[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of February 24th, 2025

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

Hello Ballroom Friends,

Thank you to everyone who came to our social on Saturday and ice skated
with us on Sunday! Regular lessons this week in Rangos and PWM!

Reminders for this week (02/24-02/30) - More details below!

- Scotch Ball is on Saturday, March 15 at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Cathedral! Reserve tickets
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpjv_hYnMKm6jp7hbDPEkSDbSkcnVFxGyMZZ4esIwV1I4O4A/viewform?usp=dialog>
by Monday, March 3!

- We are taking 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>


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 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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpjv_hYnMKm6jp7hbDPEkSDbSkcnVFxGyMZZ4esIwV1I4O4A/viewform?usp=dialog>
by Monday, March 3 to reserve your ticket and pick up your physical tickets
during lessons from a tabler within a week (latest by Monday, March 10).
Pay via cash, check, or Cashnet. Please contact Aditya (
achanana at andrew.cmu.edu) if you cannot pick up your ticket in person.

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!

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.

Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!)


Mondays 02/24 – Rangos

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 02/26 – Peter Wright McKenna

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

3:15-4:30pm

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


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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