Here’s our “Week at a Glance” for 10/15/17:
Some things for new members:
- Mandatory DTS info session for newcomers! If you missed our info sessions for DTS, please message Fabi (fabiolga@umich.edu). Otherwise, you will not be allowed to use our practice space at DTS.
- Join our FB group! It’s the hub of our community and is where most of our event logistics are posted. Check it out here, and just hit request access.
- Wear some dance appropriate clothes/shoes. Until the weather starts cooling down, the CCRB can get a little warm while we dance. Maximize your comfort and flexibility by wearing clothes that are easy to move in, and breathable. Shoes must be worn at all times, no bare feet or just socks allowed.
Things for everyone:
- Wisconsin is coming up! Rooms and rides and early registration are now closed. Competition details:
Rooms and rides were already due on October 13th! Please email David if you still need to fill it out
- Scare your teammates and film it! We’re making a video in the weeks leading up to Halloween, and need shots of your frightened teammates! Simple or elaborate, film someone spooked and submit it to eyxiong@umich.edu.
- Flashmobs! This is a fun way to engage our community with ballroom. Also, the more we perform, the more we can FUNDRAISE FOR OUR TEAM! Sign up here! The money goes toward keeping dues low, paying for lessons, and subsidizing comps so it’s in everyone’s interest to come help out! Newcomers, this is a fun way to show off some of the things you’ve learned so far!
- Questions? Email us! If you want to know something that you can’t find the answer to, just shoot us an email at ballroom-exec@umich.edu. We’re very quick at replies.
And now the schedule…
Monday 10/16
FALL BREAK
No DTS tonight, sorry!
Tuesday 10/17
FALL BREAK
No DTS tonight either :(
Wednesday 10/18
Noon: Flash Mob @ North Campus Diag!
9:30-11:30pm: Open Practice at DTS
Thursday 10/19
Noon: Flash Mob @ Central Campus Diag!
9-11pm: Competition workshop & rounds for Wisconsin! If you’re dancing at Wisconsin or want to learn how to make your dancing more competitive, come to this event. Perfect for our newcomers who want to see what a competition is like! Location: Intramural Sports Building, Multipurpose room A.
10pm: Flash Mob @ the UGLi!
10-12pm: Open Practice at DTS
Friday 10/20
Spook a teammate and film it :)
Saturday 10/21
Wisconsin comp!! If you’re not going, cheer on your team from afar :)
5-7pm: Newcomer Lesson – come learn some new moves from our coaches Steve & Susan. Location: CCRB 3275
Sunday 10/22
6pm: Flash mob! @ State St. Starbucks
Did you know?? Your ballroom team membership comes with a complimentary membership to the ballroom club! Just ask the desk at the club for your membership card. The Ballroom Dance Club meets once a week on Sundays and provides a relaxed, social environment to learn ballroom for the wider Ann Arbor community. You do not need to be a student to attend. Check out their dance schedule for this Sunday here, meeting in the Union Pendleton Room:
| 5-6pm: | Int. Rumba 3 |
| 6-7pm: | Am. Waltz 2 |
| 7-8pm: | Quickstep 1 <- Newcomers come to this one and learn a new dance! |
| 8-10pm: | Open Dance |
Check out the club website here.
At last but not least… with a team as big as ours, sometimes it’s hard to track who is who when cheering your teammates on the dance floor. In the weeks leading up to OSB, we’re going to be going through team by team and introducing your teammates!
This week on meet your teammates: Pre-C!
Amos