Hello hello!
Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and enjoyed celebrating St Patrick’s Day together! Enjoy these hot new headlines filled with juicy ballroom news for the week ahead :)
MSU Competition:
Our sister team’s competition is coming up soon: the MSU Green and White Gala! This is a great competition and is the closest comp you can attend besides Michcomp. If you’d like to go, please do the following:
Date: April 1st
Cost: $45 per person
Where: East Lansing, Michigan
- Fill out rooms and rides. If you have a friend or relative that lives in the East Lansing area and is willing to host our team, please note it on the rooms and rides form! We make great guests :)
- Register on O2CM BUT DO NOT PAY
- Rejoice for we will be attending an awesome competition without having to leave the state!
Deadline to register is this Friday, 3/24.
All about that MichComp…
- Registration: Registration for our home competition is now live! Sign up here :)
- Shout-Outs: Reminder to purchase a shoutout ($20 quarter page, $45 full page) by contacting Kevin Lavelle (kwlavel@umich.edu), or if you would like a team member to reach out to a friend/family member about purchasing shoutouts, fill out this google form.
- Housing Sign-Up: Help return the hosting favor by signing up to help us house visiting team members on Friday, April 7th and Saturday, April 8th. Sign up here and reach out to Kevin with questions/concerns.
MUSKET Show: Sign up to go see the MUSKET performance of Sister Act this Friday, 8pm at the Power Center with your fellow UMBDT members! Tickets are $5 and sign up here by Tuesday if you are interested. Contact Jeb Hamel (jebth@umich.edu) with questions.
Through the Grapevine: It’s the moment you have all been waiting for… the Nugget Challenge Champion revealed!! Check out the intense competition captured below. Warning, chicken nuggets not recommended for best ballroom dance bod, please eat at your own discretion ;)
Dance 2XS Collab:
In case you missed our premier ballroom x hip-hop workshop with 2XS Michigan, we have the videos of each formation for your viewing pleasure right here!
Monday 3/20
6-11pm: Open Practice in the Rogel Ballroom, Union
9:30-11:30pm: Open Practice at DTS
Tuesday 3/21
9-11pm: Newcomer Lesson, CCRB 3275 (for returning newcomers not at the SAPAC Workshop)
10-12pm: Open Practice at DTS
Wednesday 3/22
3-6pm: Office Hours, Union 4344
9:30-11:30pm: Open Practice at DTS
Thursday 3/23
8:30pm-12am: Open Practice in the Rogel Ballroom, Union
9-11pm: Newcomer Lesson, CCRB 3275
10-12pm: Open Practice at DTS
Friday 3/24
1-4pm: Office Hours, Union 4344
8pm: Sister Act, Power Center
Saturday 3/25
2:30-4:30pm: Open Practice, CCRB 3275
4:30-6:30pm: Newcomer Lesson, CCRB 3275
Sunday 3/26
Club is in the Pendleton room of the Union this week! Check out the lesson schedule below.
| 5-6pm: | Samba 3 |
| 6-7pm: | Am Tango 2 |
| 7-8pm: | Swing 1 |
| 8-10pm: | Open Dance |
In the Board Room: St Patty’s Party, Lesson Dates, Elections, MSU Comp, MichComp, MUSKET Show
Have a wonderful week friends :)
All the best,
Lindsey