We’ve been busy! Plus… win a pocket camera!

If you are coming back to Pegasus in September you might have noticed the addition of a new studio, the Stage Studio, on our schedule. June was a busy, busy month getting the new space ready for summer camp. At the back of Studio A was a stage that used to host the Pegasus recitals, but the floor was a bit run down and the backstage space was rather small for us, so we moved our recitals to an outside venue a few years back. In the mean time the stage became our costume storage space. We packed it full of racks and bins with over 20 years worth of costumes, props and accessories! It was full! What was also full last year was our schedule… so we moved the costumes to a new home and turned the stage into a shinny new studio! The space feels very new but our summer campers are working it in for us.

But that’s not all we’re doing… Right behind the new studio is a pocket of outside space that has been overgrown bushes for years. We’ve cleared it out and are in the process of turning it into a magical garden for our pre-school program to play, learn and create in! We have grand plans that may not get finished by September but the garden will be started and ready for some outdoor fun… with the finishing touches arriving in due course.

We’re saving the grand reveal for September… that is if you aren’t a summer camper, but we do have one problem that needs some help… we don’t know what to call these two new spaces. For now “Stage Studio” has been the name, but I’m sure with all the creativity at Pegasus we can find something more fun, and our magical, enchanted garden is in dire need of a fantastic title. So we’re holding a contest!!! The winner of the best name for one of the two spaces will win a Samsung Digital Camera so small it fits in your pocket!!! *  

To enter, write your suggestion in our comment section of this blog and make sure to include your name in the body of the comment (these comments will not get posted online). Then we will choose our top three and post them for everyone to vote on!

*Or a gift card for equivalent value

We're Back! And New!

It has been a very long time since we posted on here. Well, we’ve been busy!

This spring we began the process of renovating Pegasus in several ways. If you are coming to class each week or have passed by us, I’m sure you noticed our new look! One of our alumni, Andrea de Keijzer, is the photographer of that stunning picture that is hanging in our window. We love Andrea’s work and choose this picture for our front window because it captures the joy of dancing that we are always trying to pass on to our students.

But that’s not all we’ve been doing… This spring was also the beginning of a huge project to renovate our costume reservoir! That’s right, a reservoir! We have been renting recital costumes for all of our 24 years and it was about time to ditch the old and revitalize the new. And, it was time to find more space for all these costumes, so we went up! Our costume storage got lots of brand new double racks, so now we can hang twice the amount of costumes!

But why was that stopping us from blogging? Because we also started renovating our website! This was the biggest renovations this summer, and they are still going on! Our website is not just getting revamped, it’s getting in shape! All summer we were busy working away on design and content and this fall we’ve been putting all that into place. The website will have lots of information, in fact, all the information you will need, whether you are new to Pegasus, been with us for a few years, or are just investigating potential dance schools for the future. As we move more and more into this digital age, we want our website to have all the information our front desk staff would give you, while still conveying our welcoming atmosphere.

And guess what also got a reno? You guessed it, this blog! We re-designed our blog to have a similar feel to our website, as well as getting a new name! So consider this a sneak peek for what’s coming!

We hope you have had a smooth transition from the summer vacation back into the school year! And now, that you have a smooth transition into the winter vacation. Stay warm!

Remember, look for our website, it’s on its way!