Help Chicago Dance Factory - 3 Ways to Help
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Chicago Dance Factory is not just a dance studio. It’s an escape for dreariness. It’s a place of passion. It’s a place of welcome. It’s a place of friends. It’s a place of positive energy. It’s a place learning. And it’s a place of healing.
Regular students and Chicago’s social dancers have experienced the charm and energy we’ve worked to create in this place we consider our home. But now, with this current situation and the stay at home order extended to June, that “special place” that many have come to love is in jeopardy.
At this point, the school has been officially closed for almost 2 months and now it will be another month before we can look at possibly getting back into the studio. In addition, we expect traffic to be slow as there is still a great concern for health and safety (we will be under very strict operational procedures).
Unfortunately, we were not yet at a place where we had the resources to be able to continue paying our rent, utilities, licensing costs, and payroll without receiving our normal income for more than a month. (Yes, still doing payroll.) When everything is added together, the bare minimum required to pay the studio bills is just shy of $5000 a month. (I’m not included in that amount or payroll.)
I have resisted asking for assistance from our school population and the community until now. As I see the potential that we could lose the studio (which we put hundreds of hours building, painting, developing and turning in to the place that it is today), I have not been left with much choice. We have been turned down by the PPP program and are in limbo with the SBA EIDL Diasaster Loan program.
I’ve always wanted to focus on giving to the community (ie, our free online classes right now), not be a burden to it. So with that thought in mind, I’m asking that you help us by doing the following:
If you are in a financially stable situation and you feel that you have any emotional attachment to Chicago Dance Factory, the studio, or it’s teachers…
PLEASE HELP US BY DOING BUSINESS WITH US LONG TERM:
OPTION 1: Pre-purchase monthly Dance School Memberships:
Collegiate:
$189 per month (includes 4 - 25 min privates) or $2268 for the year
Classic:
$349 per month (includes 4 – 50 min privates) or $4188 for the year
VIP:
$649 per month (includes 8 – 50 min privates) or $7788 for the year.
· Pre-purchase any number of months you feel comfortable that you can afford.
· Purchase of a year will include 2 free full months added.
· Group Classes, practice times, parties, and all other activities included in memberships.
Note: In the absolute disaster that we would ever lose our studio. Chicago Dance Factory is it's people... not just a space. Even if we lose our current location, the school will continue somewhere else. Hopefully, that will not be the case.
OPTION 2: Purchase Subscriptions to IzMyMicOn.com for Video Meetings or Webinar Services
As we have been shut down, we’ve also been busy. We’re working on launching a new webinar company as we realized how expensive it was with zoom to have webinar services to broadcast the free classes we’ve been offering to the dance community nightly. $14.95 (base) + $40 (webinars) a month ($55 total). We will be launching the service soon but I fear it won’t generate enough income to save the studio in time.
If you use Zoom, this is an ideal replacement at 30% less cost. It was designed with security and ease of use in mind.
Let us know the number of months you want a subscription multiple the cost below by that.
Video Meetings
- $9.95 per month with 4GB Recordable Storage
Video Classrooms (20 User)
- $19.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
Video Classrooms (50 User)
- $29.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
Video Classrooms (100 User)
- $39.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
Online Seminars (500 User)
- $69.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
· For every 3 months paid, we’ll give another month free.
· Purchase a year and get a year free.
· Website is www.izmymicon.com (in development, officially launches May 15, 2020). Actual services and webinar engines are online. We'll be testing them this week with our online classes.
Currently working on the polish and presentation on the website, visuals, ads, etc. Just please bear with us as in the first couple months of providing service, we'll be working to catch any issues that we might not know about until it goes into full operation.
OPTION 3 – Donation
If you care about us enough that you want to donate. I will not turn that down though I may insist on repaying the kindness in some way at a later time.
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I appreciate any of you who cared enough to read through this. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being part of our family. Be safe. Stay healthy. And we’ll see you soon!
Love,
Brian & The Chicago Dance Factory Team
www.chicagodancefactory.com
Regular students and Chicago’s social dancers have experienced the charm and energy we’ve worked to create in this place we consider our home. But now, with this current situation and the stay at home order extended to June, that “special place” that many have come to love is in jeopardy.
At this point, the school has been officially closed for almost 2 months and now it will be another month before we can look at possibly getting back into the studio. In addition, we expect traffic to be slow as there is still a great concern for health and safety (we will be under very strict operational procedures).
Unfortunately, we were not yet at a place where we had the resources to be able to continue paying our rent, utilities, licensing costs, and payroll without receiving our normal income for more than a month. (Yes, still doing payroll.) When everything is added together, the bare minimum required to pay the studio bills is just shy of $5000 a month. (I’m not included in that amount or payroll.)
I have resisted asking for assistance from our school population and the community until now. As I see the potential that we could lose the studio (which we put hundreds of hours building, painting, developing and turning in to the place that it is today), I have not been left with much choice. We have been turned down by the PPP program and are in limbo with the SBA EIDL Diasaster Loan program.
I’ve always wanted to focus on giving to the community (ie, our free online classes right now), not be a burden to it. So with that thought in mind, I’m asking that you help us by doing the following:
If you are in a financially stable situation and you feel that you have any emotional attachment to Chicago Dance Factory, the studio, or it’s teachers…
PLEASE HELP US BY DOING BUSINESS WITH US LONG TERM:
OPTION 1: Pre-purchase monthly Dance School Memberships:
Collegiate:
$189 per month (includes 4 - 25 min privates) or $2268 for the year
Classic:
$349 per month (includes 4 – 50 min privates) or $4188 for the year
VIP:
$649 per month (includes 8 – 50 min privates) or $7788 for the year.
· Pre-purchase any number of months you feel comfortable that you can afford.
· Purchase of a year will include 2 free full months added.
· Group Classes, practice times, parties, and all other activities included in memberships.
Note: In the absolute disaster that we would ever lose our studio. Chicago Dance Factory is it's people... not just a space. Even if we lose our current location, the school will continue somewhere else. Hopefully, that will not be the case.
OPTION 2: Purchase Subscriptions to IzMyMicOn.com for Video Meetings or Webinar Services
As we have been shut down, we’ve also been busy. We’re working on launching a new webinar company as we realized how expensive it was with zoom to have webinar services to broadcast the free classes we’ve been offering to the dance community nightly. $14.95 (base) + $40 (webinars) a month ($55 total). We will be launching the service soon but I fear it won’t generate enough income to save the studio in time.
If you use Zoom, this is an ideal replacement at 30% less cost. It was designed with security and ease of use in mind.
Let us know the number of months you want a subscription multiple the cost below by that.
Video Meetings
- $9.95 per month with 4GB Recordable Storage
Video Classrooms (20 User)
- $19.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
Video Classrooms (50 User)
- $29.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
Video Classrooms (100 User)
- $39.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
Online Seminars (500 User)
- $69.95 per month (includes Meetings & Storage)
· For every 3 months paid, we’ll give another month free.
· Purchase a year and get a year free.
· Website is www.izmymicon.com (in development, officially launches May 15, 2020). Actual services and webinar engines are online. We'll be testing them this week with our online classes.
Currently working on the polish and presentation on the website, visuals, ads, etc. Just please bear with us as in the first couple months of providing service, we'll be working to catch any issues that we might not know about until it goes into full operation.
OPTION 3 – Donation
If you care about us enough that you want to donate. I will not turn that down though I may insist on repaying the kindness in some way at a later time.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I appreciate any of you who cared enough to read through this. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being part of our family. Be safe. Stay healthy. And we’ll see you soon!
Love,
Brian & The Chicago Dance Factory Team
www.chicagodancefactory.com
Organizer
Brian Wong
Organizer
Villa Park, IL