<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Hello Dancers!</font><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br>
</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Happy new year and welcome back to school! It's time for another semester of lessons and working off all that holiday weight--lessons begin on the first day of classes! Come by January 10th for Bronze and Newcomer lessons from 8-10 PM in Rangos!</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Minor changes in the lesson structure for the year--we've added a Newcomer and Gold level class to the schedule! For more details, please check out our website at <a href="http://www.cmubdc.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">www.cmubdc.org</a> .</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Mondays (7-10 PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
Gold (7-8PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Bronze (8-9 PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Newcomer (9-10 PM)</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Wednesdays (6-10 PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
Silver (6-7 PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Advanced Social (7-8 PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">
Social lessons (8-10 PM)</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Membership options will consist of Basic ($25/$35 non student), Silver ($35/$45), and Gold ($45/$55) for the semester, with Basic membership including Social, Newcomer and Bronze classes; Silver membership adds Silver and Advanced Social classes to the Basic membership; and Gold membership includes all of the classes.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></div><b>Silver (and Gold) Lessons Tryouts!</b><br><br>We highly encourage all dancers who have taken bronze lessons to try out for Silver and dancers who have taken silver lessons to try out for Gold! Tryouts are to ensure that lessons run smoothly and that dancers can receive instruction at the appropriate level. If you have taken bronze (silver) classes and/or are comfortable with syllabus steps and want to take their dancing to the next level, come tryout! No partner necessary. The following dances will be offered this semester in Silver and Gold: <br>
<br>Silver: Paso Doble, Cha-cha, Quickstep, Samba, Foxtrot<br><br>Gold: Jive, Waltz, Rumba, Tango, Samba<br> <br>You may perform the steps with a partner of your choice, or with an experienced dancer/ballroom officer. Judges will assess your ability to adequately perform each step and the ability to dance them comfortably in a routine of your choice. The judging will be done by a panel of advanced dancers.<br>
<br><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><i>When & Where:</i><br>Silver Practice/Gold Tryouts– Wednesday, January 12th, 6-7 PM Rangos<br>Silver Tryouts – Wednesday, January 19, 6-7 PM Peter McKenna Wright</blockquote>
<br><b>Dance Marathon!</b><div><b><br></b>Lastly, if you are interested, DS is holding a very special event on campus next semester: Dance Marathon. It's a giant dance party to raise money for the Hero's Program for terminally ill children and their families. It's a really great cause, and its going to be a really great event! There will be competitions, performances, and music all through the night, but of course we need people to make this event happen. If you are interested in being part of the Ballroom Dance Club's team for this event, please contact us at ballroom@andrew with Dance Marathon in the subject line.</div>
<div><br><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">See you all soon!</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Jackie Z</div>
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