Jete's Journal: The Weekly Mews
Leaving Paw-prints Along The Way!
July 29, 2010
Jeté writes:Savannah, Georgia! Once again we took the journey with Miss Robin to DTI National Competition and dance seminar to see beautiful dancers from across the USA. More books sold and signed. Now we are home and Miss Robin is planning our Fall season to include visiting lots of dance studios and introducing even more products for dance teachers and their students. I feel so excited about what's ahead that my paws just dance, dance, dance!
* BIG MEWS!: Our brand new POSTER was introduced just in time to celebrate National Dance Day...July 31st!
A Time for Perrrr-fect Perrr-formances!
June 14, 2010
Jeté writes:Recitals! Recitals! Patty & I have been attending recitals all over Texas in May & June! Robin's Dance Studio in Missouri City, Abbots Performing Arts Center in Houston, Boni's Dance and Performing Arts Studio in The Woodlands, Sweetwater Performing Arts Center in Sweetwater, and Patty Harper Dance Studio in Abilene! We also got to visit The Movement Space in Munday for a great visit and newspaper interview with the dance director, Cori Corcoran!
Meee-ow what a fun travel time for us all! Awesome shows and beautiful dancers everywhere we go!
MEOW-ZA! What fun!
April 29, 2010
Jeté writes PB&J have been flying high as we have visited Daytona Beach, FL and Chattanooga, TN in the past few weeks. Then as soon as we returned to Texas we did a book signing for Robin's Dance Studio! MEOW-ZA what a fun time!
We are also extra excited about our new products coming out...shhhhh...we can't tell you just yet what they will be but we are hoping to have them all available for all of our dance friends very soon:-)!
Oh...and don't forget to look for Patty Bourrée's Apple Crisp recipe in the National Dance Week cookbook called BARRE FOOD! Lots of great recipes for dancers...yummy in a kitty's tummy! prrrrrrr..........
FOR YOUR A-MEWS-MENT!
March 29, 2010
Jeté writes Fun Fun Fun! Patty and I just came back from two DTI competitions with Miss Robin. First stop- Winston/Salem, North Carolina. What fun! Next stop- Exeter, New Hampshire! Mew...what a great time! This week we get to do a book signing in Texas with Miss Robin. Meeeeow are we busy! But for now, time for a little cat nap.......prrrrrr....
Big Mews!
February 7th, 2010
Jeté writes Now available for sale!!! - Patty Bourrée and her cat, Jeté DOLLS! GREAT for the classroom or for the home! Every PB&J fan needs her own dolls. And Colorpage Pals are fun for all little dancers! Look for Patty and me doing exciting dance positions and movements on 18 fun colorpages.
We had meow-FUN at the book signing event in Sugar Land, TX called, "Pancakes and Pajamas" where we met so many cute kids dressed in their p.j.'s and eating pancakes for lunch. And now lots more dancers in Texas have PB&J T-shirts, music CD's and books!
Happy MEW-year!
January 2nd, 2010
Jeté writes MEEEEow, what a fun and exciting year 2009 we have had! It is fun to look back on all of our adventures across this beautiful country of ours and beyond! Miss Robin is busy planning new and exciting things for us for 2010. We hope you all will be following our adventures near and far. NEW fun things to buy from our store are coming very soon too! TUNE IN often to dance along with us through 2010!!!
Mee-oooving across TEXAS!
December 11, 2009
Jeté writes Miss Robin, Patty and I were so lucky to be able to go to Georgetown, TX to the Hill Country Book Festival! Lots of other authors and a fun reception the day before the event added to the excitement. We sold lots of TEE-shirts, music CD's, coloring books, autographed books and a few audio books as well...whew! AND we were so blessed to have a wonderful lady (also named Patti) donate lots of books to the Andrea Rizzo Foundation for children with cancer and special needs! THANK YOU THANK YOU! Now we are busy getting ready for Christmas! Please be sure to visit our "STORE" for special Christmas gift ideas!
New Mews-ic and more fun for Dancers!
October 12, 2009
Jete writes: MEEEEOW! Patty and I are very excited to have a new classroom music CD for all of our dancing friends to share! Dance on Rainbows is fun , pretty and a 'must have' for dancers. We have been very busy as we have visited Connolly Dance Arts with Miss Kathleen in Houston, Tx. Also, we are most excited about our new friendship with Susan Rizzo of The Andrea Rizzo Foundation offering dance therapy for children with cancer and special needs! Please consider donating books for these fragile little dancing angels in hospitals. What a perrrr-fect Christmas gift for these little souls!
Summer FUN!
August 10, 2009
Jete writes: Woweeeee! Patty and Miss Robin and I just returned from an amazing time in Savannah, Georgia at DTI's national competition and convention!! What awesome dancers and a perrrrfect event! (look for pictures in Patty's Scrapbook!). Then we had a fun and relaxing trip to Disney World and Orlando, Florida! We got some sun by the swimming pool (find our picture in Patty's Scapbook) when we were not learning and meeting nice dance teachers form all over the world at Rhee Gold's DanceLife Teacher's Conference. Tune in to the WEEKLY MEWS soon for more fun adventures!
MEWS-ICALS RULE!
June 24, 2009
Jete writes: Mews of the day! Our friends in Billy Elliot won so many grand awards at The 2009 Tony Awards on Broadway! Patty and I have also been very happy meeting new dancemates at Zoe Ann's School of Dance in Houston, Tx and lots of exciting perrrr-formers from Studio G in Manvel, Tx! After returning from our European tour with Kandi Meisinger and Michelle Petrovich we visited the YMCA for a book signing then had our very exciting book signing in The Woodlands, Tx at Barnes & Noble. There, our real-life Patty Bourree dazzled the customers as she danced through store and met so many beautiful little dancers! We are very excited to have a myspace page and a PB&J Facebook Fan Group now, thanks to Michelle Petrovich, Kelly Storm and Shane Kelley! Also, Books are now available through Amazon.com and Target.com! MEEEEEOW...
WHERE TO FIND PB&J!
May 12, 2009
Jete writes: Patty Bourree and her cat, Jete was officially released APRIL 7,2009!! Now people can prrr-chase books from Miss Robin at www.pbjdancemates.com, Tate Publishing and Enterprises, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Tulips and Tutu's in the Heights on Studewood in Houston TX. You may also find PB&J at Texas Children's Hospital in the 'book nooks' due to the generous donation from a special angel named Judy!
Making Mews!
May 5,2009
Jete writesWhat a busy time! Miss Robin, Patty and I have been traveling to dance competitions, dance recitals, NYC and Europe! I have been so busy it has been difficult to sit down and write in my journal. Patty was excited to make friends with the ballet girls from Billy Elliot! They gave her a backstage tour of the Imperial Theater! She is still in NYC having fun with more cast members from Billy Elliot. I can't wait for her to come home.
At the dance recital for Robin's Dance Studio Patty was included in a class rehearsal on stage and met some of the lead dancers for the show, Kristin and Hannah. This has been a perrrrfectly wonderful time!
Mews of the Day!
April 8th, 2009
Jete writesPrrrrrrr...I am anxious to see Patty soon! She is in NYC visiting the dance captain for Billy Elliot; the musical, Gregory Graham. She and I went to Boston to see Travis Kelley performing in Dirty Dancing and, while we were there, made a fun, fun trip to Worcester, MA for a book signing at Jo Ann Warrens Studio for performing arts. There, Patty took her very first tap class! So many fun things to do and see in Massachusetts! Prrrrrrr...
After that we visited Robin's Dance Studio in Missouri City, TX! It was extra fun because all the dancers were in their recital costumes. Miss Melanie let us see all the sequins and glitter for their show. Now I am packing for our exciting trip to Europe next week! I think I will need to catch up on some kitty "z's" very soon...prrrrrrrr...
Join in the Dance!
March 11th, 2009
Jete writesAnn Moody Sill Dance Studio in Sugar Land, TX will be having SUMMER Registraion May 1 *classes begin June 15. ALSO: An on-going open BALLET class is now being held SATURDAYS 9:00-10:30 and is open to all INT/ADV dancers & teachers! The cost is only $15.00 purrrr class!
Mews Flash!
March 11th, 2009
Jete writesStudents of Martinez Evans Dance Studio in Georgia won countless awards at competition last weekend! Under the direction of April Hartsell, these dancers earned high point and top scrores of the day at the Encore dance competition in Macon,GA! I'd say that was quite a purrrrrr-formance!
Flying High!
March 9th, 2009
Jete writesMiss Robin, Patty and I just returned from a quick trip, flying high in an airplane, to Long Beach, California! We got to see a great dance competition called Cathy Roe's Ultimate Dance. While Miss Robin worked adjudicating the show, Patty, and I met lots of beautiful dancers and showed them our PB&J books. We worked with such nice people, like Cathy Roe and Molly Brennand. Now I am home and it's time for my cat nap...purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....
Leaving my paw prints...
February 28th, 2009
Jete writesMore dancers and new friends! PB&J and Miss Robin went to visit a dear friend, Miss Ann at Ann Moody Sill Dance Studio in Sugar Land, Tx. Then we visited Miss Robines childhood dancemate, Miss Carol at Carol Ehler Dance School in Houston, Tx. We giggled, visited, read stories of our adventures in dance and signed books for so many cute dancers. What a great week!
Extra Extra!
February 27th, 2009
Jete writesWow! Miss Robin is so excited because she received such a surprise today! Fort Bend Lifestyles magazine wrote an article about PB&J in their March issue with pretty pictures and everything! What a purrr-fect day!
MEOW! What a Tour!
February 24th, 2009
Jete writesWe have been very busy driving to dance studios in Houston, TX! First stop: Abbottes Performing Arts Centre with Paula Abbott. Next, Living Lines Dance Center with Janet Thompson. Then Miss Robin, Patty and I flew in lots of airplanes on a whirlwind book signing tour! We visited Augusta, GA with April Hartsell at Martinez Evans Dance Studio, then on to Stuart, VA at Patrick County Dancing Arts Center with Cindy Joyce, Greensboro, NC with Leslie Nagel at Greensboro Dance Theatre, and finally a fun party on "Patty Bourree Day" with Cindy Hollingsworth at the Ray Hollingsworth Dance Studio in Martinsville; VA! Whew... and MEW! What fun!
Our First Book Signing!
February 21st, 2009
Jete writesPatty returned home just in time to go with Miss Robin and me to our first book signing! I was so happy to see her! We had so much fun visiting the Quail Valley Country Clubs Womenes group called the Quails. So many nice ladies! And yummy food too. They had fancy waiters who served us fish... a kittyes favorite lunch.
PB&J Are On Their Way!
February 5th, 2009
Jete writesPatty Bourree, my purrrr-fect best friend, went to New York City on February the 1st! I was sad because I was separated from Patty but happy to be home helping Miss Robin prepare our brand new website information for you. Travis Kelley, a cast member in the American tour of Dirty Dancing and a photographer, took good care of Patty in New York while he took such fun pictures of her all over the city. She was so happy to see her friend, Margot De la Barre, a cast member in South Pacific! Patty kept very busy staying in shape by power-walking through Central Park then even had enough time to sightsee around Times Square. Meow! What fun start to our journey around the world!