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Welcome to Goldrush Online
Inside This Issue,
February 2006
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You're The Person I Most Admire
This poem was
sent to Goldrush from one of our readers who received
it from one of her students. I thought it was a good reminder
that teaching dance isn't all about dance.
Enjoy--Rhee
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New! February
Goldrush Online . . .
The
Interactive Edition
Share your expertise with your
fellow dance educators . . . some responses will be posted
at Goldrush Online and others will be published in
future editions of Goldrush Magazine.
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Loyalty, But No Reward
When I started teaching I was just
so excited to teach and be home that I agreed to be paid
$15.00 per class. That was five years ago . . .
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Taking A Giant Leap
Loving every
minute of it, I’ve owned a school for thirty-two years. Now
I’m about to turn
60 with a tired
body, grown children and a
retired husband. I
want to make change in
my own life . . .
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Choreography Inspiration
Ten years ago my work was fresh and I
felt like a creative genius . . . |
Not
Sure What To Do
Some
of the teachers and students from the other school started
asking my kids what competitions they did. Most of my
students didn’t know what they were . . .
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Dancewear Sales
My school is in a small town with
the closest dancewear store more than an hour away. I’m
interested in offering dancewear and shoes for sale at my
school . . .
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Expand Or Not Expand?
I opened my school in September
of 2005 with close to eighty students and now we have more
than one-hundred. Of course, I feel very positive about the
future, but . . .
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Double Checking
My insurance policy is about to
expire; before we renew I would like to explore my options .
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Nutcracker
Input
We have a serious ballet program
and I think it’s time to offer a performance venue for these
dancers, but I don’t know where to begin . . .
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Assistant Teacher
I need some input on how other
teachers handle their assistant teachers. How old are students
when they start assisting? What do you look for in an
assistant teacher? Should it be my most advanced students?
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Dress Code
In the last couple of years, I’m
starting to see a lot of bike shorts, half tops and a whole
lot of skimpy leotards and I don’t like it . . .
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February
Goldrush Online Feature Articles
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New From The Rhee Gold Company
Parents want information. They want to know every detail
about the recital . . .
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Now That's Interesting!
Learn something
you didn't know
about dance . .
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Time For A Break?
Like most dance teachers and school
owners, this is the time of the year when you might be saying,
“This dance thing is overwhelming" . . .
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Dancers Are Genetically
Different Than the Rest of Us
What makes dancers different than the rest of us? Genetic
variants, says a researcher at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem |
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A Message From National Dance Week's
National Chairperson,
Nancy Stone
No audition—your height and weight are not an issue—age is
not a problem—just by having the desire to be a part of
something larger than life makes it possible . . . |
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