[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of August 26th, 2024

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

 Hello Ballroom Friends,

The dancing season is starting tomorrow! We are excited to welcome everyone
back to campus, however there are many things to watch out for. We have
Latin Auditions, Standard Review, and RUSH!!! which will be held to
introduce the community to our club so come show them the amazing dancers
that we have!!! It will be an amazing and fun time, it’ll be great to see
everyone there. Bring your friends!

News

Fall Rush:

Please read the following information carefully regarding auditions and
rush!

The schedule for the next two weeks can be found here
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NOWqn8jRavqppTMRkb0fFghEtkp7e4FJZEck7DzqRYg/edit?gid=0#gid=0>.
Officers, please read the schedule carefully for your tasks each night and
plan to be in attendance the entire night. Veterans, you are also welcome
to come and help engage the newcomers! Let Abby know if you have any
questions.

We are tabling for the first two weeks of rush!! If you would like to table
here is the sign up sheet!
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4l-phvwDxKs5ALbNh-sb6S6uCLTxik7iA4TF-cDmCM/edit?usp=sharing>
We will be tabling outside of Doherty Hall near the fence, weather
permitting, if you happen to sign up please let Aditya or one of the
officers know.

Reminders:

[ ACTION REQUIRED ] If you missed out audition forms and you wish to move
up a level in the professionally taught Standard or Latin classes please
join our Slack here
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>
and then message Abby for information on how to audition.

Latin Audition Videos
<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1afodBSiY_NZmD_28ao2NnPoS9p3AYRiK>

Standard Figure List
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/143Xsp8LE4mHxV168GU3LzNS_erSU2HSRNSQ6S5DmGr8/edit>

If you haven’t seen the email here is the schedule for this fall semester,
this is how most weeks will go, but for the first two weeks of rush, please
refer to the weekly lesson schedule for this week

Time

Class

5:20

Int 3/Rhythm

5:55

Int 2

6:30

Int 1

7:05

Advanced

7:40

Newcomer

8:10

Rounds

8:20

First Veteran Taught Lesson

8:55

Second Veteran Taught Lesson*

*note: this second lesson will happen only until Carnegie Classic, Oct 12.

9:30

Beginner Social Lesson

10:00

Intermediate Social Lesson


Weekly Lesson Schedule

Mon 08/26 – Rangos 1/2/3

Professional-

Taught Standard

Int 3 Review

5:20-5:45

Int 2 Review

5:45-6:10

Int 1 Review

6:10-6:35

Adv Review

6:35-7:00

RUSH

7:00-9:00


Wed 08/28 – Rangos 1/2/3

Professional-

Taught Latin

Rhythm Lesson

5:20-5:45

Int 2 Audition

5:45-6:10

Int 1 Audition

6:10-6:35

Adv Audition

6:35-7:00

RUSH

7:00-9:00


Practice Space

No Sat/Sun Practice Space

Reminder Details

None :)

Community Events

Latin Dance Mix, Apasionado PGH, Friday August 30th, Wightman Ballroom

8:00pm-8:45pm: hustle lesson ($8)

9pm - Late: Latin Dance Mix ($12)

-Chachachá (Cuba)

-Bolero (Cuba)

-Salsa (Puerto Rico) / Casino (Cuba)

-Bachata (Dominican Republic)

-Hustle (Spanish Harlem)

-Samba (Brazil)

ring 126 on the door phone or call 412-805-9798 if locked out




Resources

Payments:

During the Summer, all payments must be coordinated through coaches.
However, if you still owe us money from the Spring semester, students owe
$40, non-students owe $90 (unless you start the week of Spring Break or
later, then it is half off). This one-time payment covers all lessons
through the end of Spring. We accept cash or check, paid at the front
table. If you want to pay online/by card, please follow these instructions
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit?usp=sharing>
to
use cashnet.

Round Videos:

Our resident videographer, Eric, records and posts videos of rounds at
https://ericonomics.me/rounds . Password is danceyourownstyle . He updates
this website regularly, so you can always check back here for more rounds
videos.

Slack:

The slack channel is a groupchat where we talk all things ballroom. Ex:
coordinating groups for dance outings, finding people to practice with for
the weekend, or reporting a lost item. Join the slack by clicking this
link!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>

This week’s most meme-ingful message

Happy Dancing!

Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Brandon, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma
https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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