From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Jan 17 18:00:00 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:00:00 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of 1/18 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, *Happy New Year!* And with the New Year comes lots of new and exciting opportunities to dance! General Announcements: *Covid and Rush: *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 *January 31st and February 2nd*. Be on the lookout for more information regarding Rush soon! *Congratulations to New Officers: *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. *Auditions:* 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. *Auditions will be held before Rush on January 31st for Latin and February 2nd for Standard.* 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. *Online Lessons: *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). Online Lessons Schedule: *Tuesday, January 18th* 5:00 PM Advanced Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) 5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) 6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) *Tuesday, January 19th* 5:00 PM Advanced Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) 5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) 6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) Practice spaces - Friday, 4:30-6:30pm, Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall, Wellness Room - Saturday, 5:00-8:00pm, William Pitt Student Union Room 501. You must sign up here (just once, not weekly) in order to attend Saturday practice due to Pitt rules. 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! See you all on the dance floor, and hope you enjoy winter break! Happy Dancing, - Your CMUBDC Officers - McKenzie, Matias, Arthur, Marie, Adiva, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor Email: cmuballroom at gmail.com Visit us at cmubdc.org and on The Bridge Keep up to date with our calendar ! CMUBDC - "Building a community of dancers." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Jan 17 20:42:06 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:42:06 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] [CMUBDC} Ballroom Dance Club - Week of 1/18 Update Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Sorry about the miscommunication, but there are no practice spaces available. Thanks, and happy dancing! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Jan 24 08:00:00 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of 1/24 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Hope your first week of lessons went well! Being remote is certainly not the best of circumstances, but we plan to continue this semester with our dancing foot forward. Read on for more info! General Announcements: Rush: 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 January 31st and February 2nd at 7pm in Rangos Ballroom. See you there! Ice Skating Event at Schenley: If you?re interested and in the Pittsburgh area, a few of us are planning a time for ice skating with Pitt students at Schenley Park. Please fill this form out by January 30th. Auditions for group lesson placement: 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. Auditions will be held before Rush at 5pm on January 31st for Latin and February 2nd for Standard. 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. Preview of this semester?s other events: Feb 26: Guest coach workshop (Details to come) March 19: Scotch Ball (Details and tickets to come) April 1-3: USADance Amateur and Collegiate National Championships IN PITTSBURGH! Online Lessons: 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). Online Lessons Schedule: Tuesday, January 25th 5:00 PM Advanced Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) 5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) 6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) Wednesday, January 26th 5:00 PM Advanced Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) 5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) 6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) Practice spaces (not available until January 31st) - Friday, 4:00-6:00pm, Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall, Wellness Room - Saturday, 5:00-8:00pm, William Pitt Student Union Room 501. You must sign up here (just once, not weekly) in order to attend Saturday practice due to Pitt rules. We are working on getting more practice spaces. 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! See you on the dance floor. Happy Dancing, - Your CMUBDC Officers - McKenzie, Matias, Arthur, Marie, Adiva, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor Email: cmuballroom at gmail.com Visit us at cmubdc.org and on The Bridge Keep up to date with our calendar ! CMUBDC - "Building a community of dancers." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Jan 24 08:38:06 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:38:06 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Lessons Today and Wednesday Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Sorry for the confusion. Lessons this week and going forward will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. The online lessons schedule should be: Online Lessons Schedule: Monday, January 24th 5:00 PM Advanced Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) 5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) 6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lessons (Zoom Link ) Wednesday, January 26th 5:00 PM Advanced Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) 5:30 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) 6:00 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lessons (Zoom Link ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Thu Jan 27 18:05:23 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:05:23 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Lessons and Auditions Info Message-ID: Hi Everyone! Firstly, lessons videos are finally edited! You can view the past two weeks of Zoom lessons at the link below in order to prepare for Auditions next week! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gw5ejkvLXmeYS94vd-1Gf4a486vwQWHo?usp=sharing Secondly, Auditions! If you would like to attend classes higher than the beginner classes, we ask that all students audition for the class they feel they are most suited for. This allows us to ensure everyone has the requisite skills necessary for the level they are dancing, and allows us to balance classes properly. This past semester we did not hold auditions due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. If you did not audition last semester for a class, *you must audition for that class this semester.* Auditions will be held on *Monday, January 31st for Latin* and *Wednesday, February 2nd for Standard*, separated into three time blocks: -5:30 Advanced Auditions (Gold and Open Level) -6:00 Intermediate 2 Auditions (High Bronze and Silver Level) -6:30 Intermediate 1 Auditions (Bronze Level) If you cannot make the time block you would like to audition for, please reach out to the instructors, our Lessons Coordinator Arthur Barelli, or reply to this email in order to schedule another time to have auditions. And of course, stick around after auditions for Rush on each of those nights! More details about Rush will be out shortly. Happy Dancing! The CMU Ballroom Dance Club -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Jan 30 18:35:10 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:35:10 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of January 31: Rush & Recruitment, Practice Space, Auditions, Bootcamp, and More! Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Excited for in person lessons again? Us too! Read on for more info about this upcoming week, especially pertaining to Rush, Tabling, New Practice Spaces, and General Events (quite a bit of exciting stuff coming your way). General Announcements: Ice Skating Event at Schenley: If you?re interested and in the Pittsburgh area, a few of us are planning a time for ice skating with Pitt students at Schenley Park. Please fill this form out by January 30th. Auditions for group lesson placement: 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. Auditions will be held before Rush at 5pm on January 31st for Latin and February 2nd for Standard. 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. Tabling This Week: Come table for your favorite club in the UC on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (January 31, Feb 1, and Feb 2) between classes to help us get the word out about rush, hand out flyers, and tell people about our club! Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AUKKU9hgzovtnfTygNO8Q_xHtn0llLN6HmgTACFbSus/edit#gid=0 Newcomer Bootcamps w/ Pitt: Are you new to ballroom dancing or looking for a quick review of ALL the dances? Look no further than our Newcomer Bootcamps! These three-hour veteran taught sessions are designed to give quick exposure to the core dances across all four styles. This semester we are holding them together with the Pitt Ballroom Club! Details below! When: 10am - 1pm on Sunday, Feb 6th and Sunday, Feb 13th. What: Rhythm and Latin on Feb 6th. Smooth and Standard on Feb 13th. Where: The Assembly Room at the William Pitt Student Union (University of Pittsburgh Campus!) Why: To quickly get up to speed with multiple dances and make new friends in the process! These bootcamps are especially important for newer members wishing to compete at Arnold, because it is likely we won't get through all of the dances in our regular lessons before then! Preview of this semester?s other events: Feb 26: Guest coach workshop (Details to come) March 5-6 Arnold Competition in Columbus, Ohio (Details and sign-ups to come after Rush) March 19: Scotch Ball (8PM, Phipps Botanical Garden) Scotch Ball is officially back! We invite all of CMU's undergrads, graduate students, faculty, and alumni, as well as CMUBDC members and friends, to join us for this year's Scotch Ball. Wear your best gowns and suits for an evening of dancing, hors d'oeuvres, showcases, and a chance to explore Phipps under strings of bistro lights. Reserve tickets here! https://forms.gle/WAoCYgmdTmyod65c7 *Free beginner lessons will be provided 2 weeks prior to the event for those that purchased a ticket!!* April 1-3: USADance Amateur and Collegiate National Championships IN PITTSBURGH! Lessons Schedule: Monday, January 31st (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 5:30 PM Advanced Latin Auditions 5:55 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Auditions 6:20 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Auditions 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Rush (Standard Waltz, Latin Chacha, and Merengue) Wednesday, February 2nd (UC - Peter/Wright/McKenna) 5:30 PM Advanced Standard Auditions 5:55 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Auditions 6:20 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Auditions 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Rush (American Tango, American Rumba, and Salsa) Practice spaces CMU spaces: - Tuesday, 10am-noon, Activities Room: open floor - Friday, 4pm-6pm, Fifth and Clyde: Latin - Friday, 8pm-10pm, Kenner: Standard - Saturday, 4pm-6pm, Keeler: Latin - Sunday, 10am-noon, Kenner: Standard Additional Space: - Saturday, 5:00-8:00pm, William Pitt Student Union Room 501. You must sign up here (just once, not weekly) in order to attend due to Pitt rules. 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! See you on the dance floor. Happy Dancing, - Your CMUBDC Officers - McKenzie, Matias, Arthur, Marie, Adiva, Jamie, Sasha, Abby, Fa, Eleanor Email: cmuballroom at gmail.com Visit us at cmubdc.org and on The Bridge Keep up to date with our calendar ! CMUBDC - "Building a community of dancers." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: