Hello PNB School Families!!
Here is a message from On Pointe Dancewear:
 Yes, it’s that time already! If you or your dancer will be participating in a ballet summer intensive this year and will need multiple pairs of pointe shoes, now is the time to communicate with us. The bulk of our summer pointe shoe orders are submitted to our vendors by mid-April since some brands/models/sizes can take up to 2-3 months to come in. Please complete the Google form to get on our order list by the end of this month. Don’t worry about knowing exactly what you need – we just need a general idea to avoid a last-minute pointe shoe crisis. No one wants to settle for a less-than-ideal back-up style that they’re not used to wearing! How many shoes will you need? If this is your first time, summer intensive is a different ballgame. In general, you will need one pair per week.* This may seem like a lot, but remember, you will be wearing your pointe shoes for longer periods of time and you will need to rotate through multiple pairs so that each can have ample drying time between uses – ideally 24-38 hours of drying time. The last thing you need is to run out of shoes with two weeks left in your program and faced with dancing in pain on dead, mushy pointe shoes. Be smart, plan ahead, and you won’t have to stress come June. * This is a general suggestion. If you’re wearing Freeds, order an extra pair. If you wear Gaynors, you probably only need 1-2 pairs. If you’re unsure how many to order, ask us! We’ve done this several times 😉 ———————————————————————————————————————————— Why so early? There are two main reasons: 1. Not only are all pointe shoes made by hand, it takes up to 25 people to make a single pair (that is no exaggeration!). This means it takes more time to produce than one would think. Part of that extra time is when the shoes are “cured” in an oven with drying time ranging from overnight (think Freed) to up to 3 weeks (think Suffolk). Additionally, most manufacturers do not keep a lot of pointe shoe sizes in stock. Since pointe shoes expire, they keep their stock thin and produce based on demand. 2. Everything comes from overseas (mostly Thailand, Russia, Europe, or the Dominican Republic) and sometimes they come by plane or sometimes by boat. These same companies most likely need to fill a shipping container or a certain number of pallets with hundreds or thousands of pairs of pointe shoes before they can ship out. This makes planning tricky and not a quick process.Also, in case you’re wondering, there are ZERO pointe shoe factories in the U.S! ————————————————————————————————————————————– Bulk Discount Program: We offer a final sale bulk discount of 15% for 3+ pairs of pointe shoes. This means, no refunds or exchanges – no exceptions. If you are concerned about your young dancer growing before summer, then we recommend just buying shoes one at a time so that you can always exchange for a different size before you leave. The reason we do this is because growing dancers require additional pointe shoe fitting appointments which add additional costs to our business. The discount program is intended for dancers who are confident in their make/model of shoe and just need to try them on without an appointment to check for possible defects    On Pointe Dancewear12001 NE 12th Street #85, Bellevue, WA, 98005-2024 |