Current Competition Team familiesTeam information & updates

Programs & Events

More than a
competition schedule.

We create practical opportunities for dancers and families to prepare, connect, and enjoy the season together.

Coming together

Shared moments build a stronger team.

The Board is developing a thoughtful season calendar with family events, low-lift fundraisers, and team-building opportunities. Confirmed events appear here first, with additional dates and details added as they are approved.

GDS Team Family Picnic and GDS × GymCore Season Kickoff, September 20 from 3:15 to 6 PM

Sunday, September 20 · 3:15–6:00 PM

GDS Team Family Picnic + GDS × GymCore Season Kickoff

We’re moving the picnic to GymCore Athletics for an afternoon designed for the whole team family. Dancers will eat first, enjoy a fun Acro lesson using GymCore’s gymnastics equipment, and finish with open gym time while parents eat, connect, and talk through the season ahead.

3:15 PMPicnic begins · dancers eat first

4:00–4:45Fun Acro lesson at GymCore

4:45–6:00Open gym

GymCore Athletics
963 Enterprise Ct. · Lexington, KY

GDS provides pork and chicken BBQ. Please sign up to bring a side or dessert. The event is free for GDS Competition Team dancers and serves as the kickoff for our new community partnership with GymCore Athletics.

January 9–10, 2027

Quest Intensive

Save the date for two days of focused training, movement, and inspiration at Gotta Dance Studio. Registration and payment details will be announced soon.

Ongoing

Community Fundraisers

Restaurant nights, digital campaigns, candy sales, recital flowers, and Kroger Community Rewards.

Community Partner Series

GDSGymCore

Ongoing fundraiser series

GymCore
Parents’ Night Out.

The GDS Team Booster Club and GymCore Athletics are developing an ongoing series that gives kids active, supervised time in the gym while parents enjoy a short night out. Admission from each event will help raise funds for the Booster Club and support the GDS Competition Team experience.

Active time at GymCore

Movement, open-gym exploration, and activities using GymCore’s gymnastics facility and equipment.

A useful family fundraiser

Families receive a real evening-out option while event admission helps support the GDS Team Booster Club.

Details announced event by event

Dates, times, admission prices, eligible ages, activities, and registration information will be posted as each event is confirmed.

The September 20 Season Kickoff is the Competition Team’s free introduction to GymCore. Future Parents’ Night Out events will be announced separately.

The GDS DanceReady Series

Prepared in the studio.
Ready beyond it.

DanceReady brings trusted community professionals into team practices for short, practical, age-appropriate sessions. The goal is to complement the studio’s dance instruction with useful tools for health, confidence, performance, and preparation.

Become a DanceReady partner

Fuel

Nutrition, hydration, recovery, and competition-day fueling

Move

Warmups, cooldowns, mobility, and injury prevention

Prepare

Stage hair, makeup, lashes, and competition readiness

Thrive

Healthy confidence, teamwork, mindset, and leadership

Let’s make the team stronger

There’s a place for you
behind the team.

Get involved gdsteamboosterclub@gmail.com

More than acompetition schedule.