Hi Team!
Happy Sunday! Just a few more days before OSB! I hope you’re all feeling ready to dance and cheer on your teammates. If you need extra help while preparing, make sure you come to DTS this week. In the meantime, scroll down to learn a little bit more about the B team this week! I can’t wait to see you all kill it on the dance floor :)
Announcements for Everyone:
- Poster Making: For OSB, we make posters to cheer on our teammates with! We will be in G168 Angell Hall on Wednesday 9-10 PM with poster making materials. It’s a great opportunity to get hyped for OSB and help encourage the team!
- OSB Photo Album: Please pretty please add all of your OSB pictures to this album next weekend!!
- SAPAC Makeup: If you couldn’t make it to our SAPAC workshop last week, please check your emails for a message later today about how to complete the makeup!
- Dancing with the Newcomers: We will be pairing up interested newcomers and returning members with tryout team members for showcases on 12/8. The audience will be voting for their favorite couples! Sign up here if you want to dance!
- Michcomp Committee Form: Every year we host our own competition Michcomp! Anyone who would like to work with your fellow teammates and make our competition smooth and fun for everyone fill out the form here.
- Competition Registration: If you have questions about OSB Registration (including TBAs) ask us! It isn’t too late to change or add events!
- Themed DTS: Themed DTS every Wednesday. This Wednesday’s theme is your practice wear best since we gotta lock in for OSB. Wear your dance pants, skirts, dress pants, etc.
- Photos albums: Please put your ballroom Halloween pictures in this album! Haunted house, corn maze, and Halloween party pictures are all welcome. Please also put your CMU and OSU pictures in these two!
- Partner Search: If you are looking for a partner, sign up and look here! Reach out to Johny at jonwdan@umich.edu with any questions.
- Other Practice Spaces: IMSB room schedule here. The Ballroom Dance Club lesson/open dance schedule here.
- Liability Waiver: Please fill out these yearly mandatory liability forms before coming to lessons and DTS! The IMSB liability form is here and the team waiver is here. Everyone needs to fill these out once per year and it does not take long so do them now before you forget!
This Week’s Schedule…
Monday 11/18
9:30-11:30 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Tuesday 11/19
9:30-11:30 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Wednesday 11/20
9:00-10:00 pm: OSB Poster Making in G168 Angell Hall
10:00 pm-12:00 am: Open Practice at DTS, wear your practicewear!
Thursday 11/21
9:00-11:00 pm: Pre-OSB Rounds in the IMSB!
Friday 11/22
Leave for the Ohio Star Ball!
Saturday 11/23
OSB Day 1!!
Sunday 11/24
OSB Day 2!!
No Newcomer Lesson!
Meet the B Team
Nate and Nicolette
Nate is a grad student studying Energy Systems Engineering and Sustainability and this is his 5th semester on the team. His favorite dances are the foxtrots! Nicolette is a grad student in Chemical engineering, and this is also her 5th semester on the team. Her favorite dance is also the international foxtrot and she is a horror movie enthusiast.
Johny and Lindsay
Johny is a grad student in Computer Engineering and this is his 7th semester on the team! His favorite dance is jive and in his free time, he is a pie making machine. Lindsay is a grad student in orthodontics, and this is her 12th year on the team. She enjoys the samba and has a dog named Lily and a cat named Ragnar.
Owen and Reiah
Owen is a grad student studying Computer Science and this is his 19th semester on the team. His favorite dance is the Paso Doble. In his spare time, he likes to make and paint horror movie dolls and play with them. Reiah is a junior in Psychology and this is her 5th semester on the team. Her favorite dance is the International Rumba.
Marvin and Claire
Marvin is a sophomore in Computer Science and this is his 3rd semester on the team. He loves the International Jive, Cha Cha, and Quickstep. Over the summer he went on a backpacking trip and the nature and weather were really nice. Claire is a sophomore in pre-med, and this is her 3rd semester on the team. She loves the International Cha Cha!
Mike and Marie
Mike is a senior in Mechanical Engineering and this is his 4th semester on the team. He is a big jive fan and outside of the ballroom, he has been skiing for 18 years. Marie is a junior in Art and Design and this is her 5th semester on the team. She also loves the jive and her favorite book genre is sci-fi.
If you need anything this week as you’re preparing for Ohio please reach out to me! Good luck everyone :)
Love,
Nicolette
MBDT President