FRIDAY GROUP CLASSES ARE CANCELLED
due to rising COVID-19 cases in the area and for the safety of our students and instructors. We apologize for any inconvenience.
StudioJeff will be closing on November 30, 2020!
Several months ago I decided that I would give up the lease to my space in the 701 building in downtown St. Cloud and close StudioJeff. The corona virus poses too many challenges to the ballroom dance studio business model. We work almost entirely within social distance. That makes it impossible to teach single individuals safely and that accounts for half my income. Sure, I can limit capacity and teach couples from 10 feet or so and teach online but that isn’t generating enough income and I can only lose money for so long. I received no assistance from the government and although I could try to be creative and develop new income streams, I just don’t feel like doing that. I loved the ballroom business model as it was and don’t have the energy to invent a new model...(read more here)
- Jeff Ringer
