Connections Dance School

10/03/2026

🎃👻 **PA DAY + HALLOWEEK?! YES PLEASE.** 👻🎃

We’re kicking off Halloweek with a whole day of **dancing, costumes, crafts, games & Halloween fun!** 🕷️🧡

Our first PA Day of the school year is open to **dancers in SK and up**, and we’re ready for a seriously fun day! 💃✨

We’ll have **separate rooms for our younger and older dancers**, so everyone gets to enjoy the day in an age-appropriate group with activities that are just right for them!

Come dressed in your favourite costume (or bring one along to change into!) — and don’t worry if you don’t have one… we’ll have a few costumes on hand too! 👻

We’ll spend the day dancing, staying active, getting creative with some arts & crafts, playing games, and, if the weather cooperates, **heading to the park for a little outdoor adventure!** 🍂🎃

And this is just the beginning! We’ll be offering a **series of fun PA Day programs throughout the school year** — because days off are way more fun when you get to dance, play and hang out with friends. 🧡

🎃 **$65 + HST**
✨ **SK & up**
📲 Sign up through the **Parent Portal**

Who’s ready to kick off **HALLOWEEK** with us?! 👻🎃🕸️

10/02/2026

✨ **Psst… we have a little Connections secret!** 👀💗

There’s a **little corner of Connections on Red River Road** every Monday! 🩰✨

We’ve partnered with **Morgan’s School of Highland Dance** to offer a few small-group Connections classes — and right now, there’s still room for some **NEW dance friends!** 🥰

🌈 **2–3 years:** 5PM
Creative Movement (Grown-up and Me!)

🌈 **4–5 years:** 5:30PM
Creative Movement

🩰 **7–9 years:** 6:15PM
Ballet

These classes are intentionally small, which means they’re a wonderful option if your dancer is looking for a **first dance experience**, a fresh start, or simply a place where they can feel comfortable, confident and excited to learn. 💕

And they’re taught by **Alisia, the owner of Connections**, so you’ll get that same warm, encouraging Connections approach in a smaller setting!

✨ **Never danced before? Perfect.**
✨ **New to Connections? Come meet us!**
✨ **Looking for something a little smaller? This might be your spot!**

You can **book a trial class through the Parent Portal** — come try it out, meet Alisia, make some new friends and see if Connections feels like the right fit for your family. 💗

📍 **Red River Road | Morgan’s School of Highland Dance**
📅 **Mondays**

We’d LOVE to see some new little dancers join us! 🌈🩰💃

10/01/2026

🔔Step into a world of holiday magic with Thunder Bay's Community Nutcracker!🔔

Featuring more than 150 local dancers of all ages, this full-scale community production brings together beloved Tchaikovsky music, beautiful costumes, enchanting sets, and the excitement of live performance.❄️

📆 December 11 at 6:30 PM
📆 December 12 at 1:00 PM & 6:30 PM

🎟 Pre-sale opens tomorrow at 10 AM with code 'COMMUNITY'
General ticket sales open on Tuesday, October 6

09/30/2026

💜 **BRING A FRIEND WEEK!** 💜

One of the best parts of dance is getting to share it with your friends! 🩰✨

From **October 3–8**, Connections dancers are invited to bring a friend of a similar age along to their regular dance class!

Maybe it’s a best friend from school. Maybe it’s a neighbour, cousin, or someone who has always wondered what happens behind those studio doors. 😊

It’s a chance to dance together, have a little fun, and show someone you care about why you love coming to Connections. 💕

**Don’t have a friend who dances with us?** No problem at all!
And if your friend is quite a bit younger or older, they can still come try dance with us — just have a parent sign them up for a **complimentary trial class through the Parent Portal**. Trial classes are available beyond Bring a Friend Week, too!

We’d love to welcome some new faces into the studio. 🥰

**Bring a friend. Share a dance. Make a memory.** 💜

09/25/2026

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09/20/2026

✨ **We’re officially in our FIRST WEEK of DANCE!** ✨

The studio is buzzing, the dance bags are out, and we’re already loving seeing our dancers back in the studio (and meeting so many new ones! 💕).

If you’ve been thinking about trying dance this year, **this is your sign!** Our classes are welcoming, beginner-friendly and all about building confidence, learning new skills and having FUN. Come try a class and see if Connections is the right fit for your family! 🩰✨

And don’t forget to stop by our **First Day of Dance** sign! 📸 Grab a family photo to celebrate the start of another dance year and mark the occasion. We’d love for this little tradition to become part of your first week every year! 💜

Here’s to a wonderful year of dancing, growing, laughing and making connections. 💫

**Welcome back, Connections families!** 🥰

09/19/2026

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09/18/2026

**A decision we’re making for our dancers. 💚**

There was a time when sharing a photo of a child online felt simple: a proud moment, a beautiful dance, a little smile we wanted to celebrate.

But the online world has changed.

With today’s AI technology, a photograph shared publicly can be copied, altered and used in ways no parent, teacher or child ever intended. Images of children can be manipulated into completely fabricated—and deeply disturbing—content.

And as a studio entrusted with your children, we have to ask ourselves:

**Is sharing their photo publicly worth the risk?**

For us, the answer is no.

So, moving forward, **Connections Dance School will no longer share photos or videos of our students on our public social media accounts.**

This isn't an easy decision. We LOVE celebrating our dancers. We love the proud smiles, the first positions, the wobbly turns, the big leaps and all the little moments that make watching children grow through dance so incredibly special.

But our dancers don't need a public audience to be celebrated.

**Their childhood belongs to them. Their memories belong to their families. And their images deserve to be protected.**

This decision also feels especially true to **who we are as a dance school.**

Connections was founded with a very specific mission: **to provide children with a non-competitive place to dance.** We believe dance doesn't have to be about winning, rankings, trophies or proving who is the best. It can simply be about moving, creating, learning, making friends and discovering the joy of dance.

Our approach to social media will reflect that same philosophy.

We know that every dance school is different, with its own philosophy, families and approach to sharing the wonderful things happening in their studios. **This isn't a statement about how anyone else should use social media. It's simply a decision that feels right for Connections and the children we serve.**

There is one thing we will need a little help with, though. ❤️

**Social media has always been one of our primary ways of reaching new families and sharing what makes Connections special.** Without photos of our dancers, that part of our marketing will look a little different.

So if your family loves Connections, **please tell a friend.** 💚

If you know a family looking for a welcoming, positive, **non-competitive** place for their child to discover dance, we would be so grateful if you shared your experience with them.

A personal recommendation from one of our families means more to us than any advertisement ever could.

Because when it comes to our dancers, **protecting them will always matter more than a like, a share or a post.**

Thank you for trusting us with your children—and for helping us continue to grow through word of mouth, community and the wonderful families who make Connections what it is. 💚

09/17/2026

(Did you know) brains LOVE going upside down? Lean into your child's academic future and try some acro! Classes available for children SK-Gr 8!

Classes start this weekend🙃

09/15/2026

Tiny humans are our favourite😅