Young Alumni Happy Hour + Beginners Two-Step Lessons
February 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
All alumni and friends are welcome to join the Young Alumni for happy hour and dancing at Round-Up in Oaklawn!
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
- 7:30 – 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 ya@dallastexasexes.org for any questions.
Meet your Young Alumni dance instructors of the night!
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.