Team Newsletter September 29, 2025

🚀 Ellever Parent Portal is Coming!

We’re excited to announce that Esprit is switching from DanceStudio Pro to Ellever for our parent portal system! 🎉

Ellever will bring a cleaner, more mobile-friendly experience with:

• ✅ Easier invoicing and payment screens
• ✅ A flat rate convenience fee (slightly lower than what we currently pay)
• ✅ Faster registration process
• ✅ Expanded payment options
• ✅ Automated receipts & push notifications (if you download the Ellever app)

👉 The Esprit App FL is NOT going away. Ellever will only replace the DSP Parent Portal areas (billing and registration). You’ll continue to find practice videos, newsletters, schedules, and more in the Esprit App FL.

Stage 1 Rollout = Payment Processing
You’ll soon receive an email invitation from Ellever. To get started, simply:

1. Log in and set your password
2. Add your billing information

That’s it—you’re ready to go!

🛍️ October Market Performance – Sign Up Deadline Tonight!

Our team will be performing at the October Saturday Market on Saturday, October 4 (around 5–6 PM).
There will also be a live band at the park that evening! 🎶

👉 Deadline to sign up is TONIGHT so we can finalize what we’re performing based on who is available. Please don’t wait—sign up now!

Community Events – Fall-O-Ween and BloodHound Bash

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16 – Both Events

Team Reminder
All team dancers are required to participate in our Fall-o-Ween event and the Bloodhound Bash Parade. These are important community events, and we want our whole team represented! 🎃🖤

🎃 Looking Ahead

Don’t forget—Fall-O-Ween and the Bloodhound Bash Parade are coming soon! We’ll be performing Beetlejuice and riding on the Esprit float. It’s going to be an amazing way to show off our team spirit in the community!

Make sure you sign up to help in any way you can, parents!

Rehearsals

September rehearsal schedule is out! You can see it on your app under Team>Month Overview or under Parent Portal>More>Studio Calendar (click through week/day/month views to see all dates for the month.

At this point all rehearsals are in the calendar and set, so please be sure you know what routines you need to be present for!

This week:

Friday 5-8pm PT#3

Prior Engagements

The form is re-opened now that the schedule is out, so be sure to keep putting in your dates for October and NOVEMBER!

Bonus/Add On Classes

Most levels of team have additional optional classes as drop-in or enrollment options. Check the daily and weekly schedules to see what might be available for your dancer! As a general rule:

• Star Squad/Rec Plus
  • Rec Plus/Star Squad dancers will definitely be able to take Tuesday Acro and certain performance team classes as optional add-ons, and certain dancers may be able to take Tuesday or Wednesday performance team classes as optional add-ons as well.
• Performance
  • Most performance team can definitely add Friday recreational classes as a drop-in option (we’ll guide you on level 1 or 2 on an individual basis) and Acro on Tuesdays 4pm.
  • Certain performance team dancers will be able to also take Thursday 4-5 ballet as an option, and certain other drop-in classes with our younger competition team each week.
• Competition
  • Competition Team dancers will be able to add Monday ballet/pointe as optional drop-ins, as well as certain Performance Team Wednesday classes optionally.

Solos

Soloist Reminder
We’d love for each of our soloists to have a rehearsal or practice with an instructor each week, but it’s equally important that you’re booking studio space to work on your solo independently, even on weeks you don’t meet with a teacher. These self-led practices are a big part of your growth and progress.

Also, remember that while we’re starting solos earlier this season, the expectation is that most solos will not take the stage until the first mandatory required competitions. This gives you plenty of time to clean, refine, and polish your routines so you’re fully prepared when it’s time to perform.