From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Oct 5 08:00:00 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 6, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, It?s been absolutely amazing dancing with all of you, and now it?s finally here ? Carnegie Classic is THIS WEEKEND! ? Our very own home competition! We?re kicking things off with a fun Social at Simmons on Friday night, then the big Competition at Rangos on Saturday and an awesome Dance Camp on Sunday! We?ll also be running Costume Rounds this Monday and Wednesday ? bring outfits! Let?s bring the energy, cheer each other on, and make this an unforgettable weekend together! - ?We really need your help to make Carnegie Classic all run smoothly!? - If you?re willing and able, please fill out: the Host Housing Agreement Form to support our team by hosting visiting dancers from other universities, and/or the Volunteering Form to help us make the event a huge success. Every extra hand makes a huge difference and helps our team shine! ? - New to Ballroom? - Beginner lessons run Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:40 PM. See this week?s lesson schedule below! - Join our Slack channel using this link ! - Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom ! - We are now taking semester membership dues! Cash, check, or Cashnet ! Your first two lesson days are free (excluding Rush). After that, it?s just a one-time payment for the whole semester of lessons twice a week: $40 for students and $90 for the general public. Please forward CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com. - Interested in competing with us? On the comp team, you?ll learn more dances, improve faster, and have a lot of fun together in a supportive community. See the Competition Team section below for more details - Please Note: Registration for Carnegie Classic and Rochester Dancesport Festival is due THIS Monday, October 6th! - Registration for our last competition, DCDI, is due Monday, October 20th! - Competition forms and information are in the #comp-team channel, if you would like to be added message Kyr on Slack - - Practice Space We won?t have our usual practice space ? instead, we?ll be hosting our Carnegie Classic! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted) - On Mondays, we teach ballroom dances (waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, etc.) - On Wednesdays, we teach the Latin dances (cha-cha, rumba, jive, etc.) - Here is what our terms mean: - Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional instructors, Christine Zona, Dmitry Demidov, and Jimmy Page - Veteran-taught lessons: Classes led by our experienced club members - Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level, similar to a mini-competition - Beginner dancers: you can attend all highlighted lessons in this table! Monday 10/06 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) 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 Costume Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons American Foxtrot 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Salsa 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 10/08 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) Professional- Taught Latin/Rhythm Rhythm 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 Costume Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons American Swing 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Hustle 9:30-10:30 Competition Team Looking for a TBA at Carnegie Classic? You can reach out directly to anyone on the list , or contact Kyr and she?ll be happy to help you find a partner. Also, if you have any questions about competing or want to be added to our comp team slack channel message Kyr via slack or 904-827-3211! - Fall competitions (in date order) - Carnegie Classic (Pittsburgh, PA ? October 10?12) THIS WEEKEND!!! - Our Home Competition?no travel required and open to everyone! - Registration: Individual Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form - Deadline: Monday, 10/6 - After you pay, please forward your CashNet receipt to cmuballroom at gmail.com and message Karishma so we can record it. - Host Housing Agreement Form : Please fill out this form if you would like to help out the CMU Ballroom team by hosting some dancers from other universities! - Volunteering Form : We are so excited to be hosting this competition, but we can't do it without everyone's help! We have lots of opportunities for volunteering, ranging from airport pickups to Deck Captain roles, so if you?re interested, please fill out this form! - Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York ? October 25?26) - Our first travel competition of the semester - Travel time is approximately 4.5 hours by car. Groups will depart on Saturday morning (or Friday if there is interest in workshops) and return on Sunday evening - Registration: Individual Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form - Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/6 - $45 - Open competitors: no registration cost - DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland ? November 8?9) - Last competition of the semester - An Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur DanceSport Festival hosted by Ballroom at Maryland at the University of Maryland - Registration: Individual Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form - Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/20 - Early pricing requires both forms before the early deadline Practice Spaces Thursday 10/09 7:00 - 9:00pm CUC Activities Room Mentoring Sessions (Thursdays/Weekends): Sign up at this link . Open to any level and any style! 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! - For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr! - Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom ! - Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! - Board Meeting Minutes - Code of Conduct This week?s most meme-ingful message [image: image.png] Happy Dancing! Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Your first two lesson days are free (excluding Rush). After that, it?s just a one-time payment for the whole semester of lessons twice a week: $40 for students and $90 for the general public. Please forward CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com. - Interested in competing with us? On the comp team, you?ll learn more dances, improve faster, and have a lot of fun together in a supportive community. See the Competition Team section below for more details - Registration for our last competition, DCDI, is due Monday, October 20th - Practice Space NO practice space on Thursday (Fall Break) Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted) - On Mondays, we teach ballroom dances (waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, etc.) - On Wednesdays, we teach the Latin dances (cha-cha, rumba, jive, etc.) - Here is what our terms mean: - Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional instructors, Christine Zona, Dmitry Demidov, and Jimmy Page - Veteran-taught lessons: Classes led by our experienced club members - Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level, similar to a mini-competition - Beginner dancers: you can attend all highlighted lessons in this table! Monday 10/13 ? Rangos (CUC 2nd floor) Privates/ Small Groups 5:00-9:00 Wednesday 10/15 ? Studio Theater (CUC 1st floor) Practice Space 5:00-9:00 Competition Team If you have any questions about competing or want to be added to our comp team slack channel message Kyr via slack or 904-827-3211! Fall competitions (in date order) - Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York ? October 25?26) - DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland ? November 8?9) - Last competition of the semester - An Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur DanceSport Festival hosted by Ballroom at Maryland at the University of Maryland - Registration: Individual Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form - Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/20 Practice Spaces Saturday 10/18 12:00 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 10/19 12:00 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Mentoring Sessions (Thursdays/Weekends): Sign up at this link . Open to any level and any style! Community Events - Cranberry Ballroom: Masquerade . Saturday, October 25. 7?10pm. Cranberry Township Municipal Center (2525 Rochester Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA) - 7:00 ~ tango lesson, Dmitry Demidov, Demidov Dance - 8:00 ~ social ballroom dancing - $15 admission 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! - For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr! - Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom ! - Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! - Board Meeting Minutes - Code of Conduct This week?s most meme-ingful message [image: image.jpeg] Happy Dancing! 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The form is due Wednesday, October 29. - Join our group ballroom dance shoe order here ! The form is due Thursday, October 23. - New to Ballroom? - Beginner lessons run Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:40 PM. See this week?s lesson schedule below! - Join our Slack channel using this link ! - Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom ! - We are now taking semester membership dues! Cash, check, or Cashnet ! Your first two lesson days are free (excluding Rush). After that, it?s just a one-time payment for the whole semester of lessons twice a week: $40 for students and $90 for the general public. Please forward CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com. - Interested in competing with us? On the comp team, you?ll learn more dances, improve faster, and have a lot of fun together in a supportive community. See the Competition Team section below for more details - Please Note: Registration for our last competition, DCDI, is due THIS Monday, October 20th! - Practice Space We won?t have our usual practice space this weekend ? instead, we?ll be going to Rochester Dancesport Festival! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted) Monday 10/20 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) 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 Costume Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons American Foxtrot 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Nightclub 2-step 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 10/22 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) Professional- Taught Latin/Rhythm Rhythm 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 Costume Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons American Swing 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Bachata 9:30-10:30 Competition Team If you have any questions about competing or want to be added to our comp team slack channel message Kyr via slack or 904-827-3211! - Fall competitions (in date order) - Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York ? October 25?26) THIS WEEKEND!!! - DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland ? November 8?9) - Last competition of the semester - An Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur DanceSport Festival hosted by Ballroom at Maryland at the University of Maryland - Registration: Individual Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form - Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/20 Practice Spaces Thursday 10/23 7:00 - 9:00pm CUC Activities Room Mentoring Sessions (Thursdays/Weekends): Sign up at this link . Open to any level and any style! 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! - For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr! - Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom ! - Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! - Board Meeting Minutes - Code of Conduct This week?s most meme-ingful message [image: image.jpeg] Happy Dancing! Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 71276 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Oct 20 01:01:39 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:01:39 -0700 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 20, 2025 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi! I?ve tried to unsubscribe but can?t. I am the spouse of an alumni, don?t have a CMU Id or email address. Could you please remove me from the send list? We no longer live in Pittsburgh. Thank you! *Ara Camarillo* -------------------------------- aracelicaes at gmail.com ?The best antidote for fear is knowledge.? -Robin S. Sharma On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 5:07?AM CMU Ballroom Dance Club < ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > Hello Ballroom Friends, > > Welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing Fall Break and you?re feeling > refreshed. ? Rochester Dancesport Festival lands THIS weekend! Costume > rounds this Monday and Wednesday ? bring your outfits! Let?s bring the > energy and light up the floor! ?? > > - > > Sign up to go apple picking with > the club on Saturday, November 1! The form is due Wednesday, October > 29. > - > > Join our group ballroom dance shoe order here > ! > The form is due Thursday, October 23. > - > > New to Ballroom? > - > > Beginner lessons run Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:40 PM. See this > week?s lesson schedule below! > - > > Join our Slack channel using this link > > ! > - > > Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom > ! > - > > We are now taking semester membership dues! Cash, check, or Cashnet > > ! Your first two lesson days are free (excluding Rush). After that, > it?s just a one-time payment for the whole semester of lessons twice a > week: $40 for students and $90 for the general public. Please forward > CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com. > - > > Interested in competing with us? On the comp team, you?ll learn more > dances, improve faster, and have a lot of fun together in a supportive > community. See the Competition Team section below for more details > - > > Please Note: Registration for our last competition, DCDI, is due > THIS Monday, October 20th! > - > > Practice Space We won?t have our usual practice space this weekend ? > instead, we?ll be going to Rochester Dancesport Festival! > > Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted) > > Monday 10/20 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) > > 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 > > Costume Rounds > > International Rounds > > 8:10-8:30 > > American Rounds > > 8:35-8:55 > > Veteran-Taught Lessons > > American Foxtrot > > 8:55-9:30 > > Professional- > > Taught Social Dance > > Nightclub 2-step > > 9:30-10:30 > > > > Wednesday 10/22 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) > > Professional- > > Taught Latin/Rhythm > > Rhythm 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 > > Costume Rounds > > International Rounds > > 8:10-8:30 > > American Rounds > > 8:35-8:55 > > Veteran-Taught Lessons > > American Swing > > 8:55-9:30 > > Professional- > > Taught Social Dance > > Bachata > > 9:30-10:30 > > > Competition Team > > If you have any questions about competing or want to be added to our comp > team slack channel message Kyr via slack or 904-827-3211! > > - > > Fall competitions (in date order) > - > > Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York ? October > 25?26) THIS WEEKEND!!! > - > > DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland ? November 8?9) > - > > Last competition of the semester > - > > An Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur DanceSport Festival > hosted by Ballroom at Maryland at the University of Maryland > - > > Registration: Individual Commitment Form > and > the Partnership Registration Form > > - > > Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/20 > > > Practice Spaces > > Thursday 10/23 > > 7:00 - 9:00pm > > CUC Activities Room > > Mentoring Sessions (Thursdays/Weekends): Sign up at this link > . > Open to any level and any style! > > > 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! > > - > > For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on > Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr! > - > > Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom > ! > - > > Google Calendar: Click this link > > to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials > and more fun events! > - > > Board Meeting Minutes > > - > > Code of Conduct > > > > This week?s most meme-ingful message > > [image: image.jpeg] > > Happy Dancing! > > Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi > https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Ballroom-general mailing list > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ballroom-general > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Sharma On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 5:07?AM CMU Ballroom Dance Club > wrote: Hello Ballroom Friends, Welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing Fall Break and you?re feeling refreshed. ? Rochester Dancesport Festival lands THIS weekend! Costume rounds this Monday and Wednesday ? bring your outfits! Let?s bring the energy and light up the floor! ?? * Sign up to go apple picking with the club on Saturday, November 1! The form is due Wednesday, October 29. * Join our group ballroom dance shoe order here! The form is due Thursday, October 23. * New to Ballroom? * Beginner lessons run Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:40 PM. See this week?s lesson schedule below! * Join our Slack channel using this link! * Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom! * We are now taking semester membership dues! Cash, check, or Cashnet! Your first two lesson days are free (excluding Rush). After that, it?s just a one-time payment for the whole semester of lessons twice a week: $40 for students and $90 for the general public. Please forward CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com. * Interested in competing with us? On the comp team, you?ll learn more dances, improve faster, and have a lot of fun together in a supportive community. See the Competition Team section below for more details * Please Note: Registration for our last competition, DCDI, is due THIS Monday, October 20th! * Practice Space We won?t have our usual practice space this weekend ? instead, we?ll be going to Rochester Dancesport Festival! Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted) Monday 10/20 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) 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 Costume Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons American Foxtrot 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Nightclub 2-step 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 10/22 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) Professional- Taught Latin/Rhythm Rhythm 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 Costume Rounds International Rounds 8:10-8:30 American Rounds 8:35-8:55 Veteran-Taught Lessons American Swing 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Bachata 9:30-10:30 Competition Team If you have any questions about competing or want to be added to our comp team slack channel message Kyr via slack or 904-827-3211! * Fall competitions (in date order) * Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York ? October 25?26) THIS WEEKEND!!! * DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland ? November 8?9) * Last competition of the semester * An Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur DanceSport Festival hosted by Ballroom at Maryland at the University of Maryland * Registration: Individual Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form * Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/20 Practice Spaces Thursday 10/23 7:00 - 9:00pm CUC Activities Room Mentoring Sessions (Thursdays/Weekends): Sign up at this link. Open to any level and any style! 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! * For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr! * Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom! * Google Calendar: Click this link to add our google calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! * Board Meeting Minutes * Code of Conduct This week?s most meme-ingful message [image.jpeg] Happy Dancing! Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com _______________________________________________ Ballroom-general mailing list https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ballroom-general -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 71276 bytes Desc: image.jpeg URL: From ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Oct 26 12:00:00 2025 From: ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of October 27, 2025 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends, Thank you all for the wonderful dances and amazing energy at the Rochester Dancesport Festival! We loved seeing everyone shine on the floor and support each other throughout the weekend! ? We?re so excited to have everyone back for another amazing week of lessons. Let?s keep the momentum going and bring that same spirit to practice! - ? Apple Picking! Join us for a super fun fall outing THIS Saturday, November 1! We are going to Simmons Farm for apple picking, animal petting, hay rides, and corn mazes! Also, join us after for an Apple Pie Making Party hosted by Aditya! Sign up by THIS Wednesday, October 29! - ? Halloween Social! Join our Ballroom Dance Club for a night of costumes, music, and dancing fun on October 31, from 6?9 PM at the Simmons A in Tepper School of Business! - We are now taking semester membership dues! Cash, check, or Cashnet ! Your first two lesson days are free (excluding Rush). After that, it?s just a one-time payment for the whole semester of lessons twice a week: $40 for students and $90 for the general public. Please forward CashNet receipts to cmuballroom at gmail.com - Interested in competing with us? On the comp team, you?ll learn more dances, improve faster, and have a lot of fun together in a supportive community. See the Competition Team section below for more details Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted) Monday 10/27 ? Rangos (CUC 2nd floor) 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 American Foxtrot 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Nightclub 2-step 9:30-10:30 Wednesday 10/29 ? Peter Wright Mckenna (CUC 2nd floor) Professional- Taught Latin/Rhythm Rhythm 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 American Swing 8:55-9:30 Professional- Taught Social Dance Bachata 9:30-10:30 Competition Team If you have any questions about competing or want to be added to our comp team slack channel message Kyr via slack or 904-827-3211! - Fall competitions (in date order) - - DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland ? November 8?9) Practice Spaces Thursday 10/30 7:00 - 9:00pm CUC Activities Room Saturday 11/01 11:45 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 11/02 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Mentoring Sessions (Thursdays/Weekends): Sign up at this link . Open to any level and any style! 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! - For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr! - Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom ! - Google Calendar: Click this link to add our Google Calendar and stay updated on lessons, practices, socials and more fun events! - Board Meeting Minutes - Code of Conduct - Harassment Form : If you experience or witness any inappropriate behavior at our events, you can report it to us confidentially. This week?s most meme-ingful message (See attachment) Happy Dancing! Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi https://linktr.ee/cmubdt ? cmuballroom at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_8074.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 146651 bytes Desc: not available URL: