[CMUBDC] Weekly Email!

Sun Sep 8 21:44:26 EDT 2024

[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!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>

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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