Athabasca Dance Society

06/18/2026

🎉 Thank You for Supporting the Athabasca Dance Society Spring Raffle! 🎉

First, we would like to apologize for the delay in announcing our winners and thank everyone for their patience.

A huge thank you to everyone who purchased tickets, shared our raffle, and supported our dancers. Your generosity helps make it possible for us to continue providing amazing opportunities and experiences for our students. We truly appreciate the incredible support from our community!

Congratulations once again to our lucky winners:

🥇 1st Place – Brandy Macphee
🥈 2nd Place – Sarah-Jane Wagner
🥉 3rd Place – Jaclyn Rymut
🏅 4th Place – Terry Kosinski

Thank you for helping make our Spring Raffle a success. We couldn’t do it without you!

From all of us at Athabasca Dance Society, thank you for supporting the arts and investing in the next generation of dancers. Your support allows our dancers to learn, grow, and shine, and we are incredibly grateful to be part of such a wonderful and supportive community. 💜🩰✨

06/11/2026

🦄✨ Princesses. Unicorns. Ballets. Magic. ✨🩰

What do you get when you mix dance, creativity, imagination, crafts, games, friendships, and a whole lot of fun?

The perfect summer camp experience! ☀️

Athabasca Dance Society’s Summer Dance Camps are back and ready to make this summer one to remember. Whether your child is brand new to dance or already loves the stage, our camps offer something special for every young dancer.

🦄 Unicorn Magic Dance Camp (Ages 5–8)
📅 July 20–24 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

🩰 Journey Through Ballet Dance Camp (Ages 9–12)
📅 August 10–14 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

✨ Mini Magic Dance Camp (Ages 3–6)
📅 August 17–21 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

💜 Laugh.
💜 Learn.
💜 Create.
💜 Dance.

From themed activities and crafts to creative movement, storytelling, choreography, and special performances, every camp is designed to build confidence, encourage creativity, and most importantly—have FUN!

💰 Full-Day Camps (Ages 5–12): $225
💰 Half-Day Camp (Ages 3–6): $125

🎟️ Spaces are limited and registration is now open!

👉 Register today at athabascadance.com

We can’t wait to dance with you this summer! 🌟🩰✨

💜🦄🩰✨

05/30/2026

✨ Summer is just around the corner, and so are our Athabasca Dance Society Summer Dance Camps! ✨

Looking for a fun, active, and creative way to keep your child engaged this summer? Our dance camps are packed with movement, imagination, friendships, crafts, games, storytelling, and plenty of dancing!

🦄 Unicorn Magic Dance Camp (Ages 5–8) will transport dancers into a world of sparkle, creativity, and fun.
Full Day Camp - $225/week

🩰 Journey Through Ballet Dance Camp (Ages 9–12) invites dancers to explore beloved classical ballets like Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Cinderella while learning choreography inspired by these timeless stories.
Full Day Camp - $225/week

✨ Mini Magic Dance Camp (Ages 3–6) is the perfect introduction to dance through creative movement, imaginative play, and magical adventures.
Half Day Camp - $125/week

Whether your child is brand new to dance or already loves the stage, these camps offer an unforgettable week of learning, creativity, confidence-building, and summer fun. Best of all, each camp wraps up with a special performance for family and friends!

🎉 Spaces are limited, so don’t wait to register!

💜 Check out the camp posters below for dates, times, and age groups.
🖱️ Register today at athabascadance.com

💜🩰🦄✨

05/29/2026

This weekend we celebrate and congratulate 4 incredible young women, and the amazing families who helped raise them. Congrats to our grads 👩‍🎓 !

These young women are role models in every sense of the word. Their dedication, work ethic, and drive are clear in everything they do, from their academics to their dancing 🩰 , and it’s a testament to the love 💗 , guidance, and support they’ve received at home 🏠 .

We want to extend a massive thanks to each of our grad dancer's families for all of the support and time you have given our club over the years.

Raising daughters like this is no small accomplishment. This weekend, as we celebrate their talent and hard work, we also celebrate the parents who helped make it possible. Thank you Astasiewicz's, Karczmarczyk's, Chamber’s and the Guay families.

We look forward to seeing all you will do. Have an amazing weekend, and thank you for modelling to our younger dancers an amazing work ethic in and out of the studio.

ADS

05/21/2026

Wow! What an incredible year and an even more incredible show! 💜✨

Our dancers took the stage this past weekend and showcased months of hard work, dedication, passion, and heart — and they absolutely did not disappoint. We are beyond proud of every single dancer who performed and represented Athabasca Dance Society so beautifully.

A huge heartfelt thank you goes out to our dancers, instructors, volunteers, executive members, backstage helpers, families, and community supporters who helped make this season and our year end show such a success. It truly takes a village, and we are so grateful for each and every one of you.

We would also like to give a very special shout out to our four graduating dancers — Dakota, Karly, Kyra, and Liana. 💐

It has been an honour watching you grow, challenge yourselves, and shine both on and off the stage throughout the years. We are so proud of the young women you have become and cannot wait to see where life takes you next.

Congratulations to all of our award recipients and dancers on an unforgettable season! 💜

05/17/2026

✨Come check out our incredible raffle basket at the show today! ✨
Draw happening at the end of our showcase!

This basket has been generously donated by Home Hardware Athabasca and thoughtfully put together in collaboration with some anonymous community donors.

Tickets are just $5 each!
Purchase your tickets at the Merch Table during the showcase!

While you’re there, be sure to browse all of our merchandise and goodies too! Every purchase helps support our dancers and studio programs.

A huge thank you to all of the businesses and community members who helped make this raffle possible. Your support means so much!

05/07/2026

Tickets are selling fast!

IMPORTANT PLEASE READOnly Alberta residents are eligible to purchase tickets and claim prizes.Support Athabasca Dance Society in our Spring Cash Raffle for your chance to win 4 exciting cash prizes while helping support our dancers and programs. Tickets are expected to sell quickly, so be sure to ge...

05/06/2026

Some of our dancers had the opportunity to take part in one or both festivals this year — the Sundance Festival and Dance Vibe Festival.

Festival season is officially wrapped up for our dancers and we are so excited to share their results! ✨

We are incredibly proud of every dancer who stepped on stage this season. They represented the Athabasca Dance Society with class, confidence, dedication, and team spirit while showcasing all of their hard work and passion for dance.

Whether they brought home awards, conquered stage nerves, learned something new, or simply had the opportunity to perform and grow — every single dancer should be proud of what they accomplished this festival season. 💜

Congratulations dancers, instructors, and families on an amazing festival season!

05/05/2026

We love when ADS is in the local newspaper 🗞️ !

A few shots from our trip to Dance Vibe festival in St.Albert last weekend.

Come out and watch a duo of Gypsy’s in a tense encounter 🔮 and a group of Jazz dancer’s and their Enchanted Dancing Shoes 🩰

ADS presents “The Curiousity Shop,” our year end recital next weekend!

May 15 - 6:00PM (condensed show)
May 16 - 5:00PM (less than 40 tickets 🎫 left! )
May 17 - SOLD OUT

Tickets available at Pharmasave

05/04/2026

🎟️ ADS SPRING RAFFLE IS LIVE! 🎟️

‼️TICKETS ARE 50% SOLD‼️GET YOURS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE‼️

We’re excited to move our Spring Raffle online this year—making it easier for everyone!

✨ $5 tickets (50 per dancer / $250 minimum per family)
✨ Online only—share the raffle link with family & friends

🚨 IMPORTANT:
Buyers must type in the dancer they are supporting at checkout or the sale may not be credited.

🎉 Prize for top seller!

📅 Draw: June 1, 2026
❗ Only Alberta residents can purchase tickets and claim prizes

Thank you for supporting our dancers! 💜

IMPORTANT PLEASE READOnly Alberta residents are eligible to purchase tickets and claim prizes.Support Athabasca Dance Society in our Spring Cash Raffle for your chance to win 4 exciting cash prizes while helping support our dancers and programs. Tickets are expected to sell quickly, so be sure to ge...