Tuition & Fees

Tuition is based on enrollment, not attendance, and it is important to remember that tuition is a monthly rate, and remains the same whether there are 3, 4, or 5 weeks in the month. **Tuition for the month of August 2011 will be half of what your normal tuition fee is and due the week of August 15th, 2011. Depending on the dates of the recital June may be prorated weekly.

ALL Tuition is due within the 1st week of every month and must be paid by the first scheduled class of each month. Statements for the coming month will be emailed out at the end of the current month. Your tuition will be considered late if paid after the 7th of the month and Tuition payments made by credit card must be made by the 4th of the month. Due to economic reasons, we can no longer allow dance accounts to carry over any balance to another month, including Tuition Fees, Company and/or Company Competition Fees, Costume Fees, Registration Fees or any other miscellaneous fees that apply. All fees MUST be paid when due.

Tuition Due Date

If paying with Cash or Check: Due by the 7th of every month

If paying with Credit Card: Due by the 4th of every month

**Tuition for the month of August 2011 will be half of what your normal tuition fee is and due the week of August 15th, 2011.

Pre-Pay: We will give a 5% discount to accounts that pay for the entire year of tuition in August…this discount doesn’t apply to Zumba Fitness students.

Bring a Friend $10.00 Credit: You will receive a $10.00 credit for each guest you bring to the studio who registers and joins at least one dance class. Please notify the office of your registered guest(s) to receive your $10.00 credit…this credit doesn’t apply to Zumba Fitness students.

Tuition Fee Schedule for NON-Company Classes:

Monthly tuition is based on the number of weekly class hours taken. Add $5.00 for each additional quarter-hour (15 minutes) taken. Each additional family member receives: $10.00 discount / month for the 2nd child & $15.00 discount /month for the 3rd child.

30 minute class = $55.00/month	2:15 of classes = $90.00/month	4:00 of classes = $125.00/month
45 minute class = $60.00/month	2:30 of classes = $95.00/month	4:15 of classes = $130.00/month
1:00 of class (es) = $65.00/month	2:45 of classes =$100.00/month	4:30 of classes = $135.00/month
1:15 of class (es) = $70.00/month	3:00 of classes = $105.00/month	4:45 of classes = $140.00/month
1:30 of class (es) = $75.00/month	3:15 of classes = $110.00/month	5:00 of classes = $145.00/month
1:45 of classes = $80.00/month	3:30 of classes = $115.00/month
2:00 of classes = $85.00/month	3:45 of classes = $120.00/month	Preschool Combo Classes (Ballet & Tap) 30 min. each = $50.00/month (No reg.fee)

Tuition Fee Schedule for Adult Classes:

If you don’t have kids enrolled in the studio:

Take 1 class per week: $50.00/month
Take 2 classes per week: $60.00/month
Take 3 classes per week: $70.00/month

If you have kids enrolled in the studio:

Take 1 class per week: $40.00/month
Take 2 classes per week: $50.00/month
Take 3 classes per week: $60.00/month

Tuition Fee Schedule for “Zumba Fitness” Class:

(Tryout 1 class for free)

If you don’t have kids enrolled in the studio:

Take 1 class per week: $30.00/month flat fee (No reg. fee)

If you have kids enrolled in the studio:

Take 1 class per week: $25.00/month flat fee (No reg. fee)

Tuition Fee Schedule for Company Classes:

Each additional family member receives: $10.00 discount / month for the 2nd child $15.00 discount /month for the 3rd child.

All company classes will be priced as follows:

1st company class: JUNIOR Company: $75.00 / TEEN & SENIOR Company: $80.00
2nd company class: JUNIOR Company: $45.00 / TEEN & SENIOR Company: $50.00
3rd company class: JUNIOR Company: $30.00 / TEEN & SENIOR Company: $30.00

NOTE: Students taking 3 company classes will be allowed to take a Pointe class and/or a Technique class for no additional charge. All company Jazz & Ballet/Lyrical students are required to attend at least two Technique classes per month.

Important Company Information:

Students selected for Company classes will be participating in competitions throughout the 2011--2012 dance year…competitions for the 2011-2012 dance year will be announced in the fall. All Company students are expected to participate. Choreography for competition dances is created based on the number of students in the class. When students are unable for any reason to participate, it is a hardship to others to relearn spacing and/or choreography as well as the teacher to have to re-choreograph a part or entire dance. Company classes, therefore, require an increased level of commitment from students and families.

Company classes may require extra expenses for items including, but not limited to, additional instructor fees…like the $20.00 per month/dancer Small Group Rehearsal fee*, matching jewelry, hair accessories, possible prop charges, mandatory company dance shoes, tights & undergarments, and matching make-up to create a more professional look on stage. You will be notified of these expenses, if needed, as soon as they become available and they will be due before that competition.

* Any dancer who accepts a position on a Company Small group dance team will be billed $20.00 per month for any extra small group dance rehearsal(s) held during that month…it doesn’t matter how many practices were held that month….1 or 10 extra rehearsals a month…it’s a flat $20.00 fee per month/dancer.

Example: If your dancer is on any large and small company dance groups = $20.00(lg) + $20.00(sm) = $40.00 total flat fee charged per month if they have any lg. & sm. group extra rehearsals that month. If your dancer is on any large company dance groups = $20.00 flat fee per month for any lg. group extra rehearsals that month.

Competition fees vary depending on the competition and are set by the competition’s directors. Premier School of Dance neither receives any income from competitions fees nor is paid any fees for our participation in dance competitions. You will be notified as to the competition fee(s) and due date and failure to pay these fees on time will result in the student not being allowed to participate in the designated competition.

Example of a Competition fee per company dancer: If your company dancer competes at a competition that charges $35.00 entry fees per dance and your dancer is performing in 5 company dances for Premier then your bill for this one competition will be as follows:

5(dances) x $35.00 = $175.00 total competition fee for this one competition.

Methods of Payment:

We accept Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover

Cash payments must be presented to an office helper and not left in the payment box. You will receive a written receipt for a cash payment.

Check payments can be left in the payment box in the lobby. Please be sure to write in the check’s "memo" section the dance student's first and last name and what the payment is for.

Credit Card payments can be made in person or by phone and you will receive a receipt. Please see our note above about the due date for tuition payments made by credit cards.

Fees

Late Fee: A $10.00 Late Fee will be assessed to any Tuition payment made after the 7th of the month. Please add this $10.00 late fee to your tuition payment.

Returned Check Fee: There is a $35.00 NSF charge on all returned checks.

Registration Fee: $40.00 Registration fee is paid when turning in your Registration form.

Company Competition Fees: Any competition fee will be due upon receipt of statement. No company dancer will be allowed to participate at a competition if they have not paid their fees for that competition.

Family Recital Fee Due Date: Our one-time recital fee is billed in April and due by May 7, 2012.

Miscellaneous Fee(s) Due Date: Will be paid when assessed.

Costume Fee(s) Due Date: See payment plans offered in "Recital Costume" section below.

Company Competition/Recital Costumes: Company Costume fees are due by November 1st, 2011.

Non Company Recital Costumes: All Non Company Recital Costume fees are due by December 1st, 2011.

Recital Information:

The date for our 2012 Spring Recital has not been selected, but will be announced by December 2011. The recital will be held at Meredith College Jones Auditorium. All classes will perform twice; this ensures that all family members and friends have an opportunity to see the show.

Recital Dress Rehearsals: Recital Dress Rehearsals will be held at Meredith College Jones Auditorium earlier in the week of the recital. Class and individual pictures will be taken at the studio the week before recital. Attendance at dress rehearsal is mandatory. It is also important to attend your regular scheduled dance classes prior to the dress rehearsal nights so that all dances can be properly blocked and cleaned for performances to run smoothly during the dress rehearsals and all recital shows.

Recital Fee: This (per family) fee helps defray the cost of renting the facility, technicians, stage crew, printing fees, DJ fees, awards, etc. The Recital Fee will be billed in April and due by May 7, 2012. The Recital Fee is non-refundable. There will be more information to come.

Recital Tickets: Recital tickets can be purchased for $10.00 each/ per show. The ticket sale dates will be announced in April 2012. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you read all Premier emails thoroughly…especially emails pertaining to Recital Ticket Sale dates. It is highly recommended that you make plans to attend the first day of ticket sales to ensure you get the best seat selection possible. You do have the option to have someone else pick up your tickets, if needed. Any tickets remaining after the ticket sale dates will be sold at the door at recital.

Note: Due to assigned seating at Jones Auditorium, a ticket must be purchased for any dancer sitting with their parent/guardian during any performance.

Recital Costumes:

PLEASE BE SURE TO READ ALL COSTUME INFORMATION

After registration, every parent will receive an emailed costume statement so that you will know the exact number of costumes your dancer will need and the exact costume fee amount that you will need to pay by the costume due date. Again, Company costume fees will be due by November 1st, 2011 and Non Company costume fees will be due by December 1st, 2011. We are dealing with costume companies that require full payment when the order is placed and that is why we must have ALL costume fees paid in full by these due dates. Premier School of Dance will be unable to give you any costume refunds once costumes are ordered. Any costume not claimed after 30 days of the recital will become property of Premier School of Dance.

Costume information for all “NON-COMPANY” students:

Costume measurement week for ALL Non Company dance students will take place in early November, 2011 and an email will be sent out all Premier parents notifying the dates of this measurement week. Please notify Premier School of Dance as soon as possible if your dancer is unable to attend dance class during measurement week so that arrangements can be made to get your dancer’s measurements the following week. It is very important that you are attending your dance classes so that your dancer can be measured by our costume manager… so costumes are correctly sized when ordered.

Please understand that all recital costume fees need to be paid in full so that all costume orders can be placed on time and not held back due to waiting on past due costume payment(s). The longer we have to wait on past due costume payments, the less options our costume manager will have when ordering the costumes. Waiting on past due costume payments will also delay the arrival of costumes possibly causing us to not have costumes in time for Recital pictures and performances.

Costume costs can add up quickly and we encourage you to pay extra towards your costume(s) during the late Summer/Fall months so you’re are not stuck with a large costume bill balance on the costume payment deadline date. Here are some suggestions to ensure your costume payment(s) will be made on time.

Non-Company Costume Payment Plan I:
Divide the total amount owed for costumes by 4 Payments:
1st payment paid by Aug. 31, 2011, 2nd payment paid by Sept. 30, 2011,
3rd payment paid by Oct. 31, 2011, and the 4th payment paid by Nov. 30, 2011.
Non-Company Costume Payment Plan II:
Divide the total amount owed for costumes by 2 Payments:
1st payment paid by Sept. 30, 2011, 2nd payment paid by Nov. 30, 2011.
Non-Company Costume Payment Plan III:
Pay the total amount owed for costumes by Dec. 1, 2011.

All “Pre-school Combo” and "Deaf & Hearing Impaired Combo" dance classes pay $50.00 for each class costume ordered.

For example: If a student takes Preschool Ballet and Tap then you would have 2 costumes ordered for the recital….2 costumes @ $50.00 each = $100.00 total costume fee due by the December 1, 2011 due date.

All “Non-Company” dance classes pay $65.00 for each costume ordered.

If a student signs up for any Non-Company classes listed on the Premier class schedule as “Kindergarten through 8th grade” then there will be one (1) recital costume per class. An example of this: If taking any class that is grades K-8th in Ballet, Tap, and Jazz then you would have 3 recital costumes ordered for the recital… 3 costumes @ $65.00 each = $195.00 total costume fee due by the December 1, 2011 due date. Note: Non-Company Ballet classes may be listed as Ballet/Lyrical, Non-Company Tap classes may be listed as Tap/Clogging and Non-Company Jazz classes may be listed as Jazz/HipHop

If taking Non-Company classes listed on the Premier class schedule as “Teen” then there could be as many as two (2) recital costumes per class…. the dance instructor makes the decision of whether or not each Teen class will perform one or both forms of dance for that class in the recital (Ballet/Lyrical, Tap/Clogging, and Jazz/HipHop).

If the instructor decides to perform only one form of dance per Teen class for the recital then an example of the costume fee would be: If taking Teen Ballet/Lyrical, Tap/Clogging, and Jazz/HipHop and you have 3 recital costumes ordered for the recital….3 costumes @ $65.00 each = $195.00 total costume fee due by the December 1, 2011 due date.
If the instructor decides to perform both forms of dance per Teen class for the recital then a example of the costume fee would be: If taking Teen Ballet/Lyrical, Tap/Clogging, and Jazz/HipHop and you have 6 costumes ordered for the recital….6 costumes @ $65.00 each = $390.00 total costume fee due by the December 1, 2011 due date.

Costume Information for all “COMPANY” Students:

Please know that all Company Competition and Recital costumes need to be paid in full by November 1st, 2011. All Company classes pay $75.00 per costume for each form of dance. Company students will be notified if their costumes cost more or if any accessory fees are due.

For example: If a company student in performing 6 dances at a competition or in the recital then 6 costumes will be ordered….6 costumes @ $75.00 each = $450.00 total costume fee due by the November 1, 2011 due date.

Costume measurement week for ALL Company dance students will take place in late summer/early fall and an email will be sent out all Premier Company parents notifying the dates of this measurement week. Please notify Premier asap if your dancer is unable to attend dance class during measurement week so that arrangements can be made to get your dancer’s measurements the following week. It is very important that you are attending your dance classes so that your dancer can be measured by our costume manager… so costumes are correctly sized when ordered.

Please understand that all recital costume fees need to be paid in full so that all costume orders can be placed on time and not held back due to waiting on past due costume payment(s). The longer we have to wait on past due costume payments, the less options our costume manager will have when ordering the costumes causing delays for costumes arriving in time for our competitions.

Costume costs can add up quickly and we encourage you to pay extra towards your costume(s) during the late Summer/Early Fall months so you’re are not stuck with a large costume bill balance on the costume payment deadline date. Here are some suggestions to ensure your costume payment(s) will be made on time.

Company Costume Payment Plan I:
Divide the total amount owed for costumes by 4 Payments:
1st payment paid by Aug. 1, 2011, 2nd payment paid by Sept. 1, 2011,
3rd payment paid by Oct. 1, 2011, and the 4th payment paid by Nov. 1, 2011.
Company Costume Payment Plan II:
Divide the total amount owed for costumes by 2 Payments:
1st payment paid by Sept. 1, 2011, 2nd payment paid by Nov. 1, 2011.
Company Costume Payment Plan III:
Pay the total amount owed for costumes by Nov. 1, 2011.