Up Next In 2020

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APRIL 7TH-28TH & MAY 5TH-26TH

A Letter from Executive Director

Christina Hicks

Dear PRJ Family,

First, we want to send our heartfelt hopes that you and your families are safe and healthy during this time. This note comes to you in an effort to keep you informed of the particular issues facing us and the decisions we have made relative to the future of the Patti Rutland Jazz organization and its programs. As you know, we have had to close our studio doors and we miss dancing with you all on a daily basis in person! We hope you have been enjoying participating in the live online classes we have been presenting every day at 10 and 1 on Facebook Live and Instagram. They are archived on our YouTube channel as well. We are exploring ways to continue your dance education through virtual classes and other technology and will update you when plans are finalized. 

While we are on hiatus as of now, we plan to start back up as soon as it is safe to do so. At this point we are hopeful that will be in the fall. The safety and health of our PRJ family is our primary goal, and we hope you understand that planning is difficult during these uncertain times. 

We know that you have a lot of questions and hopefully this section will address most of those.

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• What will become of our recital?

  •  Unfortunately our Red Carpet Dance recitals which were scheduled in Dothan and in Troy have been cancelled for this year. There are MANY different factors that brought us to this decision. This breaks our hearts, but we hope to come back stronger in our upcoming dance season. We love our dancers but the health and well being of all our families is of the utmost importance.

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• Will I get a refund for the part of the month when my child didn’t get a lesson? 

  • We cannot offer any refunds for March tuition. We will not run April’s monthly tuition automatically on the 10th of April. However, we ask that you consider donating your last month’s tuition to PRJ so that we may continue to keep our doors open for the future of our non-profit organization. 

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• Will I get a refund for our recital costumes? 

  • Unfortunately, no. We cannot return the costumes we have already distributed. The companies we order from do not accept returns of costumes already distributed to the dancers. Next season we hope to use as many of our already purchased costumes for our 2021 recital as we can. Enjoy dancing and creating in your costume(s) while you’re at home AND tag us #PRJdanceparty. 

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• Will I be refunded the money I paid for a playbill ad in the recital? 

  • Yes, we will be happy to refund this or we can apply that money towards a credit for future dance classes for the 2020-2021 season. Please contact us with your preference via email at pattirutlandjazzdance@gmail.com.

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• Will I still receive my photos I purchased during picture week?

  •  Yes. They will be available to be picked up by June. You will receive an email when they are available to be picked up at the Dance Center. 

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• Will I receive a refund for the Red Carpet Recital DVD I purchased?

  •  Yes, we will be happy to refund this or we can apply that money towards a credit for future dance classes for the 2020-2021 season. Please contact us with your preference via email at

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• Will there be summer classes or camps?

  •  At this point in time we cannot give you a definite answer on this because the COVID-19 situation is ever changing. All announcements will be made via email and through our social media pages. 

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• Will there be dance classes in April?

  • We will be hosting a limited schedule of online classes starting April 6th. You can opt into these classes by registering for them in the Sign-Up Genius link we are sending attached with this letter! Once registered, a separate email about class times and tuition will be sent to you personally. 

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• What is the timeline for registering for fall 2020 dance classes? 

  • The date we previously announced for Fall Registration to begin was June 1st. Because we are experiencing such uncertain times, we will do our best to keep that date but will let you know if anything must change before then.

We would like to still stay connected to you all in the coming months to be a symbol of hope, creativity and encouragement for our dance  community, so we will continue to provide some dance content through our youtube and social media pages in the coming months.

Even though we are not currently having classes in our studio, we do continue to incur expenses like utilities, taxes, payroll (although reduced), etc. We know that you are likely experiencing the same issues, but every little bit  helps! Any unrefunded tuition and other donations will not only allow us to keep serving our community through dance outreach but also to help us maintain our amazing staff for next season when we’re back up and dancing! To donate your tax-deductible gift, please contact us at pattirutlandjazzdance@gmail.com.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for understanding and your continued support of our organization. 

Dancingly yours, 

Christina Hicks