[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of September 1, 2025

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

Hello Ballroom Friends,

We hope you had a wonderful week and are ready for another week of dancing!
Just a quick update:

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   Fall Rush
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      A perfect chance for beginners to try out ballroom dancing and for
      returning members to get back on the floor!
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   Lessons
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      Since the university is closed on Monday for Labor Day, our lessons
      will take place on Tuesday
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      Our Latin dance instructor, Dmitry, will be away on Wednesday, so
      we’ll be using the space for open practice instead
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   Practice Spaces
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      New Thursday evening rounds + mentoring sessions start this week (
      structured, NOT open practice)
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      Weekend practice spaces with rounds at the end (open for everyone!)
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   Stay Connected
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      Join our Slack channel using this link
      <https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-34jz67dzn-N5sIDQeSZuKpIVe3zZddeA>
      for socials and updates!
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      Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom
      <https://www.instagram.com/cmuballroom/>!
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      For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on
      Slack by clicking this link
      <https://cmuballroom.slack.com/archives/C098LHQL5HC> or messaging our
      comp team captain, Kyr!

More details below!

Fall Rush

Come enjoy free intro lessons, exciting showcases, fun raffles, and tasty
refreshments! Fall Rush is one of our most exciting events of the year, and
whether you’re a returning member or brand new to the club, we’d love to
see you there!

Tuesday 09/02– Rangos

Standard

Lessons

5:20 - 5:50

Int 1 Lesson

5:50 - 6:20

Int 2 & 3 Lesson

6:20 - 6:50

Adv Lesson

RUSH

7:00 - 9:30

RUSH



Wednesday 09/03 – *Simmons A*

Practice Space

5:00 - 7:00

Practice Space

RUSH

7:00 - 9:30

RUSH


Practice Spaces

This semester we will be doing something a little different in terms of
practice spaces and rounds to add some structure and increased
opportunities to improve as a team and individually! For our regular
practice spaces (Saturday and Sunday) we will have rounds at the end of
each session. Saturday will have standard and smooth rounds while Sunday
will have latin and rhythm rounds. These will take place 15 minutes before
practice ends (approximately 1:15pm) and are a great opportunity to
practice in a competition setting!

We also will have practice space for four style competitive rounds and
mentoring
sessions on Thursdays from 7-9pm starting the second week of lessons. The
first hour will consist of repeated four style rounds to simulate
competition and build stamina. The second hour will consist of mentoring
sessions which you can sign up to mentor or take a lesson at this link here
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/186j8eao4HpN1bw-AXooxdMTM42T-8eG_6u3vNCBod_c/edit?usp=sharing>.
This is a great opportunity to encourage community and mentor newer dancers
within our team!

Thursday 09/04

7:00 - 9:00pm

CUC Activities Room

Saturday 09/06

12:00 - 1:30pm

CUC Kenner Studio

Sunday   09/07

12:00 - 1:30pm

CUC Kenner Studio

Community Events

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   Back To School Social Dance: Monday, September 1st. 5–7pm. Night & Day
   Dance Studio
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      Smooth & Standard Rounds
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      Fun Dance
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      Snacks
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      Admission $10; College Student $5


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-34jz67dzn-N5sIDQeSZuKpIVe3zZddeA>

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

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Happy Dancing!

Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi
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