Autumn Newsletter 2025.
Autumn Newsletter 2025.
Dear Parents and Pupils
I hope this newsletter finds you all well and you are all enjoying a wonderful summer break after a very busy end to the school year. Thank you to everyone for our gifts, warm messages and appreciation after the Senior Show. It really was a huge success and we were overwhelmed by the professionalism of all our pupils yet again.
The show makes memories for life and it is so heart warming to see everyone getting on so well and working as a team. Thank you to everyone who made that possible.
Last Term’s News…
St Christopher’s Fundraising Day
LBDA was invited to perform at St Christopher’s Fun Walk on Sunday 11th May 2025. Our Year 4 and 5 Musical Theatre and Street Jazz pupils all performed along with our Inter Commercial Competition Squad and Junior Commercial Competition Squad. Some of our amazing singers also performed and we all had such a brilliant day which was organised so well. Well done to all of our pupils who performed – I had so many lovely comments from the public after the performance and I was so proud of you all.
AUTUMN TERM
Autumn Term Commences:
Saturday 6th September 2025
Autumn Term Ends:
Friday 12th December 2025
Half Term:
Monday 20th October – Sunday 2nd November 2025
ISTD Modern and Tap Exams
Sunday 23rd and 30th November 2025
LAMDA Drama Exams
Sunday 7th December 2025
LBDA Christmas Concert
Friday 12th December 2025
LBDA Full School Show
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March 2026 (NB earlier date!!)
Oak Lodge Fair
On Saturday 21st June 2025 our younger street dancers, musical theatre groups and junior lyrical dancers as well as some of our competition crews entertained everyone at the Oak Lodge Summer Fair on one of the hottest days of the years. Everyone really excelled themselves and it was a lovely way for the pupils to show off their hard work. Well done to you all.
LBDA Senior Show ‘One Night Only’
LBDA’s Senior show took place at the Stag Theatre on the weekend of 5th July 2025. Pupils from Year 6 – Year 13 performed and the show was a triumph yet again with all pupils excelling themselves.
The show contained performances from all of our senior classes including lyrical, ballet, modern, acro, street jazz, commercial jazz, tap, musical theatre and singing. The standard of the performances and the behaviour and camaraderie backstage was an absolute pleasure to witness.
The performances were slick, creative and entertaining and I would like to thank all of my teachers, choreographers, chaperones and pupils for being part of such an amazing experience.
Next Year’s show is a full school show so will also include our younger pupils and is being held slightly earlier in the year – March 14 and 15th 2026 at the Stag Theatre. Please put this date in your diaries. We will start rehearsing for the show during this term and more information will follow shortly.
ISTD Modern, Tap and Ballet Exams
What a busy end to the term we had at LBDA. Over 50 pupils took their next ISTD Modern and Tap Exams at the end of the Summer Term (the weekend after the show). Preparing for exams as well as rehearsing for the show was no mean feat and I am so proud of all the pupils who took exams. The results were once again stunning and a real reflection of the hard work and commitment that goes into them. All pupils received Merits and Distinctions and a special mention must go to Millie and Natalie for both gaining Distinctions for their Advanced 1 Modern Exam.
ISTD Modern and Tap Pupils – July 2025
ISTD Ballet Exams – July 2025
The Term ahead…
LBDA returns on Saturday 6th September 2025. Please make sure you check the timetable for location, day and time of your child’s class/es.
Invoices will be sent out separately and as per my previous email we are now working alongside Go Cardless which will give you the option to pay your fees over 3 months in monthly instalments which I am sure will be very welcomed by our families. Please remember to click on the link in the email to set up your Direct Debit if you would like to pay in instalments. This term is a 12 week term so slightly longer than normal.
Please be reminded that a term’s notice is required if you want to cancel your child’s place in class as per our T and C’s. Our updated T and C’s can be found on our website. By enrolling at the LBDA you are automatically agreeing to our terms and conditions.
ISTD Modern, and Tap Exams
Our ISTD Modern and Tap Exam session is booked in for Sunday 23rd and Sunday 30th November. Pupils will be notified if they are ready for this session. Please remember that all of our teachers are very experienced, and we know when your child is at the right level to achieve their very best in an exam. Our next exam session will be in the Summer Term 2026.
LAMDA Exams
Our Drama pupils will be working towards their next LAMDA exams in either Verse and Prose or Acting. This exam session is booked for Sunday 7th December and will take place at St Peter’s Hall. Miss Charley will be preparing you for these exams this term and we wish you all lots of luck.
LBDA Annual Christmas Concert
Our Christmas Concert will take place at St Mary’s Church in Shortlands on Friday 12th December and will be a concert full of festive cheer. Our Musical Theatre and Singing Pupils will entertain you and get you all into the Christmas Spirit. More information on this event will be sent out in the new term.
Trial Classes
As you know LBDA runs classes in ISTD Modern, Tap, Ballet, LAMDA Acting, Commercial and Street Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, Acro, Singing and Musical Production. If your child would like a trial class in any subject they do not currently take please contact me ASAP so we can get them booked. Some classes are already full but your child can be added to our waiting lists. If your child would like to be in another number in the show they need to attend that class from this term as rehearsals for the show will start at some point during this term.
Faculty, Uniform and Fees
The timetable is pretty similar to last term. We have had to rejiggle some classes so please check your timetable and invoices for class days, times and venues. Taylor’s classes and Chris’ Private Singing classes will now be the Tennis Club on Friday to make life easier for our parents. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding your child’s class and please be reminded that we now require a term’s notice if you need to cancel your child’s place in class.
After 10 years, Miss Kim (one of our singing teachers) has decided to move on and we wish her lots of luck in her new ventures. Kim has been a huge part of LBDA and we are so grateful for her dedication and hard work over this time. However, we are delighted to welcome Miss Ellie who has a wealth of experience teaching singing. Ellie trained at the Academy of Contemporary Music; Europe’s leading school for pop and rock musicians. As well as performing Ellie is head of music at several schools around Bromley and Surrey. Miss Ellie will be taking over the group singing classes and our lovely Chris Huntley will be teaching all of our private students.
Chris, Taylor, Miss Katie, Miss Charlie, Miss Charley, Ethan and myself are all continuing their classes and we are all looking forward to seeing you all in September.
Invoices will be sent out separately and please remember that we are now ‘Laura Bruce Dance Academy Ltd’ and therefore have a new bank account because of the change of name. Please make sure you pay fees into the new account if you still want to pay by Bank Transfer.
Thank you for being part of the LBDA Family and here’s to lots of hard work, lots of fun and even more successes this year.
Kindest regards
Miss Laura and the LBDA Team
AUTUMN TERM
Autumn Term Commences:
Saturday 6th September 2025
Autumn Term Ends:
Friday 12th December 2025
Half Term:
Monday 20th October – Sunday 2nd November 2025
ISTD Modern and Tap Exams
Sunday 23rd and 30th November 2025
LAMDA Drama Exams
Sunday 7th December 2025
LBDA Christmas Concert
Friday 12th December 2025
LBDA Full School Show
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March 2026 (NB earlier date!!)
Dear Parents and Pupils
I hope this newsletter finds you all well and you are all enjoying a wonderful summer break after a very busy end to the school year. Thank you to everyone for our gifts, warm messages and appreciation after the Senior Show. It really was a huge success and we were overwhelmed by the professionalism of all our pupils yet again.
The show makes memories for life and it is so heart warming to see everyone getting on so well and working as a team. Thank you to everyone who made that possible.
Last Term’s News…
St Christopher’s Fundraising Day
LBDA was invited to perform at St Christopher’s Fun Walk on Sunday 11th May 2025. Our Year 4 and 5 Musical Theatre and Street Jazz pupils all performed along with our Inter Commercial Competition Squad and Junior Commercial Competition Squad. Some of our amazing singers also performed and we all had such a brilliant day which was organised so well. Well done to all of our pupils who performed – I had so many lovely comments from the public after the performance and I was so proud of you all.
Oak Lodge Fair
On Saturday 21st June 2025 our younger street dancers, musical theatre groups and junior lyrical dancers as well as some of our competition crews entertained everyone at the Oak Lodge Summer Fair on one of the hottest days of the years. Everyone really excelled themselves and it was a lovely way for the pupils to show off their hard work. Well done to you all.
LBDA Senior Show ‘One Night Only’
LBDA’s Senior show took place at the Stag Theatre on the weekend of 5th July 2025. Pupils from Year 6 – Year 13 performed and the show was a triumph yet again with all pupils excelling themselves.
The show contained performances from all of our senior classes including lyrical, ballet, modern, acro, street jazz, commercial jazz, tap, musical theatre and singing. The standard of the performances and the behaviour and camaraderie backstage was an absolute pleasure to witness.
The performances were slick, creative and entertaining and I would like to thank all of my teachers, choreographers, chaperones and pupils for being part of such an amazing experience.
Next Year’s show is a full school show so will also include our younger pupils and is being held slightly earlier in the year – March 14 and 15th 2026 at the Stag Theatre. Please put this date in your diaries. We will start rehearsing for the show during this term and more information will follow shortly.
ISTD Modern, Tap and Ballet Exams
What a busy end to the term we had at LBDA. Over 50 pupils took their next ISTD Modern and Tap Exams at the end of the Summer Term (the weekend after the show). Preparing for exams as well as rehearsing for the show was no mean feat and I am so proud of all the pupils who took exams. The results were once again stunning and a real reflection of the hard work and commitment that goes into them. All pupils received Merits and Distinctions and a special mention must go to Millie and Natalie for both gaining Distinctions for their Advanced 1 Modern Exam.
ISTD Modern and Tap Pupils – July 2025
ISTD Ballet Exams – July 2025
The Term ahead…
LBDA returns on Saturday 6th September 2025. Please make sure you check the timetable for location, day and time of your child’s class/es.
Invoices will be sent out separately and as per my previous email we are now working alongside Go Cardless which will give you the option to pay your fees over 3 months in monthly instalments which I am sure will be very welcomed by our families. Please remember to click on the link in the email to set up your Direct Debit if you would like to pay in instalments. This term is a 12 week term so slightly longer than normal.
Please be reminded that a term’s notice is required if you want to cancel your child’s place in class as per our T and C’s. Our updated T and C’s can be found on our website. By enrolling at the LBDA you are automatically agreeing to our terms and conditions.
ISTD Modern, and Tap Exams
Our ISTD Modern and Tap Exam session is booked in for Sunday 23rd and Sunday 30th November. Pupils will be notified if they are ready for this session. Please remember that all of our teachers are very experienced, and we know when your child is at the right level to achieve their very best in an exam. Our next exam session will be in the Summer Term 2026.
LAMDA Exams
Our Drama pupils will be working towards their next LAMDA exams in either Verse and Prose or Acting. This exam session is booked for Sunday 7th December and will take place at St Peter’s Hall. Miss Charley will be preparing you for these exams this term and we wish you all lots of luck.
LBDA Annual Christmas Concert
Our Christmas Concert will take place at St Mary’s Church in Shortlands on Friday 12th December and will be a concert full of festive cheer. Our Musical Theatre and Singing Pupils will entertain you and get you all into the Christmas Spirit. More information on this event will be sent out in the new term.
Trial Classes
As you know LBDA runs classes in ISTD Modern, Tap, Ballet, LAMDA Acting, Commercial and Street Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, Acro, Singing and Musical Production. If your child would like a trial class in any subject they do not currently take please contact me ASAP so we can get them booked. Some classes are already full but your child can be added to our waiting lists. If your child would like to be in another number in the show they need to attend that class from this term as rehearsals for the show will start at some point during this term.
Faculty, Uniform and Fees
The timetable is pretty similar to last term. We have had to rejiggle some classes so please check your timetable and invoices for class days, times and venues. Taylor’s classes and Chris’ Private Singing classes will now be the Tennis Club on Friday to make life easier for our parents. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding your child’s class and please be reminded that we now require a term’s notice if you need to cancel your child’s place in class.
After 10 years, Miss Kim (one of our singing teachers) has decided to move on and we wish her lots of luck in her new ventures. Kim has been a huge part of LBDA and we are so grateful for her dedication and hard work over this time. However, we are delighted to welcome Miss Ellie who has a wealth of experience teaching singing. Ellie trained at the Academy of Contemporary Music; Europe’s leading school for pop and rock musicians. As well as performing Ellie is head of music at several schools around Bromley and Surrey. Miss Ellie will be taking over the group singing classes and our lovely Chris Huntley will be teaching all of our private students.
Chris, Taylor, Miss Katie, Miss Charlie, Miss Charley, Ethan and myself are all continuing their classes and we are all looking forward to seeing you all in September.
Invoices will be sent out separately and please remember that we are now ‘Laura Bruce Dance Academy Ltd’ and therefore have a new bank account because of the change of name. Please make sure you pay fees into the new account if you still want to pay by Bank Transfer.
Thank you for being part of the LBDA Family and here’s to lots of hard work, lots of fun and even more successes this year.
Kindest regards
Miss Laura and the LBDA Team