Hi Team!
Happy Sunday! It’s so hard to believe that this is my final WAG as president but here we are, the semester is finally over and we made it! At this point you’ve all heard me say it a million times, but I want to say one final thank you to everyone on this team who has made my time here so special. Thank you to the board especially for working with me this year and doing such a great job. It’s been a great year, and I can’t wait to see what comes next for all of you. Rest assured, the team is in good hands with the new board.
Today we had our final newcomer lesson for the semester. Jacob and Eda taught East Coast Swing, Paso Doble, and Viennese Waltz. If you have questions on anything that was covered, feel free to come to DTS this and next week to ask about it.
Announcements for Everyone:
- Election Results: Here is your new exec board for the 2025-2026 school year!
- President: Nate Hodgson
- Curriculum Chair: Rachel Leonard
- Treasurer: Owen Hoffend
- Away Competition Chair: Emma Zink
- Public Relations Chair: Taryn Ryan
- Recruitment Chair: Penelope McGovern
- Technology Chair: Marvin Shang
- Practice Space Coordinator: Grant Clawson
- DTS Recital: The DTS owners have generously allowed us to use their studio, so it would be great if we could return the favor by helping out with their recital Saturday 5/3. If you’re available, please consider signing up to volunteer in the dressing room using this form. The form is due by Wednesday, 4/23— let Rachel know if you sign up but later find out you can’t help.
- Showcases: On 4/24, we will be having general showcases and dancing with the newcomer showcases. There is one form for both. Please fill out this form with what you’re dancing and with who and send the music to jonwdan@umich.edu by 4/22.
- Themed DTS: Themed DTS every Wednesday. This Wednesday’s theme is toga! Wear your sheet? Idk here’s some youtube tutorials. Feminine toga masculine toga
- Team Closet Return: Please return everything you borrowed from the team closet to Johny by arranging a time to drop them off. If you are planning on wearing them for a showcase, talk to Johny about it.
- Bar Crawl: Our final bar crawl of the semester will be this Friday starting at 8 PM on Main St. We will be starting at Connor O’Neil’s and will be sending location updates in the group chat. We hope to see all you legal drinkers there!
- Sniping Results: All of the snipes this semester have been tallied! Here are the results.
- Feedback Form: Do you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the team? We want to hear from you! Let us know by talking to a board member or by using the team’s anonymous feedback form on our website. Anything you report to us is 100% confidential.
- Other Practice Spaces: IMSB room schedule here. The Ballroom Dance Club lesson/open dance schedule here.
This Week’s Schedule…
Monday 4/21
9:30-11:30 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Tuesday 4/22
9:30-11:30 pm: Open Practice at DTS
Wednesday 4/23
10 pm-12 am: Open Practice at DTS, wear your togas!
Thursday 4/24
9-11 pm: Showcases in the IMSB!
Friday 4/25
8pm: Bar Crawl on Main Street!
Saturday 4/26
Take a day off and do something you enjoy!
Sunday 4/27
6-9 pm: Ballroom Club in the Union Ballroom
Thank you all again for such an amazing semester. I can’t wait to see you all around in the next two weeks. If you’re a hugger, I’ll be giving and receiving hugs all week. I’m proud of all of you for making it this far, and I hope all of your exams go well! For those who actually read these posts, thank you :) Signing off, for the last time.
Love,
Nicolette
MBDT President
P.S. check out this super cool snipe collage that Juliana made!
