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Huntington Learning Center . 50 Louisiana Academy of the Instagator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . 11 Kinder Haus Montessori . . . . . 40 Art Instruction Montessori Christian Academy . . 7 Art Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 My Lit le Sprout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Brushworks Academy of Art . . 46 Noah’s Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Baby & Children’s Furniture Play & Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Baby’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Primary Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Once Upon A Child . . . . . . . . 3 St. Michaels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Baby Ultrasounds Technology Learning Center . 16 Prenatal Pics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Fitness/Nutrition/Weight Loss Sound Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Angel Grove Ranch . . . . . . . . 23 Business Opportunity Franco’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,33 985 Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mandevil e Sports Complex . . 16 Don’t Miss a Moment . . . . . . . . . 38 Pelican Athletic Club . . . . . . . . 39 Cheerleading SOZA Weight Loss . . . . . . . . . 32 Spirit Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . 26 X Fusion Fitness Center . . . . . . 30 Acting/Drama/Modeling
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Sports & Family Chiroprator . . . 34 SEDesigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Baby’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Camp Girl Biz . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Carolynn’s Wonderland . . . . . 47 Children’s Repeat . . . . . . . . . . 4 Once Upon A Child . . . . . . . . 3 Simply Chic Boutique . . . . . . . 49
The Little Gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Riverbend Gymnastics . . . . . . .16 Healthcare/Therapies
Bridgewater Psychiatry . . . . . . . 47 Nitpicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Oil Sistas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Parker Speech & Language Community Awareness Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Children’s Advocacy Center . . . 36 Pediatric Therapy & Learning Discovery Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Wil iams Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . 46 The Learning Practice . . . . . . . 29 Cooking Instruction
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X Fusion Fitness Center . . . . . . 28 Bricks 4 Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Technology Learning Center . 16 Brushworks Academy of Art . . 46 Maid Services Camp Girl Biz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Custom Maid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Camp Northlake . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Martial Arts Church of the King . . . . . . . . . 31 Art Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Culinary Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Music/Voice/Piano Instruction Elite Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Louisiana Academy of the Franco’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,33 Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . .11 Kinder Haus Montessori . . . . . 40 Northlake Academy of Music Montessori Christian Academy . . 7 Tot-n-Tunes . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Noah’s Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Party Ideas Northlake Academy of Music Angel Grove Ranch . . . . . . . . 23 Tot-n-Tunes . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Art Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Northshore Academy Bricks 4 Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 of Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Brushworks Academy of Art . . 46 Pelican Athletic Club . . . . . . . . 39 Camp Girl Biz . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Riverbend Gymnastics . . . . . . . .16 Culinary Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Riverview Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Dat Rollin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Spirit Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Discovery Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Splender Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Kids & Family Arena . . . . . . . . 50 St. Michaels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Rolling Video Games . . . . . . . 23 The Little Gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Splender Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 X Fusion Fitness Center . . . . . . 28 The Little Gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Zoo 2 U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Toddler Express . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Swimming Instruction X Fusion Fitness Center . . . . . . 28 Franco’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,33 Zoo 2 U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mandevil e Sports Complex . . 9 Pet Goods/Services Northshore Swim . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adventure Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Pelican Athletic Club . . . . . . . . 39 Crosspoint Vetinary Hospital . . . 7 Toys/Outdoor Play Mandevil e Animal Hospital . . . . 12 Blackwell’s ATV/ Go Carts . . . 30 Photography Travel Agency Franny S Photography . . . . 10 Cupcake Castles Travel Co. . 25 Heidi Bowers Photography . 18 Vision
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Ages 7 & up June 27-July 14 3 Challenging Levels FOCUS is 3 weeks of motivation, inspiration and challenges for the serious dancer looking to improve their dance technique, skills and movement. The FOCUS Summer Dance Intensive, with over 35 hours of instruction, concentrates on improving the dancers foundation with the disciplines of ballet, jazz technique, tap, contemporary, hip-hop, leaps, turns, stretch and conditioning as well as classes from special guest artists.
Body Expressions
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Team Placements will be Saturday, May 21st
Check the website for times. Beginners & All Skill Levels Welcome! We offer Competitive & Non-Competitive Cheerleading Teams! Cheerleading teams ages 4 and up
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“Building a foundation based on learning and love” 1/2 day structured program • Preschool Ages 18 mos-5 yrs
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May 23-May 27, Bugging Out May 31-June 3, I Love Louisiana June 6-June10, Dinosaur Dig
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