Welcome to Make Dance Fun, the podcast from Confetti on the Dance Floor, all about adding fun, festiveness, and a little fancy to your dance studio. We're here to share tips and fun ideas that have helped us successfully run our studio for over three decades, and hopefully inspire you to do the same. I'm Becca Moore. And I'm Dani Rosenberg. Together, we own Rhythm Dance Center in Marietta, Georgia, where we are known for our fun and energetic atmosphere. We created Confetti on the Dance Floor to inspire dance teachers and studio owners through our fun products, creative ideas, and And of course, this podcast. A repeat guest. I'm honored. Take two. Honored. It's actually take three because her first one was in two. We are here with Melissa McGee from the Ohio State dance team. Bum, bum, bum, bum. And from Lineage Dance. And so we... Well, first we're just going to chat before we say what we're going to do. Hi, Melissa. How's it going? It's so good. And so Melissa's here too with her team. And we have a lot of our team here. And so we've gotten to like kind of hang out with them and hear about some of the things they're doing. And also Melissa had a class at Dance Teacher Summit. Yes. And we're all here trying to learn and be better. And so how do you think... How do you think it's going here so far at Day Teacher Summit? I mean, we're having a blast. I think. We're a newer studio. So all of my staff is like, wide eyed and just getting to know who the people are in the industry and learning and being able to meet people, I think is like the most beneficial thing. Yeah. it's cool because they're all on the team. So it's like a very full circle moment for me to see them like have careers in dance. Yeah. Able to, it's very fulfilling. Yeah. I'm like, you know, yeah. And they also probably, obviously they've worked with you for a long time and they understand you and what you expect. And in a four year hiring process. Yeah. I mean, you can't, you can't be that. That's, that's awesome. So, yeah. So we've got to see them kind of a lot this week, like just walking around and they will listen to the pod. Oh, yeah, yeah. basically depending on your geographic region, there's some, you know, differences, but on the whole, the message is put the dancer first. Right. Let's all work together. Yeah. Make sure they have options after, after their student time. Yeah. And we were just talking about that with Melissa too. Like we, Right. Right. Generally now, generally now. And kids are seeing like the opportunity to dance in college and, you know, be able to continue doing that and being part of a team and all of that. So, and I think our job is studio owners or teachers to see maybe what's next. They don't know that they want to do that, but it's the ball is starting to roll. The momentum's picking up. So maybe in three years it'll be bigger and to get ahead of it and not be chasing it. Yeah. Which is where a lot of us are right now. Yeah. We have kids that are interested, but they do feel they're chasing it because they see the level of what's happening. And they know they're not there. No, they're not there because we haven't met. You know, right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're working on it. Yeah. I think a lot of people are though. And I think that's like the whole vibe is like, everybody's trying to figure it out. Right. What does this mean? What can we do? How do we not change what we've always done? Right. Evolve. Yeah. Sort of. Also, I'll point out that since Melissa was on the podcast last time, you have another national championship. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Congratulations. July. Yeah. So we yeah. Was it July? Yeah. And then crazy. Yeah. And also Ohio State is also football national. Yes. I can't believe she's. And they came to Atlanta straight from their big win. Yeah, that was crazy. Yeah. I mean, go dogs. But not not so much this. I mean, you know, they they. They were SEC champs. Exactly. So we'll just have to take that. Dramatic fashion. Absolutely. Yeah, I'll take it. I was really happy about that. That was good. We'll see what this year has in store. Open with a 1-2 game. We're two and Texas is number one. Oh, my gosh. I didn't know that. Oh, yeah. Home opener. I'm excited. This one, actually. Boy. Okay. Yeah. That's exciting. Yeah. I'm not a huge Texas fan. I will admit that. Yeah. We beat them on the way to the national championship. So everyone was sort of eager for this rematch. Yeah. It's at home. Sorry if you're a Texas fan. I don't mean to offend. I'm just a... Just passionate. I'm just a... I'm a UGA fan. But, like, also just getting to know Melissa and all of that, too. Like, I respect... I respect the Ohio State. We'll take it. You know, I respect. I respect. Okay, one other thing I was going to ask. So, like, before you came here with your team, did you guys talk about, like... what you wanted to get out of it? Or was it more like, we haven't done this together as a team, so we're going to kind of... It was kind of all of the above for us. We're so young in studio life, and my team is really young. I'm the oldest member of the team. Me too! I'm way older, but whatever. So I just wanted them to be surrounded by like-minded people. I think that is priceless. And kind of what we were talking about on the elevator is the motivations the getting your wheels turning. Yeah. Like, obviously the content and the classes is... Right. Yeah. But to me, I think a lot of the networks and picking each other's brains and like, I mean, my team hasn't left your team alone. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I think that stuff is priceless. Yeah. For sure. To have that internal motivation and not be like, hey, waiting for you to, can you think about this? Right. Can you do this? Right. It's just kind of like. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I did listen to the podcast coming here. So then I signed them classes. I'm going to debrief. Nice. Yeah. I mean, even for me to learn, you know, I just feel like that's how I figured dance team out. I didn't have a, I didn't know about it. I just figured it out. And that's, you know, kind of what I'm trying to do in this space too. Right. Cool. Well, now that Melissa's here, we are going to, since we've had so much fun with our five fun things. I love it. I love the theme. We are going to do five fun things with Melissa McGee from Lineage Dance. So we're going to have her talk a little bit more about her studio this time because we heard about the Ohio State dance team and her journey there and so now like maybe I think we did do a little bit of the journey on the previous podcast and maybe just give us a short little synopsis on how you got to the studio and then how far in you are now yeah We did, I think, touch a little bit. Yeah. So we just finished our full third season. Which is insane that you're where you are. Yeah. So congratulations. I feel like in some ways it's gone so fast. And then in some ways I'm like, just three? Yeah. Yeah. I think too, because every year we've had something big. Right. Year one, it was just figuring it out. Year two, we were growing. Year three, it was like, we're building a new space. Yeah. And so as you two know firsthand, I mean, we're not even close to that yes but it's a whole side business I mean it's a whole entity that takes your space so we just moved um in June 2nd we opened our doors which honestly I think is really cool and impressive because I knew you were moving but then like I honestly didn't know that it was just like done when you when you announced it it was done yes so good job way because we had so many issues in construction and permitting okay that we had like seven different versions of, okay, we're moving this state. That's where we are, I feel like. You're so established. That's like your parents are like, yeah, we'll figure it out. We'll move with them. My parents are like, who's this nice studio? Let's dance. That's all over the place. I was very nervous to make sure that I didn't want to move mid-summer. It worked out. We moved at the beginning of the season. We've tripled the space. That is just really awesome. We needed it. That's so exciting yeah yeah so now we've we technically this was our fourth summer we did because we opened with summer okay so okay and then now we're starting season four we have just under five markets you guys that is awesome wow okay okay okay stop stop do you know what that looks like in four more years yeah yeah yeah you're ready to move again no but i think number one that you've had that much growth so quickly is awesome. And then also like having that many kids under that age group is insane. Well, it's been really nice to yours telling something, but it is to like, focus on the little kid curriculum because I feel like, well, two things would have happened if we would have done the full age range. One, I didn't want anybody moving to Columbus with preconceived notions that that was going to help in any way, shape, or form. Right. Right. Makes sense. So that was kind of great. But then the second thing is like to get the foundational level curriculum, class flow, attention, instructor training. We don't have to worry. I'm not even thinking about a 14-year-old, really. Right. Yeah. Thinking about we have, that'll be set in solid in place. Right. Yeah. 75, Awesome. Okay, that just actually made me think of something because I hadn't thought of that before. So I'm going backwards here. But do you see that as a thing eventually where you would have training specifically for the dance team? I don't think so. I think like for me. At least right now. Yeah. Who knows? Right, right, right. I think for me, it's great to have a really national recruiting model. Yeah, I agree. And to keep that really sort of imperative. I mean, and you've seen success with that, and it makes sense. Clearly. Why change things? Right, right. Yeah, but I do hope that we can be a studio that maybe has a little bit more of it in the curriculum. Yeah. As a differentiator. Yeah. Than maybe if I would have... open a studio without having that. Right. Oh, 100%. Well, you need to do that for sure. That is an absolute revenue stream, which we were also just discussing. Yeah, we do some college dance team prep workshops in the summer, and it's great. Oh, and so do you open that to older kids? Okay, cool. That's the only thing that we have that's older. And how was the turnout for that? It's great. Was it good? Yeah, honestly, don't push it a ton. Right. But even for the local Columbus kids to have an option to train in that way, a little bit more of an intimate, private setting, I think they really enjoyed it. Yeah. Yeah, that's cool. I think all of our teachers have that background, so it's an easy thing for us Right. Yeah. That's really awesome. Yeah. All right. So you're in a new space. You're going into year four. Yes. Crazy. And you have 500 students and you're going to have to move again soon. Sorry to tell you. Yeah. Okay. So I'll. I'll just say a little bit about my observation of you guys, which I kind of geek out on seeing people be successful in what they're doing and also being authentically successful. who you are and showing that through your social media. Cause I look at social media all the time. And so I think your social media is so good. And I think that it's just really, it's just been really fun to watch and see, like obviously knowing you and then just seeing how it's like portrayed and put out there and everything looks really good. And they are confetti customers, FYI. And I'm telling you like, yeah, they look so cute. And yeah, it's, it's, you're, you're doing, you're doing, you're doing a good job. We're confetti customers. We listen to the podcast. We're basically having you on speed dial. Yes. That's pretty much. Yes. Yeah. No, like, but, but, but, but you're doing you and it's like, that's to me that that's the best thing. Like that's, I'm just so drawn to people that know who they are and have a clear point of view. And, and, I mean, I think what we do is great, but we are rhythm dancer. You know what I mean? So it's like, yeah, like I love to see people maybe be inspired by what we're doing, but taking any things that we're giving them and like making it fit you and who you are. Yeah. You guys are so open about sharing your ideas, which I think is great. Also, my mentality is I can share more ideas on the dance team side of the studio side. I'm still building that arsenal, but I think that's been so helpful to have people like that. And then Sammy does a lot of graphics. She's just... say who Sammy is Sammy McFadden is you might know who she is she's a jack of all trades really which I didn't know well because she came to the studio and she taught and by the way she was amazing and her energy was incredible and just she's really really cool 10 out of 10 all the things but we were talking about your social media or something and she was just like yeah like I'm I don't know the next morning she was leaving And I was like, oh, okay. But yeah, it's really good. She's the best. Well, obviously, it helps that she's a dancer. Yeah. Definitely, you know, picking photos and things like that. But also, she's just insanely... Branding-wise, very creative, and not afraid to tell me, like, I want to do X, Y, Z, and she's like, that's going to look pretty bad. That's a bad idea. Yeah, yeah, it's not. We're going to do that. So do you guys share photos, like, through Google Drive or iPhone, or what do you do? A little bit of everything? Sammy, she's a little, like... She just works whatever. She just works however. Okay. But normally Google Drive. Okay. But then we have a shared photo album. Okay. Depending on what it is. Yeah. But then her like kind of like finished things or things that we're working on back and forth. We have a Google Drive. Okay. But we normally try and meet on big projects. Yeah. and align at least a little bit on creative vision. Okay. Okay. I just let her go. Okay. And then she can just go from there. And so how often would you say you meet with her about that? Honestly, maybe like officially, formally, like three-ish, four times a year. Okay. But we're close friends. Yeah. She gets you. Yeah. Our convo goes from like, would you have for breakfast to like, can you get the post-ed? Right. Yes, yes, yes, yes. But she's also an insanely talented choreographer. Right. LSU alum does their choreography and travels all over. Yeah. That's really cool. All right. Well, yeah, that's great. Okay. So now let's go. Let's go back in and Melissa's going to share. five fun things that you're doing at Lineage Dance. I am. And it was just really hard because I had to think of things that were like unique to what you're doing. I can't give them their ideas back. No, yes, you could. But I think most of them were like things that we were like, Kind of things that are going on right now. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So for us, right before we left, we had this back to dance merchandise box extravaganza. So what I noticed when I started the studio is there's not a lot of dance studios in our area. One, there's not a lot of dance studios. wear stores. So you're driving as a parent 25 minutes maybe to get to the closest dance floor. No one's doing that. No one's doing that. Exactly. So then they're like Amazon-ing whatever they can get. So I was like, okay, we have to make this easier for our parent. And I'm sort of like a dress phone crazy person. I think it's the team side of me. They must match. They must be locked in. I had to loosen it up a little bit. But at least for our That's so funny. They look really cute, too. Yeah. So we did these boxes that parents could purchase, basically, that are like everything you need. It's like dancewear in a box. Okay. Shoes, their tights, their leotards. Nice. Spandex for one price. They can come in and try it on if they want. Okay. Or they can just order. Okay. So it's up to them. Okay. So we have three different try-on nights. Okay. One for our kids because they have different stuff. Okay. And then two for everybody else. Okay. And then we place all the orders. We put them in a box. They pick them up at our open house. And then they're like ready to go. That's awesome. Now, did you require it? Okay. We don't require it. Okay. But I will tell you we have... We only have like 55 comp kids. 38 of them purchased something at that age. Okay, okay, nice. So my percentage. Yeah, that's great. But I actually think it's most beneficial for the littles. Yeah. And the moms just want to just say, give me what I need and I'm going to do that. A lot of our families have multiple kids. Right. So this is just an easy thing around town. Well, but they're frustrated with it. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. And so who do you use for your, like, do you, use, who to use for your merch? We ended up doing some majority wise things. Okay. Yeah. Easy. Yeah. Yeah. Um, did some revolution. Yeah. We have like a little bit of a curated collection. So we just like put the Leos out and this is like R1, R2, R3, or W1, W2, W3. So that was like our internal like system. Great. And there's only options by each class. So like there's a rack for, we call them millennials, our babies, like If you go over to that class, you pick from that rack. What's your legal code? And then we just... That sounds great. Yeah. Yeah. So then we'll go back and package all of those. Package them. Are you going to do any... Like, are you going to put like a... Are you going to brand it? You know it. You know it. Tell me about the branding. We do a back to dance party. Okay. And usually we're not as like coordinated as you guys, but we do a theme that was like whatever Sammy and I decided the like launch was going. Okay. So this year it was like all the light blue, bright orange, Kelly green. Like we did lockers. Yeah. Cute. So the sticker, it's like a black box, but the stickers are the same color and tissues of color and they get a little hair bow. That's the same thing. Nice. I love it. I can't, are you going to post this on your social media? We'll post it. Can't wait to see it. Don't replay it, but I'll post it. Yes, post it so I can see it. Sammy will do it. Yeah, she's great. Okay, cool. I love that. Yeah. Okay. And the back to dance party is fun. That's like when we do our meet the teacher. Yeah. We do it the weekend before we start. Okay. Because a lot of our families travel. So we try to do it earlier and then work. Yeah. Right before when I know they're in school. Yeah. That's great. Yeah. Awesome. I love that. That's one thing. That's a big thing. That's a big undertaking. Yes. Now we have a system, but at first it was like. Yeah, I'm sure. And then we have more kids. So then it's like, yeah, we have a system, but the volume, you know. Yes. Oh, yeah. So that's crazy. The next thing that we're doing when we get back, though, is our comp choreo. So we have a choreo camp. But I was like, we used to do just a team bonding thing because I love that. Yes. But. our competition, Josie and Katie were like, we need more time. Get started. We need more time. So what can we do? So I was like, fine, we can do a choreo week, but let's make it fun. So we have a hip hop production that all of our hip hop, our teams do. So we actually mailed out clues. Oh, so fun. That's going to be. Okay. So they got like a, in the, like in the physical mail. Yes. That's great. Love that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So they got one. glue look at another when we get back and then they'll figure it out that's a great idea choreo camp so cool i bet that was so fun for them they were kind of like the first one we sent out is like roller skates or something and i think the next one's a neon sign so they're like all over the map i was guessing these are gonna be yeah what you guys yeah for a show but yeah it's a big reveal like that yeah so that's cool yeah so that happens next week yeah next week when we get back i can't believe i know the music okay that is that's pretty normal Yeah. Yeah. So I think that'll be fine. And it's like the one number that everybody in our company. Yes. Way to start the season. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And we'll do 17 bonding games. But that was like, how can we get more time for Corey? Right. Right. Still have excitement. Was kind of like trying to figure out. I love it. That's great. So we've got that going on. Let's see. I'm on number three now. I don't know how many. You're on number three. Well, football. We tend to act like that. That's for us a big thing. So we actually capitalize on that a little bit. Yeah. We do a Friday night lights parents night out. So we'll launch that when we get back. So basically a lot of our kids have older siblings. Their parents want to go to the game, but they are, have a little one. They don't want to drag them outside. So we do like a little Friday night programming situation. Nice. Nice. Theme it out. Yeah. Yeah. Is it always like, what are like, what do you theme it out as? Is it always like, Ohio State. But our local school is Yellow and Black. So we're like, maybe this year we'll do one of those or something. Up Burlington Bears. Friday Night Lights. We'll just go to dinner. Yeah. Now, do you go to these ever? Or is this your team that's doing it? Crying Night Lights. I used to. Okay. When there was only like three of us. Yes. But more often than not, if I go, I'm going to do like, I'll manage the front desk and then I can like get my work done. Okay. But I sadly am not teaching Friday Night Lights though. I think I would crush that. Yeah. I'm sure you would crush that. I have no doubt. Six year olds, that's like my team. Yeah. But yeah, our team. And a lot of times it can be. And like, what's the timeframe that you do on that? So we normally do either 530 to eight or six. six to eight 30, depending on like what the age. Yeah. We can't get a four year old to say, right. But yeah, depending on what we, and so have you been doing this for a little while? We did it last year and it was really successful. It's like right away. And are you doing it like every Friday night? Okay. Do it every Friday. But like for the home opener, we'll do it. Um, and then we'll pick a couple of other dates. We only did two last year and they both sold out really quickly. So we're like, Oh, we can accept this. This is it. That's awesome. Our parents love to like, and how much are you charged? How much do you charge? for it? It's a great question. I think 45. That sounds good. The one time we did an extended time, we did like a pizza party. I think we obviously charged a little bit. Yeah. Yeah. That's really easy. I just get nervous with allergies. Yeah. No, same. Yeah. Absolutely. You got to watch out for that. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I know. I know. I would too. Okay. Yeah. I like that. I mean, I wish we did something like that. We honestly don't do that much of the like weekend party stuff. Like we've had, we've tried it. It's starting to be on board with it. Yeah. Timing wise, it just hasn't. Yeah. But it's such a, I think it's such a good idea. Well, it's just nice to have like the, like ad hoc, like, you know, you don't have to have a consistent Friday, but like if you're willing to pick up a, yeah. One of the Fridays. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. And we don't have different themes too, but Friday night for us is like, we don't have Friday classes though. Okay. So we do, but we don't have that many.

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But they are younger kids. We have lots of rehearsals on Friday nights. That's right. Yeah. But during football season, it's hard because, you know, the girls got to go to the real Friday night lights. They are not really okay with missing it. So it's funny how, like, the culture of that has changed. It's been changed for a long time, to be clear. But, like, I feel like when Danny and I were doing, like, when we were doing, like, more teaching and choreo and stuff, like, none of the kids we taught cared about missing football games. Right. Like, I'm not saying ever. Yeah. But now, I swear, like, you see, like, tears welling up in people's eyes if they, like, if you say, like, and Katie, who's, like, are, you know, in charge of, like, most of our upper-level choreo and stuff like that, she is really busy, so, like, sometimes it is, she has to do whatever, you know? But she's even, like, I feel like Originally, she was like, well, I'm just going to do what I have to do. I'm sorry, guys. But now she's even like, she will stagger it or she will finish her rehearsal at 745. So they can get there by 8 p.m. or whatever. So, you know, I mean, and like we were talking about earlier, like you do kind of have to like adapt and give and take. And, you know, times change. And if you want to. I think it's evolving, but still staying true to who you are. I think people, when they think they have to evolve, have to be totally different. It's like, no, you just have to. acknowledge is a trend and my kids want to do this. That's important to them. Right. Right. How do I get my rehearsal and. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Good. So that's that. What else was I going to talk about? Oh, we were just actually talking about this when we were down at the booth. But one of the things that we are struggling with or still trying to figure out is communication. Yes. So my newest version that we're going to try for this year is when we post on social, the things that get the most interaction are our kids. Yes. Yes. it's a human. It's a small one. So when we did our grand opening of what we're moving, we used this dance. It was so cute. And so I was like, people watched it. I'm losing Maddie again. And she's like this little spitfire. So cute. You can clear a line. She should be like in Hollywood. So she just filmed it. It's so cute. She's in a little branded outfit. Her mom always brings her with a cute little bow. Shout out to Regan. She's amazing. And she's like standing at the door. She's like, hi, I'm Maddie. Welcome to Lineage. We're so excited to have you we've got a new studio and i want to show you what it's like and so she like oh my gosh a little one guiding this entire yeah that's really good so she that is really like walk through we just filmed it before we left of like here's a new dressing room oh my god and she's so great she like ad libs like she adds her own thing she's like you might not have seen it before but it's really cool oh my gosh that's awesome that's awesome little ones line up here and moms we know you want to watch but that lobby is right for you. And it's like so cute. Are you going to post it on social media? Okay, good. I cannot wait to see that. Josie wrote the script and we just fed her lines. So I'm hopeful that people will watch it because we have 500 people coming in with the new flow. So I'm I think maybe that might be my one. I use it all the time. Yeah. No, I love that. As long as you can. Yeah. We should try that too. That's a really, it's a really good idea. And then they share it. Cause they're like, Oh, look at Maddie. Yeah. Yeah. And they're sharing a studio tour, which hopefully get more people in to take it. Ooh, I like that a lot. I was going to ask a question. Okay. So, Oh yeah. Well, I think I was just going to say, we've talked about, We've talked about that and just the logistics of when we do open our studio because we've just been the same for so long. Every person who comes in that studio could probably come in with their eyes closed and get where they need to go, even though there is stuff everywhere. And it's a giant nightmare. People could still navigate their way because they just... You know, have they done the same thing for so long? And so we were talking about when we have the new studio, like we feel like we're going to have to have like. It can't just be like an open house. Legitimate like orientation and tours. Yeah. For kind of probably each group, because like each group is going to kind of have a different. How are you going to use it? Yeah, like to know like, okay, you know, Senior Fusion, you're going to be upstairs. This is going to be your general area. When you need to get to this studio, you're going to go here. These are the restrooms we'd like for you to use. Like, you know, so... you know and then so many things you don't think yes there is where the props go when a spill happens yes lost in phone like all these things I was like oh and we've only been over for two years like I cannot imagine yeah well I think one thing we did when we were trying to design the studio is we were really trying to think of like every pain point that we've had how cool is that and I'm sure we're missing I'm sure we're missing something but like we've definitely have tried to like design it thinking okay like we're gonna yeah yeah how exciting for you to have a space Now I'm excited. So like, okay, so you're going to do, you're going to do this little thing, but. Some people have been in the studio if they've taken summer classes. We did do an opening night, like, exhibition, whatever. And we did parse it out. Like, our comp kids came first. Okay. We wanted them to be the first ones to see the studio. Yes, yes. And then we actually had the parents in for a little champagne toast. Nice. Super cute. That's fun. And then the next group came in. Okay. And we kind of, like, phased it out. And we had cotton candy. And it ended up being a black light. Do you know that cotton candy is, like, one of my favorite things in the whole world? There's this, like, lady. She's so great. She has a little cotton candy truck. And she, like, I think got so much business. because all the kids wanted their birthday party. I love cotton shoes. We did it. We had Cotton Candy at our show one time a long time ago. I was the one making it. It was not. It was like we rented a machine and did it. She was a one-man band. I was so impressed. And she just parked in our little parking lot. And that turned into like a little block party. Cute. Cute. Okay. We have summer. Camps are different. They're very different. Than your 45-minute In-N-Out. So will you post the video before your welcome party or right before you start back? That's kind of same time for us so we'll post it that week before kind of try and do a drip of like here's the dress code here's your teacher here's the thing whatever so that week before we'll probably post that video and also probably have it playing back to dancing because that's chaos they're not going to get the flow I think we're going to try the patches Yes, for sure. I think we're going to employ that activity. They're so cute. Yeah, they're so cute. Well, one thing we were talking over, I was talking about, we had our class earlier, the social media class. And one thing that I see that a lot of people do is they'll, they put a lot of text on their posts, which is fine. Like you have to do it sometimes or whatever, but like, like if you're having, if like open house Friday, September, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's this big post and it's these words, but then you look at it a week later and it's not happening anymore. I think it's so much better to have, like you were saying, just like the action of someone showing, showing rather than just like spinning it all out in words, you know, show them what you need them to do and where they need to go. And then, you know, and then one of my team members, because they're, you know, social media savvy. Yeah. Just showed me how to hide thumbnails. So even if we, yes, a graphic. Yes. I'm starting to then take it on. Yeah. So it's not like, yeah, clogging the feed. Yes. I didn't even know you could do that. Yeah. Yeah. Shake that off your feet. Oh, okay. That's so funny. So you just, yeah. So like I, cause sometimes I'm like, well, I want to get this information out and it's relevant for this week. Right. But then I don't need Friday night lights. Yeah, no, totally. And especially when we didn't have a lot of photos to pull from. I was like, honestly, I feel like those posts get like zero. Like I feel like they get zero engagement. And I'm just like, I agree. Yeah. I still think they're seeing. Well, I was saying just put them in stories. Yeah. You know what I mean? Just put them in stories. We do that a lot for the team. We'll put a photo first. And then. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yeah. Yes. So good. good is that four i think that was four oh my fifth one my fifth one is like in the progress but i'm excited about okay so we did we took a page out of the book of community partnership for camps yes we have a cute little uh it's called storyline it's one of our moms has two dancers that go here they came in and it's red for summer camps which was great i love that but then i'm like a nerd i like really liked school so i was like how can we encourage our kids to do well in dance, but also academics. So thinking of implementing, this is in the works, but like some sort of grade card or like I was really motivated to put food as a child. And so Pizza Hut had those like read for a personal band and you got like a personal band. Like trying to do something like that with like dancewear. But like read books, partnership with Storyline, get a leotard. Nice. It's in the works. I don't know what it's going to be. I like that. But yeah, everybody will think that's the most amazing. Right. Like academically, you know, just to encourage them that we always say we want them to be well-rounded and humans and all this. Yeah. It's like, All we see them in is dance. Right. Trying to do some leadership stuff. Yeah. That's really cool. I love that. Come to fruition. Stay tuned for the details. Yeah. Okay. Well, stay tuned. On the next episode of Part 7. Part 7 of Making It Fun with Melissa. So those are some things. All right. Well, cool. I love it. Yeah. I'm super excited about all of those things. Hopefully somebody can use some of that. Oh, I'm sure they can. Oh, my gosh. I'm using it. It's already. It'll be spread. I love that. That's great. That's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. It is. Okay. Well, anything else we need to, we need to talk about? We're going to finish up our Dance Teacher Summit day. Yeah. We have, tonight is the Ace Awards. And then. My first time. Yeah. I'm excited too. You guys are excited too? Yeah. We have an alum. Yeah. Presenting tonight. Yeah. Yeah. And then we have one more day of Summit. And then we're heading back to reality. Back to reality. Oh, boy. New season. But we're going to be really motivated because we're getting lots of good motivation here. It's so smart. I know. We could probably talk for another hour. We could. We could. I'm sure this is longer than we needed it to be. 15, 20 minutes. Yeah. Always. Always. Yeah. Well, thank you so much, Melissa, for sharing and coming on. And we love you. And we think you're really cool and really awesome. And you got, oh, tell me what your social, tell them your social at Lineage Dance. Lineage Dance Co. Lineage Dance Co. At Lineage Dance Co. Yeah. So check it out. And I know I feel pressure. So I'm sure we're like on it. That's what it's about. You got it. You've been a little spotty. Pressure is a privilege. It is. It sure is. So I feel it all the time. Believe me. I'm like, wait, is it a privilege? I don't know. But like, yeah. All right. Well, we think you're really awesome. Thanks. Thank you so much. All right. We'll see you on the next episode of Lineage. Make this fun with Melissa McGee.

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