[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 18th, 2024
CMU Ballroom Dance Club
ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Sun Mar 17 23:39:44 EDT 2024
Hello Ballroom Friends,
Please note we’ll be in Simmons this week instead of the CUC. Simmons is
located in the Tepper building.
Anyway…
ONE WEEK TIL NATIONALS!! Plus, one week to buy your ticket for SCOTCH
BALL! Plus
plus plus… free boba opportunity? Read on.
News
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 <https://forms.gle/vrx2KoKTUuuyFfgf7>
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 3/17 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. <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
For our friends who can’t go to nationals this weekend…
Diamonds & Denim 1990s @ Cranberry Township Municipal Center
<https://fb.me/e/yzVuzbk58>
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!
<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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