[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 14th, 2024

Mon Oct 14 11:34:12 EDT 2024

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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0vQegeaJItbvzRgWD_nm7yOn-rGW-EccUMG3spBWU-4vRMg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
and partnership
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2jaMJUXeT2gpF-Pyib2QNtBLpqHnCRW4ee43-aqEfC6sg_A/viewform?usp=sf_link>
commitment forms  for the DCDI competition by 10/23!

- Sign up for apple picking
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerR5joR4ZgcqzwNpUjGURzfR2GzYIym6P4Oyi1yQgpIaHg_g/viewform>
on October 26th!

- We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet!
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit>

- Join the slack by clicking this link!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>

Practice Space

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   Monday 5-9PM - Rangos Ballroom
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   Saturday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio
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   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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0vQegeaJItbvzRgWD_nm7yOn-rGW-EccUMG3spBWU-4vRMg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
and partnership
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2jaMJUXeT2gpF-Pyib2QNtBLpqHnCRW4ee43-aqEfC6sg_A/viewform?usp=sf_link>
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 <https://competitor.o2cm.com/Account/Register>.

A new aspect for this competition is the team match
<https://www.dcdancesportinferno.com/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 <https://www.dcdancesportinferno.com/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
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit>
.

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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerR5joR4ZgcqzwNpUjGURzfR2GzYIym6P4Oyi1yQgpIaHg_g/viewform?usp=sf_link>
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

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   USA Dance Oktoberfest Dance - Register here!
   <https://usadancepgh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69b2684b759ee983a31c5a3c1&id=c7d686860f&e=b072155524>
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      Saturday, October 19th, 6 pm - Palisades (Water Street, Mckeesport)
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   USA Dance November Dance
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      Saturday, November 16th, 7 pm - Wightman Community Center
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   PittStop Lindy Hop 2024 (Student discounts for dances!) Register here!
   <https://pittstoplindyhop.com/>
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      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!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>

Google Calendar:
Click this link
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=YjYyOWVzNDVsZ2w2ZW0wNzM0ZjVpcWNibGtAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ>
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
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