[CMUBDC] Ballroom Summer Lessons - Week of August 4th, 2025

[CMU Ballroom Dance Club]

Hello Ballroom Friends,

Hope you’re all doing well! Just a quick reminder about this week’s lessons:

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   Monday: Standard/Smooth lessons with our professional instructor,
   Christine Zona. Cost is $100 per hour, split evenly among students.
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   Wednesday: Latin/Rhythm lessons with our professional instructor, Dmitry
   Demidov. Cost is $130 for 45 minutes, also split evenly.
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   Location: Both lessons will be held in Rangos.

🚨 Please Note: Important Schedule Changes Ahead

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   We only have practice space on Saturday, August 9.
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   We do NOT have practice space on Sunday, August 10.
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   There will be NO lessons or practice space from August 11 to August 24
   due to grad orientation and other events on campus. This will be the
   last week of our summer lessons.
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   🎉 Semester lessons will start on Monday, August 25!

         📣 Announcements

   -

   During the first two weeks of the semester, we will be hosting Fall Rush!
   This will be an excellent opportunity for beginners to learn ballroom
   dancing. More details soon!
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   If you’re interested in teaching or performing in a showcase during
   Orientation Week or during RUSH events, please sign up using the links
   below:
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      Orientation Week: https://forms.gle/pRYWmutGp6AAXReu8
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      RUSH: https://forms.gle/z8AhyvQxRQAM1PWe8

We’re looking forward to seeing you at lessons this week!

Reminders for this week

- Join the #summer-2025 channel on Slack! We will coordinate social events
over the summer on this channel. Join the slack by clicking this link!
<https://join.slack.com/t/cmuballroom/shared_invite/zt-34jz67dzn-N5sIDQeSZuKpIVe3zZddeA>
If you run into issues joining the Slack, please reach out to us.

Weekly Lesson Schedule


Monday 08/04 – Rangos

Standard

5:30 - 6:00

Int 1 and 2

Smooth

6:00 - 6:30

Smooth 1

Rhythm

6:30 - 7:00

Newcomer American Rhythm

Smooth

7:00 - 7:30

Bronze American Smooth

Standard

7:30 - 8:00

Int 3 and Gold

Smooth

8:00 - 8:30

Smooth 2

Rounds

8:30 - 9:00

Rounds



Wednesday 08/06 – Rangos

Practice Space

5:00 - 6:00

First-time Cha Cha lesson (Karishma and Brenna)

6:00 - 7:00

International Cha Cha

(Dmitry)

7:00 - 7:45

American Cha Cha

(Dmitry)

7:50 - 8:35

Rounds

8:35 - 9:00

Practice Space


Saturday 08/09

11:00-1:00pm

Activities Room

Community Events

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   Pittsburgh Ballroom: Diamonds & Denim. Saturday, August 9. 7–10:00pm.
   SNPJ Sygan Lodge 6 (540 3rd Ave, Bridgeville)
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      7:00 ~ waltz & swing lesson (Stratton & Jon DeWitt)
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      8:00 ~ ballroom dancing
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      $10 students, $15 members, $20 non-members


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-34jz67dzn-N5sIDQeSZuKpIVe3zZddeA>

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!

Helen, Brenna, Aditya, Kyr, Shakira, Isaiah, Karishma, & Sefi

https://linktr.ee/cmubdt – cmuballroom at gmail.com
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