Ohio Star Ball champions!
Hello team!
I hope you’re returning from your summer adventures refreshed and ready for new year full of dancing, fun and wacky shenanigans with your dance family! I’m so excited for all the opportunities coming up for the team in the next few months. Even though classes don’t start until next week, we have lots of events coming up in the next seven days – read the whole post to find out more…
DTS Day: On Wednesday (starting at 5.30 pm), we’re doing our annual DTS day where we show some love to our studio and spruce it up ready for the new school year by re-taping the floors and giving it a fresh coat of paint! The more people that show up the more quickly we’ll get done, so please make an effort to give a couple of hours of your time to thank the Crabtrees for generously allowing us to use the space year-round.
Recruitment: Our first flyering events are coming up this Friday and Sunday, so put on your ballroom gear and come and help recruit this year’s newcomer class! Recruiting new members is a team-wide effort and is vital for the team’s future stability, and our greatest asset is our wonderful current team members who welcome newbies and convey their infectious enthusiasm for dance! Look at the schedule below for flyering events this week, find Jing’s email to sign up for some events and keep an eye out on the team Facebook group for more information about recruitment.
Team closet: Please return any items borrowed from the team closet or from upper-level team members before the start of the semester so they are available for other people to use! If you’ve grown attached to an item from the team closet and don’t want to give it back, many items are available for purchase – contact Corey for more info.
Looking further ahead…
Tryouts are coming up on SUNDAY September 15th (1.30-3.30pm, CCRB 3275), so save the date, find a partner and start practicing! Stay tuned for more information and sign-up next week. Reminder that you must settle any debts you owe to the team from last semester in order to try out: check your inbox for emails from Colin/Clara to find out if you owe any money.
Competitions for this semester and many other useful dates can be found in the calendar on the website.
And now the schedule…
Monday 8/26
9.30-11.30 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Tuesday 8/27
10-12 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Wednesday 8/28
5.30 pm onwards: DTS day! Come and spruce up our practice space ready for another year!
9.30-11.30 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Thursday 8/29
10-12 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Friday 8/30
Recruitment season begins! Come and help flyer and recruit our 2019 Newcomer class!
2-4 pm: Tabling at Rackham Info Fair (Rackham Graduate School)
7-10 pm: Flyering at Escapade (League) and Artscapade (UMMA)
Saturday 8/31
Grab a coffee and catch up with your favourite team member who you missed over the break!
Sunday 9/1
2-4 pm: Flyering at Dancing in the Streets! More info including the schedule can be found here.
6-8 pm: Taste of Michigan! Help give out flyers and watch one unlucky couple attempt a one-man one-woman version of last year’s Dance Mix O_O
No Club this week due to Labor Day
So excited to see you all again!
Lizzie
