Our goal is to provide affordable dance classes and performance opportunities to children of all ages regardless of financial status. This program is not possible without your support, donations, and volunteering. Any “profits” are rolled over to help cover the next year’s expenses.

Financial Assistance: P.L.A.Y grants are available to those that qualify to help with class fee costs. These grants are offered by the City and will pay $20 toward one class fee per child per session. Applications are due by the first class of each session.

PLAY Scholarship Fund – Columbus Recreation and Parks Department (columbusrecparks.com)

Class Dress options: We have some leotards and tights and shoes that can be borrowed, rented or purchased for any child that needs them. Please return rented or borrowed items so others may use them. If we can, we will even trade your child’s outgrown dance wear for a larger size.

Sponsor a Child Fund: This fund helps those who need help paying for costumes or recital fees.  If you would like your child to be sponsored please let me know. If you would like to contribute to this fund, you can thru the Website.

Sponsor a Child | Dreaming of Broadway Dance Lessons

Costumes: We try to provide some kind of costume for every child for the recital. Costumes may include a skirt, overlay, and hair piece, and /or leggings, top, belt, etc. Providing Costumes for all dancers is a big expense to our program. Miss Nicole teaches 20-22 classes that range from 3-15 students per class. Currently there are about 100 students registered in Dreaming of Broadway Classes at Whetstone and Far East. You can help by donating any old dance costumes, skirts, hair pieces, leotards, leggings, fabric, sequins, beads, tulle, etc.

Any items given out as costumes are to be returned and we store them so they can be reused. We have to replace items that aren’t returned and repair any items that are returned damaged. The cost of replacing and repairing these items can be quite expensive. Some items are no longer available, if we don’t have enough to cover a larger class, we have to buy enough of something else that will. This is why in the past we had some classes order professional costumes.

Props: We provide the props used by any class. We have purchased Umbrellas, Hula Hoops, Masks, Balloons, Beach Balls, Suitcases, Streamers and made other props such as Lollipops, Candy Boxes, and Concession type props (popcorn, cotton candy, sno cones). These props are stored so they can be reused. Learning to dance with a prop is a skill.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to e-mail me.