<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">Hello Ballroom friends!</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">This week is our last week of summer lessons. Please be sure to join us!</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">Ballroom Rush will begin on August 26, 2019. Important information is down below</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">We had another board meeting Sunday, July 28, 2019, so I am including a brief summary of the meeting below. Please check it out if you are interested and let me know if you have any questions! <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kqp5E0KwzaBmcpgX7NkTK2L25omUsrl65AZAEhXtWH0/edit?usp=sharing">Brief Board Meeting Summary</a></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><font size="4" style="font:400 18.06px/27.09px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Weekly Lessons Schedule</font></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><u style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Monday, August 5:</u></div><blockquote style="padding:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">7:00 PM Salsa <font color="#000000">(<font style="line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">UC - Rangos 3</font>)</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="padding:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><div style="line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"><font color="#000000">7:45 PM American Waltz (<font style="line-height:19.99px;overflow:visible;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">UC - Rangos 3</font></font>)<br></div></blockquote><br><font size="4">Upcoming Events and Announcements</font><br><b><font color="#9900ff">Ballroom Rush Week 1!</font></b></div><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000"><i>Date/Location information:</i></font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div><font color="#ff0000">Monday, August 26, 2019 @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM (UC - Rangos 1/2/3)</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">Wednesday, August 28, 2019 @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM (UC - Rangos 1/2/3)</font><br></div><div>We will be offering free beginner lessons for the first <b>two weeks</b> of the semester! This is a perfect opportunity for you to learn more about us, CMU Ballroom Dance Club! Please come and join us to meet new people and have loads of fun!!!<br></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><b></b><br></div><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>Intermediate+ Professional Lessons</b></div><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px">We will be having professional lessons and Early Rounds (7:15 PM) the first week of Rush from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. More details will be in the next email.</div></blockquote><b><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></div></b><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>Auditions</b></div><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i>If you are a beginner dancer, you can ignore this.</i> Anyways, auditions will be held Monday, 9/2 for Standard and Tuesday, 9/3 for Latin. You must audition if you want to take intermediate+ professional lessons and have not already placed into the Gold professional lesson. </div></blockquote><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></div><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></div><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;line-height:19.99px;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent"><b>Pricing:</b></span></div><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent"><i>Beginner dancers</i>: We recommend you attend both the professionally taught newcomer lessons and the student taught beginner lessons. This membership only costs a <b>flat $35 for students</b>, covering the entire semester! </span><span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent"><i>For non-students and other classes</i>: check our <b>website</b> under the <b>"Lessons - Information"</b> tab for full information about lesson pricing -<a href="http://cmubdc.org/" target="_blank"> cmubdc.org</a></span></div><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></div></blockquote><div>Hope to see you all on the dance floor! <b></b><b></b></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><strike></strike><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr">Happy Dancing!</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr">Emma Barake</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr">CMU BDC Secretary</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr">Email: <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:cmuballroom@gmail.com" target="_blank">cmuballroom@gmail.com</a></div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr">Visit us at <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://cmubdc.org/" target="_blank">cmubdc.org</a> and on The Bridge</div><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr">CMU BDC - "Building a community of dancers."</div></div></div>