The Pre-Cotillion program setting will encourage children to be comfortable together, to make new friends, and enjoy themselves.  Through role-playing, hands-on experience, and storytelling in a peer group, young ladies and gentlemen are expected to leave the program with the beginnings of confidence and poise that come fron knowing the proper things to do.  

*Manners in the Home

*Being Introduced and Shaking hands

*Paying and Receiving Compliments

* Birthday Party Etiquette

*Basic Table Manners

The Pre-Cotillion program setting will encourage children to be comfortable together, to make new friends, and enjoy themselves.  Through role-playing, hands-on experience, and storytelling in a peer group, young ladies and gentlemen are expected to leave the program with the beginnings of confidence and poise that come fron knowing the proper things to do.  

*Greeting and Shaking Hands

*Rules of Introductions

*Sports Etiquette * Fast Food Etiquette

*Correspondence(The Thank you note and the RSVP)

*More Advanced Table Manners

*Basic Line Dance

Junior Cotillion Year I :The Year 1 Class is for rising 6th & 7th graders who are brand new to the cotillion program  Tuition is:  $375.00

JUNIOR COTILLION PLACES AS MUCH EMPHASIS ON ETIQUETTE, MANNERS, AND CHARACTER EDUCATION AS IT DOES ON DANCE TRAINING.  SOCIAL EDUCATION FOR YEAR 1 INCLUDES:  TELEPHONE COURTESY, POLITE CONVERSATION, INTRODUCTIONS, THANK YOU NOTES, FIRST IMPRESSSIONS, MANNERS IN THE HOME, TABLE MANNERS AND STYLES OF DINING.  DANCE EDUCATION INCLUDES THE BASIC STEPS OF THE FOXTROT, SWING, CHA CHA, AND THE WALTZ AS WELL AS CURRENT LINE DANCES

The Junior Cotillion places as much emphasis on etiquette, manners, and character education as it does on dance training.  The Social Education components of the Year 2 program includes:  Introductions and First Impressions, Paying and Receiving compliments, Citizenship, Table manners and the formal 5 course place setting, Dress Codes for all occasions, Correspondence, and Character traits of Noble character.  Dance education will include more advance combinations to the Foxtrot, Swing, Cha Cha and the Waltz as well as Current Line Dances.  The highlight of the Year II program is the Instructional 5-Course Dinner created by Chef Meghan Gordon and her father, Mr. Tom Rice of Magnolia Grill.  

The Premiere Cotillion Program is designed for students who have completed the Year 1 and Year 2 Junior Cotillion Programs.  The third year of cotillion allows the students to take all the etiquette and dance they have learned in the classroom out into public places.  This class is also open to 9th grade students who have never  taken cotillion classes.  While structured similarly to Year1/Year2 Classes, the Premiere curriculum is quite different.  Instruction will be given in Social Correspondence,Travel & International etiquette, Golf & Tennis Etiquette, Official protocol and Manners abroad.  Dance Instruction will include more advanced steps to the Foxtrot, Swing, Cha Cha, and Waltz as well as introduction to Latin dances such as the Salsa and new Line Dances.    The Highlight of the Year 3/Premiere Class is the Cultural Outing Dinner.  

The High School Cotillion Program is designed to give students the opportunity to enjoy the social skills and dance learned in Junior Cotillion and to introduce them to skills that will better prepare them for the future not only in high school, but in college and the world of work.  The classes are held in a variety of formats and environments, both on and off-site, and includes lessons designed to appeal to students of all interest groups and career ambitions.  The curriculum is designed specifically and intentionally to truly prepare our students to be the leaders of tomorrow.  Highlights of the High School program are the Professional Panel Luncheon or dinner, Resume Writing, Mock Inteview, and the Cultural Outing.  This class will also enjoy the Holly Ball hosted at the Destin/FWB Convention Center and the Grand Spring Ball hosted at the Hurlburt Soundside Club.