From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Mar 2 04:00:00 2020 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 04:00:00 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Lessons - Week of 3/2 (Also, Crowdfunding!) Message-ID: Hello Ballroom friends, We are *crowdfunding* to take our team to the *National Collegiate Dancesport Championships*, and we need all of you to help us make it happen. Our *goal is $5000* and we have* already raised $895*! Please send this link to your friends and family and tell them about why it's important to you, why you dance, and why we need your help. This trip is heckin' expensive, so every little bit helps: crowdfunding.cmu.edu/ballroom Please Note: Next week is Spring Break, the week of 3/9. There will be NO lessons that week. Also, *CMU Ballroom elections* are coming up once again. Whether or not you are thinking of running for a position, please attend the election to help us decide the future of the club! Officers are responsible for deciding on all aspects of club function including but not limited to lessons offered, instructors hired, fees charged, events organized, and competitions participated in. If you want to *apply for an officer position*, applications will be accepted until *Monday, March 9, at 12:00 PM (noon)*. Please read the descriptions of elected positions and the officer election process for your information. All membership card holders (from F19/S20) are eligible to attend the elections and/or cast their vote. All membership card holders who are CMU students are eligible to run for office. To sign up to *run as a candidate *(for up to two positions) or *nominate someone else*, please use this* form .* Elections will be held *Wednesday, March 18, 2019 at 9:30 pm in the Danforth Conference Room*. Even if you?re not running, come to elections and cast your vote for the individuals you think would be the most qualified to make these decisions to benefit all of you! Also, out annual *Scotch Ball* is coming up soon! Please reserve you ticket here: Scotch Ball Ticket Reservation . The form must be filled out per individual. If you are paying for multiple people, please specify with the tabler when you pay. Thank you to all those who came to the USA Dance Social! Our *next social* will be on *March 21, 2020* in Studio Theater on the first floor of the UC. It will start at 7:00 PM. *Weekly Lessons Schedule:* *Monday, 3/2:* 5:15 PM Gold Standard (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 5:45 PM Intermediate 3 Standard (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 6:15 PM Intermediate 2 Standard (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 6:45 PM Intermediate 1 Standard (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 7:15 PM* Rounds* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 7:30 PM Beginner Standard Professional Lesson* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 8:00 PM Beginner American Tango* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 8:45 PM Beginner Swing* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 9:30 PM Salsa w/ Adam* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) *Wednesday, 3/4:* 5:15 PM Gold Latin (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 5:45 PM Intermediate 3 Latin (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 6:15 PM Intermediate 2 Latin (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 6:45 PM Intermediate 1 Latin (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 7:15 PM *Rounds* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 7:30 PM Beginner Latin Professional Lesson* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 8:00 PM Beginner American Waltz* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 8:45 PM Beginner American Cha Cha* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 9:30 PM Bachata w/ Adam* (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) *Friday, 3/6* 4:30 - 6:30 PM Open Floor Practice Space (Morewood Gardens Multipurpose Room) *Pricing:* **Beginner dancers*: We recommend you attend both the professionally taught newcomer lessons and the student taught beginner lessons. This membership only costs a *flat $35 for students*, covering the entire semester! For non-students, this fee is $80. *For non-students and other classes*: check our *website* under the *"Lessons - Information"* tab for full information about lesson pricing - cmubdc.org *Socials: Free* for CMU Students; Starting at $10, -$5 for members, -$5 for students Upcoming Events and Announcements *Ballroom Elections* (Wednesday, March 18, 2020: 9:30 PM, UC-Danforth Conference Room) Elections are coming up once again! Please attend the election to help us decide the future of the club. To run for a position or nominate someone: please use this* form *. applications will be accepted until *Monday, March 9, at 12:00 PM (noon)* Please read the *descriptions of elected positions *and the *officer election process* for information on the officer positions and what they entail. *March Social* (Saturday, March 21, 2020: 7:00 PM, UC-Studio Theater) It's Pittsburgh so it could be 75 out or snowing, but we're gonna celebrate the coming of spring. Bring all your friends for a night of dancing! Join us March 21st in the UC Studio Theater for CMU Ballroom's Spring Fling! Important Links Competition Links: Competition Team Commitment Form Calendar Links: CMU Salsa/Bachata CMU Beginner/Newcomer CMU Gold/Intermediate CMU Competition Team CMU Events Form Links Join Form Committe Application Form Other Links: Suggested Dancewear Resource Scotch Ball Ticket Reservation Hope to see you all on the dance floor! Happy Dancing! 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As for future lessons and events, the *Board will be making a decision on Monday, March 16, 2020*, and I will be sending another email out to inform everyone. For competitors going to Nationals, the competition has been postponed as Christine has posted on FB. Further information regarding this will be sent out in the same email as above. Please be sure to practice good hygiene and stay healthy. We hope to send better news soon! Best, Emma Barake CMU BDC Secretary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Mar 16 17:08:05 2020 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:08:05 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Events Cancelled for the Rest of Semester Message-ID: Hello Ballroom friends, It's Monday, March 16, 2020, and I have new information for all of you, so I am sending it out as promised. (The Board met, *virtually*, of course) In accordance with CMU's response to the COVID-19 virus, we are *cancelling all future lessons, socials, practices, and Scotch Ball* as well, for the rest of the semester. We are also *postponing elections* to *Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 6:30 PM*. This is will be a virtual election, likely to be hosted on Zoom (for technical support: see here ). We will be sending out more details on this soon. However, all members of the club are eligible to vote, so please make sure to do so when the time comes around! Since both NDCD and Scotch Ball have been cancelled, there has been a question of *refunds*. We are waiting to hear back from the student government on how to handle this, but once we get this information, we will be sure to let you all know. In other news, we have updated our Constitution , and Code of Conduct . Please be sure to look these over and let us know if you have any questions. They will both be ratified at our next board meeting. We ask that everyone please be patient since this has been an unprecedented and frankly annoying situation for us all. Please practice good hygiene and stay healthy! Happy Virtual Dancing! Emma Barake CMU BDC Secretary Email: cmuballroom at gmail.com Visit us at cmubdc.org and on The Bridge CMU BDC - "Building a community of dancers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Tue Mar 24 23:00:30 2020 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:00:30 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Elections - They are TOMORROW! (Wed 3/25 @6:30PM) Message-ID: Hello Ballroom friends, I hope all is well. This is a reminder/information dump email about election which are *tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 PM*! Officers are responsible for deciding on all aspects of club function including but not limited to lessons offered, instructors hired, fees charged, events organized, and competitions participated in. Please read the descriptions of elected positions and the officer election process for your information. *All membership card holders (from F19/S20) are eligible to attend the elections and/or cast their vote*, so please be sure to join our Zoom session tomorrow to cast your vote!* The Zoom Link is here: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/794116115 .* A reminder on Zoom and large video call etiquette: *unless you are speaking, your microphone and video should both be muted/off*. We will also be *ratifying an updated Constitution and Code of Conduct .* Please be sure to review them before election, so we can proceed smoothly and quickly. Happy Virtual Dancing! 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This is a reminder/information dump email about > election which are *tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 PM*! > > Officers are responsible for deciding on all aspects of club function > including but not limited to lessons offered, instructors hired, fees > charged, events organized, and competitions participated in. Please read > the descriptions of elected positions > > and the officer election process > > for your information. > > *All membership card holders (from F19/S20) are eligible to attend the > elections and/or cast their vote*, so please be sure to join our Zoom > session tomorrow to cast your vote!* The Zoom Link is here: > https://cmu.zoom.us/j/794116115 .* > > A reminder on Zoom and large video call etiquette: *unless you are > speaking, your microphone and video should both be muted/off*. > > We will also be *ratifying an updated Constitution > > and Code of Conduct > .* > Please be sure to review them before election, so we can proceed smoothly > and quickly. > > Happy Virtual Dancing! > Emma Barake > CMU BDC Secretary > > Email: cmuballroom at gmail.com > Visit us at cmubdc.org and on The Bridge > CMU BDC - "Building a community of dancers. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Like the previous election, this will be held on Zoom like before; here is the Zoom Link: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/811870748. To see who is running, please go here . Since we cannot have in-person lessons, Austin and Marie are hosting *virtual Rumba lessons *over Zoom! The will be the* next four Wednesdays* starting this week from *8:45 PM to 9:30 PM EST*. Please join them on Zoom! Zoom Link: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/4437909976 Also, Austin and Lisa, our new Events and Social Chair, will be hosting *weekly Ballroom Hangouts over Zoom*! They will be every *Monday at 7PM to 9PM EST,* including* today. *Please join them to do homework, talk to actual people and just have a good time. Zoom Link: http://cmu.zoom.us/j/881038839 Weekly Lesson Schedule *Wednesday, 2/3:* 8:45 PM Beginner American Rumba (Zoom Link ) Ballroom Events *Ballroom Hangouts with Austin and Lisa *(Mondays, 7PM - 9PM EST, Zoom Link ): They will be every *Monday at 7PM to 9PM EST,* including* today. *Please join Austin and Marie to do homework, talk to actual people and just have a good time. Ballroom Links Zoom Links: Media Manager Elections Beginner Rumba Lessons Ballroom Hangouts Documents: Constitution Code of Conduct Happy Virtual Dancing! Emma Barake CMU BDC Secretary Email: cmuballroom at gmail.com Visit us at cmubdc.org and on The Bridge CMU BDC - "Building a community of dancers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: