October 2025 Newsletter Highlights 🍂

Rebecca Barrett-Jones
Oct 5
2 min read

Updated: Oct 6

Our October newsletter is packed with performance opportunities, studio celebrations, and encouragement for all our students and families!

🎶 Fall Inner Circles

This fall, we’re hosting Inner Circles—free, student-only performance events designed to build confidence and community. They’ll take place in our Centerville home studio (1311 Daventry Ct) with snacks included!

Nov. 1 – Frosh & Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors, Young Stars (5th grade & under), Adults
Nov. 2 – Rising Stars (6th–8th grade)
Nov. 30 – Young Adults (18–23)

👉 Deadline to sign up: October 17. Registration form is attached in the newsletter.

💃 Dance Classes with Ms. Karie-lee Sutherland

Our 6–10 year olds are invited to join Ms. Karie-lee’s dance series, blending ballet fundamentals and beginner tap in a fun, supportive setting.

Tuesdays, 4–5pm
Session 2: Oct. 14 – Nov. 18
$120 per session (prepaid) | Limited to 5 students

📌 Sign up here: Dance Class Registration

🎭 Auditions & Shows

Upcoming auditions include The Golden Goose, An Enchanted Bookshop Christmas, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (with Miss Madeline as stage manager), and London Assurance.

October shows to catch include Legally Blonde, Urinetown, Stone Soup, Six: Teen Edition, Beauty and the Beast Jr., Concord Floral, plus Centerville choir concerts and marching band events! Congrats to all students performing and auditioning this season—your hard work shines onstage.

🎂 October Birthdays

Happy birthday to Jamie, Ms. Addi, Kiana, Carson, Mason, Macy, Emmy, Eli, Olive, Ava, and Ella! 🎉

👋 Welcome New Students!

We’re thrilled to welcome Audrey, Davy, Madeline V. M., Adam, Maddi, Maeve, and Sophia to the studio family!

📣 Studio News

Please welcome Elliot Chilcote as a new voice and piano teacher! Elliot is a former student of Mrs. Becky, currently studying musical theatre at WSU, and most recently performed in Matilda at LaComedia Dinner Theatre.
Congratulations to Ms. Addi on her upcoming wedding—we’re so excited for you and Sean! 💍

✍️ Becky’s Blog

This month’s Becky’s Blog is all about BIG YOU vs. little you.

BIG YOU is the version of yourself that trusts your training, embraces pressure, and shares your gifts with others.
little you is the version that doubts, worries about mistakes, or seeks only validation.

Remember—practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanence. The goal is relaxed concentration: focus without fear. The more you practice BIG YOU principles, the easier it becomes to approach performances with confidence and joy.