From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Wed Mar 9 16:23:38 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:23:38 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] - USA Dance Nationals & More Competition Info! Message-ID: Hello Dancers!! Congratulations to everyone that competed at Arnold last weekend!! For those of you (hopefully everyone) who had the most amazing time and can't wait to compete again, read on for important info on USA Dance Nationals and more!! *USA Dance Nationals Registration* *Registration forms* (<-- click that link!) are now available for USA Dance Nationals!! This event will be taking place right here in Pittsburgh, PA on April 1st-3rd! Because there is no travel involved, this event is FREE* for collegiate competitors. Aka, you have no reason to say no! We're on a tight timeline for registration, so please submit your forms ASAP! The absolutely final deadline for forms is *Wednesday, March 16th*! *The club will be covering registration fees for all active club members. Adult (non-collegiate) competitors have to pay for individual events. Everyone is responsible for buying their own USA Dance Membership (see below). More details in the registration form. *USA Dance Membership* To compete at Nationals, all dancers are required to have a valid USA Dance Membership. This costs $25 for students, and $70 for adults. You are responsible for obtaining this membership on your own. Please go to the *membership page* and follow the instructions below to get yours! 1. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click JOIN 2. Select DanceSport - Ballroom 3. Enter your registration information (use your email address as the username, and select the Pittsburgh, PA Chapter #3007) 4. Select DanceSport Student - $25.00 (or Adult - $70 for non-collegiate competitors) 5. Enter additional profile information & submit payment 6. Email McKenzie (mckenziv at andrew.cmu.edu) a copy of the confirmation and/or membership profile to verify your membership! *USA Dance Nationals TBA* The organizers for USA Dance are doing their best to connect all TBA dancers with a partner ahead of time. If you know you will be dancing TBA, and would like to get paired with a partner from another school please fill out *this form * by *TOMORROW*! We will also do our best to match people internally. However, note that competitors are limited to only one level, so this may be a bit more difficult than it has been in the past. *Jacket Orders* Final reminder that jacket orders are *DUE TODAY*! Please fill out *this form * if you want a personalized jacket! We are doing our best to get the jackets for Nationals, so I can't guarantee that you will be included in the order if you submit the form late! *Competition Video Review* Lastly, we will be hosting a video review on *Friday, March 25th from 6-8pm* in Wean Hall Room 5403! We will be ordering pizza and watching videos from both OSB and Arnold together. For current dancers, this is a great opportunity to review your own dancing and receive constructive feedback to prepare for Nationals! For new dancers, this is an awesome way to learn more about how competitions work! And for everyone... Who doesn't like a Friday night with a bunch of fun people and delicious pizza! Enjoy your spring break, and we look forward to seeing you again at lessons next week!! Happy Dancing! Your CMUBDC Competition Team Manager, McKenzie van der Hagen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Mar 13 20:00:00 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 20:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 14th Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Welcome back! We hope everyone had a great Spring Break and is excited to be back to Ballroom. Read on for information on Scotch Ball, Nationals, Rounds and more! General Announcements: Membership Dues: For those of you that attended at least two lessons and would like to continue, lessons are due this upcoming week! $40 for students. $80 for non-students. Cash or check to the tablers at lessons. Scotch Ball: Get excited! Scotch Ball is happening SATURDAY, MARCH 19 at Phipps Conservatory from 8pm-midnight. Free beginner lessons will continue this week beginning at 7:40pm on Monday and Wednesday. If you have not paid for your ticket yet, MONDAY, MARCH 14 is your last day to do so. You may pay with cash or check to the tablers at lessons. If you must pay with a card, please email mivantec at andrew.cmu.edu. On Tuesday, your ticket will be given to someone on the waitlist if it is not paid for (or you have let us know when you will pay). USA Dance Nationals: USA Dance Amateur and Collegiate National Championships are happening APRIL 1-3 in Pittsburgh and since there is no travel, the competition is free* for collegiate competitors (aka you have no reason not to show up ?). If you have questions and/or need competition attire, see any officer during lessons! *The club will be covering registration fees for all active club members. Adult (non-collegiate) competitors have to pay for individual events. Everyone is responsible for buying their own USA Dance Membership (see below). More details in the registration form. Registration forms: CLICK HERE . We're on a tight timeline for registration, so please submit your forms ASAP! The absolutely final deadline for forms is WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16! If you're hesitant about registering for a specific event, it is always better to do so ahead of time, and change your mind the day of than try to register the day of. USA Dance Membership: CLICK HERE . The cost is $25 for students and $70 for adults. You are responsible for obtaining this membership on your own. Follow the instructions below to get yours! 1. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click JOIN 2. Select DanceSport - Ballroom 3. Enter your registration information (use your email address as the username, and select the Pittsburgh, PA Chapter #3007) 4. Select DanceSport Student - $25.00 (or Adult - $70 for non-collegiate competitors) 5. Enter additional profile information & submit payment 6. Email McKenzie (mckenziv at andrew.cmu.edu) your membership card! Volunteer info: If you would like to volunteer, please talk to Christine. You will get free admission into any session you volunteer for but are not dancing in (you already get free admission into sessions you are dancing in). Please keep in mind that you will be representing the CMU team (and Pittsburgh in general as the competition is hosted here), so conduct yourselves appropriately if you volunteer. Social at Pitt: The Ballroom Club at Pitt would like to formally invite CMU ballroom club members to attend our social on THURSDAY, MARCH 17! The social will be from 8-10pm in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room! There will be no lesson this time. If you are interested in attending, please sign up with the link below, so we can give you a guest pass to enter the building. If you do not receive a confirmation email by Wednesday 3/16 at 9pm, please message Amy Padia through email (AMP309 at pitt.edu) or Facebook messenger ASAP to find a different email address to use for you. Also please reach out if you have questions! https://forms.gle/ErPzyR9aNLDM3MtP9 Competition Video Review: We will be hosting a video review on FRIDAY, MARCH 25 from 6-8pm in Wean Hall Room 5403! We will be ordering pizza and watching videos from both OSB and Arnold together. For current dancers, this is a great opportunity to review your own dancing and receive constructive feedback to prepare for Nationals! For new dancers, this is an awesome way to learn more about how competitions work! And for everyone... Who doesn't like a Friday night with a bunch of fun people and delicious pizza! Rounds & Late Rounds: Please come to Rounds at 7:20pm both Monday and Wednesday! McKenzie will be providing more information about Nationals at the beginning, so if you are at all interested in competing this year (or in future years) come see us! It is also a great time to practice what you?ve learned in lessons, watch veteran dancers, and get introduced to what a competition might look like. Late Rounds will also be occurring on Monday at 10:30pm! Weekly Lessons Schedule: Monday, March 14th (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 5:20 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lesson 5:50 PM American Smooth Lesson 6:20 PM Advanced Standard Lesson 6:50 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lesson 7:20 PM Rounds!! 7:40 PM Newcomer Standard (Professional Lesson) 8:20 PM Newcomer Veteran American Foxtrot Lesson 9:00 PM Social Dancing!! 9:30 PM Newcomer/Intermediate Swing (Professional Lesson) 10:30 PM Late Rounds Wednesday, March 16th (UC - Peter/Wright/McKenna) 5:20 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lesson 5:50 PM American Rhythm Lesson 6:20 PM Advanced Latin Lesson 6:50 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lesson 7:20 PM Rounds!! 7:40 PM Newcomer Latin (Professional Lesson) 8:20 PM Newcomer Veteran Bachata Lesson 9:00 PM Social Dancing!! 9:30 PM Newcomer/Intermediate Salsa (Professional Lesson) CMU Practice 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 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 Sun Mar 20 21:00:00 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 21:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 21st Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Hope everyone is powering through this semester. Read on for more information! General Announcements: Membership Dues: For those of you that attended at least two lessons and would like to continue, lessons are due this upcoming week! $40 for students. $80 for non-students. Cash or check to the tablers at lessons. Scotch Ball Feedback: Thank you to everyone who came to Scotch Ball this past Saturday! We hope everyone had an amazing time at Phipps ?. For those of you that did attend, be sure to fill out the feedback form Marie sent out earlier today so we can make Scotch Ball even better going forward. [image: Image from iOS.jpg] USA Dance Nationals: Nationals are coming up pretty fast! The team will be competing at USA Dance Nationals on April 1-3rd, right here in Pittsburgh. Tickets are only $10 at the door for students to watch! More info at this link: https://usadancencdc.org/. All competitors should have received an email from McKenzie last Thursday with initial registration details. Also, starting THIS WEEK competitors can sign up for half-hours with veteran members as preparation here . Keep an eye out for many more updates to come! Competition Video Review: We will be hosting a video review on FRIDAY, MARCH 25 from 6-8pm in Wean Hall Room 5403! We will be ordering pizza and watching videos from both OSB and Arnold together. For current dancers, this is a great opportunity to review your own dancing and receive constructive feedback to prepare for Nationals! For new dancers, this is an awesome way to learn more about how competitions work! And for everyone... Who doesn't like a Friday night with a bunch of fun people and delicious pizza?! Rounds & Late Rounds: Please come to Rounds at 7:20pm both Monday and Wednesday! McKenzie will be providing more information about Nationals at the beginning, so if you are at all interested in competing this year (or in future years) come see us! It is also a great time to practice what you?ve learned in lessons, watch veteran dancers, and get introduced to what a competition might look like. Late Rounds will also be occurring on Monday at 10:30pm! BAM Jam: Surprise! We will also be going to BAM Jam as a team on April 16th. More info here . Weekly Lessons Schedule: Monday, March 21st (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 5:20 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lesson 5:50 PM American Smooth Lesson 6:20 PM Advanced Standard Lesson 6:50 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lesson 7:20 PM Rounds!! 7:40 PM Newcomer Standard (Professional Lesson) 8:20 PM Newcomer Veteran American Foxtrot Lesson 9:00 PM Social Dancing!! 9:30 PM Newcomer/Intermediate Swing (Professional Lesson) 10:30 PM Late Rounds Wednesday, March 23rd (UC - Peter/Wright/McKenna) 5:20 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lesson 5:50 PM American Rhythm Lesson 6:20 PM Advanced Latin Lesson 6:50 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lesson 7:20 PM Rounds!! 7:40 PM Newcomer Latin (Professional Lesson) 8:20 PM Newcomer Veteran Bachata Lesson 9:00 PM Social Dancing!! 9:30 PM Newcomer/Intermediate Salsa (Professional Lesson) CMU Practice 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 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Image from iOS.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1261905 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Mar 27 23:00:00 2022 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 28th Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Read on for more information! General Announcements: Membership Dues: For those of you that attended at least two lessons and would like to continue, lessons are due this upcoming week! $20 for students. $40 for non-students. Cash or check to the tablers at lessons. Annual Spring Showcase: We?re having our annual spring showcase Saturday, April 23rd in Rangos! Dancers of all levels are welcome and encouraged to participate, so feel free to sign up here . Deadline to fill out the interest form is next Monday (April 4) at midnight. USA Dance Nationals: Nationals are coming up pretty fast! The team will be competing at USA Dance Nationals on April 1-3rd, right here in Pittsburgh. Tickets are only $10 at the door for students to watch! More info at this link: https://usadancencdc.org/. All competitors should have received an email from McKenzie last Thursday with the schedule, costumes, and check-in. Keep an eye out for many more updates to come! BAM Jam: As you might have seen last week, we will also be going to BAM Jam as a team on April 16th! More info here if you did not see previously. Individual Commitment forms and Partnership Registration forms are out NOW. All forms are due next Wednesday (April 6) and payment is due the following Monday (April 11). Closet Info: If you?ve checked out anything from the closet, please fill out this form so we know what needs to be returned. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, reach out to Sasha at sshefter at andrew.cmu.edu. Rounds & Late Rounds: Please come to Rounds at 7:20pm both Monday and Wednesday! It is a great time to practice what you?ve learned in lessons, watch veteran dancers, and get introduced to what a competition might look like. Late Rounds will also be occurring on Monday at 10:30pm! Also, rounds this week are International and American styles. Upcoming Elections Teaser: Interested in becoming an officer? Well, get excited for elections! We?ll be having elections on April 3rd for officer positions, so if you?re interested, start thinking about what positions you?d like! :) Weekly Lessons Schedule: Monday, March 28th (UC - Rangos 1/2/3) 5:20 PM Intermediate 2 Standard Lesson 5:50 PM American Smooth Lesson 6:20 PM Advanced Standard Lesson 6:50 PM Intermediate 1 Standard Lesson 7:20 PM Rounds!! (International and American Styles) 7:40 PM Newcomer Standard (Professional Lesson) 8:20 PM Newcomer Veteran American Foxtrot Lesson 9:00 PM Social Dancing!! 9:30 PM Newcomer/Intermediate Swing (Professional Lesson) 10:30 PM Late Rounds Wednesday, March 30th (UC - Peter/Wright/McKenna) 5:20 PM Intermediate 2 Latin Lesson 5:50 PM American Rhythm Lesson 6:20 PM Advanced Latin Lesson 6:50 PM Intermediate 1 Latin Lesson 7:20 PM Rounds!! (International and American Styles) 7:40 PM Newcomer Latin (Professional Lesson) 8:20 PM Newcomer Veteran Bachata Lesson 9:00 PM Social Dancing!! 9:30 PM Newcomer/Intermediate Salsa (Professional Lesson) CMU Practice 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 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: