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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
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Ballroom/Swing Club hosts Welcome Ball SOFIA LEGASPI
Campus Life Editor
Students and community members danced the night away on Saturday, Aug. 18 at the UNI Ballroom/Swing Club’s fifth annual Welcome Ball. About 50 people gathered in the Maucker Union Ballroom for lessons in the East Coast swing and waltz styles from 7 to 8:30 P.M., followed by a social dance. Sophomore sociolo gy major Dominic Steele was one of the three UNI Ballroom/Swing presidents who planned the event. Steele’s first exposure to ballroom dancing was during a swing dancing unit in his high school gym class. “It’s clicked with me. It’s been a lot of fun,” Steele said. Alexa Lloyd, a junior studying leisure, youth & human services and theatre, had just moved into her
dorm room before attending the ball. “I was looking for a way to destress and get out of my dorm room,” Lloyd said. “I love to waltz; it’s just such a classic dance. It really just takes you somewhere else.” Lloyd first attended the Welcome Ball two years ago as a freshman. Although she had never had any previous ballroom dance experience, Lloyd said she loved it and would continue attending ballroom events when she could. UNI Ballroom/Swing holds social lessons, open to both students and members of the community, every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 8 P.M. The club is currently still searching for a regular venue, but students may visit the UNI Ballroom/ Swing Facebook page for lesson location updates. See BALLROOM, page 8
LEZIGA BARIKOR/Northern Iowan