Moving up and moving on

As many of you know the new ballroom year is well underway, complete with new events, new fun, and of course your new officers.
The new team has set up a new online home which is regularly updated and filled with all the best information.

Thanks for reading and happy dancing.

Signing off,

Lindsey Loughman

Spring back into Ballroom

Hi, 

 I hope that everyone has had a good break.  We have all of our normal events this week with the addition of the new Argentine Tango Club.  

Happy Dancing 

Lindsey 

Regular Weekly Updates

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No Partner or Experience Necessary

On Campus 

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Swing Club – Monday, March 17 
Lesson: East coast, West coast, Balboa or lindy hop
Lesson at 8pm
Memorial Hall Ballroom
Free

Argentine Tango Club – Monday, March 17
Lesson taught by Fuad
Lesson at 7 p.m. 
Myers Programming room 
For more information contact: 
Zach Gaeta zagaeta(at)yahoo.com

Friday Night Dance Party, March 21 
Lesson: TBD
Free Lesson at 7 p.m. 
Dance Party from 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 
New Dance Theatre 
$3 for students $5 for non students

Sunday Night Dance Lesson - Sunday March 23
Lesson: TBD
Beginner lesson from 7-8 p.m.
Advanced Lesson from 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Open dancing till 9:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall Ballroom
$2

Rueda Salsa - Sunday March 23
(Its like group salsa)
promptly 6:30 p.m.
before the Sunday Night Lesson
Free

Dancing around town 

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Swing and Ladies – Tuesday, March 18 
Buffalo’s Café in Alps Shopping Center – Tuesday 
Lesson: 9- 10 p.m.  
Dancing 10 – 12 p.m. 
$3 at the door
Just go through to the back room.  Also feel free to show up early to dine.

Casino Salsa (aka Rueda Salsa)- Tuesday, March 18
Lessons are available
Dancing is from 8-10 p.m.
The Upstairs bar at Transmetropolitan, downtown Athens
$10 cover

SpicySalsa - Wednesday, March 19
The Library in downtown Athens - http://tinyurl.com/yv76wq
420 Clayton Street(formally last call)
Lesson by Matt @ 9p.m.
10 p.m. Open dancing
18 to party, 21 to drink.
$4

Saturday Night Salsa - Saturday, March 22
No Lesson 
Dancing is from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. 
Upstairs at Tasty World, Downtown Athens (18+) 
$5 cover ($10 is live band)

~BDC~

Ballroom Events

Hello Everyone,

Few announcements:
There is no Rueda Salsa this week.
There is also no Friday Night Dance party this week.

Happy dancing,

Lindsey

Regular Weekly Updates
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No Partner or Experience Necessary

On Campus
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Night Dance Lesson - Sunday March 2nd
Lesson: Foxtrot
Beginner lesson from 7-8 p.m.;
Advanced Lesson from 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Open dancing till 9:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall Ballroom
$2

Swing Club - Monday March 3rd
Lesson: East coast, West coast, Balboa or lindy hop
Lesson at 8pm
Memorial Hall Ballroom
Free

Dancing around town
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Saturday Night Salsa - Saturday, March 1
No Lesson
Dancing is from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Upstairs at Tasty World, Downtown Athens (18+)
$5 cover ($10 is live band)


Swing and Ladies – Tuesday, March 4th
Buffalo’s Café in Alps Shopping Center – Tuesday
Lesson: 9- 10 p.m.
Dancing 10 – 12 p.m.
$3 at the doorJ
Just go through to the back room. Also feel free to show up early to dine.

Casino Salsa (aka Rueda Salsa)- Tuesday, March 4th
Lessons are available
Dancing is from 8-10 pm
The Upstairs bar at Transmetropolitan, downtown Athens
$10 cover

SpicySalsa - Wednesday, feb 27
The Library in downtown Athens - http://tinyurl.com/yv76wq
Lesson by Matt @ 9p.m.
10 p.m. Open dancing
18 to party, 21 to drink.
$4

~BDC~

February is about Lovin' Latin Workshops

Our first workshops of the semester will be held next Sunday. The first part of the day will be in the Ramsey center from 1-4 p.m. while the second part will take place at our normal time of 7-8:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall Ballroom.

The day has three sessions: the first two are Argentine Tango lessons and the final session is a Cha Cha lesson. Pricing is $8 per session for students and $10 for non students for each additional session you attend the pricing goes down (see flier picture for matrix). If you are wondering why the pricing is different than our regular Sunday Night Lesson, the answer is that, workshop teachers are paid for their time and are not volunteers.

We are very excited to have Fuad Elhage teaching our Argentine Tango lesson. So many people have requested this lesson we are truly excited that it has come about.
Fuad's day job is all about teaching Spanish at the university, but in his dancing life he has taught Salsa at Last Call in downtown Athens, taught Argentine Tango with TangoRojo, a local Tango troupe, and preformed Tango and Salsa in Atlanta.

The cha cha lesson will be taught by our usual instructors, Rachel Holland and Brandon Buckner. You can look forward to new and fresh moves we often miss in our regular lessons and and styling tips.

You can attend the both cha cha and first Argentine Tango lesson with no prior experience. However, in order to attend the second tango session, you must attend the first tango session or have previous Argentine Tango experience.

We really hope you will come out and join us.

Valentine's Day Events

Happy Valentines Day,

I hope you all are having a great week.

Mark your calendars! We are having an Argentine Tango with Fuad and a Cha Cha Workshop on Sunday 24th. We hope you'll join us.

Happy Dancing

Regular Weekly Updates
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No Partner or Experience Necessary


On Campus
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Valentines Day Dance: Friday Night Dance Party, Feb. 15th
Ramsey- Areobics Room B
Free Rhumba Lesson- 7-8
Open Dance- 8-10:30
Cost: 3$ for students, 5$ for non-students

*** Wear Red if you're in a relationship, white if you're looking and pink if your really don't care.


Night Dance Lesson - Sunday Feb. 17th
Lesson: Salsa and/or Rueda Salsa
Beginner lesson from 7-8 p.m.;
Advanced Lesson from 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Open dancing till 9:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall Ballroom
$2

Rueda Lesson- Sunday Feb. 17th
(Rueda salsa is like group salsa)
Lesson starts at 6:30 pm before the Sunday Night Lesson
Memorial Hall Ballroom
Free

Swing Club - Monday Feb. 18th
Lesson: East coast, West coast, Balboa or lindy hop
Lesson at 8pm
Memorial Hall Ballroom
Free

Dancing around town
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Saturday Night Salsa - Saturday, Feb. 16th
No Lesson
Dancing is from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Upstairs at Tasty World, Downtown Athens (18+)
$5 cover ($10 is live band)

Swing and Ladies – Tuesday, Feb. 19th
Buffalo’s Café in Alps Shopping Center
Lesson: 9- 10 p.m.
Dancing 10 – 12 p.m.
$3 at the doorJ
Just go through to the back room. Also feel free to show up early to dine.

Casino Salsa (aka Rueda Salsa)- Tuesday Feb. 19th
Lessons are available
Dancing is from 8-10 pm
The Upstairs bar at Transmetropolitan, downtown Athens
$10 cover

SpicySalsa - Wednesday Feb. 20th
The Library in downtown Athens.
Lesson by Matt @ 9p.m.
10 p.m. Open dancing
18 to party, 21 to drink.
$4

Salsa at Tasty World – Wednesday Feb. 20th
Tasty World Downtown
Lesson at 9 p.m.
10 p.m. open dancing
18 to party, 21 to drink
$4

~BDC~

Contact Us:
Bdcuga@gmail.com

The Refusal to Dance

Etiquette provides us with guides for behavior, rules to general acceptance to fall back on. While many of us may rail against the Man and his ways , the Ballroom community still adheres to some of these traditions. To not follow them, may have the same effect as wearing orange to a GA game...
Here are some tips for Etiquette Mistress herself Ms. Emily Post:

THE REFUSAL TO DANCE

If [a girl] is sitting in a group, he [the man] can go up and ask her, "Don't you want to dance some of this?" She then either smiles and says, "Not just now-I am very tired," or if she likes him, she may add, "Come and sit with us!"

To refuse to dance with one man and then immediately dance with another is an open affront to the first one- excusable only if he was intoxicated or otherwise actually offensive so that the affront was justifiable. But under ordinary circumstances, if she is "dancing," she must dance with every one who asks her; if she is "not dancing," she must not make exceptions.

...In certain communities, a girl dancing with her eyes shuts is recognized as signaling that she does not want to be "cut in on." This is an excellent practice but not one to be followed either often or for too long a time. This is done sometimes in order to give thise who dance well together a chance to enjoy at least one long dance.
At a public ball or cabaret- or wherever "cutting in" is not practiced, it is always the priviledge of the girl to stop dancing; a man is supposed to dance on and on, until she- or the music- stops..."

Thanks to Rachel Holland in providing the research for this post

Super Salsa Wednesday

If you've been missing Salsa, now all you need to decide is where you want to go and dance.

Here is line up for this Wednesday:

Salsa Benefit
Benefiting victims of last week's tornado
At Buffalo's Southwest Cafe on Alps
9 p.m. free lesson
10 p.m. open dance
$5
Just go through to the back room. Also feel free to show up early to dine.

SpicySalsa (from the Ritz)
Beginning this week.
The Library in downtown Athens.
Lesson by Matt @ 9p.m.
10 p.m. Open dancing
18 to party, 21 to drink.
$4

Salsa at Tasty World
Tasty World Downtown
Lesson at 9 p.m.
10 p.m. open dancing
18 to party, 21 to drink
$4

Happy Dancing