From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Oct 6 20:10:32 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 20:10:32 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 6th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Regular lessons in PWM on Monday then Rangos on Wednesday (+ Smooth and Rhythm rounds at 9pm!) this week as we prepare for our home competition, Carnegie Classic this Saturday! Make sure to fill out your registration forms and let us know if you can host any dancers (all they need is a floor to sleep on!) Reminders for this week (10/06-10/12) - More details below! We have lots of forms for you! Fill one, or fill them all! Carnegie Classic: We are less than a week away! - Register here! (Newcomer students - your registration price has been lowered to 25$!) - Sign up for a Carnegie Classic Buddy Boat here! - Volunteer! Sign up HERE! - Please consider hosting dancers looking for housing! Sign up here ! - Express your interest in taking workshops or (semi)privates with Maja Serv? ! - Attend the Starlit Soiree social dance even if you aren?t competing (at 8pm on Friday in Rangos!) - Smooth & Rhythm rounds to prepare at 9 pm on Wednesday! General: - Sign up for apple picking on October 26th! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Join the slack by clicking this link! Rochester DanceSport Festival (October 19?20!): If you are interested in attending, please register at (this link ) BY MONDAY AT 10:30 PM (apologies for the short turnaround!). Please arrange transportation and housing with the other attendees - reach out to be added to the Facebook group chat. This competition is an excellent opportunity for non-students to accrue points to help qualify for USA Dance Nationals and for students to dance at an additional level! (see email sent earlier for more details) We are in the time frame for regular registration prices right now. However, since we are over 250 miles away, Rochester is generously giving a $20 discount, so registration costs are only $25! Please email Abby ( agq at andrew.cmu.edu), Aditya (achanana at andrew.cmu.edu), and cmuballroom at gmail.com a screenshot of your registration confirmation so we can let the organizers know who is attending for the discount. That $25 registration fee will be paid directly to Rochester, only cash or check day of (no online system). Students, you will also receive a $40 credit (increased from $25!!) from CMU Ballroom for Carnegie Classic or DCDI - contingent on us receiving confirmation of your registration by Monday at 10:30 pm. Reach out to Abby or Aditya with questions! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 10/07 ? P/W/M 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 Rounds 8:10-8:20 Veteran- Taught Lessons Smooth Foxtrot w/ Brenna & Vanessa 8:25-9:00 Tango w/ Aditya & Abby 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Salsa 9:30-10:00 Int Salsa 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 10/09 ? Rangos 1/2/3 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 8:10-8:20 Veteran- Taught Lessons Cha-Cha w/ Sasha & Matias 8:25-8:45 Rhythm Rumba w/ Rebecca & Jamie 8:45-9:05 Smooth & Rhythm Rounds 9:05-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 Practice Space - None (Carnegie Classic!) 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 . Carnegie Classic: We are hosting Carnegie Classic , our annual home competition, this October 12th in our very own Rangos Ballroom! We can?t wait to host competitors from over 20 colleges and adults from across the nation. There will be a social dance Friday night, the competition Saturday, and workshops from international champions (Maja Serve) along with CMU BDC alumni mentoring sessions on Sunday. We are looking for volunteers to help with our Carnegie Classic Competition (October 11-13). We are so excited to be hosting this competition but we can't do it without everyone's help! We have lots of opportunities for volunteering, between picking up officials from the airport and acting as Deck Captain during the competition! Feel free to sign up for anything that seems interesting to you and anything you would be willing to do - we won't double book you and will try to get everyone the jobs they want! Sign up HERE! Please fill out this form if you would like to help out the CMU Ballroom team by hosting some dancers from other universities! It is pretty simple, all you need is floor space and a bathroom for them to use. They will basically sleep over Friday night and leave Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon. If you have a couch or pillows for them, that's nice, but not required. Sign up HERE! Carnegie Classic Registration: If you would like to compete at Carnegie Classic, you must fill out the individual commitment form AND the partnership commitment form ASAP. New Buddy Boats: Did you enjoy our buddy boats for OSU or miss out and want to join one now? We are doing new buddy boats for Carnegie Classic. When you fill out this form, you'll be assigned to one of these 'boats' which are a group of dancers of mixed experience levels. It's our version of a 'big'/'little' system, except they rotate for every competition so you can meet new people! Each buddy boat will have a captain (bronze/silver or above), first mate (any level), and some crew (any level). Sign up here! Carnegie Classic Registration: If you would like to compete at Carnegie Classic, you must fill out the individual commitment form AND the partnership commitment form by 10/4. Alumni Mentoring/Maja Serve Workshops & Privates: We are so excited to announce that we are offering free private ballroom dance lessons with our talented alumni dancers! Most of these dancers are at the champ level, competing at the highest amateur level, and they are ready to share their expertise with you. Whether you?re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this is an incredible opportunity to learn from some of the best. Spots are limited, so don?t miss out on this chance to dance with these top-level dancers?completely free of charge! Please sign up for your lesson at this link! Please open this link on a laptop or tablet. It doesn?t display very well on phones. Additionally, if you are interested in workshops with 4x Danish and international champion Maja Serve on that Sunday, please fill out this form! For privates and (semi)privates, please fill out this form! Apple Picking: Every fall the club heads out to Simmons Farm to go apple picking! There is also animal petting, hay rides, and corn mazes! Please fill out this form if you would like to join us. This year, we will depart around 1pm on October 26th and return around 4:30 pm or earlier. The deadline to register is the 23rd. Community Events - USA Dance Oktoberfest Dance - Register here! - Saturday, October 19th, 6 pm - Palisades (Water Street, Mckeesport) - 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 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! 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URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Oct 14 11:34:12 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:34:12 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 14th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Happy Fall Break!! No regular lessons this week but Christine will be holding small group lessons Monday (10/14) which will be $60 by the amount of people that attend (so bring your friends!). The schedule is 5:45pm Silver Smooth, 6:30pm Bronze Standard, and 7:15 Silver/Gold Standard in Rangos Ballroom There is no space on Wednesday. Congratulations to everyone who competed at Carnegie Classic this weekend (over 1500 entries from 200 dancers at more than 15 different schools!) and thank you so much to everyone who helped out - whether big or small! We couldn?t have done this without you all <3 Special shoutout to the alum for the amazing mentoring sessions on Sunday and coming to support us, we loved having you back on campus! Reminders for this week (10/14-10/20) - More details below! General: - Fill out the individual and partnership commitment forms for the DCDI competition by 10/23! - Sign up for apple picking on October 26th! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Join the slack by clicking this link! Practice Space - Monday 5-9PM - Rangos Ballroom - Saturday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio - Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio Reminder Details DC Dancesport Inferno: Don?t worry if you missed out because you?re in luck - there is another competition coming up November 1st-3rd, DC Dancesport Inferno in Maryland! This competition lasts two days and usually hosts over 800 competitors with a large open section, a fun collaborative team match, a great TBA matching system, discounted pricing for newcomers, and the best dancers and showcases you will see all semester! You can check out their website for more details https://www.dcdancesportinferno.com/. Please fill out the individual and partnership commitment forms by Wednesday 10/23.. For this competition, you will also need to register for an o2cm account, if you do not already have one, please do that here . A new aspect for this competition is the team match . A team match is when each team/college has two sets of four couples, classified as either rookie and champ: where rookies are people dancing in Newcomer or Bronze and champ is anyone who is Silver+. It?s one of the most fun aspects of competition where everyone on the team is cheering for our couple dancing! Winning the team match will result in the addition of points towards DCDI?s Inferno Brawl . The Inferno Brawl is an extended competition that goes beyond team match, where couples can earn points by finaling in any individual event/fun dance, placing in the team match, volunteering to help TBA, and winning the Team Spirit Award during the Team Match (we will be making signs leading up to the competition, but beyond that we need to be super supportive and make sure our team knows how proud we are to dance with them!!) Note: If you plan on attending, no stones, feathers or floats are allowed below silver. If you are competing in bronze or newcomer and do not have an appropriate outfit - please reach out to Kyr, Brenna, or Karishma and they will help you find an outfit in the closet that follows the guidelines! 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 . Apple Picking: Every fall the club heads out to Simmons Farm to go apple picking! There is also animal petting, hay rides, and corn mazes! Please fill out this form if you would like to join us. This year, we will depart around 1pm on October 26th and return around 4:30 pm or earlier. The deadline to register is the 23rd. Community Events - USA Dance Oktoberfest Dance - Register here! - Saturday, October 19th, 6 pm - Palisades (Water Street, Mckeesport) - USA Dance November Dance - Saturday, November 16th, 7 pm - Wightman Community Center - PittStop Lindy Hop 2024 (Student discounts for dances!) 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URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Oct 20 23:21:57 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:21:57 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 20th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Welcome back! Congratulations to everyone who competed at Rochester Dancesport this weekend - you all danced fantastically! Regular lessons this week on Monday and Wednesday, both in PWM in the UC. We will also have a new block of veteran lessons and the restructuring of rounds to include two sets of international rounds AND an American round! More information below. Reminders for this week (10/20-10/27) - More details below! General: - Fill out the individual and partnership commitment forms for the DCDI competition by 10/23! - Sign up for the special election ! - Sign up for apple picking on October 26th by this Wednesday! - 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! Shoe Order: If you are interested in professional quality shoes from International Dance Shoes , Dmitry?s studio is putting in a group order - which means shipping and other costs are typically cheaper. If you are interested please email Dance at demidovdance.com with answers to these questions by the 26th: 1.Shoe Style/Name, 2. Heel Height & Shape, 3. Shoe Size in the UK, 4. Width (Narrow/Regular/Wide), 5. Color 6. Do you need heel protectors? If you have any questions or need help selecting which shoes you want to order please ask any of the officers! Lessons and Rounds: For the remainder of the semester we will be restructuring our rounds and lessons schedule for after our regular set of rounds! We will have our first set of international rounds from 8:10 - 8:20 like usual, then american rounds from 8:20 - 8:30, then a second set of international rounds from 8:35 - 8:45 then our veteran lesson from 8:45 - 9:15. Our veteran lessons in this block will be zouk with brenna and bhuvan on Mondays and samba with james and jamie on Wednesdays. We will be teaching both dances from scratch so bring a friend or someone new! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 10/21 ? P/W/M 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 Int Round 1 8:10-8:20 Veteran- Taught Lesson Am Rounds 8:20-8:30 Int Round 2 8:35-8:45 Zouk w/ Brenna & Bhuvan 8:45-9:15 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Nightclub 2 Step 9:30-10:00 Int Nightclub 2 Step 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 10/23 ? P/W/M 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 Int Round 1 8:10-8:20 Veteran- Taught Lesson Am Rounds 8:20-8:30 Int Round 2 8:35-8:45 Samba w/ Jamie & James 8:45-9:15 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 DC Dancesport Inferno: Don?t worry if you missed out because you?re in luck - there is another competition coming up November 1st-3rd, DC Dancesport Inferno in Maryland! This competition lasts two days and usually hosts over 800 competitors with a large open section, a fun collaborative team match, a great TBA matching system, discounted pricing for newcomers, and the best dancers and showcases you will see all semester! You can check out their website for more details https://www.dcdancesportinferno.com/. Please fill out the individual and partnership commitment forms by Wednesday 10/23.. For this competition, you will also need to register for an o2cm account, if you do not already have one, please do that here . A new aspect for this competition is the team match . A team match is when each team/college has two sets of four couples, classified as either rookie and champ: where rookies are people dancing in Newcomer or Bronze and champ is anyone who is Silver+. It?s one of the most fun aspects of competition where everyone on the team is cheering for our couple dancing! Winning the team match will result in the addition of points towards DCDI?s Inferno Brawl . The Inferno Brawl is an extended competition that goes beyond team match, where couples can earn points by finaling in any individual event/fun dance, placing in the team match, volunteering to help TBA, and winning the Team Spirit Award during the Team Match (we will be making signs leading up to the competition, but beyond that we need to be super supportive and make sure our team knows how proud we are to dance with them!!) Note: If you plan on attending, no stones, feathers or floats are allowed below silver. If you are competing in bronze or newcomer and do not have an appropriate outfit - please reach out to Kyr, Brenna, or Karishma and they will help you find an outfit in the closet that follows the guidelines! 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 . Apple Picking: Every fall the club heads out to Simmons Farm to go apple picking! There is also animal petting, hay rides, and corn mazes! Please fill out this form if you would like to join us. This year, we will depart around 1pm on October 26th and return around 4:30 pm or earlier. The deadline to register is the 23rd. Community Events - Cranberry Ballroom ?Night at the Movies? Social Ballroom Dance - Saturday, October 26th, 7 pm - Cranberry Municipal Center - 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... 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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! Costume Rounds: We will be holding four style costume rounds this Wednesday (10/30) when we are in Rangos! Costumes (dance or otherwise) are more than welcome! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 10/28 ? P/W/M 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 Am 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 Costume Rounds Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 Standard Rounds 8:30-8:40 Smooth Rounds 8:40-8:50 Rhythm Rounds 8:55-9:05 Vet Office Hours 9:05-9:30 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! 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