From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Mar 3 12:28:07 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 12:28:07 -0500 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 3rd, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Hello dancers, we hope you have a restful, enjoyable spring break! We don?t have regular lessons this week but Christine is hosting lessons in Rangos! The lessons are $80/per class divided by how many attend. Reminders for this week (03/03-03/09) - More details below! - Scotch Ball is on Saturday, March 15 at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral! Reserve tickets by Thursday, March 6! We will not sell tickets at the door - 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! 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 by Thursday, March 6 to reserve your ticket and pick up your physical tickets during lessons from a tabler by Wednesday, March 12. Pay via cash, check, or Cashnet. Please contact Aditya (achanana at andrew.cmu.edu) if you cannot pick up your ticket in person. We will not sell tickets at the door. 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 03/03 ? Rangos 6:15-7:00 Viennese Waltz and International Foxtrot - ALL LEVELS 7:00-7:45 Silver American Smooth Practice Space No practice space this week! 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URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Mar 9 22:53:11 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 22:53:11 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 10th, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, We hope you?ve had a wonderful spring break and are rejuvenated and ready to get back to dancing! We have regular Reminders for this week (03/10-03/16) - More details below! - Scotch Ball is on Saturday, March 15 at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral! Reserve tickets by Thursday, March 6! We will not sell tickets at the door - 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! 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! 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 03/10 ? 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 03/12 ? 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 Saturday 12:15-1:30pm Kenner Sunday 10-11:30am Kenner Practice Space No practice space this week! 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URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Mar 16 23:55:10 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:55:10 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 17th, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Thank you to everyone who came to the annual Scotch Ball on Saturday! We had a blast and hope you did too! Regular lessons this week in Rangos and PWM. Reminders for this week (03/17-03/23) - More details below! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet ! Lesson fees are half-price for the rest of the semester - Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form ! - If you would like to order a custom competition team jacket please fill out this form by 4/9! - 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. All fees reduce to half price halfway through the semester. Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Mondays 03/17 ? 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 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons Smooth Foxtrot 8:55-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Hustle 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 03/19 ? 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 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons East Coast Swing 8:55-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Polka 9:30-10:30 Practice Space Friday 5:30-7:00pm 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! 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 Sun Mar 23 23:13:24 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:13:24 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 24th, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Lessons are in Simmons A on Monday and Simmons B onWednesday, with the newcomer lesson, social lessons, and four style rounds on Thursday. Note the time changes! Reminders for this week (03/24-03/30) - More details below! - Costume Rounds Monday Night, 4 style Rounds Thursday Night! - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet ! Lesson fees are half-price for the rest of the semester - Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form ! - If you would like to order a custom competition team jacket please fill out this form by 4/9! - Join the slack by clicking this link! Wednesday/Thursday Lessons: This week we will have 30 minute lessons in Simmons B from 5-7 pm, with rhythm from 5-5:30, int 2 5:30-6, int 1 6-6:30, and advanced 6:30-7pm. Our thursday will be practice space Four Style & Rounds: We will be having costume rounds during regular rounds on Monday! Dress up and show out for our last week before nationals! We will ALSO be having four style rounds this Thursday in Simmons A! Rounds start with International Standard at 8:10pm - make sure to show up to dance and get ready for nationals! Nationals Information: Here is where you sign up to carpool spreadsheet here . You can reach out to drivers or sign up as a passenger. The start time for the collegiate portion of the matinee section should be roughly (TIME) 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. All fees reduce to half price halfway through the semester. Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Mondays 03/24 ? Simmons A 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 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons Zouk 8:55-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Hustle 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 03/26 ? Simmons B Professional-Taught Rhythm & Latin Rhythm Lesson 5:00-5:30 Latin Int 2 Lesson 5:30-6:00 Latin Int 1 Lesson 6:00-6:30 Latin Adv Lesson 6:30-7:00 Thursday 03/27 ? Simmons A Practice Space 5:20-7:40 Latin Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rhythm Rounds 8:35-8:55 International Standard Rounds 8:55-9:15 American Smooth Rounds 9:15-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Polka 9:30-10:30 Practice Space No practice space this weekend 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! 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 Mar 25 15:42:19 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:42:19 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Wednesday and Thursday Reminder Message-ID: Wednesday/Thursday Lessons: This week we will have 30 minute lessons in Simmons B from 5-7 pm, with rhythm from 5-5:30, int 2 5:30-6, int 1 6-6:30, and advanced 6:30-7pm. Our Thursday meeting will consist of practice space instead of lessons in Simmons A, starting at 5:20 and going to 7:40! We will ALSO be having four style rounds after practice space this Thursday in Simmons A! Rounds start with International Standard at 8:10pm - make sure to show up to dance and get ready for nationals! Wednesday 03/26 ? Simmons B Professional-Taught Rhythm & Latin Rhythm Lesson 5:00-5:30 Latin Int 2 Lesson 5:30-6:00 Latin Int 1 Lesson 6:00-6:30 Latin Adv Lesson 6:30-7:00 Thursday 03/27 ? Simmons A Practice Space 5:20-7:40 Latin Newcomer Lesson 7:40-8:10 Rounds International Latin Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rhythm Rounds 8:35-8:55 International Standard Rounds 8:55-9:15 American Smooth Rounds 9:15-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Polka 9:30-10:30 -- 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 Mon Mar 31 18:38:44 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:38:44 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 31st, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Phenomenal job to everyone who competed at the Nationals this weekend! You all looked phenomenal on the floor! Lessons in Peter Wright McKenna this week. We hope everyone has a fun and safe time at carnival this week as well! Some of our members will be performing in the Dance Show in Wiegand on Friday at 2:30! Reminders for this week (03/31-04/6) - More details below! - If you would like to order a custom competition team jacket please fill out this form by 4/9! - If you would like to order a CMUBDC stole for graduation please fill out this form by 4/9! - We are doing the Spring Showcase later in April! If you?re interested in performing, please fill out the form by Monday, April 14 - Officer elections will be held on Wednesday, April 16 in the Danforth Conference Room at 9pm, sign up to run for a position here! - On April 20, we will have Latin workshops taught by Blackpool champions Pasha & Gaby, more details to follow - Save the date, our End of the Year celebration and Senior Sendoff is on Saturday, April 25 in the UC Danforth Lounge from 1:30?4:30pm - We are taking semester lesson payments! Check, Cash, or Cashnet ! Lesson fees are half-price for the rest of the semester - 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. All fees are reduced to half price halfway through the semester. (Like now) Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer lessons highlighted!) Monday 03/31 ? 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 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons Zouk 8:55-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Hustle 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 04/02 ? 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 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons Rhythm Cha Cha 8:55-9:30 Professional-Taught Social Dance Polka 9:30-10:30 Practice Space 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. 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