[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 4th, 2024

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

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!
<https://forms.gle/Le9LXb8j6BYoZF7e9>

Reminders

Scotch Ball: Buy tickets and/or volunteer by March 25th at 11:59 pm by
filling out this form. <https://forms.gle/eEC7pFLrxv4EGABc6>

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


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. <https://forms.gle/eEC7pFLrxv4EGABc6> 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
<https://pittsburghballroom.com/events_members/>

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
<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.

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>


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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