<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello Ballroom Friends, </span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><b>Happy New Year!</b></font> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">And with the New Year comes lots of new and exciting opportunities to dance! </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">General Announcements:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Covid and Rush: </b>Due to the spread of the Omicron variant, CMU and Ballroom are going remote for the first two weeks of classes. Because of this, we will be delaying Rush to <u>January 31st and February 2nd</u>. Be on the lookout for more information regarding Rush soon!</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Congratulations to New Officers: </b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you to everyone who applied! This year, our officer team is glad to have with us Jamie Kojiro as Social Media Manager, Sasha Sheffed as Social Chair, Abby Quigley as Events Coordinator, Fa Phanachet as Finance Officer, and Eleanor Ickes as Lessons Officer. </span><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Auditions:</b> With the start of the Spring semester also comes our first set of auditions. Auditions are held at the beginning of each semester for returning club members in order to place them in their relevant level for lessons in the coming semester. <b>Auditions will be held before Rush on January 31st for Latin and February 2nd for Standard.</b> If you cannot make this audition, please send us an email as soon as possible so we can coordinate an audition with our instructors so you can be placed in the class that best fits your skill level.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Online Lessons: </b>In order to help people prepare for Auditions, we will be hosting online lessons over the next two weeks for people to attend. Please attend the lessons at the level you will be auditioning at in a few weeks. They are Intermediate 1 (Bronze), Intermediate 2 (Bronze and Silver), and Advanced (Gold and Open).</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online Lessons Schedule:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tuesday, January 18th</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5:00 PM Advanced Standard Lessons (<a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/7838194483" target="_blank">Zoom Link</a>)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lessons </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/7838194483" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom Link</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lessons </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/7838194483" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom Link</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tuesday, January 19th</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5:00 PM Advanced Latin Lessons (<a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/7838194483" target="_blank">Zoom Link</a>)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lessons </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/7838194483" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom Link</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lessons </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/7838194483" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom Link</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Practice spaces</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, 4:30-6:30pm, Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall, Wellness Room</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday, 5:00-8:00pm, William Pitt Student Union Room 501.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You must sign up </span><a href="https://forms.gle/8xmo3i3yaspt41kk9" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (just once, not weekly) in order to attend Saturday practice due to Pitt rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As always, our primary goal is for everyone to be comfortable and have fun! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">See you all on the dance floor, and hope you enjoy winter break!</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Happy Dancing,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Your CMUBDC Officers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- McKenzie, Matias, Arthur, Marie, Adiva, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Email: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:cmuballroom@gmail.com" target="_blank">cmuballroom@gmail.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Visit us at</span><a href="http://cmubdc.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">cmubdc</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and on</span><a href="https://thebridge.cmu.edu/organization/CMUBDC" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial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