Brandon dance studios join forces
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This article was published 22/05/2019 (2508 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Two Brandon studios are about to become dance partners.
The Brandon School of Dance and Dance Images announced Wednesday they are merging into one big studio, with approximately 450 students and a faculty of 22.
Parents from both schools were notified Wednesday afternoon.
The two schools had discussed the idea of merging about two years ago, said Brandon School of Dance owner Brent Campbell, who was joined by Dance Images owner Linda Kearns in an interview with The Sun on Wednesday.
“We didn’t do anything about it until just about a week ago,” he said. “Linda came to me and said, ‘Hey, do you want to look at that idea again of merging the two studios?’ and I said ‘absolutely,’ so we decided to move ahead with it.”
“It was going to benefit both of us and make us both stronger for it,” Kearns said. “We feel it will benefit students from both our studios, plus other people in Brandon — dancers or other people that want to become dancers.”
“Each studio has some core strengths to it and they’re different core strengths,” Campbell added, “so by coming together, we complement each other.”
For example, the Brandon School of Dance, which has been in existence for 45 years, is noted for its ballet program, while Dance Images, now in its 25th year, is known for its acrobatics, tap, jazz lyrical and contemporary programs.
Both offer many of the same dance programs, as well.
Campbell noted the increased number of students will also make their ensembles stronger.
The schools hope to be under one roof downtown by September. Except for summer classes, the programs wrap up following recitals this month.
“Right now, we will be offering some of our programs still at our base on Third Street, and Brent will be doing some of their programs here on 10th Street,” Kearns said, “and some of our classes will be together.”
A number of details have yet to be ironed out, including rebranding and the name of the merged school.
As well, the two studios currently charge different prices for their programs.
“We do charge differently, but we’re going to harmonize it and bring it all together, so administratively they’re all the same,” Campbell said.
“Like anything, when you do this there’s going to be an adjustment period,” he said, “so we hope it to be as smooth as possible.”
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