<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Ballroom friends!<br></div><div><br></div><div>There are <b>no</b> lessons this Monday, but Rush will be starting on August 26, 2019. Please see below for more information. Hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><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"><font size="4" style="font:400 18.06px/27.09px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Upcoming Events and Announcements</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"><b>Weekend Lessons, Saturday, August 24 @1:00 - 2:30PM (UC - Rangos 3)</b></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="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;line-height:19.99px;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent">We will be having an additional beginner lesson on Chacha and Waltz, and some fun icebreakers and games. Please join us to get to know some of the other members of the club!</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="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;line-height:19.99px;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"><b><br></b></div></blockquote><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"><b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"><font color="#9900ff" style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"><font color="#000000"></font>Ballroom Rush Week 1!</font></b></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%"><font color="#000000" style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"><i style="font:italic 400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Date/Location information:</i></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"><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"><font color="#ff0000" style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Monday, August 26, 2019 @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM (UC - Rangos 1/2/3)</font></div></blockquote></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"><blockquote style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px" dir="ltr"><div style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"><font color="#ff0000" style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Wednesday, August 28, 2019 @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM (UC - Rangos 1/2/3)</font><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div></blockquote></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="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">We will be offering <b><font color="#00ff00">free</font></b> beginner lessons for the first <b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">two weeks</b> of the semester! This is a perfect opportunity for you to learn more about us, CMU Ballroom Dance Club! <b>No experience or partner is needed.</b> Please come and join us to meet new people and have loads of fun!!!<br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div></blockquote><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"><b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></b><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div 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"><b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Intermediate+ Professional Lessons</b></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="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><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="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px">There are no Salsa/Bachata lessons for the first two weeks of the semester.</div></blockquote><b style="font:700 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"><div style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div></b><div 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"><b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">Auditions</b></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="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i style="font:italic 400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%">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;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"><br style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div><div 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"><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;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="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 style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" 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 style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></div></blockquote><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">Hope to see you all on the dance floor! <b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></b><b style="font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:visible;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></b></div><b style="font:700 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"></b><i style="font:italic 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"></i><u 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:underline;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"></u><sub style="font:400 9.2px/13.8px 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"></sub><sup style="font:400 9.2px/13.8px 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"></sup><strike 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:line-through;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;background-color:transparent"></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 Bri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