Wilson (Teen winner) , Michele Laksman (Sr), Nicole Harris (Sr. winner) Renee Stewart (Sr) were all crowned Top Soloists. Silent Knight Pictured Below Won the World Championship of Dance!!!

Congratulations to everyone for a great Competition weekend. Everyone should be proud of how they danced and more importantly on how everyone supported each other. Thank you so much.

CONGRATULATIONS TO RONI AND SILENT KNIGHT FOR RECEIVING RAINBOW CONNECTIONS HIGHEST AWARD HOTTEST DANCE TEAM (Jody Thigpen, Jeanine Aberbook, Nicole Harris, Renee Stewart, Annie Aberle, Wesley Adams, Teresa Reish, Dakota Daniels, Julia Franzese, Jill Wilson)

click here to be directed to the competition Page

Make Up and Supplies needed in your Competition Kit: click here

Competition FAQ's - Please Read Click Here

NEW Payment Online Option :
This option is available to anyone with access to the internet (view your account)

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WELCOME: to a brand new dance year!!!! And.... it will be the best ever!!!!

Congratulations to our newest team members and their families. We are very happy to welcome you all to our Family!!!

Just a couple of Notes: Especially for New Team Parents.

1) Please make sure your dancer is dressed and ready, warmed up at least 15 minutes before the scheduled rehearsal, and be prepared for the rehearsal to end up to 20 minutes after the time listed. There are times when a choreographer is trying to work something out and the creative mind can't be cut short by a silly thing like TIME....:o)>
We will do our best to be courteous with your time!

2) If your dancer has regular classes on Saturday (most dancers do) they may have some time off between classes and rehearsals. Make sure you know your class times and rehearsal times and schedule lunches, parties, etc accordingly. The schedule will be posted on the door of the A studio (the largest one) by 10am each Saturday and online on the team news webpage. If there are any major changes to the Saturday Schedule less than 2 days before, you will be emailed and /or called. Please make sure your dancer has water, snacks or lunch if needed. This time is a real bonding time for the girls and is almost as important to them as the actual dance class. Feel free to ask questions.

3) Team fees are charged on a monthly basis starting in October and ending in August. We must have a credit card account or Bank Account on file. Please let us know if your account is not being charged as you will be responsible for the entire balance.

5) All team members are required to have a team uniform which includes a MnR Dance Team Warm Up, Black jazz pants, black mnr Leo, black Team Skort, black biker shorts and team garment bag. We will be measuring all the dancers in the next couple of weeks to determine their sizing.

Hair, Shoe and Tights information for Competition Numbers: 2008/2009 To Be Posted Click Here

Make Up and Hair Essentials: Click Here

How to Make a Bun: The Making of A Bun

All Competition Results can be viewed here: Click Here

Performance Ettiquete (non competitiion) Text below hidden until neededWe had an extrememly successful Year culminating in our most successful Recital only matched by an amazing Nationals with record high scores ever.

If you participated in the Parents Video, we are going to have a REAL screening soon. We will send you an invitation when we set the date. One of the best shows in town.....

Encore Nationals Results Click Here
THE CLOCK - Jeanine, Nicole, Annie, Wesley, Hunter, Jill, Renee, Claire, Julia, Dakota - First in Their Division
SKIN - Renee Stewart - First in her Division
WAREWOLF - Jeanine, Nicole, Renee - First in Their Division

Team Competition PHOTO ALBUM

Past Team Emails

Map and Directions to Millikan High School, Long Beach Click Here, Alt Directions Click Here

Below is a spreadsheet which is listed by routine that lists the following:
How your hair should be when you perform (for Dress Rehearsal Buns are OK). For dress rehearsal everyone must arrive on Saturday the 20th with hair in a bun and makeup. Please print this out for reference.

hair and shoes 2007

NOTE: All new dance families please read the section below Competions: What to Expect. Also go to the link about making a bun. All dancers should arrive at least 1.5 hours prior to the time of your first dance hair in a bun (or hair style for first dance) Makeup on. We will touch up makeup if needed. Do not rely on other parents and teachers to do this. It is not OK to say "my daughter won't let me do it". We spend way too much time getting others ready that are late and not prepared than needed causing stress and bad feelings. We would like to spend the extra time rehearsing.

Click below to see how to make a bun:
The Making of A Bun

Special Note for Soloists, Duets and Trios: Each soloist and one member from the duet/trio should have an extra copy of their music on CD. We will make one for you but you are responsible to bring it to the competition. We will take care of all group back up CD's. We have only had one or two music malfunctions in our history, but were lucky enough to have a back up.

More to Come!!!

Recently some of our dancers performed for the Taste of Brentwood and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation this month. Here are some pictures from the event.

Congratulations to Roni for being selected as a finalist for the Ninth Annual Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival for her piece "Last Goodbye" performed by Alex and Julia. They will be performing in the Finals on Sunday November 12, 2006 in Palm Springs.

If you are interested in supporting Roni please go to the website for more information. The Competition for Professionals Choreo for Professionals is Saturday and the Competition for Professionals Choreo for Ametures is Sunday. Last GoodBye is on Sunday.

Click here for more information

Congratulations to our dance team that just returned from Las Vegas after participating in a week long competition week. All of our numbers performed at their best which is all that we can ever hope for. All the hard work and dedication certainly showed.

Congratulations: We have successfully completed our first competition of the season.

Lessons learned:
1) Competitions do run early and if you try to leave between numbers, you may not make it back in time.
2) Missing parts of costumes means everyone in the number has to remove parts of their costumes.
3) We still need to work on the Award Ceremony Etiquette.

Below is a link to a spreadsheet which will list by Group the type of shoes, tights and how your dancers hair for competition.

Shoes and hair

Pictures from recent Benefits:

, Top Right and left: Alex and Julia at Roosevelt Benefit , Bottom left, Roni and our Councilman Bill Rosendahl.

, CD Cure Benefit: Left, Julia, Sami Jo and Rhiannan, right, Roni, Julia, Sami Jo and Rhiannan after there performance at the NuArt Theatre.

Check out the link to Action Snap Shot Recital pics. Click Here

Map and Directions to Millikan High School, Long Beach Click Here, Alt Directions Click Here

Directions to Highlander Auditorium, Upland High School Click Here

Highlander Auditorium
Upland High School
850 N. San Antonio Ave.
Upland, CA 91786
Phone: (909) 985-9462

Roni and Marianne



			Team News Updated: 7/20/2010 Next UP: Team Auditions - Saturday, August 28th, 2011 Team Audition Saturday August 29th, 2009. Please Register Online at our Customer Portal Click Here Choose Audition Team 2010-2011 Mini's Age 6 and Under - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Jr’s Age 7 to 11: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Sr’s Age 12 and up: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Attire: Tights, black leotard, black jazz pants or bike shorts. Bring jazz, ballet and tap shoes. Hair tied neatly in a bun. Please fill out the Team Registration Form before August 28th Save and Email to mnrdancereg@me.com Click Here for Form Clipper Video click here. Competition: (please go to the competition FAQ page for more info on what to expect) click here Exact dates and times will be posted 1 week before competition. Hair: How to prepare a competition pony tail and bun click here Happy New Year to everyone!! If you are reading this on a PDA or Blackberry you may want to wait until you get to a computer to read this. We are just a few weeks away from our first competition and we have quite a few new families so I want to make sure I remind you to review the competition dates so you can block it out now. Although I have had the competition dates posted for awhile I wanted to point out to those that may not have figured out how to go to the Team Information Pages the following. Our first competition is the weekend of February 14th. Just for those of you have not realized yet it is both Valentines day and Presidents day weekend. I can't tell you how many times people write down the dates of competitions but don't realize that they are on holiday weekends until it is too late. Please do the following 1) Go to the team website and click on Upcoming competitions (While your there add it to your bookmarks) write them down on your calendar, share this information with your family, especially to your significant others and exes......This will alleviate many (not all) headaches... :o) 2) For the issues that are absolutely unchangeable, please, give us more than 5 weeks notice (so that we can rework the number :0( not a preference as it wastes everybody's time and confuses the dancers), or 3) If your timing issue is only during certain hours of one of the days, let me know as soon as possible and we will find a way to make it work for you and everyone else but I can't fix anything unless I know there is an issue. Also know that you won't be the only family with issues and in order to plan accordingly. Please do not wait until you get the final schedule, hoping that you dodged a bullet. ( a warning though, please do not ask me to change something so your child can go to a birthday party. I'm thinking more in the line of a school interview, a close family bar or bat mitzvah or the like) Since we don't get the exact competition schedule until 7 days before the competition we ask that you keep the Sat and Sunday of each competition weekend open (groups are never on a Friday). Competitions that block out a Friday for competition only do so for overflow and is only for solo/duets/trios. There are times when we get the schedule sooner. We let you know as soon as we have the information as we know that you want to schedule the rest of your life. On the Team web page there are Competition FAQ's that if read should answer most if not all of your questions about what to expect on a competition weekend. ------------------- Please be on time, work hard, do not talk in class, be respectful of everyone, put your best foot forward. ---------- Team Audition Saturday August 29th, 2009. Please Register Online at our Customer Portal Click Here Choose "Audition Team 2009-2010" Jr’s Age 11 and under: 11:00am-12:30pm Sr’s Age 12 and up: 12:00pm-1:30pm Attire: Tights, black leotard, black jazz pants or bike shorts. Bring jazz, ballet and tap shoes. Hair tied neatly in a bun. Please fill out the Team Registration Form before August 28th Save and Email to mnrdancereg@me.com Click Here for Form ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEAM PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS: TBA Congratulations to our Nationals Dance Team: Our Soloists Annie Aberle (Teen), Jill Wilson (Teen winner) , Michele Laksman (Sr), Nicole Harris (Sr. winner) Renee Stewart (Sr) were all crowned Top Soloists. Silent Knight Pictured Below Won the World Championship of Dance!!! Congratulations to everyone for a great Competition weekend. Everyone should be proud of how they danced and more importantly on how everyone supported each other. Thank you so much. CONGRATULATIONS TO RONI AND SILENT KNIGHT FOR RECEIVING RAINBOW CONNECTIONS HIGHEST AWARD HOTTEST DANCE TEAM (Jody Thigpen, Jeanine Aberbook, Nicole Harris, Renee Stewart, Annie Aberle, Wesley Adams, Teresa Reish, Dakota Daniels, Julia Franzese, Jill Wilson) click here to be directed to the competition Page Make Up and Supplies needed in your Competition Kit: click here Competition FAQ's - Please Read Click Here NEW Payment Online Option : This option is available to anyone with access to the internet (view your account) ----------------------------------------------------------------- WELCOME: to a brand new dance year!!!! And.... it will be the best ever!!!! Congratulations to our newest team members and their families. We are very happy to welcome you all to our Family!!! Just a couple of Notes: Especially for New Team Parents. 1) Please make sure your dancer is dressed and ready, warmed up at least 15 minutes before the scheduled rehearsal, and be prepared for the rehearsal to end up to 20 minutes after the time listed. There are times when a choreographer is trying to work something out and the creative mind can't be cut short by a silly thing like TIME....:o)> We will do our best to be courteous with your time! 2) If your dancer has regular classes on Saturday (most dancers do) they may have some time off between classes and rehearsals. Make sure you know your class times and rehearsal times and schedule lunches, parties, etc accordingly. The schedule will be posted on the door of the A studio (the largest one) by 10am each Saturday and online on the team news webpage. If there are any major changes to the Saturday Schedule less than 2 days before, you will be emailed and /or called. Please make sure your dancer has water, snacks or lunch if needed. This time is a real bonding time for the girls and is almost as important to them as the actual dance class. Feel free to ask questions. 3) Team fees are charged on a monthly basis starting in October and ending in August. We must have a credit card account or Bank Account on file. Please let us know if your account is not being charged as you will be responsible for the entire balance. 5) All team members are required to have a team uniform which includes a MnR Dance Team Warm Up, Black jazz pants, black mnr Leo, black Team Skort, black biker shorts and team garment bag. We will be measuring all the dancers in the next couple of weeks to determine their sizing. Hair, Shoe and Tights information for Competition Numbers: 2008/2009 To Be Posted Click Here Make Up and Hair Essentials: Click Here How to Make a Bun: The Making of A Bun All Competition Results can be viewed here: Click Here Performance Ettiquete (non competitiion) Text below hidden until neededWe had an extrememly successful Year culminating in our most successful Recital only matched by an amazing Nationals with record high scores ever. If you participated in the Parents Video, we are going to have a REAL screening soon. We will send you an invitation when we set the date. One of the best shows in town..... Encore Nationals Results Click Here THE CLOCK - Jeanine, Nicole, Annie, Wesley, Hunter, Jill, Renee, Claire, Julia, Dakota - First in Their Division SKIN - Renee Stewart - First in her Division WAREWOLF - Jeanine, Nicole, Renee - First in Their Division Team Competition PHOTO ALBUM Past Team Emails Map and Directions to Millikan High School, Long Beach Click Here, Alt Directions Click Here Below is a spreadsheet which is listed by routine that lists the following: How your hair should be when you perform (for Dress Rehearsal Buns are OK). For dress rehearsal everyone must arrive on Saturday the 20th with hair in a bun and makeup. Please print this out for reference. hair and shoes 2007 NOTE: All new dance families please read the section below Competions: What to Expect. Also go to the link about making a bun. All dancers should arrive at least 1.5 hours prior to the time of your first dance hair in a bun (or hair style for first dance) Makeup on. We will touch up makeup if needed. Do not rely on other parents and teachers to do this. It is not OK to say "my daughter won't let me do it". We spend way too much time getting others ready that are late and not prepared than needed causing stress and bad feelings. We would like to spend the extra time rehearsing. Click below to see how to make a bun: The Making of A Bun Special Note for Soloists, Duets and Trios: Each soloist and one member from the duet/trio should have an extra copy of their music on CD. We will make one for you but you are responsible to bring it to the competition. We will take care of all group back up CD's. We have only had one or two music malfunctions in our history, but were lucky enough to have a back up. More to Come!!! Recently some of our dancers performed for the Taste of Brentwood and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation this month. Here are some pictures from the event. Congratulations to Roni for being selected as a finalist for the Ninth Annual Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival for her piece "Last Goodbye" performed by Alex and Julia. They will be performing in the Finals on Sunday November 12, 2006 in Palm Springs. If you are interested in supporting Roni please go to the website for more information. The Competition for Professionals Choreo for Professionals is Saturday and the Competition for Professionals Choreo for Ametures is Sunday. Last GoodBye is on Sunday. Click here for more information Congratulations to our dance team that just returned from Las Vegas after participating in a week long competition week. All of our numbers performed at their best which is all that we can ever hope for. All the hard work and dedication certainly showed. Congratulations: We have successfully completed our first competition of the season. Lessons learned: 1) Competitions do run early and if you try to leave between numbers, you may not make it back in time. 2) Missing parts of costumes means everyone in the number has to remove parts of their costumes. 3) We still need to work on the Award Ceremony Etiquette. Below is a link to a spreadsheet which will list by Group the type of shoes, tights and how your dancers hair for competition. Shoes and hair Pictures from recent Benefits: , Top Right and left: Alex and Julia at Roosevelt Benefit , Bottom left, Roni and our Councilman Bill Rosendahl. , CD Cure Benefit: Left, Julia, Sami Jo and Rhiannan, right, Roni, Julia, Sami Jo and Rhiannan after there performance at the NuArt Theatre. Check out the link to Action Snap Shot Recital pics. Click Here Map and Directions to Millikan High School, Long Beach Click Here, Alt Directions Click Here Directions to Highlander Auditorium, Upland High School Click Here Highlander Auditorium Upland High School 850 N. San Antonio Ave. Upland, CA 91786 Phone: (909) 985-9462 Roni and Marianne

Next UP: Team Auditions - Saturday, August 28th, 2011

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Next UP:
Team Auditions - Saturday, August 28th, 2011