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

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

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
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit?usp=sharing>!
Lesson fees are half-price for the rest of the semester

- Veterans: If you are interested in teaching, please sign up using the form
<https://forms.gle/6WsnLivHASxLSAwD6>!

- If you would like to order a custom competition team jacket please fill
out this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN1jxJwIEqB35_WJzbAfatb6gkKacLuTlu5hmONPRUcw5x4Q/viewform?usp=header>
by
4/9!

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

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
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t24rXLIM5mujso7uhNc_9vhg26dAQYh3_fGuT7gDnW0/edit?usp=sharing>.
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!
<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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