From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Mar 3 23:59:37 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 23:59:37 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 4th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Happy Spring break! Instead of normal lessons this week, Christine and Dmitry will be offering their own group lessons. Times and locations can be found in this email, but please note that these lessons will be priced as group/private lessons with the coaches rather than paid for through club dues. News Carnegie Classic Video Review: In preparation for nationals, we?re getting together to eat pizza and watch the videos from Carnegie Classic! This is a good chance to celebrate our accomplishments, but also reflect on what our goals are for improvement. Whether or not you competed at CC or are planning to compete at nationals, these video reviews are a great way to discuss with your fellow dancers what looks good on a dance floor. You are encouraged to invite constructive feedback from your teammates, and you should definitely give out some compliments to your favorite dancers! We?ll be at the Dowd conference room located on the second floor of the CUC. Video review will run from 2pm - 4pm on Saturday, 3/16. Please RSVP here so we know how much pizza to get + what videos to show! Reminders Scotch Ball: Buy tickets and/or volunteer by March 25th at 11:59 pm by filling out this form. Nationals TBA Form: College student TBAs can fill out this form to match with a partner Weekly Lesson Schedule Mon 3/4 Peter/Wright/McKenna (please contact Christine Zona on Facebook to RSVP) Beginning Bolero 5:30- 6pm Int 1 and 2 Tango/Quickstep 6:00-6:45pm Silver Quickstep 6:45 - 7:15pm Advanced 7:15 - 7:45pm Privates 7:45 - 9pm Wed 3/6 Rangos 1/2/3 Practice Space! 5pm-9pm Additionally... Dmitry will be having lessons at Demidov Dance Studio (1366 Old Freeport Road) Wednesday, March 6, 7-8PM, mixed level Latin & Rhythm. Rounds immediately following from 8-9PM. Please RSVP to dance at demidovdance.com. Group class is $15/person, Rounds are $5/person. Practice Space (note: no practice space on Sat. 3/9) Sat ? CUC Keeler 12pm - 2pm Sun ? CUC Kenner 10am - 12pm Reminder Details 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. More details can be found on the form! 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 Red Carpet Ballroom Event @ Wightman School March 9th with Pittsburgh Ballroom. Swing lesson taught by Dmitry at 7pm, ballroom dancing from 8pm -10pm. Westies in the Burgh @ Night and Day Dance Studio 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 March 9th and 10th! For a full schedule and to register: https://www.fortheloveofbachata.com/fundamentalsweekender Resources Attendance: Please fill out this form every day that you attend! 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 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! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Tue Mar 5 11:09:04 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 11:09:04 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 4th, 2024 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, Correction: We only have rangos this Wednesday until 8pm. Thanks, and Happy Dancing, Jamie On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 11:59?PM CMU Ballroom wrote: > Hello Ballroom Friends, > > > Happy Spring break! Instead of normal lessons this week, Christine and > Dmitry will be offering their own group lessons. Times and locations can be > found in this email, but please note that these lessons will be priced as > group/private lessons with the coaches rather than paid for through club > dues. > > News > > Carnegie Classic Video Review: > > In preparation for nationals, we?re getting together to eat pizza and > watch the videos from Carnegie Classic! This is a good chance to celebrate > our accomplishments, but also reflect on what our goals are for > improvement. Whether or not you competed at CC or are planning to compete > at nationals, these video reviews are a great way to discuss with your > fellow dancers what looks good on a dance floor. You are encouraged to > invite constructive feedback from your teammates, and you should definitely > give out some compliments to your favorite dancers! > > We?ll be at the Dowd conference room located on the second floor of the > CUC. Video review will run from 2pm - 4pm on Saturday, 3/16. > > Please RSVP here so we know how much pizza to get + what videos to show! > > > Reminders > > Scotch Ball: Buy tickets and/or volunteer by March 25th at 11:59 pm by > filling out this form. > > Nationals TBA Form: College student TBAs can fill out this form to match > with a partner > > > Weekly Lesson Schedule > > Mon 3/4 Peter/Wright/McKenna > > (please contact Christine Zona on Facebook to RSVP) > > Beginning Bolero > > 5:30- 6pm > > Int 1 and 2 Tango/Quickstep > > 6:00-6:45pm > > Silver Quickstep > > 6:45 - 7:15pm > > Advanced > > 7:15 - 7:45pm > > Privates > > 7:45 - 9pm > > > Wed 3/6 Rangos 1/2/3 > > > Practice Space! > > 5pm-9pm > > Additionally... > Dmitry will be having lessons at Demidov Dance Studio (1366 Old Freeport > Road) Wednesday, March 6, 7-8PM, mixed level Latin & Rhythm. Rounds > immediately following from 8-9PM. Please RSVP to dance at demidovdance.com. > Group class is $15/person, Rounds are $5/person. > > > Practice Space > > (note: no practice space on Sat. 3/9) > > Sat ? CUC Keeler > > 12pm - 2pm > > Sun ? CUC Kenner > > 10am - 12pm > > Reminder Details > > 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. More > details can be found on the form! > > 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 > > Red Carpet Ballroom Event @ Wightman School > > > March 9th with Pittsburgh Ballroom. Swing lesson taught by Dmitry at 7pm, > ballroom dancing from 8pm -10pm. > > Westies in the Burgh @ Night and Day Dance Studio > > > 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 > > > March 9th and 10th! For a full schedule and to register: > https://www.fortheloveofbachata.com/fundamentalsweekender > > > Resources > > Attendance: > > Please fill out this form every day that you attend! > 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 > 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! > > > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Mar 11 12:56:54 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:56:54 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 11th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely break and are ready to get back to dancing!!! News Clothing swap this Monday! (Today)! Reminders CC Video Review: Video review will run from 2pm - 4pm on Saturday, 3/16: Please RSVP here Scotch Ball: Buy tickets and/or volunteer by March 25th at 11:59 pm by filling out this form. Nationals TBA Form: College student TBAs can fill out this form to match with a partner Weekly Lesson Schedule Mon 3/11 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 Clothing swap 9:05-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Salsa 9:30-10:00 Int Salsa 10:00-10:30 Wed 3/13 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 Carnegie Classic Video Review: In preparation for nationals, we?re getting together to eat pizza and watch the videos from Carnegie Classic! This is a good chance to celebrate our accomplishments, but also reflect on what our goals are for improvement. Whether or not you competed at CC or are planning to compete at nationals, these video reviews are a great way to discuss with your fellow dancers what looks good on a dance floor. You are encouraged to invite constructive feedback from your teammates, and you should definitely give out some compliments to your favorite dancers! We?ll be at the Dowd conference room located on the second floor of the CUC. Video review will run from 2pm - 4pm on Saturday, 3/16. Please RSVP here so we know how much pizza to get + what videos to show! 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. More details can be found on the form! 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 [events incoming] Resources Attendance: Please fill out this form every day that you attend! 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 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! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please fill out this form by Wednesday, March 27th at 11:59 to join a boba boat Reminders Scotch Ball: Buy tickets and/or volunteer by March 25th at 11:59 pm by filling out this form. Nationals TBA Form: College student TBAs can fill out this form to match with a partner Weekly Lesson Schedule Mon 3/17 Simmons 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 Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 Wed 3/19 Simmons A 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 Night Club Two-Step 9:30-10:00 Int Night Club Two-Step 10:00-10:30 Practice Space Sat ? CUC Keeler 12pm - 2pm Sun ? CUC Kenner 10am - 12pm Reminder Details 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. More details can be found on the form! 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 For our friends who can?t go to nationals this weekend? Diamonds & Denim 1990s @ Cranberry Township Municipal Center Saturday, March 23rd. Dress up your retro denim: the playlist this month includes some 90?s music. 7:00 ~ west coast swing lesson, Frank Blakemore & Victoria Andromalos-Dale (FAV Dance) 8:00 ~ social ballroom dancing. $15 gets you the lesson, dancing, and snacks. Resources Attendance: Please fill out this form every day that you attend! 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 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! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Mar 25 10:24:11 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:24:11 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 25th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Congrats at Nationals this weekend!! We all danced our hardest, made some memories, andddd took home 4th in team match :D Good work everyone! Please check the reminders section for some important deadlines this week! News Nothin? new for this week :) Reminders Boba Boats: Please fill out this form by Wednesday, March 27th at 11:59 to join a boba boat Scotch Ball: Buy tickets and/or volunteer by March 25th at 11:59 pm by filling out this form. Weekly Lesson Schedule Mon 3/25 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 Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 Wed 3/27 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 Night Club Two-Step 9:30-10:00 Int Night Club Two-Step 10:00-10:30 Practice Space Sat ? CUC Keeler 12pm - 2pm Sun ? CUC Kenner 10am - 12pm Reminder Details 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. More details can be found on the form! Buddy Boats -- The Spring 2024 Finale: Even though we've made it through our competition roster, we want you guys to have one more chance to hang out and bond. So we're assigning you boats for one last quest... enjoy some bubble tea courtesy of CMU BDC!! Besides boba, we hope you?ll be able to enjoy each others company and mentorship. Please fill out this form by Wednesday, March 27th at 11:59 to join a boba boat Community Events Spring with Sabor Latin Weekender @ Los Sabrosos March 29th, 30th, and 31st. Bachata/salsa workshops and socials with world champion Sharonne Vinokurov and rising star Alexis Frutos. Pittsburgh East Dance Party @ Arthur Murray Pittsburgh East $10 cover. Ballroom dance party open to the public. More information: (412) 373-2101 Resources Attendance: Please fill out this form every day that you attend! 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 to use cashnet. Round Videos: Our resident videographer, Eric, records and posts videos of rounds at https://ericonomics.me/rounds . Password is danceyourownstyle . 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