Welcome Back!

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

Hello Dancers!

Back to school means back to dancing! We hope you had a great break and a
Happy New Year! This semester, we have many fun events planned and can't
wait to welcome you back to another semester of dance-Our first lesson
will be MONDAY, Jan 11th from 8:30-10 PM with a Social Waltz and Salsa
class, followed by our WEDNESDAY lesson, Jan 13th from 6-9 PM of Silver
Samba, Fundamental Technique Rumba, and Bronze Foxtrot, all in Rangos!

In this e-mail:
1. Membership Pricing for new lesson setup
2. Tryouts for Silver/Gold! (January 11th)
3. Group Dance shoe order!  (deadline January 20th)
4. New Lesson Setup

1. Membership pricing:
Prices listed are for students OR the spouse/partner of a student.
Non-students pay $10 more for whichever level they take.
$25: Bronze Level Package - Includes entry to bronze lessons, social
lessons and FUNdamentals
$35: Silver Level  - Includes entry to silver lessons and all of the above
$45: Gold Level - Includes entry to gold lessons and all of the above

2. Tryouts for Silver/Gold:
Highly recommended for returning dancers who have been going to Bronze! We
will be holding regular tryouts on JANUARY 11th, 2010, Monday from 6-8 PM
in Rangos for entry into the Silver and Gold level classes. Passing of the
tryout is required before you can attend. Please e-mail Taa at
chirunch at andrew.cmu.edu to sign up for Tryouts and for more information.
NOTE: You must tryout on this date to attend the Silver Samba classes. You
will be able to tryout for the other Silver lesson sets the week
beforehand (at the conclusion of the Bronze lesson set in the same dance).
If you can not make this tryout, please e-mail Taa to schedule an
alternative date. Dances that will be tested are: Silver Samba, Foxtrot,
Quickstep, Cha-cha; and Gold Rumba, Foxtrot, Jive, and Quickstep.

3. Ordering Dance Shoes:
Need Ballroom shoes but can't afford them? Real ballroom shoes let you
slide on the floor easily and really make a difference in your dancing-
Shenzhen WuJie Dance Shoes Co provides us with cheaper shoes (around $30 a
pair with shipping compared to $75+ at other places) when we bulk order.
Their website is: http://www.wujiedanceshoes.com/index.asp. These shoes
are good quality for a cheaper price-Those who are interested should pick
the shoes (from the website) they want and email Jackie with subject
li\ine CMUBDC Shoes, with the shoe number and size at
jackiez at andrew.cmu.edu to place an order by JANUARY 20th. (Manufacturing
of the shoes and shipping will take approximately 2 weeks)

4. New Lesson Setup
Mondays:
6:30-7:30 PM - Gold Lesson
7:30-8:30 PM - Competition Team Practice
8:30-10 PM - Social Lesson

Wednesdays:
6-7 PM - Silver Lesson
7-8 PM - FUNdamental Technique Class
8-9 PM - Bronze Lesson
9-10 PM - Social dancing

If you have any questions on lessons, visit our website at www.cmubdc.org
or send us an email and we will be happy to help!

(Also, all our videos of last semester's lessons are up at our website so
visit them to refresh your memory and practice!)

-Jessica Wong and Jackie Zhang
CMU Ballroom Dance Club Presidents