fountainarts wrote:

Are you an SO - owner of a dance studio - you said you have a successful business but just hired a dance teacher - I am confused

I'll explain. My background is musical theater, acting and modeling. I am a trained dancer but do not teach full dance myself. I lived in NYC and performed on Broadway, appeared in tv and print ads as well as runway modeling. Did a made for tv movie too once. After I moved back home after getting married and having children (they were my priority) I started a performing arts studio. For 30 years I have focused on musical theater (so some dance but specific to that) and vocal lessons. I encouraged my students to take at least ballet as a foundation course elsewhere. There are many reputable dance schools and I wanted to focus on my area of expertise without bringing in even more teachers. I do not teach on Saturdays because I choose not to so the studio is open on Saturdays. I thought the timing was good to add a teacher who could teach dance. People are very loyal to my studio (thank goodness) and so I thought adding the class at the studio would get more of the kids into dance which they absolutely need if they are going to pursue musical theater. So as I said, I've owned a successful performing arts studio for 30 years and have just added dance classes.

fountainarts wrote:

I do mark up costumes, most places do - it is up to you how much to do so. I spend hours and hours of non compensated time picking out the right costumes, ordering costumes, talking with costume companies, etc. etc. Our time is valueable and while I enjoy what I do - I should be fairly compensated for my time.

I set prices for each class $50 for the 7 and unders $60 for the older kids, still very reasonable for my area, but still a reasonable mark up.

That seems like a very reasonable policy. Thanks to you and triple threat for your policies and ideas.