[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 19th, 2024

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

Hello Ballroom Friends,

CONGRATS dancers on winning team match at Penn State!!! We had so much fun
at this comp, and can’t wait for the next one (Nationals!)

As we’re entering block 2 of the semester, this week would be a great time
to bringing new friends. We’ll be teaching new newcomer lessons – American
Tango and American Rumba – during the veteran-taught time period!

Even better… we’re entering Scotch Ball season, hurrah! Read on for more on
CMU Ballroom’s big social dance event!

News

Scotch Ball:

Glitter, glammer, professional catering, dj-ing, and photography– Scotch
Ball is the royal gala you always dreamed of. Join us for a magical night
of ballroom dancing April April 5th, 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm at the Pittsburgh
Mennonite Church.

Purchase tickets and/or sign up to volunteer before March 25th at 11:59 pm by
filling out this form. <https://forms.gle/eEC7pFLrxv4EGABc6> More details
can be found on the form!

Slack:

CMU Ballroom’s opening up our slack channel to the public! In the past, our
slack channel’s been reserved for dues-paying members only, but we’ve
decided to make the invite link available to everyone from now on.

What happens in the 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-2czxg2yp0-6TiRXNAOFT~fp5t9J8z4tw>
>From now on, a link to the slack channel will be available at the end of
these emails in the “resources” section.”

Reminders

Nationals: To register for nationals, follow the instructions on this form by
March 1st
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfohNo_GlUxjvJaySI1K6M0np_jppebSJ9Yg6aQcqhIe7P0vA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.

Nationals TBA Form: College student TBAs can fill out this form to match
with a partner <https://forms.gle/gHFQMGLUp2F7eQdS8>


Weekly Lesson Schedule

Mon 2/26 – Rangos 1/2/3

Professional-

Taught Standard

Int 2

5:20-5:55

Int 3

5:55-6:30

Int 1

6:30-7:05

Adv

7:05-7:40

Newcomer

7:40-8:10

Rounds

8:10-8:20

Veteran-

Taught

Smooth

Newcomer

American Tango w/ Aditya and Saumya

8:25-9:05

Social/Practice

9:05-9:30

Professional-

Taught

Social Dance

Beginner Salsa

9:30-10:00

Int Salsa

10:00-10:30


Wed 2/28 Peter/Wright/McKenna

Professional-

Taught Latin

Int 2

5:20-5:55

American Rhythm

5:55-6:30

Int 1

6:30-7:05

Adv

7:05-7:40

Newcomer

7:40-8:10

Rounds

8:10-8:20

Veteran-

Taught

Latin

Newcomer American Rumba w/ Jamie and Brenna

8:25-9:05

Social/Practice

9:05-9:30

Professional-

Taught

Social Dance

Beginner Lindy Hop

9:30-10:00

Int Lindy Hop

10:00-10:30


Practice Space

Sat – CUC Keeler

12pm - 2pm

Sun – CUC Kenner

10am - 12pm

Reminder Details

Nationals:

To finish the semester, we will be competing at USA Dance National
Collegiate DanceSport Championships (Aka Nationals, Aka NCDC, etc)!! As
many of you know, this event will take place right here in Pittsburgh, PA
on March 23rd and 24th!

To register, follow the instructions on this form by March 1st
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfohNo_GlUxjvJaySI1K6M0np_jppebSJ9Yg6aQcqhIe7P0vA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.

Please note that in addition to filling the usual registration info, you’ll
need to create a USA Dance Membership and send Saumya the details.
Instructions for how to do so can be found on the form. Please also see the
form for details on competition fees.

Nationals TBA Form:

If you are a college student (or December 2023 graduate) interested in
TBA-ing or finding a TBA for nationals, please fill out this form by this
Friday. USA Dance will work on matching you with a TBA:
https://forms.gle/gHFQMGLUp2F7eQdS8

Community Events

Westies in the Burgh @ Night and Day Dance Studio
<https://www.facebook.com/events/926778022271893/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D>

March 9th! West Coast Swing Lessons with Ward Roberts: Intermediate lesson
from 6:45 - 7:30pm, Beginner from 7:30 - 8:00pm. Social Dancing with DJ
Chris Drum: 8:00 - 10:00pm. Admission: $12

FTLOB Bachata  Fundamentals Weekender @ Arthur Murray
<https://www.facebook.com/events/900465098260185/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D>

March 9th and 10th! For a full schedule and to register:
https://www.fortheloveofbachata.com/fundamentalsweekender
<https://www.fortheloveofbachata.com/fundamentalsweekender?fbclid=IwAR2xByi70WiuVFvVA7l40OfL2pi_Z7uKU6q1M85GiciArG0WNjuXp9dPSMI>

Resources

Attendance:

Please fill out this form every day that you attend!
<https://forms.gle/LpB12mhtKKcjnY8W9> You can fill it out here in advance
or afterwards if you forget.

Payments:

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 (note: if you saw a typo here last week
that said “through the end of Fall”... that was incorrect, sorry). 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.

This week’s most meme-ingful message


Happy Dancing!

Abby, Brenna, Eleanor, Jamie, Jolie, Kyr, Sasha, & Saumya
https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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