IMPORTANT SOBT Update: Week of January 4, 2016

Dear SOBT Families,

A Happy New Year to all! I know everyone is as eager as I am to get started in our new facility, unfortunately we have a slight delay and classes will now begin on Thursday, January 7, 2016.

The only major element not in place in the new building is our new state-of-the-art dance floors from Harlequin. The floors were to be installed over the course of this week, yet due to inclement weather the crew from Harlequin was not able to get out of Dallas as scheduled. This, coupled with the holiday travel rush, will make it impossible for the crew to get to Portland until this Saturday. Harlequin is now on schedule to complete the job early next week and we will be ready to begin classes on Thursday.

I am very sorry for the delay and any inconvenience this may cause, but I want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding. As we do not have any “snow days” built into our schedule, we will forgo our regular post Annual School Performance break from April 25 -27, 2016, in order to make-up for the missed classes. For the Monday Pre-Ballet 5/6 class, there will be a make-up class on Monday, March 21, 2016.

Though there will be no classes this Monday through Wednesday, I would like to invite families in to tour the building those days from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. I will be there with other members of the staff and faculty to guide students and families through the space, and answer any questions.

Again, thank you in advance for your understanding and your continued support of SOBT. I look forward to creating many wonderful memories in our new space in 2016 and in the years to come.

A very Happy New Year to all,

Anthony Jones
School Director

West Linn Open House This Saturday

Dear SOBT Families,

I want to invite everyone to an open house of our new satellite school in West Linn this Saturday, December 19, from 10:00am – 12:00pm. 

This is SOBT’s first satellite location in its 26 year history and we’re excited to share it with the greater SOBT family.  Please join me on Saturday for refreshments and to celebrate our expansion. 

Please, also, spread the word to family and friends, especially those living in West Linn and surrounding communities.  I hope to see as many of you as possible and thank all of you for your continued support of SOBT!

Best wishes this holiday season,

Anthony Jones
School Director

SOBT WEST LINN STUDIO:

19066 Willamette Drive West Linn, OR, 97068

Weekly Schedule November 7, 2015 - December 13, 2015

To view the December 7, 2015 - December 13, 2015 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

*Please note SOBT’s Pre-Ballet Fall term ends the week of December 7. This is just for the Thursday and Saturday sections of Pre-Ballet.*

Classes resume Monday, January 4, 2016, at OBT’s new location, 0720 SW Bancroft St. See SOBT’s bulletin boards and blog for the new studio schedule.

2016 SI Auditions at OBT

For Level 3 Students through OBT2,

In the Pages section of the blog is a list of 2016 Summer Intensive program auditions which will be held at OBT's studios. The School of OBT is simply providing this information to interested students and is in no way endorsing any of these programs.

As with all Summer Intensive plans, it is requested that students seek advice from Mr. Jones prior to auditioning or registering for a program. You may do so by e-mailing the School at schoolofobt@obt.org.