O'Shea Irish Dance

Membership (Tuition) and Attendance:

For all new students, a $35 deposit is required to acknowledge their registration.
OID membership/tuition is due in full at the start of each month. Membership/tuition not paid at the due date will be subject to a $5 per class late fee up to $20.00 monthly.
Deposits and fees are non-refundable and non-transferable once the session has begun.

Membership rates are calculated, based on $15 per one hour Beginners class, $20 for an hour and a half Beginner or Intermediate class or $25 per hour and a half Advanced Class and averaged over the year.
Regardless of the number of classes in the month, or attendance in those classes, a monthly payment is due as a membership to OID classes. This increases according to the number of classes taken per week, as determined at the start of the session.
If there are classes missed due to instructor unavailability a make-up class will be scheduled.
Please arrive prior to your class, ready to participate. When your class is finished, please clear the studio promptly, to allow others to begin their classes.
Your time is precious – please allow time for restroom breaks before or after class only!
If you are a student of 2 or more weekly classes, and as a result of other sports activities, longterm injuries or family issues, you find you will miss a series of your regular 2nd or 3rd weekly classes, we will waive that 2nd or 3rd additional class as a one-month “sabbatical.” This option will be valid only once a session. We must receive the dates in writing, in advance of the applicable month. In such case, that single additional class fee only will be waived for one month and we will hold your place in class. Membership in the school must be maintained with the remainder of your regular class monthly payment.
O’Shea Irish Dance, LLC reserves the right to cancel a class if enrolment is fewer than 5 students.

Enrolment Procedures:

All students must provide full registration information signed by a legal guardian.
All students/guardians must sign a Release and Indemnification form upon registering.
Placement is determined by the Director, with the needs of the class as a whole and also the needs of each individual student in mind. Students are placed and advanced due to their abilities. If a student is not meeting the level of the class, they may be moved to a program more suited to their pace and ability, as determined by the director.
O’Shea Irish Dance, LLC is not responsible for injuries sustained during classes, performances, or feiseanna (competitions). We do, however, have a first aid kit for your comfort, including ice packs available for purchase.
O’Shea Irish Dance, LLC does not discriminate in enrolment on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin or sexual orientation.

Dress Guide:

All Classes: Close-fit, flexible clothes to move in, such as dance pants & leotards, athletic shorts & non-baggy t-shirts, or sweat pants & zip-up top will be appropriate. Layers are encouraged as you may need to adjust as you warm up. No excessive jewellery, no jeans or pants longer than ankle length and no long skirts are appropriate for this activity. Hair up and back is encouraged – we like to see their faces.
Beginner and up: Irish pumps, appropriately fit to the student.
Intermediate and above: Hard shoes, appropriately fit as directed by the instructors.
ALL! We recommend ALL students to bring a water bottle, as we will work hard, and wish everyone to stay hydrated!

Parental Observation and End of Session Performances:

Family are allowed only in the first class upon registration with our school as an introduction, and on the last class day of each session, in which we will allow the children to perform for those who wish to come.

We may have potential students and families visiting to see if O’Shea Irish Dance might be a good fit for them. They will be allowed to observe in a way that is respectful of our students and teachers and they will be asked to refrain from talking during or distracting from our class time.

The safety and well-being of you and your family are of great concern to us at O’Shea Irish Dance. We encourage to help us in making everyone’s experience enjoyable by reviewing some safety and behavioural concerns with your children.

Safety Concerns:

O’Shea Irish Dance, LLC is not responsible for students once they leave the immediate Studio.
Students under 12 must be accompanied by a known adult when leaving. Guardians will be asked to supply names of family/friends allowed to pick up their child.
Please secure all personal items. Purses, wallets, school bags and dance bags may be brought into the studio during class. O’Shea Irish Dance, LLC & The Celtic Junction, LLC are not responsible for lost or stolen items.
Hallways and Lobby areas are to be kept free from obstacles as they are fire escape passages. It is illegal to cause obstruction.
Only water is allowed in the studio. You must clean up after yourself, and please recycle. No gum, pop or damaging shoes are allowed in studio spaces.
Respect the space. To avoid injury, no hanging on the barres in the studio, running in the hallways or lobby, or kicking/touching the mirrors.

Behavioural Expectations:

Discipline, decorum and respect in and out of the classroom are essential for student progress and development . All students and families must show courtesy and respect for fellow students and families, faculty members and artists involved with O’Shea Irish Dance, and for all other members and organizations relating to The Celtic Junction. All students and families are expected to conduct themselves with respect in class, at all Performances, and at Feiseanna.

Within class, treat it as a school. Maintain quiet conversation in the hallways and lobby and do not disturb other classes. Raise your hand to ask questions, refrain from distracting other students and follow directions.

We reserve the right to direct any student not following these safety or behavioural guidelines to the following disciplinary procedures:

First warning. We will ask the student and guardians to correct the situation.
Second warning. We will ask the student to sit down and watch quietly, and we will contact guardian a second time regarding behaviour.
Final warning. We will remove them from the classroom under supervision until we contact a guardian that can take them home.
If behaviour continues to be an issue, we will recommend the student and guardian seek another school or activity more suited to their needs.

OID Policies & Conditions:

The steps and choreography taught at OID are the intellectual property of O’Shea Irish Dance. No part of these steps may be used or adapted without express written permission of Cormac O’Se, with the exception of the published, public, traditional set dances and ceili dances.

The OID costumes may be used ONLY for O’Shea Irish Dance events including, but not limited to: registered CLRG feiseanna; OID performances (IMDA St. Pat’s Day, MN Irish Fair, other public exhibitions with OID); or pre-approved school talent shows, benefits or any other public showings.

All students enrolling in O’Shea Irish Dance must disclose any involvement with another school or dance organization. Students 18 and under may not belong to or participate in another Irish/Celtic related performance or competition dance organization while enrolled with OID.

Dancers wishing to transfer from another TCRG registered school must sign a transfer agreement, comlpete full registration process, and end the participation with the previous school immediately upon enrolling at OID.

Adult students not competing may participate in other performance related organizations, but must disclose involvement with any other organization. Again, no steps or choreography, as the intellectual property of O’Shea Irish Dance may be used in any way in practice or performance with any other organization.

The studios at The Celtic Junction are to be used only by registered OID students for OID related purposes, unless they are contracted out by another organization, for their own purposes.

Any breach of these policies & conditions will result in permanent removal from the school.

We wish for everyone’s time here to be full of fun and learning. These rules and requests allow for everyone to have that opportunity, and to maintain respect between all parties.

Thank You!

Cormac O’Se and Natalie O’Shea,
O’Shea Irish Dance, LLC