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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: Journey of a Studio Owner: Finding Home: not one, but two, but three times!
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Tuesday, December 27, 2011. Journey of a Studio Owner: Finding Home: not one, but two, but three times! Find a perfect location, sun gleaming against the windows. Perfect location, fully loaded with all the trimmings, .where's the line and I'll sign it right now and start teaching tomorrow! Three words, #1) NOT. #2) EVEN. #3) CLOSE. I've stalked almost every business and industrial MLS ads. REALITY CHECK - 6000 square feet = rent of almost a dollar a square foot. The next da...
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: 2011-10-30
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Friday, November 4, 2011. Journey of a studio owner.location location location! I know this blog of my journey in opening my studio is late, but I have been very busy with it - and with good cause. Here is what I have been up to in the past year with this project.piece by piece. First things first, file for official business, get a bank acccount (actually several), make a business pan, do ALOT of research, outline what we need to do for our classes and.we need a location.
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: 2009-02-15
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Wednesday, February 18, 2009. On my way to my Black Belt.and why. Aziza Sa'id's Black Belt in Belly Dance! I have entered something that would be a no-brainer for me. I have joined in the special program our instructor set up for those who want to step up. A special program that progresses from a "white belt" up to the coveted " black belt. Each level has assignments given out to be fulfilled an once it is completed satisfactorily, you move on the next level. The problem is,...
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: 2011-11-13
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Monday, November 14, 2011. Journey of a studio owner.Finding home: calming the fears and fending off the jeers. Who's to say everyone will transition smoothly into the new venture? This is not a sit-com where people smile and are excited and everyone loves ya. This is reality. Although we have it trained in us that you can't please people all the time, but to put out the fires. What surprised us the most is the crime rate in Moreno Valley is. Bottom line, every city has it's...
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: 2011-12-25
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Pointe Shoes - my first rite of passage. There is a point in a dancer's life that graduates them to the next level. The level that separates you from the the 'baby dancers'.this happens in all genres of dance, but none so transforming as in ballet. What are pointe shoes? To think something as torturous is so desired and appears seemlessly painless to dance on. As an advanced dancer at the age of nine, I was always the youngest (. At the age of 1...
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: 2011-09-18
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Friday, September 23, 2011. MECDA's professional conference 2011. Here's a super wonderful conference that is not to be missed by professionals or those becoming professionals in the bellydance field. Yes, it's a real job.just like every thing else. Upon looking into this event, I can tell you I am drooling and drooling - this is something I want so BADLY! Here's an excerpt of the conference:. This conference is a MUST if you’ve ever…. 9632;been treated badly by another danc...
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: Pointe Shoes - my first rite of passage...
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Pointe Shoes - my first rite of passage. There is a point in a dancer's life that graduates them to the next level. The level that separates you from the the 'baby dancers'.this happens in all genres of dance, but none so transforming as in ballet. What are pointe shoes? To think something as torturous is so desired and appears seemlessly painless to dance on. As an advanced dancer at the age of nine, I was always the youngest (. At the age of 1...
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: Journey of a studio owner....location location location!
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Friday, November 4, 2011. Journey of a studio owner.location location location! I know this blog of my journey in opening my studio is late, but I have been very busy with it - and with good cause. Here is what I have been up to in the past year with this project.piece by piece. First things first, file for official business, get a bank acccount (actually several), make a business pan, do ALOT of research, outline what we need to do for our classes and.we need a location.
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Etoile's bellydancing musings....: 2011-11-06
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Stuff Etoile dares to share). Monday, November 7, 2011. Journey of a studio owner.Research 101 - take two. By now, we know we want a studio. We want it to be nice, we want it to be pretty, we want it to be GRAND. So much fills our minds with music, mirrors, and pretty wall coverings envision our minds. Oh! As we think of the joys and hours of dance we will fill up in our new studio home! Our minds race with excitement and then we thought, what else do we need aside from finding a location? Next, we need ...
