[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 10th, 2025
CMU Ballroom Dance Club
ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Sun Feb 9 21:38:28 EST 2025
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
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit?usp=sharing>
!
- Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form
<https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6>!
- Join the slack by clicking this link!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>
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
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit?tab=t.0>
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!
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Free for all students and due-paying members
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$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
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Wl76h_WIFncmPEbu8etsr8kChuNpGYJKEI-gD1cO_U/edit?usp=sharing>
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
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USA Dance Pittsburgh, February 15
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Come to Arthur Murray - Robsinson to dance with the Pittsburgh
chapter of USA Dance!
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CMU Social, February 22 (7pm)
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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!
<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!
Erin, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Peter, Sasha, Isaiah, & Karishma
https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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