[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of January 20th, 2025

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

Hello Ballroom Friends,

We hope you’ve had a wonderful long weekend and a wonderful first half of
Rush so far! Don’t forget to come, bring a friend or two, and participate
in our second and final week of Spring Rush!

Reminders for this week (01/20-01/26) - More details below!

General:

- Due to MLK day we have lessons on Tuesday!!

- Sign up for the Snowball! (Deadline this Wednesday)

- Sign up for BADC (Registration deadline this Saturday!)

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

Spring Rush:
For our second week of Ballroom Dance Club, we will have our Spring Rush!
Come and learn through 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!
Veterans are highly encouraged to come show the strong spirit and
camaraderie of our club!



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 1/24 for $20 ($10 for students).
All forms are due THIS WEDNESDAY! 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 (THIS
SATURDAY!)



Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!)

Tuesday 1/21 – Rangos

Int 1 Lesson - Standard

5:20-5:50

Int 2 & 3 Lesson - Standard

5:50-6:20

Advanced Lesson - Standard

6:20-6:50

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

Int 1 Lesson - Latin

5:20-5:50

Int 2 & 3 Lesson - Latin

5:50-6:20

Advanced Lesson - Latin

6:20-6:50

Auditions Makeup

6:50-7:30

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

   -

   Friday 1:00PM-2:00PM Fifth Ave Commons
   -

   Saturday 12:30PM-1:30PM - CUC Kenner Studio
   -

   No practice Sunday


Reminder Details

Veteran Teaching:

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


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


Happy Dancing!

Erin, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Peter, Sasha, Isaiah, & Karishma
https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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