Every spring all the dance teachers at CVDA set aside time to evaluate every student in every class. This takes quite a bit of time and effort outside of regular instruction, but we believe it is time well spent. Evaluations are based on teacher observations of...
This year is milestone for Chehalem Valley Dance Academy – we are celebrating 10 years of operating our McMinnville studio. It’s hard to believe how CVDA Mac has changed and grown in just a decade. We love this community and how we’ve had the opportunity to...
Nearly 60 dancers and their families from Chehalem Valley Dance Academy attended the Spotlight Dance Cup Regional Competition this past weekend at the Oregon Convention Center. Some highlights include many first time soloists competing, new groups dances making their...
This past weekend a handful of Performing Company Members from CVDA Newberg attended New York City Dance Alliance in Vancouver, WA. Friday started off with our two mini soloists. They each performed their jazz solos, earned Golds, and won an Outstanding Smile Award!...
We hope you have noticed some changes in the Newberg studio’s Little Lobby. The Senior Performing Company Members were tasked with a self-directed leadership project. I feel it is important for the girls to interact in different social and structural...
It’s so exciting for us to keep in touch with our CVDA family, even after they fly the nest. Two CVDA alumni, Abby Woolsey and Audrey Gohman, are currently attending Hawaii Pacific University and became members of the HPU dance team! Hawaii Pacific University is a...
