Details of the year's first general meeting are as follows:

Date: 5th of February (next Thursday)
Venue: LT2 (you know, since between this and last year there are about four hundred of you)
Time: 3.30pm to 5.00pm

Please try to make it on time, but if you have to be late due to class or things do come anyway.

We have pretty big things to discuss. Just a rough idea of the day's agenda:

Dance Arena '09
Usually our biggest project of the year, was pretty successful in '08 but many things could have been better handled. If you want a post on the committee, this is the project you need to sign up for.

The first event in Taylor's (to the best of our knowledge) with concert series stage, sound and lighting.

Classes
Decide on the classes and instructors you want to see brought to Taylor's, and help set up a timetable that's convenient to you.

Latin class on the 16th of January, where we had about 32 students in a single class.

Studio Time
So far this year the Dance Club hasn't been given much time with the studio in the ECA Center - okay, we haven't been given any time at all - which is pretty ridiculous when you consider it's a dance studio in the first place. The issue will be explained in length during the meeting but we are going to need your support to make a change here so please, please come for the meeting.

Only you can help us save our tiny, barely-adequate dance studio.

Crews
Performing/competing in a crew is a big part of being a dancer - members of the Dance Club last year performed and competed in more than thirty events throughout the year. We hope that all of you will get the chance to share this awesome experience.

If you ever wanted to perform in Sunway Lagoon's Surf Beach...

I would just like to add that it's really important that you come for this meeting since the Dance Club doesn't meet regularly (though that might change this year) - if you can't come for the meeting but are still interested in club issues please drop us an email and get in touch so you won't be left out.

Thank you!

The first performance by the Dance Club's next generation will take place on Friday, the 20th of February.

The Music Club has asked us for a performance and they've given us about twenty minutes (though I seriously doubt we'll be using all of that) so we have a lot of freedom with this one. All we know so far is that it's a concert of some sort, it's going to be in the MPH and it's going to be at night.

Twenty five people have already signed up for the performance, anyone still interested should mail their name, student ID and contact number to taylorsdanceclub@gmail.com as soon as possible. All styles are welcome!

We did pretty well on the Big Day!

If you couldn't already tell from the previous post.

Thank you all once again for your support. The Dance Club booth was packed the day through and I think we were pretty unprepared for all the people who showed up looking to register or asking for information.


If anyone failed to get a satisfactory response from our representatives, we do apologize. In our defense, we spent a lot more time preparing the performances and I think those turned out alright.

We did better than the club last January, at any rate. For those of you who weren't around to have seen it: it was a single, unmanned table, a stack of forms and a pen.

We also exceeded our initial target of two hundred registrations! We had anticipated a fall in membership this year due to the opening of the Taylor's Sri Hartamas campus (which has slashed the number of incoming A-Levels students by half we think) but we are pleased to report that the final number of the day stands tall at three hundred and fifty five registrations, which I think is staggering by any standards.

We're not exactly sure how we're going to meet your demands for classes, especially with the studio currently booked every single day of the week (we are so going to change that) but it's a challenge we're looking forward to so that every student on campus is provided with equal opportunity for self-expression.


I've already got plans for streamlining our booth at the next ECA Day, though it'll be up to the next committee to implement them. Laptops for registration, so we won't have to key in another three hundred lines of information, and because some of you have really... misleading handwriting.

And also signs. I think we needed more signs.

Thank you! Videos of the day's performances will be posted soon.

This post will soon be updated with a more complete account of the day's events, but for now I would just like to say, to everyone who showed interest in the Dance Club today and cheered for us during our performances:

Most of you should have gotten the email already, but the venue for this week's class is confirmed as the MPH. Please remember to bring the payment of RM45. Class will be from 3:30 to 5:00PM, but as usual you can stay later for a little freestyle. We actually have the right music now!

Ahem.

A note to those of you who want to bring friends this week: you might want to wait until February since we're almost done with the Samba right now. In fact, we encourage all members, and those interested in the classes, to take note of the following:

1. The class will learn a new style of dance every month.
2. Hence, we encourage you to attend classes from the beginning of each month.
3. However, if you find you have to miss some of the classes, or just can't wait to start dancing (we can totally understand this, no worries), just let us know and any one of us be glad to bring you up to speed on the current lesson - whenever it's convenient for you.

More news soon - ECA's Big Day is coming up and we're planning BIG THINGS.

Sorry for the last-minute information you guys, but we were just informed that the MPH is booked *again*, this time for some urban survival skills thing, so we're going to have the class in C17 and C19, the same as last week.

The timing of the class (3:15pm for newcomers until 5:00pm for everyone) remains the same.

We apologize for any inconveniences caused - we'll do our best to confirm the venue earlier in the week from now on.

As the lucky dance club members who spent over an hour today swaying to infectious samba beats will testify, Latin classes have begun and they look totally sweet.

Here is what we can tell you so far.

This afternoon's class was held in the joined classrooms C17 and C19, which will be our venue whenever the MPH is unavailable - hopefully not too often, as judging by today's session the two rooms can only put up with about twelve couples. Next week's class will be held in the MPH.

The session today was scheduled from 3:30 to 4:30, but in fact went on quite a bit longer - we were enjoying ourselves so much we lost track of time. Newcomers to next week's class should show up early at 3:15 to to catch up with what the others learned so far.

Our next two classes on the 16th and 23rd of January will also be extended half an hour to 5:00; to accommodate the members who won't be around by the 30th. Not sure yet about whether we'll be having a class on the 30th, but we'll probably have an informal session even if there isn't.

We would love to post some pictures of the class, but we didn't manage to get our hands on a camera in time.

Next week! There will be pictures.

An important note: today's class had seventeen students, and next week at least another six will be joining us. Anyone interested in the class should let us know as soon as possible - ECA day is still a couple of weeks away. so just hit us with the following details:

• Name
• Program (and intake)
• Student ID
• Phone Number
• Contact Email (that you check on a regular basis)
  

You can send your registration, along with any questions, to taylorsdanceclub@gmail.com. No experience is required - Mr William has kindly promised to treat us all like nooblets.


As for fees, classes are RM45 a month (trust us, this is super cheap) and we're... not exactly sure when we're supposed to pay yet. Update next week.

If you're still wondering whether you should take up Latin, read the original post here.

More updates soon. We're trying to come up with something concrete for the street/hip-hop side of the community.