The Iit Factor

What began as a harmless school of song and dance for my, kids degenerated into a financial and emotional mess within a year for my family. The Owner goes from charming, encouraging one day to insulting and mean the next. She encouraged my children at first but eventually turned insulting, mean. Originally at Mile Hill Gymnastics, she soon fought with the owner and brought everyone into that chaos. At the new studio she immediately began keeping her seven year old, hyperactive son there all the time and then her deaf Great Dane puppy ruining a lot of class time. The kids all wanted to play with 'Hollywood' If we the parents weren't babysitting her child we were babysitting the dog. At first the fee's look good. One & half hour class for about $40.00 month. But then she insists the kids continue with the 'initial' class as well as the higher level one doubling the cost. She charges for every audition (an elaborate crazy circus in itself using local business owners as judges?? ) and insists on additional training which she charges you for again. Voice lessons were a joke. 1/2 hour spent mainly trying to get her Ipad to work. She calls her studio 'unique - basically trying to imitate 'Glee' the cable show and bad mouths the other dance schools.



She encourages the older kids to share family/school problems and discusses own personal issues. My son knew of a recent miscarriage! One parent received an email from this woman accusing her husband of drug use and infidelity! She talks A LOT about all her illness' and her 'mission' which elicits A LOT of sympathy and excuses for her 'erratic behavior but very little training and real artistic progress.



Last December, during a parent meeting for some far- fetched Disneyland Trip, she asked us to create a dummy account for this money to avoid having to pay business taxes. I did not sign up to defraud the US government! Some parents are completely hypnotized. They all have American Idol Stars in their eyes. And for awhile I did as well. My final straw was when my son went missing for over 45 min between classes on Bay street. She did not tell me. She did not even apologize.

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It's incredible that this place is still standing but she and her husband are very good at promotion and packaging. She beats the 'I love you!'; I love your kids!' I will fight for you!' drum relentlessly. Sounds great at first...Creepy after a few months!

In short, this 'school' should have an Sh in front of it's name. The owners will give you and your family a little bit of 'Show' and whole lot of 'Business'. Dodge this bullet and go elsewhere!

Great Salon! Very Professional! My hair is natural and you would never know. It was so silky and straight after they were finished. I was very pleased and will be back!