[CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of September 22, 2025

CMU Ballroom Dance Club ballroom-general at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Sun Sep 21 16:38:57 EDT 2025 

Hello Ballroom Friends,

What an awesome start to the semester—your energy has been incredible, and
we’re thrilled to keep dancing with you!

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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 newcomer bootcamps to learn the basics in all four styles,
      more details in the Competition Team section 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: Early registration for DC DanceSport Inferno (DCDI) is this
      Monday, September 22. Early pricing requires both the Individual
      Commitment Form and the Partnership Registration Form to be submitted
      before the early deadline.

Weekly Lesson Schedule (Newcomer Lessons Highlighted)

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   On Mondays, we teach ballroom dances (waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep,
   etc.)
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   On Wednesdays, we teach the Latin dances (cha-cha, rumba, jive, etc.)
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   Here is what our terms mean:
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      Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional
      instructors, Christine Zona, Dmitry Demidov, and Jimmy Page
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      Veteran-taught lessons: Classes led by our experienced club members
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      Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level,
      similar to a mini-competition
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   Beginner dancers: you can attend all highlighted lessons in this table!

Monday 09/22 – Peter Wright Mckenna & 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 Tango

8:55-9:30

Professional-

Taught Social Dance

Salsa

9:30-10:30



Wednesday 09/24 – 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 Rumba

8:55-9:30

Professional-

Taught Social Dance

Hustle

9:30-10:30


Competition Team

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   Newcomer Bootcamp
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      Newcomer - A great way to learn the basics in all four styles—no
      experience or partner required!
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         Sunday, September 28 – 9:00–11:00 AM
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         Sunday, October 5 – 9:00–11:00 AM

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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      Carnegie Classic (Pittsburgh, PA — October 10–12)
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         Our Home Competition—no travel required and open to everyone!
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         Registration: Individual Commitment Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda1yYqD-38jaegqR8GuZvC2-nA5MsJ7V_HXVXmqcWzygoB-A/viewform>
         and the Partnership Registration Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpZVjTaUa-RwWblbPSmhAB8dzNgbyYQKqd7mk1CV9NvM63fA/viewform>
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            Deadline: Monday, 10/6
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            After you pay, please forward your CashNet receipt to
            cmuballroom at gmail.com and message Karishma so we can record it.
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         Host Housing Agreement Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTdfqfdweXoE7dWeE5P0EIRGwdYSEZfGvIexWSopC25ry4rA/viewform>:
         Please fill out this form if you would like to help out the
CMU Ballroom
         team by hosting some dancers from other universities!
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         Volunteering Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFQEfusBqqCtr7itmKG1elMLV15SFOIKGub7YD8TsGTqcKjQ/viewform>:
         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!
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      Rochester Dancesport Festival (Rochester, New York — October 25–26)
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         Our first travel competition of the semester
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         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
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         Registration: Individual Commitment Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEdtpzj6OJascwBr27t2EiUlY37XdEQQkTeFezz2oOpoFtCA/viewform?usp=header>
and
         the Partnership Registration Form
         <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMchTV0EWWltEtbG7m7VfvkVQ7rjPbTErPW4jytJ71d9Z8ag/viewform?usp=header>
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            Early Deadline: Wednesday, 9/24 - $40
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            Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/6 - $45
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            Open competitors: no registration cost
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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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            Early Deadline: Monday, 9/22
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            Regular Deadline: Monday, 10/20
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            Early pricing requires both forms before the early deadline

Practice Spaces

Thursday 09/25

7:00 - 9:00pm

CUC Activities Room

Saturday 09/27

12:00 - 1:30pm

CUC Kenner Studio

Sunday   09/28

12:00 - 1:30pm

CUC Kenner Studio

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!

Community Events

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   Cranberry Ballroom: Pumpkin Spice. Saturday, September 27. 7–10pm.
   Cranberry Township Municipal Center (2525 Rochester Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA)
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      7:00 ~ rumba lesson with Cathy Kelly
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      8:00 ~ social ballroom dancing
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      $15 admission


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://docs.google.com/document/d/1k1tNtsZq6uk-XlHvAVk6U1GE7Wn2SBrGpZV6FoIMRzQ/edit?usp=sharing>
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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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