[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of January 13th, 2025

Sun Jan 12 15:31:46 EST 2025

Hello Ballroom Friends,

Happy New Year! We hope you’ve had a wonderful winter break and are ready
to come back and have a blast with us for Spring Rush - make sure to bring
a friend or two!

Reminders for this week (01/13-01/19) - More details below!

General:

- Fill out our form <https://forms.gle/Xrb99H5dX7VCNk437> for auditions
this week!

- Volunteer to teach veteran lessons for a few weeks

- Sign up for the Snowball!

- Join the slack by clicking this link!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-2h427oryv-q~Y_rbzhxEuZLWKmrOrgYQ>

Auditions:

Are you ready to move up a level? Are you willing to put your skills to the
test! Then come to auditions on Monday and Thursday this week! Bring your
best two feet and a partner to dance in front of our experts. Please fill
out the form <https://forms.gle/Xrb99H5dX7VCNk437> if you intend on coming!

Spring Rush:
For our first week of Ballroom Dance Club, we will have our Spring Rush!
Come and learn in showcases and beginner-friendly lessons just what it
means to be a member of the Ballroom Dance Club! Bring a friend or two and
don’t forget to participate in our raffle for a free semester of lessons!

Veteran Teaching:

If you are interested in teaching veteran-taught lessons for the upcoming
semester, here is the form you can fill out:
https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6

Snowball:

Join us 1/31-2/2 in State College, PA for The Snowball at Penn State! A
mere 2.5 hour hop from Campus, this competition is always a great time,
with double registration, free open event entries, and more! Like we do at
Carnegie Classic, they also offer dance workshops on Sunday! Register
<https://forms.gle/aAcuX24TJ8J7EPDZ8> and commit
<https://forms.gle/GoSFPft7PB8GKLhy9> by Friday 12/6 for $15 ($5 for
students) early registration or by 1/24 for $20 ($10 for students) regular
registration. Hope to see you there!

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!

Students - $30 for first entry, $40 for 2 entries, $50 for 3+ entries.
Adults -  $55 for first entry, $65 for 2 entries, $75 for 3+ entries

To be registered both the individual
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfk2luoxAYeYK9bKr7cXfRc7HkLV0iv9V1jx6Ppoj09TfSBjQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>
and partnership
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4oU8EbqvDd02Q4ZMO26uxw0JX0nmnupMQhVfk7Rla9qmOkA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
commitment forms should be filled out by Saturday, January 25th

Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!)

Monday 01/13 – Rangos

Int 1 Audition

5:20-5:45

Int 1/2/3 Audition

5:45-6:30

Adv Audition

6:30-6:50

Doors Open

7:00-7:15

American Tango

7:15-7:45

Showcase 1

7:45-8:15

Latin Rumba

8:15-8:25

Showcase 2

8:25-8:35

Announcements & Club explanation

8:35-8:45

Social

8:45-9:15/9:30

Raffle Results

9:00

Wednesday 01/15 – Rangos

Int 1 Audition

5:20-5:45

Int 1/2 Audition

5:45-6:30

Adv Audition

6:30-6:50

Doors Open

7:00-7:15

Merengue

7:15-7:45

Showcase 1

7:45-7:55

Cha Cha

7:55-8:25

Showcase 2

8:25-8:35

Announcements & Club explanation

8:35-8:45

Social

8:45-9:15/9:30

Raffle Results

9:00

Tuesday 1/21 – Rangos

Doors Open

7:00-7:15

American Waltz

7:15-7:45

Showcase 1

7:45-7:55

American Foxtrot

7:55-8:25

Showcase 2

8:25-8:35

Announcements & Club explanation

8:35-8:45

Social

8:45-9:15/9:30

Raffle Results

9:00

Wednesday 1/22 – Rangos

Doors Open

7:00-7:15

Swing

7:15-7:45

Showcase 1

7:45-7:55

American Rumba

7:55-8:25

Showcase 2

8:25-8:35

Announcements & Club explanation

8:35-8:45

Social

8:45-9:15/9:30

Raffle Results

9:00

Practice Space

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   Friday 1:00PM-2:00PM - CUC Kenner Studio
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   Saturday 12:30PM-1:30PM - CUC Kenner Studio
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   No practice Sunday

Reminder Details

Community Events

   -

   Collegiate Social, Saturday Jan 25 @ 6-11PM
   -

      Come to the University of Pittsburgh to dance with all of the
      collegiate ballroom dance clubs in Pittsburgh

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

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*Happy Dancing!*

Abby, Erin, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Peter, Sasha, Isaiah, & Karishma

https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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