From ballroom-summer-26 at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Sun Jun 7 22:41:54 2026 From: ballroom-summer-26 at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 22:41:54 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of June 8, 2026 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends! ?? Similar to last week, our Monday lessons have been replaced with a five-hour practice space. You can look forward to seeing Christine again next Monday! - Upcoming Events & Reminders - Summer Lessons - Another reminder that this Wednesday?s lessons are veteran-taught and thus free! You will see our professional instructors again later this summer?Christine on the 15th, Dmitry on July 1st. Weekly Lesson Schedule - On a typical summer Monday, Christine will be joining us from 5:30?9:00pm. On a typical summer Wednesday, Dmitry will teach two lessons?one from 6:30?7:15pm, one from 7:20?8:05pm. - Here is what our terms mean: - Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional instructors, Christine Zona and Dmitry Demidov - Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level, similar to a mini-competition - Workshops, rounds, and practice spaces are open to dancers of all levels! Monday 06/08 ? Rangos 3 Practice Space 5:00 - 10:00 Wednesday 06/10 ? Studio Theater Practice Space 5:00 - 6:30 Stretching/Conditioning Workshop w/ Jamie and Jamie 6:30 - 7:15 International Rumba w/ Jamie and Jamie 7:20 - 8:05 Rounds 8:10 - 8:30 Practice Space 8:30 - 10:00 Dmitry's summer schedule: [image: image.png] Practice Spaces By popular demand, we are instating practice space at approximately our usual times over the summer! With the exception of May 23 and 24, these are the times and locations we have reserved through to August: Thursday 6/11 6:30 - 8:00pm CUC Kenner Studio Saturday 6/13 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 6/14 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio 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 [image: image.png] -- Happy Dancing! Edward, Helen, Sefi, Serena, & Victoria 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.png Type: image/png Size: 273843 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 2880230 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ballroom-summer-26 at lists.andrew.cmu.edu Mon Jun 15 08:00:00 2026 From: ballroom-summer-26 at lists.andrew.cmu.edu (CMU Ballroom Dance Club) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Subject: [CMUBDC] Ballroom Dance Club - Week of June 15, 2026 Message-ID: Hello Ballroom Friends! ?? There?s something in the air! (It?s ballroom, isn?t it? It?s always ballroom . . .) For any of our newer mailees, do note that CMUBDC has a slack where we have local event postings, past recordings, and a special channel just for you summer dancers! - Upcoming Events & Reminders - Summer Lessons - Please welcome Christine back to CMUBDC! She will be teaching Monday lessons for the rest of the summer. Dmitry will return for Wednesdays on July 1st. Weekly Lesson Schedule - On a typical summer Monday, Christine will be joining us from 5:30?9:00pm. On a typical summer Wednesday, Dmitry will teach two lessons?one from 6:30?7:15pm, one from 7:20?8:05pm. - Here is what our terms mean: - Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional instructors, Christine Zona and Dmitry Demidov - Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level, similar to a mini-competition - Workshops, rounds, and practice spaces are open to dancers of all levels! Monday 06/15 ? Studio Theater Practice Space 5:00 - 5:30 Standard Int 2 6:30 - 7:00 Smooth 2 7:00 - 7:30 Standard Int 1 7:30 - 8:00 Smooth 1 8:00 - 8:30 Standard Int 3/Adv 8:30 - 9:00 Smooth 3/Adv 9:00 - 9:30 Rounds 9:30 - 10:00 Wednesday 06/17 ? Studio Theater Practice Space 5:00 - 6:30 International Rumba w/ Sefi 6:30 - 7:15 American Swing w/ Sefi 7:20 - 8:05 Rounds 8:10 - 8:30 Practice Space 8:30 - 10:00 Dmitry's summer schedule: [image: image.png] Practice Spaces By popular demand, we are instating practice space at approximately our usual times over the summer! With the exception of May 23 and 24, these are the times and locations we have reserved through to August: Thursday 6/18 6:30 - 8:00pm CUC Kenner Studio Saturday 6/20 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 6/21 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio 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 [image: image.jpeg] -- Happy Dancing! Aditya, Brenna, Edward, Helen, Karishma, Kyr, Sefi, Shakira, Trishla, & Victoria 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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Weekly Lesson Schedule - On a typical summer Monday, Christine will be joining us from 6:00?9:00pm. On a typical summer Wednesday, Dmitry will teach two lessons?one from 6:30?7:15pm, one from 7:20?8:05pm. - Here is what our terms mean: - Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional instructors, Christine Zona and Dmitry Demidov - Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level, similar to a mini-competition - Workshops, rounds, and practice spaces are open to dancers of all levels! Monday 06/22 ? Studio Theater Practice Space 5:00 - 5:30 Standard Int 2 6:00 - 6:30 Smooth 2 6:30 - 7:00 Standard Int 1 7:00 - 7:30 Smooth 1 7:30 - 8:00 Standard Int 3/Adv 8:00 - 8:30 Smooth 3/Adv 8:30 - 9:00 Rounds 9:00 - 9:30 Wednesday 06/24 ? Simmons A&B Practice Space 5:00 - 6:30 International Cha Cha w/ Jamie and Jamie 6:30 - 7:15 Samba w/ Jamie and Jamie 7:20 - 8:05 Rounds 8:10 - 8:30 Practice Space 8:30 - 10:00 Dmitry's summer schedule: [image: image.png] Practice Spaces By popular demand, we are instating practice space at approximately our usual times over the summer! With the exception of May 23 and 24, these are the times and locations we have reserved through to August: Thursday 6/25 6:30 - 8:00pm CUC Kenner Studio Saturday 6/27 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Sunday 6/28 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio 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 [image: image.jpeg] -- Happy Dancing! Aditya, Brenna, Edward, Helen, Karishma, Kyr, Sefi, Shakira, Trishla, & Victoria 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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For any of our newer mailees, do note that CMUBDC has a slack where we have local event postings, past recordings, and a special channel just for you summer dancers! - Upcoming Events & Reminders - Summer Lessons - Please welcome Dmitry back to the club! Catch him at 6:30 this Wednesday for a sweet combo of Paso Doble and Bolero lessons. - Note that the CUC has cancelled Saturday?s practice space for Independence Day. Weekly Lesson Schedule - On a typical summer Monday, Christine will be joining us from 6:00?9:00pm. On a typical summer Wednesday, Dmitry will teach two lessons?one from 6:30?7:15pm, one from 7:20?8:05pm. - Here is what our terms mean: - Professional-taught lessons: Classes taught by our professional instructors, Christine Zona and Dmitry Demidov - Rounds: Short, music-to-music practice blocks by style and level, similar to a mini-competition - Workshops, rounds, and practice spaces are open to dancers of all levels! Monday 06/29 ? Rangos 3 Practice Space 5:00 - 6:00 Standard Int 2 6:00 - 6:30 Smooth 2 6:30 - 7:00 Standard Int 1 7:00 - 7:30 Smooth 1 7:30 - 8:00 Standard Int 3/Adv 8:00 - 8:30 Smooth 3/Adv 8:30 - 9:00 Rounds 9:00 - 9:30 Wednesday 07/01 ? Studio Theater Practice Space 5:00 - 6:30 (NEW TIMESLOT) Bolero Newcomer Lesson 6:00 - 6:30 Paso Doble w/ Dmitry 6:30 - 7:15 Bolero w/ Dmitry 7:20 - 8:05 Rounds 8:10 - 8:30 Practice Space 8:30 - 10:00 Dmitry's summer schedule: [image: image.png] Practice Spaces By popular demand, we are instating practice space at approximately our usual times over the summer! With the exception of May 23 and 24, these are the times and locations we have reserved through to August: Thursday 7/02 6:30 - 8:00pm CUC Kenner Studio Saturday 7/04 CANCELLED INDEPENDENCE DAY Sunday 7/05 11:30 - 1:30pm CUC Kenner Studio Resources - Slack - The slack channel is a group chat where we talk about all things ballroom. 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