[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of March 31st, 2025

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN1jxJwIEqB35_WJzbAfatb6gkKacLuTlu5hmONPRUcw5x4Q/viewform?usp=header>
by 4/9!

- If you would like to order a CMUBDC stole for graduation please fill out
this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci1PiUGvWZb0vWfPqAmkDJNlEU7cqLq8OSGQ8cEYEX7uHUAg/viewform?usp=dialog>
by 4/9!

- We are doing the Spring Showcase later in April! If you’re interested in
performing, please fill out the form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdn-ceJQ1sJCBIWBzSq66cqKu-NqsN3yJL-L_9Vod7dy1_87w/viewform>
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
<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>!

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

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.  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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