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Our Mission Statement: We are a competitive, collegiate ballroom dance team that seeks to share our love of dance by fostering a fun and supportive environment while striving for continuous improvement.
Happy dancing!
It starts with YOU! Every year, hundreds of students who want learn how to ballroom dance join our team. Most people who join have no dancing experience. The team, along with our professional coaches, will teach you to dance from the very first step.
Who can join the team? The only requirement to join our team is that you are a student in a degree-seeking program at any university. We welcome undergraduates and graduate students from the University of Michigan and other schools in
Congratulations to the winners of 14 consecutive Ohio Star Ball Championships!
Whether this was your first or your final OSB, I am so proud of everything we accomplished together this weekend! I hope you all had a fantastic time dancing your hearts out and bonding with your teammates. Every couple scored the team points which contributed to this fantastic result, not to mention helping maintain the energy on the dance floor by adding your voices to our incredibly hype cheering section.
Thank you to all the leads who danced TBA with girls from other schools, and everyone who spent time working the camera and helping the weekend run smoothly in countless other ways. Also, a special shout out to the team board for all their hard work this semester to make this weekend a success!
Just a few announcements for this week:
Monday 11/19
No DTS
Tuesday 11/20
No DTS, no newcomer lesson
9-11pm Practice space in CCRB 3275
Wednesday 11/21-Saturday 11/24
No team events the rest of this week, enjoy the break!
Sunday 11/25
Club is in the League Ballroom this week, check out their website here for more info. This week there’s no lesson running, but there will be open dance 8-10pm.
Happy dancing!
Lizzie
Our International and American team match victors! Photo credit: Jake Snyder
Feeling sleepy after winning OSB in 2016! Hi team, This time next week we’ll be in Columbus battling it out at Nationals!!! I hope you’re as excited as I am to show off all your hard work from this semester
Last year’s OSB victors! Hi team, Get hype for OSB, we’ve got less than two weeks to go! Here’s some things you can do to prepare for the big weekend! If you have not filled out Rooms and Rides yet, please
