From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Feb 2 23:54:09 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 23:54:09 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 3rd, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Penn State Snowball this weekend! You all looked amazing! If you missed it and are still interested in competing, don?t forget to sign up for the Big Apple Dance Competition at Columbia University in New York! Late registration is due by tomorrow, Monday February 3rd. Practice spaces are also back to normal this week for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Reminders for this week (02/3-02/9) - More details below! General: - We are starting to take semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet ! - Sign up for BADC by Wednesday, Feb 5 (Late registration) - Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form ! - Join the slack by clicking this link! 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 Spring semester. BADC: This February we are attending the Big Apple Dancesport Challenge (BADC), which is hosted by Columbia University in New York City! This competition will take place during the weekend of February 14-16, and we are so excited to see all of you there. Please sign up if you?d like to join us! Regular registration closed last week but you can still register late until Monday, February 3rd. Please register as soon as possible so that we can arrange housing and travel arrangements for you. Exciting news! Thanks to donations made by CMUBDC alumni on Giving CMU Day, we are able to reduce the registration fees for BADC. If you signed up by the Wednesday deadline, you owe $30 for 3+ entries as a student. Non-students pay $60 for 3+ entries. If you register late, the fees increase to $50 and $75 respectively. BADC fees are due Wednesday, February 12th. To be registered both the individual and partnership commitment forms should be filled out by Monday, February 3rd. Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Mondays 02/03 ? Rangos Professional-Taught Standard Standard Int 3 Lesson 5:20-5:55 Standard Int 2 Lesson 5:55-6:30 Standard Int 1 Lesson 6:30-7:05 Standard Adv Lesson 7:05-7:40 Standard Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:30-8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Veteran-taught Smooth Tango 8:40-9:05 Veteran-taught Standard Quickstep 9:05-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30-10:00 Polka 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 02/05 ? Peter Wright McKenna Professional-Taught Standard Rhythm Lesson 5:20-5:55 Latin Int 2 Lesson 5:55-6:30 Latin Int 1 Lesson 6:30-7:05 Latin Adv Lesson 7:05-7:40 Latin Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:30-8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Veteran-taught Lesson (TBD) 8:40-9:05 Veteran-taught Rhythm Rumba 9:05-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30-10:00 Merengue 10:00-10:30 Practice Space Friday 5:30-7:00pm Keeler Saturday 12:15-1:30pm Kenner Sunday 10:00-11:30am Kenner Reminder Details Veteran Teaching: If you are an upper level veteran and are are interested in teaching veteran-taught lessons for the upcoming semester (for a lesson discount!), here is the form you can fill out: https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6 Community Events - USA Dance Pittsburgh, February 15 - Come to Arthur Murray - Robsinson to dance with the Pittsburgh chapter of USA Dance! - CMU Social, February 22 (6pm) - Come dance with us for a fun social and Jack & Jill mini competition hosted in Rangos! 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URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Feb 9 21:38:28 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:38:28 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 10th, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Regular lessons this week in Rangos and PWM! Our next competition, BADC, is this weekend, make sure to wish those who are participating good luck! Reminders for this week (02/10-02/16) - More details below! General: - BADC competition fees are due Wednesday (this week)! - Our first ballroom social this semester is on Saturday, February 22 in Rangos at 7 pm! - We are going ice skating on Sunday, February 23! - Mark your calendars! Scotch Ball will be held on March 15 at St. Nick?s Greek Orthodox Cathedral; more details next week! - We are starting to take semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet ! - Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form ! - Join the slack by clicking this link! 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 Spring semester. BADC: This weekend we are attending the Big Apple Dancesport Challenge (BADC), which is hosted by Columbia University in New York City! If you signed up by the January 25th deadline, you owe $30 for 3+ entries as a student. Non-students pay $60 for 3+ entries. If you registered late, the fees increase to $50 and $75 respectively. Please pay via cash, check, or CashNet by Wednesday, February 12. Please forward CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com and ppanov at andrew.cmu.edu. Your competition fees must be paid by the deadline to participate in the competition. Ballroom Social: Mark your calendars! Our first social dance of the semester is happening on Saturday, February 22nd in Rangos Ballroom from 7pm?11pm! For the first time, we?re featuring a Jack & Jill competition?don?t miss out! The evening will kick off with an intro lesson (TBD), following by plenty of dancing and refreshments! Bring your friends?the more the merrier! - Free for all students and due-paying members - $5 for non-member adults Ice Skating: We are going ice skating on the 23rd, we?d love for you to join us! Let?s just hope ballroom dance translates to more slippery mediums! Please check out this link for more information if you?re interested! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Mondays 02/03 ? Rangos Professional-Taught Standard Standard Int 3 Lesson 5:20-5:55 Standard Int 2 Lesson 5:55-6:30 Standard Int 1 Lesson 6:30-7:05 Standard Adv Lesson 7:05-7:40 Standard Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:30-8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Veteran-taught Smooth Tango 8:40-9:05 Veteran-taught Standard Quickstep 9:05-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30-10:00 Polka 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 02/05 ? Peter Wright McKenna Professional-Taught Standard Rhythm Lesson 5:20-5:55 Latin Int 2 Lesson 5:55-6:30 Latin Int 1 Lesson 6:30-7:05 Latin Adv Lesson 7:05-7:40 Latin Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:30-8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Veteran-taught East Coast Swing 8:40-9:05 Veteran-taught Rhythm Rumba 9:05-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30-10:00 Merengue 10:00-10:30 Practice Space Friday 3:15-4pm Keeler Saturday 12:15-1:30pm Kenner Sunday 10-11:30am Kenner Reminder Details Veteran Teaching: If you are an upper level veteran and are are interested in teaching veteran-taught lessons for the upcoming semester (for a lesson discount!), here is the form you can fill out: https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6 Community Events - USA Dance Pittsburgh, February 15 - Come to Arthur Murray - Robsinson to dance with the Pittsburgh chapter of USA Dance! - CMU Social, February 22 (7pm) - Come dance with us for a fun social and Jack & Jill mini competition hosted in Rangos! 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URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Feb 17 16:11:24 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:11:24 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 17th, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Regular lessons this week in PWM and Rangos! Congratulations to those of you who participated in BADC, you all looked amazing on the floor! Reminders for this week (02/17-02/23) - More details below! General: - NCDC registration is extended to tonight (8PM)! - Our first ballroom social this semester is on Saturday in Rangos at 7 pm! - We are going ice skating on Sunday! - Scotch Ball will be held on Saturday, March 15 at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral! Reserve tickets by Monday, March 3! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet ! - Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form ! - Join the slack by clicking this link! 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 Spring semester. NCDC: USA Dance Nationals are in Pittsburgh March 28-30! As there is no travel, we have combined everything into one form which is now due tonight (6PM). It's an incredible experience to see dancers from all over the country of all ages. Registration is $45 ($20 for students) plus $12.5 per person per dance (students get one level of dances free). Ballroom Social: Mark your calendars! Our first social dance of the semester is happening on Saturday, February 22nd in Rangos Ballroom from 7pm?11pm! For the first time, we?re featuring a Jack & Jill competition?don?t miss out! The evening will kick off with an intro salsa lesson, followed by plenty of dancing and refreshments! Bring your friends?the more the merrier! - Free for all students and due-paying members - $5 for non-member adults Ice Skating: We are going ice skating on the 23rd, we?d love for you to join us! Let?s just hope ballroom dance translates to more slippery mediums! Please check out this link for more information if you?re interested! Scotch Ball: Scotch Ball is making its grand return on Saturday, March 15 at the beautiful St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral on 419 S Dithridge St from 8 p.m. to midnight! This year with a Bridgerton theme AND live music by the Boilermaker Jazz band! Featuring a mini lesson, social dancing, catered food, a diamond of the season award, photos, and more. Show up in your formal attire and be prepared to have a regency era night at the ball! Plus, you get free club lessons for three weeks (beginning this week!) with the purchase of a ticket for Scotch Ball for anyone who wants to learn how to dance beforehand! Tickets are $25 for students and $35 for non-students. Fill out this form by Monday, March 3 to reserve your ticket and pick up your physical tickets during lessons from a tabler by Monday, March 10. Pay via cash, check, or Cashnet. Whether you're a member, alumnus, or friend, we invite you to join us for an evening you won?t want to miss. Please also invite your friends, the more the merrier! See you there! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Mondays 02/17 ? Peter Wright McKenna Professional-Taught Standard Int 3 Lesson 5:20-5:55 Int 2 Lesson 5:55-6:30 Int 1 Lesson 6:30-7:05 Adv Lesson 7:05-7:40 Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:30-8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Smooth Tango 8:40-9:05 Standard Quickstep 9:05-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30-10:00 Polka 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 02/19 ? Rangos Professional-Taught Rhythm & Latin Rhythm Lesson 5:20-5:55 Latin Int 2 Lesson 5:55-6:30 Latin Int 1 Lesson 6:30-7:05 Latin Adv Lesson 7:05-7:40 Latin Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:30-8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Rhythm Rumba 8:40-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30-10:00 Merengue 10:00-10:30 Practice Space Friday 3:15-4pm Keeler Saturday 12:15-1:30pm Kenner Sunday 10-11:30am Kenner Reminder Details Veteran Teaching: If you are an upper level veteran and are are interested in teaching veteran-taught lessons for the upcoming semester (for a lesson discount!), here is the form you can fill out: https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6 Community Events - CMU Social, February 22 (7pm) - Come dance with us for a fun social and Jack & Jill mini competition hosted in Rangos! 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! Erin, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Peter, Sasha, Isaiah, & 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 Tue Feb 18 22:35:36 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:35:36 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 17th, 2025 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello friends, Unfortunately, our Latin instructor, Dmitry, is out of town this week and cannot teach tomorrow. Instead: - Brenna will teach a *Connection Workshop* focusing on leading and following and how to feel and respond better to your partner - Julia and Mat?as will teach a beginner-friendly *Rueda de Casino* lesson?a lively style of salsa danced in a circle with dynamic partner exchanges! Kyr and Brandon will teach our Latin newcomer lesson at 7:40 p.m. Also, the *practice space in Keeler Studio this Friday is from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. *The email sent earlier this week had an error. Sorry for the inconvenience! Please see the modified schedule below: Wednesday 02/19 ? Rangos Workshop & Veteran-Taught Lessons Practice Space 5:00?6:00 Connection Workshop 6:00?6:30 Rueda Lesson 6:30?7:30 Latin Newcomer Lesson 7:40?8:10 Rounds International Rounds 8:10?8:30 American Rounds 8:30?8:40 Veteran-Taught Lessons Rhythm Rumba 8:40?9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Jitterbug 9:30?10:00 Merengue 10:00?10:30 We hope to see you all there tomorrow! Also, a reminder that we have a social this Saturday from 7 p.m. onwards in Rangos featuring a salsa lesson and a jack-and-jill competition! On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 4:11?PM CMU Ballroom wrote: > Hello Ballroom Friends, > > Regular lessons this week in PWM and Rangos! Congratulations to those of > you who participated in BADC, you all looked amazing on the floor! > > Reminders for this week (02/17-02/23) - More details below! > > General: > > - NCDC registration is extended to > tonight (8PM)! > > - Our first ballroom social this semester is on Saturday in Rangos at 7 pm! > > - We are going ice skating on Sunday! > > - Scotch Ball will be held on Saturday, March 15 at the St. Nicholas Greek > Orthodox Cathedral! Reserve tickets > > by Monday, March 3! > > - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet > > ! > > - Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the > form ! > > - Join the slack by clicking this link! > > > 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 Spring semester. > > NCDC: > > USA Dance Nationals are in Pittsburgh March 28-30! As there is no travel, > we have combined everything into one form > which is now due tonight (6PM). > It's an incredible experience to see dancers from all over the country of > all ages. Registration is $45 ($20 for students) plus $12.5 per person per > dance (students get one level of dances free). > > Ballroom Social: > > Mark your calendars! Our first social dance of the semester is happening > on Saturday, February 22nd in Rangos Ballroom from 7pm?11pm! For the > first time, we?re featuring a Jack & Jill competition?don?t miss out! The > evening will kick off with an intro salsa lesson, followed by plenty of > dancing and refreshments! Bring your friends?the more the merrier! > > - > > Free for all students and due-paying members > - > > $5 for non-member adults > > > Ice Skating: > > We are going ice skating on the 23rd, we?d love for you to join us! Let?s > just hope ballroom dance translates to more slippery mediums! Please check > out this link > > for more information if you?re interested! > > Scotch Ball: > > Scotch Ball is making its grand return on Saturday, March 15 at the > beautiful St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral on 419 S Dithridge St from > 8 p.m. to midnight! This year with a Bridgerton theme AND live music by > the Boilermaker Jazz band! Featuring a mini lesson, social dancing, > catered food, a diamond of the season award, photos, and more. Show up in > your formal attire and be prepared to have a regency era night at the ball! > Plus, you get free club lessons for three weeks (beginning this week!) with > the purchase of a ticket for Scotch Ball for anyone who wants to learn how > to dance beforehand! > > Tickets are $25 for students and $35 for non-students. Fill out this form > > by Monday, March 3 to reserve your ticket and pick up your physical > tickets during lessons from a tabler by Monday, March 10. Pay via cash, > check, or Cashnet. > > Whether you're a member, alumnus, or friend, we invite you to join us for > an evening you won?t want to miss. Please also invite your friends, the > more the merrier! See you there! > > Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) > > > Mondays 02/17 ? Peter Wright McKenna > > Professional-Taught Standard > > Int 3 Lesson > > 5:20-5:55 > > Int 2 Lesson > > 5:55-6:30 > > Int 1 Lesson > > 6:30-7:05 > > Adv Lesson > > 7:05-7:40 > > Newcomer Lesson > > 7:40-8:10 > > Rounds > > International Rounds > > 8:10-8:30 > > American Rounds > > 8:30-8:40 > > Veteran-Taught Lessons > > Smooth Tango > > 8:40-9:05 > > Standard Quickstep > > 9:05-9:30 > > Professional-Taught Social Dance > > Jitterbug > > 9:30-10:00 > > Polka > > 10:00-10:30 > > > > Wednesday 02/19 ? Rangos > > Professional-Taught Rhythm & Latin > > Rhythm Lesson > > 5:20-5:55 > > Latin Int 2 Lesson > > 5:55-6:30 > > Latin Int 1 Lesson > > 6:30-7:05 > > Latin Adv Lesson > > 7:05-7:40 > > Latin Newcomer Lesson > > 7:40-8:10 > > Rounds > > International Rounds > > 8:10-8:30 > > American Rounds > > 8:30-8:40 > > Veteran-Taught Lessons > > Rhythm Rumba > > 8:40-9:30 > > Professional-Taught Social Dance > > Jitterbug > > 9:30-10:00 > > Merengue > > 10:00-10:30 > > > > Practice Space > > > Friday > > 3:15-4pm > > Keeler > > Saturday > > 12:15-1:30pm > > Kenner > > Sunday > > 10-11:30am > > Kenner > > > > Reminder Details > > Veteran Teaching: > > If you are an upper level veteran and are are interested in teaching > veteran-taught lessons for the upcoming semester (for a lesson discount!), > here is the form you can fill out: https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6 > > Community Events > > - > > CMU Social, February 22 (7pm) > - > > Come dance with us for a fun social and Jack & Jill mini > competition hosted in Rangos! > > > > 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. 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