Dear Families:

Thank you for registering your child(ren) for the 2025/2026 Saint Nicholas Wyckoff Greek Dance Lessons. We are very excited to bring our youth together to learn and enjoy the traditions of our Greek heritage. Angelo Gergatsoulis is the dance instructor offering weekly lessons for our youth with a focus on teamwork and commitment.

Greek Dance practices will meet weekly, Wednesday evenings, starting September 10th at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Wyckoff, NJ in the Fellowship Hall.

Junior Dancers: 6:45 - 7:30pm - Grades K - 6th, ages 5 -12 years old
Goyan Dancers: 7:30 - 9pm - Grades 7th - 12th, ages 12 -18 years old

Practices are scheduled for the following dates of 2025 / 2026. Please join REMIND app on your phone, for weekly text message reminders and updates. Click here to sign up https://www.remind.com/join/ee2d63:

2025

- September 10, 17 – please attend if you will be performing at the Greek festival (September 19 - 20th)
  - - and also Sept. 24th
- October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
- November 5, 12, 19
- December 3, 10, 17

2026

- January 7, 14, 21, 28
- February 4, 11, 18 (Great Lent begins on February 23^rd)
- February 25th and March 4th: Only for Sights and Sounds practice
- April 15, 22, 29
- May 6, 13, 20 (possibly 27 and June 3 if needed)

Tuesdays (MDF practices - GOYANs only):
October 7, 14, 28
November 4, 11, 25
December 2, 9, 23
January 6, 13, 27
February 3, 10, 24

NOTE: If your child will be performing during the St. Nicholas Wyckoff Greek Festival on September 20^th and 21^st , attendance leading up to the festival is highly encouraged.

Pricing for the 2025-2026 year will be as follows:

GOYAN Dancers - $295 per child - Grades 7th - 12th, ages 12 -18 years old; MDF Cost (GOYAN only): $150 (3 Tuesday’s a month – see above)
Junior Dancers - $230 per child - Grades K - 6th, ages 5 -12 years old

Discounts available: If you are registering 3 or more children, you will have the option to pay half price discount per registration for the 3rd or additional child(ren) GOYAN $147.50 EA / Juniors $115 EA. Complete the registration for the 1st child, then, at the completion of that registration, there will be an option to register additional children.

Registration and payment are due no later than Friday, October 31, 2025.

Payment by credit card is encouraged, but if you prefer to pay by check, please make the check payable to “Saint Nicholas Goya” and submit in person to either:

Sophia Papson - Goyan group - grades 7th - 12th, ages 12 -18 years old
Maria Lleonart - Junior group - grades K - 6th, ages 5 -12 years old

Payment by credit card (preferred) has changed. Greek dance payments can be made through the church website (Vanco). We will still use Corsizio for registrations (Taverna night, MDF) - but we will only direct CC payments through the church website via https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZDGF/campaign/C-150VH . Go to the GOYA link and click donate to make your CC payment and include in the Notes section that your payment is either for:

"Greek Dance – Juniors - qty __” or “Greek Dance – GOYANs - qty __”.

If you have children in multiple age groups indicate "Greek Dance - Jr. (#), Goyan (#)".

Payments are all due by October 31^st.

Please be sure to provide a valid email address in your registration forms and join REMIND app on your phone, for weekly text message reminders and updates. Click here to sign up https://www.remind.com/join/ee2d63

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact either Greek Dance coordinators, Maria or Sophia. More information is also available on the church website at https://www.stnicholasnj.org/greek-dance.

Maria Lleonart, marhadg@gmail.com, 973-464-9525
Sophia Papson, sophiapapson@icloud.com, or 201-889-4800

Looking forward to an exciting year ahead!