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

Sun Oct 19 08:00:00 EDT 2025

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! 💃🕺

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   Sign up to go apple picking <https://forms.gle/R8PuAP8nddSxrpS19> with
   the club on Saturday, November 1! The form is due Wednesday, October 29.
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   Join our group ballroom dance shoe order here
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFkI2-hvFyf7zHnVb3yI9e7taT2LRyUnyB0wQk-gVf2YuAw/viewform>!
   The form is due Thursday, October 23.
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   New to Ballroom?
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      Beginner lessons run Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:40 PM. See this
      week’s lesson schedule below!
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      Join our Slack channel using this link
      <https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-34jz67dzn-N5sIDQeSZuKpIVe3zZddeA>
      !
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      Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom
      <https://www.instagram.com/cmuballroom/>!
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   We are now taking semester membership dues! Cash, check, or Cashnet
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_1T5WMRG1t8QDjebvwHMo8VPniSbSbFHah879Vw22g/edit?usp=sharing>
   ! 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.
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   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
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      Please Note: Registration for our last competition, DCDI, is due
THIS Monday,
      October 20th!
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   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!

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   Fall competitions (in date order)
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      Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York — October 25–26)
          THIS WEEKEND!!!
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      DC DanceSport Inferno (University of Maryland — November 8–9)
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         Last competition of the semester
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         An Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur DanceSport Festival
         hosted by Ballroom at Maryland at the University of Maryland
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         Registration: Individual Commitment Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDi7sAJuunM8N37-q8546VsIRQVEqiC4B9s4qF5-ZjyrzXCg/viewform>and
         the Partnership Registration Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMpM825Vx6u3S8hGW05BDKWBX28AowMXK28A8THiEoLQ1T8w/viewform>
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            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
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/186j8eao4HpN1bw-AXooxdMTM42T-8eG_6u3vNCBod_c/edit?gid=0#gid=0>.
Open to any level and any style!

Resources

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   Slack
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      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-34jz67dzn-N5sIDQeSZuKpIVe3zZddeA>
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      For competition news and updates, join our #comp-team channel on
      Slack by messaging our comp team captain, Kyr!
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   Instagram: Follow us on Instagram @cmuballroom
   <https://www.instagram.com/cmuballroom/>!
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   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!
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   Board Meeting Minutes
   <https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/0AL20pKu-etjXUk9PVA/18HnvKqh2U5yL7FTpl59rb8zwvhdx_77i/1sOrHnJU8zwIB40vaH3B1TGuvXjvkQ37x/1I6TAsiKwK0J4OUtbjwg9LAKo3ZIdIHgm?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-hero-goto&sort=13&direction=a>
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   Code of Conduct
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V1eELxRPItFmEuzwUIvN8Z9rWSlTw9qmhzZu283nslQ/edit?usp=sharing>

This week’s most meme-ingful message

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Happy Dancing!

Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi
https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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