From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Sep 2 22:19:54 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 22:19:54 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of 09/02/24 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, We are back in full swing (no pun intended?)! This week we have standard auditions and part three and four of RUSH!!! In case you missed it, rush is a time for anyone to come learn how to dance! All lessons are open for beginners and we are teaching two different dances along with two different showcases. We will also have a raffle, snacks, and beverages! Come support our newcomers or learn how to dance yourself and bring your friends! News Fall Rush: Veterans, make sure to show up and help support our recruitment! Make new friends, dance with someone you?ve never met before, and show our newbies what CMUBDC is all about! Bring a friend, a partner, or even a stranger! We are tabling for the first two weeks of rush!! If you would like to table here is the sign up sheet! We will be tabling outside of Doherty Hall near the fence, weather permitting! Standard Auditions: Standard Auditions take place on Tuesday - with the figures shown below and the schedule following. Standard Figure List Latin Lessons: Dmitry is away at a competition this week - so we will just have open practice space from 5-7pm in Rangos! See you all there and get prepared for rush after! 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. More information on how to get involved will be out soon, including chances to volunteer, host competitors,and compete! You can find more information on our website carnegieclassic.com in the meantime. Weekly Lesson Schedule Tues 09/03 ? Rangos 1/2/3 Professional- Taught Standard Int 3 Audition 5:20-5:45 Int 2 Audition 5:45-6:10 Int 1 Audition 6:10-6:35 Adv Auditions 6:35-7:00 RUSH Come dance with us! 7:00-9:00 Wed 09/04 ? Rangos 1/2/3 Practice Space 5:00-7:00 RUSH Come dance with us! 7:00-9:00 Practice Space Saturday 11AM-12:30PM - CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio Reminder Details None :) Community Events Lindy Hop Social - Friday, September 6th Wilkins School Community Center - 7PM Resources Payments: Payment details will be announced at the start of our semester lessons. 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! This week?s most meme-ingful message Happy Dancing! 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Practice Space Saturday 12:30PM-2:00PM - CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio Hope to see you all tonight for Day 3 of Rush! Happy Dancing! Abby, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Sasha, & Karishma https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 10:19?PM CMU Ballroom wrote: > Hello Ballroom Friends, > > We are back in full swing (no pun intended?)! This week we have standard > auditions and part three and four of RUSH!!! In case you missed it, rush > is a time for anyone to come learn how to dance! All lessons are open for > beginners and we are teaching two different dances along with two different > showcases. We will also have a raffle, snacks, and beverages! Come support > our newcomers or learn how to dance yourself and bring your friends! > > News > > Fall Rush: > > Veterans, make sure to show up and help support our recruitment! Make new > friends, dance with someone you?ve never met before, and show our newbies > what CMUBDC is all about! Bring a friend, a partner, or even a stranger! > > We are tabling for the first two weeks of rush!! If you would like to > table here is the sign up sheet! > > We will be tabling outside of Doherty Hall near the fence, weather > permitting! > > Standard Auditions: > > Standard Auditions take place on Tuesday - with the figures shown below > and the schedule following. Standard Figure List > > > Latin Lessons: > > Dmitry is away at a competition this week - so we will just have open > practice space from 5-7pm in Rangos! See you all there and get prepared for > rush after! > > 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. More information > on how to get involved will be out soon, including chances to volunteer, > host competitors,and compete! You can find more information on our website > carnegieclassic.com in the meantime. > > Weekly Lesson Schedule > > Tues 09/03 ? Rangos 1/2/3 > > Professional- > > Taught Standard > > Int 3 Audition > > 5:20-5:45 > > Int 2 Audition > > 5:45-6:10 > > Int 1 Audition > > 6:10-6:35 > > Adv Auditions > > 6:35-7:00 > > RUSH > > Come dance with us! > > 7:00-9:00 > > > Wed 09/04 ? Rangos 1/2/3 > > > Practice Space > > 5:00-7:00 > > RUSH > > Come dance with us! > > 7:00-9:00 > > > > > Practice Space > > Saturday 11AM-12:30PM - CUC Kenner Studio > Sunday 12:30PM-2PM - CUC Kenner Studio > > Reminder Details > > None :) > > Community Events > > Lindy Hop Social - Friday, September 6th > Wilkins School Community Center - 7PM > > Resources > > Payments: > > Payment details will be announced at the start of our semester lessons. > > 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! > > > This week?s most meme-ingful message > > 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 Wed Sep 4 22:59:44 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 22:59:44 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] First Competition! Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, My name is Karishma Kulshrestha and I am beyond excited to be your Competition Team Captain for this year! Our first competition of the year is during the last weekend of September, 9/27 - 9/29, which is only 3 weekends from now. This competition is very newcomer friendly, so we hope to see all of you there. The cheapest pricing is available if you sign up this week, for first time competitors or open-only dancers, it is $30 and for the rest of us it is $45. If you register between 9/6-9/21 then the pricing is $35 for first-timers and open-only, and $55 for everyone else. If you are interested you must sign up before 9/21 this will give us time to complete your registration and ensure that there is housing for everyone who would like to come! If you need help with hair and/or makeup please message me at (614)557-2200 and I will gladly help you or find someone else who can! I?m looking forward to getting to know you all better over the course of the semester and always feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions, competition-related or otherwise. There is a mock competition on 9/21, to help newcomers adjust to competition format and have some practice before the real competition the following weekend ! I am also planning a poster-making party during the week of 9/23, more details to come but just know that if you attend there will be people on the sidelines rooting for you always :) This is the link to the commitment form, and we sincerely hope to see all of you there! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeczkr8cujEq9vtwG_8wuW199hPn0z5ElPiRmKsXgRmYci-cQ/viewform?usp=sf_link With admiration and excitement, Karishma Kulshrestha CMU BDC Competition Team Captain 2024-2025 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Sep 8 21:44:26 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:44:26 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Weekly Email! Message-ID: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of September 8th, 2024 Hello Ballroom Friends, Thank you all for making our Fall 2024 Rush one for the history books! We loved meeting, teaching, and dancing with each and every one of you and we can?t wait to see everyone?s progress throughout the semester! Keep reading for information on how to keep dancing with us! Note: Lessons this week are in Tepper Simmons A on the 1st Floor. Newcomers/Beginners: Our first set of regular lessons begins THIS WEEK! Don?t worry if you missed any or all of rush, we are teaching the dances from scratch. Come for any, come for all, we would love to see you there! The first beginner lessons this week are? Monday 09/09 in Simmons A -> 7:40-8:10pm (Professional Taught Beginner Standard) 8:25 - 9:00pm (Veteran Taught Tango) 9:00 - 9:30pm (Veteran Taught Smooth Foxtrot) 9:30-10:00pm (Beginner Social Lesson - Salsa) Wednesday 09/11 in Simmons A -> 7:40-8:10pm (Professional Taught Beginner Latin) 8:25 - 9:00pm (Veteran Taught Rhythm Cha-Cha) 9:00 - 9:30pm (Veteran Taught Rhythm Rumba) 9:30-10:00pm (Beginner Social Lesson - Hustle) OSU Competition: Our first competition of the year is at Ohio State University during the last weekend of September, 9/27 - 9/29, which is only a few weeks from now!. This competition is very newcomer friendly, so we hope to see anyone and everyone there. At OSU there will be newcomer dancing available in all styles, and we will have a few ways for you guys to prepare for the competition before we go, which are listed later in this email ? If you are curious about the schedule, you can find that here: https://ballroomcompexpress.com/viewschedule.php?cid=147 At OSU, there will be team housing, team dinners, and lots of opportunities to support your favorite CMU BDC dancers, as well as to meet dancers from other schools who will be in the competition! In addition to that, we will also have buddy boats: buddy boats are small groups that are assigned by the club where we are able to have both newcomers and veterans to allow for feedback, support, and advice. This is the buddy boat sign-up if you?re interested: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKqADPIL6fR0a4-lOT0aBP30ok-tXxAb_B1Pwuy61DhAKB0g/viewform The pricing is $35 for first-timers and open-only, and $55 for students and $80 for non-students, which covers travel, housing, and registration fees. If you are interested you must sign up before 9/21! This will give us time to complete your registration and ensure that there is housing for everyone who would like to come. There is also a partnership commitment form which must be completed by 9/25, you do not need a partner to participate in OSU, but this will allow us to find you a partner if you do not find one prior to the competition. Here is the link to the individual commitment form, and we sincerely hope to see all of you there! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeczkr8cujEq9vtwG_8wuW199hPn0z5ElPiRmKsXgRmYci-cQ/viewform?usp=sf_link This is the link to the partnership commitment form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVDDrLFzAiTgQZhc7O9Vo62DymRn-7Yw_qOwF3KKiKqDb6vQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Mock Competition: Mark your calendars for our mock competition hosted on 09/21! This will be a place to practice what you?ve been learning and try out the format of an official competition! For mock comp and additional newcomer lessons, there will be another email sent out with the logistics, but please register for mock comp using this google form by 9/18! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAMjUjZ6wehIZS8shgP04oq782JRLxDC8vWAjQTEyP0W7FtA/viewform?usp=sf_link Painting the Fence: As the first team bonding event of the semester, we will be painting The Fence on Friday, September 20 (i.e. the night before Mock Comp)! Painting The Fence is a time-honored CMU tradition for students to participate in and we welcome you all to join us! We will meet at The Fence pit around 11:45 pm and start painting at midnight. We have to be done by sunrise (around 6 am) and it must be done entirely by hand, so the more help, the better and faster we can do it! Weekly Lesson Schedule Monday 09/09 ? Simmons A 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 Tango w/ Aditya & Abby 8:25-9:00 Smooth Foxtrot w/ Brenna & Vanessa 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Salsa 9:30-10:00 Int Salsa 10:00-10:30 Wed 09/11 ? Simmons A 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 8:25-9:00 Rhythm Rumba w/ Rebecca & Jamie 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 Practice Space NEWCOMER BOOTCAMP! - Saturday 11:30PM-12:30PM - CUC Peter/Wright/Mckenna (Comp Team Meet n Greet) - Saturday 12:30PM-2:00PM - CUC Kenner Studio (Newcomer Bootcamp) - Sunday 11:30AM-1PM - CUC Kenner Studio (Newcomer Bootcamp) - Sunday 1:00PM-2:00PM - Tepper Simmons B (Newcomer Bootcamp) Reminder Details 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. More information on how to get involved will be out soon, including chances to volunteer, host competitors,and compete! You can find more information on our website carnegieclassic.com in the meantime. Community Events Latin Dance Mix : Aspianado Dance - Friday, September 13th Wightman School Studio - 8pm Pittsburgh Ballroom : Autumn Leaves Dance - Saturday, September 14th Arthur Murray Robinson Grand Ballroom - 7pm USA Dance Black and Gold Night - Saturday, September 21st Wightman School Community Building - 7PM September Practice Party - Friday, September 27th Nova Ballroom - 7pm 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! This week?s most meme-ingful message Happy Dancing! 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The tentative schedule for the bootcamp is as follows: Saturday: 11:30AM - 12:30PM: CUC Peter/Wright/Mckenna During this time we will be discussing competition logistics and getting to know one another, so we will start with some icebreakers (sorry) and then get into what the logistics will look like during a competition. We will also discuss partner matching and how the TBA system works for those who do not have a formal partner before the competition (which is completely normal!!). There will also be some snacks during this portion of the day :) 12:30PM - 2:00PM: CUC Kenner James and Jamie will be teaching International Latin and American Rhythm basics to you guys! This time will include both structured lessons/review and unstructured practice time. Sunday: 11:30AM - 1:00PM: CUC Kenner 11:30AM - 12:30PM American Smooth with Brenna and Abby 12:30PM - 1:00PM Practice/Social/Snacks/Transfer to Tepper 1:00PM - 2:00PM: Tepper Simmons B International Standard with Aditya and Fa Sidenote: I put 9/27-9/29 in the schedule for OSU, but it should be 9/27-9/28 as we will only be in Columbus for one night. Thanks for an amazing semester so far! Karishma Kulshrestha CMU BDC Competition Team Captain 2024-2025 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Sep 15 22:20:02 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:20:02 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of September 15th, 2024 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Thanks for making our first week of lessons great! This week we will be located in Rangos Ballroom on Monday and the CUC Studio Theatre on Wednesday. Make sure to check in with the table when you get here for your lesson, and we will be starting to take payments this week! More details later in the email. Reminder for this week (09/16-09/22) - More details below! - Painting the Fence! 11:45 pm this Friday (the 20th!) - Mock Competition this Saturday the 21st! Bootcamp starts at 9am, Competition starts at 1:30! - Register for OSU! Individual Commitment Form & Partnership Commitment Form - Join a Buddy Boat! - We are starting to take semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Volunteer for Carnegie Classic! Sign up HERE! - Join the slack by clicking this link! Newcomers/Beginners: Our second set of regular lessons is this week! Don?t worry if you missed any or all of rush, we are teaching the dances from scratch. Come for any, come for all, we would love to see you there! The beginner lessons this week are? Monday 09/16 ? Rangos 1/2/3 7:40?8:10 Professional Taught Beginner Standard 8:25?9:00 Veteran Taught Tango 9:00?9:30 Veteran Taught Smooth Foxtrot 9:30?10:00 Beginner Social Lesson ? Salsa Wednesday, 09/18 ? Studio Theatre 7:40?8:10 Professional Taught Beginner Latin 8:25?9:00 Veteran Taught Rhythm Cha-Cha 9:00?9:30 Veteran Taught Rhythm Rumba 9:30?10:00 Beginner Social Lesson ? Hustle 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! Mock Competition: Mark your calendars for our mock competition hosted on 09/21 in Rangos Ballroom (This Saturday!) This will be a place to practice what you?ve been learning and try out the format of an official competition! Please register for mock comp using this google form by 9/18! You do not have to be attending OSU or any competition this semester to go to Mock Comp, nor do you have to attend Mock Comp to register for the competitions! Register for Mock Comp! Volunteer for Mock Comp! Mock Comp Schedule OSU Competition: Our first competition of the year is at Ohio State University during the last weekend of September, 9/27 - 9/29, which is only a few weeks from now!. This competition is very newcomer friendly, so we hope to see anyone and everyone there. At OSU there will be newcomer dancing available in all styles, and we will have a few ways for you guys to prepare for the competition before we go, which are listed later in this email ? If you are curious about the schedule, you can find that here: OSU Schedule At OSU, there will be team housing, team dinners, and lots of opportunities to support your favorite CMU BDC dancers, as well as to meet dancers from other schools who will be in the competition! In addition to that, we will also have buddy boats: buddy boats are small groups that are assigned by the club where we are able to have both newcomers and veterans to allow for feedback, support, and advice. This is the buddy boat sign-up if you?re interested: Join a Buddy Boat! The pricing is $35 for first-timers and open-only, and $55 for students and $80 for non-students, which covers travel, housing, and registration fees. If you are interested you must sign up before 9/21! This will give us time to complete your registration and ensure that there is housing for everyone who would like to come. There is also a partnership commitment form which must be completed by 9/25, you do not need a partner to participate in OSU, but this will allow us to find you a partner if you do not find one prior to the competition. Here is the link to the individual commitment form, and we sincerely hope to see all of you there! Individual Commitment Form This is the link to the partnership commitment form: Partnership Commitment Form 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. 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! Weekly Lesson Schedule Monday 09/16 ? Rangos 1/2/3 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 Tango w/ Aditya & Abby 8:25-9:00 Smooth Foxtrot w/ Brenna & Vanessa 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Salsa 9:30-10:00 Int Salsa 10:00-10:30 Wed 09/18 ? Studio Theatre 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 8:25-9:00 Rhythm Rumba w/ Rebecca & Jamie 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 - Reminder Details Painting the Fence: As the first team bonding event of the semester, we will be painting The Fence on Friday, September 20 (i.e. the night before Mock Comp)! Painting The Fence is a time-honored CMU tradition for students to participate in and we welcome you all to join us (you don?t have to be a CMU student to help)! We will meet at The Fence pit around 11:45 pm and start painting at midnight. We have to be done by sunrise (around 6 am) and it must be done entirely by hand, so the more help, the better and faster we can do it! There will also be hot chocolate and marshmallows :) Community Events USA Dance Black and Gold Night - Saturday, September 21st Wightman School Community Building - 7PM September Practice Party - Friday, September 27th Nova Ballroom - 7pm Cranberry Ballroom Pumpkin Spice Dance - Saturday, September 28th Cranberry Township Municipal Center - 7pm 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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We have Sasha, Tommy, Aditya, and Abby all teaching fundamentals of Latin and Standard dances in the morning starting at 9am and running until 12:30. If you?re curious about the schedule you can find that here: Technique Bootcamp & Mock Comp Schedule . This is a great opportunity to learn new dances for our newcomers who want to dance later in the day or anyone who wants to practice! Note - You do not have to attend mock comp to attend the technique bootcamp and vice versa! Come for one, come for all, we just hope to see you there! Veterans - if you want to do us a huge favor by volunteering to help us make mock comp run smooth please fill out this form! Veteran Volunteer Form We all hope to see you there! Karishma Kulshrestha CMU BDC Competition Team Captain ?24-?25 -- *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 Sat Sep 21 21:25:41 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:25:41 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] OSU Message-ID: Hi Ballroom Friends! We hope that you all had fun at our Mock Competition today! This is also the last day to sign up for our first competition of the year at Ohio State! This competition runs from 9/27-9/28 (next weekend), and is extremely newcomer friendly. If you are interested in coming along, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeczkr8cujEq9vtwG_8wuW199hPn0z5ElPiRmKsXgRmYci-cQ/viewform There is also the partnership commitment form, which is due on Wednesday 9/25! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVDDrLFzAiTgQZhc7O9Vo62DymRn-7Yw_qOwF3KKiKqDb6vQ/viewform If you would like to see the schedule you can find that here: https://ballroomcompexpress.com/viewschedule.php?cid=147 We hope to see all of you there! Happy Dancing! 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Newcomers/Beginners: Our next set of regular lessons is this week! Don?t worry if you are completely new, partnerless, or have two left feet! Come for any, come for all, we would love to see you there! The beginner lessons this week are? Monday 09/23 ? Rangos 1/2/3 7:40?8:10 Professional Taught Beginner Standard 8:25?9:00 Veteran Taught Tango 9:00?9:30 Veteran Taught Smooth Foxtrot 9:30?10:00 Beginner Social Lesson ? Salsa Wednesday, 09/25 ? Peter/Wright/Mckenna in the UC 7:40?8:10 Professional Taught Beginner Latin 8:25?9:00 Veteran Taught Rhythm Cha-Cha 9:00?9:30 Veteran Taught Rhythm Rumba 9:30?10:00 Beginner Social Lesson ? Hustle 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 Shoutouts: Shout-outs for the Carnegie Classic program are available to purchase ! A shout-out is an encouraging note written to competitors by friends and family, usually accompanied by a picture, that will be printed in the Carnegie Classic program. Shout-outs are a fun and easy way for friends and family to show their support for you! The deadline to order is Wednesday, October 2nd and common FAQs are here . Make sure to send the info to any family or friends who would want to support you!. Alumni Mentoring: 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 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 Weekly Lesson Schedule Monday 09/23 ? Rangos 1/2/3 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 Wed 09/25 ? 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 Rounds 8:10-8:20 Veteran- Taught Lessons Cha-Cha w/ Sasha & Matias 8:25-9:00 Rhythm Rumba w/ Rebecca & Jamie 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 - Reminder Details Buddy Boats: At each of our competitions, there will be team housing, team dinners, and lots of opportunities to support your favorite CMU BDC dancers, as well as to meet dancers from other schools who will be in the competition! In addition to that, we will also have buddy boats: buddy boats are small groups that are assigned by the club where we are able to have both newcomers and veterans to allow for feedback, support, and advice. Even though buddy boats have already been announced, you can join at any time! Join a Buddy Boat! 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 CMUBDC 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! Community Events September Practice Party - Friday, September 27th Nova Ballroom - 7pm Cranberry Ballroom Pumpkin Spice Dance - Saturday, September 28th Cranberry Township Municipal Center - 7pm 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Wed Sep 25 23:00:00 2024 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Rochester Dancesport Festival Interest Form Message-ID: Hello dancers, We are sending out this form to gauge interest in attending the Rochester Dancesport Festival in Rochester, NY, hosted by James Chin at Lilac Dance Center on 10/19-10/20 (workshops 10/19, competition 10/20). Currently, we are attending OSU (9/28), Carnegie Classic (10/12), and DCDI (11/2). The club is open to sending the team to Rochester because it is a helpful competition for dancers looking to dance at the USA Dance Nationals in the spring. Additionally, Rochester is generously offering many scholarships to dancers to make attending as easy as possible. We do not know the details at the moment, but we will reach out to all who are interested as soon as we have the final information. Since Nationals is a large comp, dancers must qualify for events. Dancers are classified as ?collegiate? if they are currently enrolled in full-time education (undergrad or grad) or have graduated less than 6 months ago. Dancers are considered ?adult? if they have graduated over 6 months ago. Collegiate dancers automatically get ONE level in the collegiate and adult events, but they can receive ONE EXTRA level in adult events only if they qualify at that level as adults do. Adults must qualify for ALL events. There are several paths to qualification. In short, each dancer needs 6 points individually. You do not need to dance with the same partner, but you do need to dance at the correct level. We strongly recommend attending 3 Collegiate Challenges: OSU, Carnegie Classic, and Rochester Dancesport Festival. Regardless of your placement at any of these competitions, you would receive 6 points (2 from each comp), which qualifies you for Nationals. The other options would be to attend a Qualifier OR a Qualifier and a Challenge Comp. The Qualifiers that are most accessible to us would be MAC in Newark, NJ (Jan 2025) or Midwest Regional DanceSport Championships in Chicago, IL (10/18-10/20). However, there would be no assistance from the Club for these comps. At a Qualifier, if you PLACE in the top 50%, you receive 6 points and auto-qualify. If you do NOT place at a Qualifier, you receive 4 points and would need to attend one Challenge to receive the remaining 2. Here is an example situation with myself (Abby), Aaron, and Hannah. I am considered a student because I am a CMU undergrad. Hannah is also considered a student because she is a Duquesne grad student. Aaron is considered an adult because he graduated over 6 months ago. Therefore, only Aaron needs to qualify. Aaron and Hannah intend to compete Gold Smooth at Nationals. Aaron and I are attending OSU and Carnegie Classic, dancing Gold Smooth. We each receive 2 points from each competition. Aaron and Hannah are attending Rochester, dancing Gold Smooth. Aaron and Hannah each receive 2 points. Aaron has now acquired all 6 points necessary to dance at Nationals. Hannah and I can also attend Nationals because we do not need points to dance. If I were to attend Rochester with another dancer, I could have Gold Smooth as my extra adult level and dance with another student in Silver or Novice. We understand this is a complicated process that requires a lot of thought. Please ask me or Christine if you have any questions. Happy Dancing! 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Carnegie Classic: We are less than two weeks away! - Register for Carnegie Classic here! - Sign up for a Carnegie Classic Buddy Boat here! - Volunteer for Carnegie Classic! 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? ! General: - Sign up for apple picking on October 26th! - Indicate your interest for Rochester Dancesport Festival ! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet! - Join the slack by clicking this link! 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. 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. Rochester Dancesport Festival: The club is open to sending dancers to Rochester Dancesport Festival, hosted by James Chin at Lilac Dance Center on 10/19-10/20 (workshops 10/19, competition 10/20). This competition is highly beneficial for anyone looking to dance at Nationals in the spring, as adult dancers must qualify for their events and collegiate dancers may receive an extra level (yay more dancing!). Please fill out this form and refer to the email sent on September 25 for more details. Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 09/30 ? Rangos 1/2/3 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 10/02 ? 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 Rounds 8:10-8:20 Veteran- Taught Lessons Cha-Cha w/ Sasha & Matias 8:25-9:00 Rhythm Rumba w/ Rebecca & Jamie 9:00-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Beginner Hustle 9:30-10:00 Int Hustle 10:00-10:30 Practice Space - Saturday 12:30PM-2:00PM - 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 . 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 Shoutouts: Shout-outs for the Carnegie Classic program are available to purchase ! A shout-out is an encouraging note written to competitors by friends and family, usually accompanied by a picture, that will be printed in the Carnegie Classic program. Shout-outs are a fun and easy way for friends and family to show their support for you! The deadline to order is Wednesday, October 2nd and common FAQs are here . Make sure to send the info to any family or friends who would want to support you!. 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! Community Events - Flow without Borders: Salsa, West Coast Swing, Hustle - Friday, October 4th, 7 pm - Wightman School Studio - 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! 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