Local businesswoman, Eden Coughlan, dance principal and owner of Copper City Dance Centre (CCDC), is branching out and has recently purchased a second dance centre.
When Eden saw a studio come up for sale in Temora, she thought it sounded “really good”.
“Temora is a similar town to Cobar in that it’s got similar values to what we have so it just was a bit of a perfect fit,” Eden said.
She said purchasing the second dance studio had lots of benefits particularly for helping to fulfil the ambitions of one of her staff members, assistant teacher Brielle Farrell.
“Brielle had mentioned (when we talk about our future goals) that she’s ready to move from Cobar but she knows you don’t leave a good boss and you don’t leave a job you love,” Eden told The Cobar Weekly.
“So when I saw the Temora studio it kind of clicked that we could give Brielle the opportunity to manage it.
“She’ll still have a good boss and she’ll also have the support that she needs to be able to do it.
“It works out well for everyone, I don’t lose her as a valuable staff member and Brielle gets to go and expand her horizons and experience new things,” Eden said.
The Temora studio currently has 70 students, compared to the CCDC which has 150 dance students.
“There is a lot of room to grow there which was part of the potential that I saw in it as a viable business,” Eden said.
“Brielle will be the studio manager and the principal dance teacher, so she’ll be the face of the studio, running all the classes and events.
“I’ll still do the boring admin, look after the finances and all the behind the scenes running a business stuff.”
Eden said a bonus in owning a second dance studio is being able to share resources such as costumes and staff.
“That’s one of the biggest benefits.
“One of the largest expenses we have in the studio is not the building, or any of the costs associated with it, but with costumes.
“They are so expensive.
“Now we’ve got a new way of doing costumes, we’ll be able to rotate around and it won’t be such a big expense.”
Eden said having a “sister studio” will also have benefits for her students as they will be able to team up to compete at eisteddfods.
“We’re now going to shift our focus on eisteddfods from Dubbo-way and look more south around Griffith,” she said.
Eden also has plans for the two studios to join up for dance camps.
Another benefit of having two studios is that Eden’s CCDC assistant teaching staff and the three Temora staff will get an opportunity to gain more experience working with a wider group of students across the two studios.
The new centre is just one of a number of new projects Eden has on the go at the moment.
“We’ve got our Disney trip next year, it’s going to be a busy year!
“I don’t like sitting around!
