Alegre Ballet Folklórico

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There will not be practice for the Infantil and Children's classes on Saturday, April 4.

Happy Easter!

Feel free to wear pastel colors on Wednesday, April 1st, and Thursday, April 2nd.

Saturday, April 18 - Galleria Mall

Infantil, Children and Juniors

The performance will be at the same location other performances there are at. Please arrive by 5:15 to the location.

Tickets

Tickets are almost done. They will be in our hands we HOPE by this weekend and in yours next week.

Alegre Ballet Folklórico Annual Raffle Fundraiser

Support youth arts, cultural preservation, and community performances through folklórico dance.

Drawing Date: June 6, post Spring Show in person and on Facebook Live
Tickets: $5
Prizes

$600 Cash Prize
65" 4K UHD Roku Smart TV
Incloodie Food Tour for Two
Oak Cliff Beauty Bar Date Night Package
Full Lash Set + Professional Blowout
Oak Cliff Eats Package
Little Joy Coffee + Olmo Market + Herby’s Gift Card
Diamond Earrings
Carne Asada Party Package
Mi Tienda Deli Gift Card + Grill Light Spatula
bbpiñata Gift Card for Two
Mini Photoshoot by The Social Chica
Apple AirPods (4th Generation)
Coach Purse/Wallet + Kendra Scott Necklaces (2)
Texas Massage & Spa + Beauty Library Lash Set
Summer Chess Camp + Travel Chess & Checkers Set
Texas Rangers Game Tickets (2)
Infield Mezzanine
$50 Cash and Fluffy Pet Grooming Gift Cards

Your raffle ticket supports:

• Youth folklórico dance education
• Cultural preservation and traditional dance
• Community performances and events
• Costumes and training for young dancers

When you buy a ticket, you help keep cultural dancing in our community.

Thank you!

Thank you to the Infantil class' generous donation of $600 for the raffle!

During Spring Break, March 19-21, we offered a small workshop for young men to learn a bit from us in folklórico. Our goal was to open a space where folklórico dancers from different schools could come and work together and build a relationship. Often times these school programs have few to hardly any boys in their programs and the future folklórico men feel alone. Here they met and danced together in a space meant for them. We had students from Sunset, Skyline, Grand Prairie, South Grand Prairie and Creek View High Schools. We hope to do this again soon to reach out more in our communities.

THANK YOU DANNY for helping to make this project a reality!!!

We are excited to launch a campaign to recruit male dancers! A reduced tuition rate will be offered to male dancers at all levels with a one-year commitment (January–December 2026).

Sunday, March 29

Sunday we were given the opportunity to work with the Latino Cultural Center for a Dallas Mavericks Cultural Tour. In an attempt to get to know the cultural landscape of Dallas, The Mavs MVPs visited 3 culturally diverse locations in Dallas. Our dancers were there to great them at the Latino Cultural Center, their second stop of the day.

Dwight Powell and Caleb Martin from the Mavericks with Gerardo Robles from the LCC.

The Alegre Closet Closes

On Saturday, March 28th, members of Alegre came to Pedro's house to help him, and Alegre, move out of his home. For a quick background, Pedro bought a house in Oak Cliff around 2005. About 10years ago Pedro had to help his parents and went to live in their home, and the house quickly became additional storage for Alegre. The house went from 1 bedroom having vestuario, to all 3 bedrooms, the living room/dining room and Kitchen having vestuario and accessories. Due to the pandemic and Ms Maggie's health declining the house was not as closely monitored. The house became a haven for homeless and drug addicts who destroyed the inside of the house. With a heavy heart and much consideration Pedro decided to sell his house. With the help of several Alegre members, 3 trailers were filled with trash and destroyed furniture and vestuario to prepare for the sale. The last step will be moving the last of the salvage-able items to the studio.

THANK YOU to Reeses, Yahaira, Ibeth, Monica, Ileana, Griselda, Isabella, Jorge, Sandra, Felicia, Aryanna, Ryan and Chabelita.

Also a big Thank you to Augie and Hector (Reeses please pass the message along) for lending a hand.

And a HUGE THANK YOU to Adrian (Ibeth please pass the message along) for helping with the trailers!

For any accounting-related questions or questions regarding tuition rates, please direct all inquiries to:
📧 accounting@alegreballet.com

We would love to highlight our dancers on our social media pages. If you are interested in being featured, please complete the form at the link below and submit your information.
https://forms.gle/VtdAq1s2vzhz4TXd9

Sunday, April 19th

Studio Organizing

1:00pm - 6:00pm

Please direct all inquiries to:

volunteer@alegreballet.com

Volunteering Click Here

Our new sponsorship campaign is now live and can be found at the link below. Please share with any businesses that may be interested in sponsoring our group.

https://alegreballet.com/donate.html

Reserve Parking

We ask that these first two parking spots be left open and available to Pedro, Jessica and Reeses. Sometimes we stay very late and leave the studio alone. Sometimes we may come during another class. Either way it would be nice if we didn't need to walk far to our vehicles especially if we are alone in the dark.