Young Alumni Happy Hour + Beginners Two-Step Lessons

All alumni and friends are welcome to join the Young Alumni at Round-Up in Oaklawn! It's Happy Hour ALL NIGHT, and the Young Alumni are doing a Two-Step Take Over! No need to bring a partner, so come on by at 6:00 to say hi and meet other alumni.

• 6:00 PM Happy Hour and Pizza
• 6:30 PM Intro to Two-Step with Monica
• 7:300 - 8:00 PM Intermediate moves with Trenton
• 8:00 -8:30 PM Open Dance, Music will be playing to practice your moves!
• 8:30 PM Line Dance lessons by Mike McKinney, Round-Up's regular instructor

Round-Up offers two-step classes and all day happy hour pricing every Monday night, but on the 16th (Presidents' Day), YA members Monica Li and Trenton Makare will take over as your instructors for the evening.

Pizza will be provided by Dallas Texas Exes and the Young Alumni Committee - RSVP so we know how much food to order and for Round-Up to properly staff the bar.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no kitchen at Round-Up.

Not interested in dancing? You can still come by to toast to the new year with us before and after the lesson and enjoy happy hour while watching the dancers!

Contact [email protected] for any questions.

Monica Li, Textiles and Apparel: Apparel Design 2010
Director of Operations, Tech Consulting | 2026 President of the Dallas Texas Exes

Monica was a TA for UT's Ballroom/Social Dance class from 2007-2010. She currently teaches private lessons and continues to takes dance classes in hip hop and jazz.

Trenton Makare, Mechanical Engineering 2015
Manufacturing Director, Engineering Industry

Trenton has been two-stepping for 15 years and has been a competitive two-stepper in Texas. He's a frequent at Cowboys Redriver and Round-Up Saloon.

Kristi Bartlett, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 2013
Director of Reservoir Engineering, Natural Gas Insutry

Kristi has been two-stepping since her freshman year on the 40 Acres. She'll be Monica's "follow" and a teaching assistant during beginner two-sep lessons and has volunteered in this roll two other years. Kristi has also run the YA Camp Dallas Texas Exes event for the past couple years.

Info: Check in with the Young Alumni Committee near the dance floor (and the pizza!). Grab a drink, it's happy hour pricing all night!

Info: We'll work on basics slowly make sure you get enough practice with the basics and basic combos. We'll also rotate partners to encourage faster learning and networking!

Info: Now that you're a little more comfortable with the basics, learn a couple extra moves!

Info: The DJ will continue playing two-step songs for us and the reguar Monday night teacher will teach line dances so stay and dance or mingle with your Young Alumni!

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