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All shows are mandatory for all competitive dancers. All dates, deadlines, and meetings provided in competitive handbook are mandatory.
Recreational, performing dancers must also attend all shows associated with currently registered session. Fall Session classes with performance dancers will perform in a Winter Showcase on December 19th (details sent in Dcofminot app to parents)!. Spring Session classes with performance dancers will perform in Spring Recital (June 3). Please keep in mind our rehearsals are usually the day before the show.

Rehearsals are required and cannot be missed without an authorized and excused absence. Any absence should be sent with advanced notification and dancer should expect to be replaced with another dancer if needed.

All parents must adhere to all recital/showcase and rehearsal announcements and updates. If a dancer is tardy or absent to rehearsal or recital/showcase without prior knowledge or proper notification of absence in advance, dance family will incur a $25 fee for taking up the staff’s time to locate and track down dancer before a performance. We cannot take calls and give specific instructions that we’ve already sent to everyone in advance when trying to plan, prepare for, and present a professional show.

Both Performance & Non-Performance classes during Spring Session occur January-July. Registration opens on December 10, 2022.

Competitive registration runs annually. Registration begins in July and and runs for the next 12 months. (August 2022-July 2023).

By registering your dancer, you are securing a space in our studio and are financially responsible for that space regardless of your dancer’s attendance.

Tuition & Registration Fees for our performance and non-performance programs are outlined on our tuition and fees page!

Additional Fees: Any other additional fees not mentioned here, will be provided in advance to parents and all parents will be required to pay whatever other additional fees come up (if applicable) at that time. This includes but is not limited to, shipping cost (not studio's responsibility) on a costume if dancer's costume doesn't' fit, any recital fees that may incur due to choice of venue for recital, videographer and or cost of video footage desired by parent of recital, virtual classroom fees if and when a virtual classroom is implemented (zoom online classrooms), and any other fees that might arise during a session or multiple sessions.

Costume Fees:

Costume fees are determined in September and are due on October 1st. All dance accounts will be charged for all costume fees to the method of payment in Jackrabbit Technologies, Inc. Parent Portal account on this day.

Photography Fees:

We will be working with Gemar Photography for pictures. He determines all the pricing! A studio photo fee of $50 will be automatically charged. Additional photo items from Gemar will be purchased separately from the studio photo fee.

If using credit card in parent portal, $3 processing fee is charged to photography fee. If using bank account, no processing fee!

For recreational classes, tuition is processed between the 15th-30th. For competitive dance families, tuition is processed between the 10th and the 15th. If payment is not received according to this policy, late fees will be applied as outlined in Late Payment Policy. DCOM will not accept late payment requests. 

Tuition Assistance applications are available on our website by August 19th (see Scholarships). Dancers receiving assistance commit to an attendance policy and agree to complete volunteer hours. See our tuition assistance page for more information.

If tuition is not received according to policies outlined above, late fees will begin to accrue on the past due tuition. If the payment method in parent portal fails, an email will be sent. A $30 late payment penalty will be applied and charged automatically. If payment is 30 days past due, dancers will not be able to attend class until the account is current. 

A $45 fee will be charged for insufficient checking accounts or for declined or invalid credit cards. If any account is declined for 2 consecutive months, the student will automatically be withdrawn from The Dance Company of Minot.