Hello Everyone, Most of you know who I am and what the this Ballroom Club thing is all about already. For you, take this as a quick reminder/update about tomorrow night's lessons. As for those of you who haven't ever been to ballroom before. . . read on, and all of your questions should soon be answered! WHO: The Sooner Ballroom Dance Club and You WHAT: Beginning Dance Lessons in Rumba, Foxtrot, and Swing; Intermediate and Advanced lessons to follow WHEN: Tonight, Tuesday the 11th of September; Beginning lessons 6:30-8:00, Intermediate 8:00-9:00, Advanced 9:30-10:30, free dancing in between lessons and after WHERE: Scholars Room, third floor OU Student Union, between the ballroom and the parking garage WHY: To dance our socks off. Also, we'll be going out to Czech Hall in Yukon this Saturday, September 15. Yes, I know - finally! :-) The dance will be from 8-11:30 with a $5 admission. This will be discussed in more detail tomorrow night, but save that evening, and be thinking about carpooling! Czech Hall is awesome. That's all, except for the "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" that I put below. See you tonight! Erin Abreu SBDC President Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (skip if you're neither new nor curious): Who ARE we? The Sooner Ballroom Dance Club is an OU Student Organization made up of people who enjoy (among other things): having fun, dancing, learning more about dancing, helping others learn how to dance, talking about dancing, hanging out AFTER dancing, going out on the town to dance, and sometimes, just sometimes, showing off - while dancing, of course. We not only dance together, but we're friends, and what's a little showing off between friends? If you've got it, you should flaunt it, and anyone can learn how to do that in this crowd. Other Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: We meet every Tuesday night on the third floor of the Union, and you become a member just by showing up and signing in. We don't do any kind of pre-registration. No partner or experience is required. NONE. We teach all levels, and we all dance with each other. You don't have to be a student to join, but we do charge non-students a little more. Someone said something about most of them having real jobs and being able to afford it. ;-) Lessons cost $3/week for students and $4/week for non-students. We have 15 lessons per semester, and we change the dances in our Beginning Lessons every five weeks, so we do like people to pay for five weeks at a time, but it's certainly not required. By the way, private dance lessons usually cost about $50/hour. It costs no more to attend all three levels (Beg. Intermed. & Advanced) than it does to attend just one, so stay all frickin' night if you want to! We do. Also, your first night is free. If you like it, come back next week and pay us then. The dress code is as casual or formal as you choose to make it. Some people wear skirts or ties just because it makes them feel snazzy, but it's definitely your choice. We do encourage wearing shoes with little or no treads so that you don't catch your foot on the floor when you're turning and torque your knee out (ouch!). Also, flip-flops and high-heels without ankle-straps tend to fall off. Socks, however, work like a dream in the absence of acceptable dance shoes. Who'd a thunk it, huh? Ah ha! Upcoming schedule: For Aug-Sep, the dances will be: Foxtrot, Rumba, and Swing. For Oct: Waltz, Salsa, and Nightclub Two-Step (NOTE: not country two-step -- these are totally different dances.) For Nov: Tango, Cha Cha, and either Hustle or West Coast Swing (that's currently under discussion by the SBDC officers). See: http://www.ou.edu/student/sbdc/ for more info, or just e-mail the officers at [log in to unmask] for more information See you soon, Erin _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft® Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to SBDC-L. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [log in to unmask] with UNSUBSCRIBE SBDC-L in the body of the message. If you have problems or questions, please send email to [log in to unmask] Please visit the SBDC web pages at http://www.ou.edu/student/sbdc/ --------------------------------------------------------------------