<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-a9d9df5a-7fff-389b-60cf-6db9bf07fe10"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hello Ballroom Friends,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">My name is Karishma Kulshrestha and I am beyond excited to be your Competition Team Captain for this year! Our first competition of the year is during the last weekend of September, 9/27 - 9/29, which is only 3 weekends from now. This competition is very newcomer friendly, so we hope to see all of you there. The cheapest pricing is available if you sign up this week, for first time competitors or open-only dancers, it is $30 and for the rest of us it is $45. If you register between 9/6-9/21 then the pricing is $35 for first-timers and open-only, and $55 for everyone else. If you are interested you </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">must sign up before 9/21</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> this will give us time to complete your registration and ensure that there is housing for everyone who would like to come! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you need help with hair and/or makeup please message me at (614)557-2200 and I will gladly help you or find someone else who can! I’m looking forward to getting to know you all better over the course of the semester and always feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions, competition-related or otherwise. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There is a mock competition on 9/21, to help newcomers adjust to competition format and have some practice before the real competition the following weekend ! I am also planning a poster-making party during the week of 9/23, more details to come but just know that if you attend there will be people on the sidelines rooting for you always :)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This is the link to the commitment form, and we sincerely hope to see all of you there! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeczkr8cujEq9vtwG_8wuW199hPn0z5ElPiRmKsXgRmYci-cQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeczkr8cujEq9vtwG_8wuW199hPn0z5ElPiRmKsXgRmYci-cQ/viewform?usp=sf_link</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">With admiration and excitement,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Karishma Kulshrestha</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CMU BDC Competition Team Captain 2024-2025</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>