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Important Dates 2026-2027

August 1 ~ Christmas Festival Vendor Registration Open to Last Year’s Vendors

August 1 ~ Christmas Festival Tickets on Sale

August 3 ~ Season 13 begins!

August 22 ~ Whimsical Wonders Lead Role Auditions & PT Marketing Day

August 24-29 ~ FOUNDATIONS & SPARK Families come in for last 10 minutes of class

August 29 ~ Back to School Bash & Open House, 2-5pm

September 7 ~ Studio Closed for Labor Day

September 12 ~ Whimsical Wonders Cast Photo & Video Day

September 12 ~ Team DbD Quarterly Training

September 21-26 ~ FOUNDATIONS Families come in for last 10 minutes of class

September 21-26 ~ Family Dance Week for BE A LIGHT Classes (parents must be with any dancing siblings)

September 25 ~ Comal County Fair Parade (the studio is OPEN!)

October 20 ~ Nutcracker Camp registration opens with discounts

October 26-31 ~ Dress Up Week (dancers are invited to wear a costume week by paying $1 to our Pumpkin-benefits our monthly community group)

November 2-7 ~ STUDIO WIDE Christmas Photos; Christmas Festival Info Meetings

November 9-21 ~ Measure for June recital costumes

November 23-28 ~ Studio Closed for Thanksgiving Break

November 23 ~ Winter Camps registrations opens with discounts

November 23-25 ~ Nutcracker Camp

November 23-25 ~ Dance a Duet Christmas Festival Rehearsals

December 4 ~ Whimsical Wonders presented by the Designed to Dance Company performances at New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center

December 5 ~ DbD Christmas Festival: Studio Wide Performance at New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center

December 11 ~ Whimsical Wonders Watch Party

December 14-19 ~ Be a Light Bring Your Bestie Week/Christmas spirit week. BESTIES FORM

December 14-19 ~ Foundations Family Dance Week & Wings Ceremony (parents must accompany siblings)

December 19 ~ Nutcracker Party

December 21 - January 9 ~ STUDIO CLOSED for classes / Winter Day Camps

January 9 ~ STAARs Refresh Training & Team DbD Training

January 11 ~ Spring Semester Classes Begin! PJ Week

January 11-16 ~ Recital Music Reveal

January 18-23 ~ Recital Dances Begin

February 1-13 ~ LOVE Weeks

February 22-27 ~ Recital Costume Try On Week

March 1-6 ~ Summer Week

March 8-13 ~ STUDIO CLOSED for Classes / Spring Break Camps

March 20 ~ Dance a Duet Recital Rehearsal #1

March 25 ~ Recital Tickets on sale (48 hours early for PLATINUM members & 24 hours early for GOLD members)

March 26-27 ~ STUDIO CLOSED for Classes Easter Weekend

April 3 ~ D2D Performance Team Spring Concert (Brauntex Theater)

April 17 ~ Dance a Duet Recital Rehearsal #2

April 19-24 ~ Studio Wide Recital Photo Week

April 24 ~ Recital Extras Due

May 8 ~ Dance a Duet Recital Rehearsal #3

May 8 ~ D2D Performance Team Info Meetings

May 24-29 ~ Foundations Family Dance Week & Be a Light Bring Your Bestie Week / Last Week of Classes

May 31 ~ Studio Closed for Memorial Day

June 1 ~ Summer Camps Begin

June 2 ~ Dance a Duet, Spark (Show 4), & Ignite (Show 6) Rehearsals IN THEATER

June 3 ~ Shine/Illuminate/Radiance/Glow (Show 1) Rehearsals IN THEATER

June 4 & 5 ~ Recital 2027, “Night at the Museum”

June 7 ~ Summer dance classes begin

July 3-6 ~ STUDIO CLOSED

July 19 ~ Last week of summer classes

July 21-27 ~ D2D Performance Team Intensives

July 28 ~Meet the Teacher & Open Studio, 4:30-6:30pm

August 3 ~ Meet the Teacher & Open Studio, 4:30-6:30pm

July 31 ~ DbD STAARs Training, 5:30-7pm (parent meeting 6:45-7pm)

August 1 ~ Team DbD Season 13 Kick Off & Training