From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Nov 4 14:39:11 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 14:39:11 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of November 4th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Happy Dancing! Regular lessons this week on Monday in Rangos and Wednesday in PWM (complete with veteran office hours!). Congratulations to everyone who danced at DCDI this weekend, you looked amazing! Reminders for this week (11/04-11/10) - More details below! General: - Sign up for the special election ! - Sign up to perform at our semester showcase here! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Join the slack by clicking this link! Special Elections: We will be holding special elections this semester for the following positions: Secretary, Media Manager, Events Coordinator, Lessons Coordinator, and Competition Team Manager. There are descriptions of the open positions available here and more details on the specifics of the election process are available here ! If you are interested in being on board we would absolutely love to have you! It is an extremely rewarding experience, and if you have any questions please reach out to any of the current officers (Sasha, Abby, Karishma, Kyr, Aditya, Brenna) and we can give you more information! Winter Showcase: Do you want to show off your new dancing skills, fun side hobbies, or more? Join our end of semester showcase during our lessons time in Rangos on December 2nd! Past showcases have included juggling, K-pop dance, three person west coast swing, and more. It?s a no pressure way to showcase and get cheered on by the team! Sign up to showcase here! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 11/04 ? Rangos Professional- Taught Standard Int 3 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Intl Round 1 8:10-8:30 Veteran- Taught Lesson Smooth Rounds 8:30-8:40 Intl Round 2 8:40-8:50 Mambo w/ Brenna & Vanessa 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Nightclub 2 Step 9:30-10:00 Int Nightclub 2 Step 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 10/30 ? Rangos Professional- Taught Latin Rhythm 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Rounds & Veteran Office Hours Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 Rhythm Rounds 8:30-8:40 Latin Rounds 2 8:40-8:50 Vet Office Hours 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Lindy Hop 9:30-10:00 Int Lindy Hop 10:00-10:30 Practice Space - Saturday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio - Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio Reminder Details Payment Information: We hope you are having a great time taking lessons with us! Your first two lessons (excluding rush) are free. After that, we ask that students pay $40 and non-students pay $90 in membership dues. This amount covers all the lessons we offer for the entire Fall semester. Please bring cash or a check to the table at the door or follow these instructions to pay online. As a reminder, we cannot accept Venmo or Zelle because of university policy. Here are more in depth payment instructions . Community Events - USA Dance November Dance - Saturday, November 16th, 7 pm - Wightman Community Center - PittStop Lindy Hop 2024 (Student discounts for dances!) Register here! - Tuesday, November 22nd-24th, Rangos Ballroom - Cranberry Ballroom ?First Frost? Social Ballroom Dance - Saturday, November 23rd, 7pm - Wightman Community Center Resources Slack: The slack channel is a group chat where we talk about all things ballroom. Ex: coordinating groups for dance outings, finding people to practice with for the weekend, or reporting a lost item. We also use this to communicate about competitions, especially travel and timelines. Join the slack by clicking this link! Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! This week?s most meme-ingful message Happy Dancing! Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -- *Happy Dancing!* Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Nov 10 13:33:34 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:33:34 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of November 10th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Happy Dancing! Regular lessons this week on Monday in Rangos and Wednesday in PWM (complete with veteran office hours!) We will start teaching Viennese Waltz this week on Monday night as our Veteran Taught Lesson - so be ready to move quickly! We will also have our fall social this Saturday 11/16 from 8-10pm in Simmons A. Reminders for this week (11/10-11/16) - More details below! General: - Sign up for the special election ! - Sign up to perform at our semester showcase here! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Come to our social dance this Saturday 8-10 - Join the slack by clicking this link! Fall Social: We will be holding a fall social this Saturday 11/16 from 8 - 10 pm in Simmons A in the Tepper Auditorium. Come ready to dance with your friends and celebrate a great fall semester so far :) Food and good vibes will be served! ? Special Elections: We will be holding special elections this semester on November 18th at 8:30pm in Rangos for the following positions: Secretary, Media Manager, Events Coordinator, Lessons Coordinator, and Competition Team Manager. There are descriptions of the open positions available here and more details on the specifics of the election process are available here ! If you are interested in being on board we would absolutely love to have you! It is an extremely rewarding experience, and if you have any questions please reach out to any of the current officers (Sasha, Abby, Karishma, Kyr, Aditya, Brenna) and we can give you more information! Winter Showcase: Do you want to show off your new dancing skills, fun side hobbies, or more? Join our end of semester showcase during our lessons time in Rangos on December 2nd! Past showcases have included juggling, K-pop dance, three person west coast swing, and more. It?s a no pressure way to showcase and get cheered on by the team! Sign up to showcase here! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 11/11 ? Rangos Professional- Taught Standard Int 3 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Standard Rounds 1 8:10-8:30 Veteran- Taught Lesson Smooth Rounds 8:30-8:40 Standard Rounds 2 8:40-8:50 Viennese Waltz w/ Brenna & Abby 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Nightclub 2 Step 9:30-10:00 Int Nightclub 2 Step 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 11/13 ? PWM Professional- Taught Latin Rhythm 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Rounds & Veteran Office Hours Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 Rhythm Rounds 8:30-8:40 Latin Rounds 2 8:40-8:50 Vet Office Hours 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Lindy Hop 9:30-10:00 Int Lindy Hop 10:00-10:30 Practice Space - Saturday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio - Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio Reminder Details Payment Information: We hope you are having a great time taking lessons with us! Your first two lessons (excluding rush) are free. After that, we ask that students pay $40 and non-students pay $90 in membership dues. This amount covers all the lessons we offer for the entire Fall semester. Please bring cash or a check to the table at the door or follow these instructions to pay online. As a reminder, we cannot accept Venmo or Zelle because of university policy. Here are more in depth payment instructions . Community Events - USA Dance November Dance - Saturday, November 16th, 7 pm - Wightman Community Center - PittStop Lindy Hop 2024 (Student discounts for dances!) Register here! - Tuesday, November 22nd-24th, Rangos Ballroom - - Cranberry Ballroom ?First Frost? Social Ballroom Dance - Saturday, November 23rd, 7pm - Wightman Community Center Resources Slack: The slack channel is a group chat where we talk about all things ballroom. Ex: coordinating groups for dance outings, finding people to practice with for the weekend, or reporting a lost item. We also use this to communicate about competitions, especially travel and timelines. Join the slack by clicking this link! Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! This week?s most meme-ingful message Happy Dancing! Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -- *Happy Dancing!* Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Nov 17 15:35:01 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:35:01 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of November 17th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Happy Dancing! Lessons this week on Monday in Rangos and Wednesday in PWM. Dmitry is away competing this week so our latin lessons will be as follows: Competition Hair Workshop 5:20-5:55 How to Practice Workshop (Practicing solo and with a partner) by Jamie and Kyr 5:55-6:30 Stretching Workshop by Jamie 6:30-7:05 Gold+ Latin Lesson by Sasha 7:05-7:40 Newcomer Latin Lesson by Kyr and Brandon 7:40-8:10 Please feel free to come to any and all of the workshops! For the Advanced lesson, we ask that you were placed into the advanced Latin lesson usually (Gold+). We will also be holding our special elections on Monday at 8:30 in Rangos. Any dues paying members are eligible to vote. The current public slate of candidates can be found here ! Reminders for this week (11/17-11/23) - More details below! General: - Attend the special election Monday at 8:30! - Sign up for our holiday gift exchange here ! - Sign up to perform at our semester showcase here! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Join the slack by clicking this link! Holiday Gift Exchange & Potluck: You are cordially invited to our holiday gift exchange and potluck on December 7 from 2-4 pm in UC Danforth. If you would like to participate, please fill out this form by Nov 25. Special Elections: We will be holding special elections this semester on November 18th at 8:30pm in Rangos for the following positions: Secretary, Media Manager, Events Coordinator, Lessons Coordinator, and Competition Team Manager. There are descriptions of the open positions available here and more details on the specifics of the election process are available here ! If you are interested in being on board we would absolutely love to have you! It is an extremely rewarding experience, and if you have any questions please reach out to any of the current officers (Sasha, Abby, Karishma, Kyr, Aditya, Brenna) and we can give you more information! Winter Showcase: Do you want to show off your new dancing skills, fun side hobbies, or more? Join our end of semester showcase during our lessons time in Rangos on December 2nd! Past showcases have included juggling, K-pop dance, three person west coast swing, and more. It?s a no pressure way to showcase and get cheered on by the team! Sign up to showcase here! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 11/18 ? Rangos Professional- Taught Standard Int 3 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Standard Rounds 8:10-8:30 Special Election 8:30-8:40 Veteran- Taught Lesson Viennese Waltz w/ Brenna & Abby 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Nightclub 2 Step 9:30-10:00 Int Nightclub 2 Step 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 11/20 ? PWM Workshops & Lessons Hair Workshop 5:20-5:55 How to Practice Workshop (Practicing solo and with a partner) by Jamie and Kyr 5:55-6:30 Stretching Workshop by Jamie 6:30-7:05 Gold+ Latin Lesson by Sasha 7:05-7:40 Newcomer Latin Lesson by Kyr and Brandon 7:40-8:10 Rounds & Veteran Office Hours Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 Rhythm Rounds 8:30-8:40 Latin Rounds 2 8:40-8:50 Vet Office Hours 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Lindy Hop 9:30-10:00 Int Lindy Hop 10:00-10:30 Practice Space - Saturday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio - Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio Reminder Details Payment Information: We hope you are having a great time taking lessons with us! Your first two lessons (excluding rush) are free. After that, we ask that students pay $40 and non-students pay $90 in membership dues. This amount covers all the lessons we offer for the entire Fall semester. Please bring cash or a check to the table at the door or follow these instructions to pay online. As a reminder, we cannot accept Venmo or Zelle because of university policy. Here are more in depth payment instructions . Community Events - PittStop Lindy Hop 2024 (Student discounts for dances!) Register here! - Tuesday, November 22nd-24th, Rangos Ballroom - Cranberry Ballroom ?First Frost? Social Ballroom Dance - Saturday, November 23rd, 7pm - Wightman Community Center Resources Slack: The slack channel is a group chat where we talk about all things ballroom. Ex: coordinating groups for dance outings, finding people to practice with for the weekend, or reporting a lost item. We also use this to communicate about competitions, especially travel and timelines. Join the slack by clicking this link! Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! This week?s most meme-ingful message Happy Dancing! Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -- *Happy Dancing!* Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Nov 24 21:46:05 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:46:05 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of November 25th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Happy Dancing! Lessons on Monday (Simmons) and Tuesday (Rangos) this week, have a great break and a great Thanksgiving for those who celebrate! Reminder to sign up for our semester showcase :) Reminders for this week (11/25-11/26) - More details below! General: - Sign up for our holiday gift exchange here ! - Sign up to perform at our semester showcase here! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Sign up to join us at BADC: individual commitment form , partnership commitment form - Join the slack by clicking this link! BADC: This February we are attending the Big Apple Dancesport Challenge (BADC), which is hosted by Columbia University in New York City! This competition will take place during the weekend of February 14-16, and we are so excited to see all of you there. This is fairly far in advance, but if you would like to sign up and save $10 you should do so by 11/27! You are able to change (add/remove) your events leading up to the events as well. The specifics for pricing are as follows: Before 11/27: Students - $20 for first entry, $30 for 2 entries, $40 for 3+ entries. Adults - $45 for first entry, $55 for 2 entries, $65 for 3+ entries 11/28 - 1/22: Students - $30 for first entry, $40 for 2 entries, $50 for 3+ entries. Adults - $55 for first entry, $65 for 2 entries, $75 for 3+ entries To be registered both the individual and partnership commitment forms should be filled out by Wednesday, January 22nd Holiday Gift Exchange & Potluck: You are cordially invited to our holiday gift exchange and potluck on December 7 from 2-4 pm in UC Danforth. If you would like to participate, please fill out this form by Nov 25. Winter Showcase: Do you want to show off your new dancing skills, fun side hobbies, or more? Join our end of semester showcase during our lessons time in Rangos on December 2nd! Past showcases have included juggling, K-pop dance, three person west coast swing, and more. It?s a no pressure way to showcase and get cheered on by the team! Sign up to showcase here! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 11/25 ? Simmons Professional- Taught Standard Int 3 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Standard Rounds 1 8:10-8:30 Veteran- Taught Lesson Smooth Rounds 8:30-8:40 Standard Rounds 2 8:40-8:50 Viennese Waltz w/ Brenna & Abby 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Nightclub 2 Step 9:30-10:00 Int Nightclub 2 Step 10:00-10:30 Tuesday 11/26 ? Rangos Professional- Taught Latin Rhythm 5:20-5:55 Int 2 5:55-6:30 Int 1 6:30-7:05 Adv 7:05-7:40 Newcomer 7:40-8:10 Rounds & Veteran Office Hours Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 Rhythm Rounds 8:30-8:40 Latin Rounds 2 8:40-8:50 Vet Office Hours 8:50-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Lindy Hop 9:30-10:00 Int Lindy Hop 10:00-10:30 Practice Space - No practice space Saturday - Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio Reminder Details Payment Information: We hope you are having a great time taking lessons with us! Your first two lessons (excluding rush) are free. After that, we ask that students pay $40 and non-students pay $90 in membership dues. This amount covers all the lessons we offer for the entire Fall semester. Please bring cash or a check to the table at the door or follow these instructions to pay online. As a reminder, we cannot accept Venmo or Zelle because of university policy. Here are more in depth payment instructions . Community Events - None! Rest and relax! Resources Slack: The slack channel is a group chat where we talk about all things ballroom. Ex: coordinating groups for dance outings, finding people to practice with for the weekend, or reporting a lost item. We also use this to communicate about competitions, especially travel and timelines. Join the slack by clicking this link! Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! 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