Young Alumni Happy Hour + Beginners Two-Step Lessons
2026-02-16 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
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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 2010Director 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 2015Manufacturing 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 2013Director 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.

February Board Meeting
2026-02-25 18:30 - 20:30
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Join our public board meetings to learn what the Dallas Texas Exes are up to and how you can get involved in our upcoming events.

The Dallas Texas Exes meet every last Wednesday of the month (Except January, July and November. December is the FIRST Wednesday of the month) from 6:30 – 8:30 PM, in-person. Board meetings are open to all Texas Exes and friends. You do not need to be a paid Texas Exes member to volunteer with us or attend our events.

Armanino Building | 15950 N Dallas Parkway, #600, Dallas, TX 75248 | The South Tower; Parking in the garage and around the building

Join our board meetings to learn what the Dallas Texas Exes are up to and how you can get involved in our upcoming events such as game watching, Texas/OU weekend, community service, networking events, and more!

Food and beverages are provided, so RSVP to help us prepare accordingly.

Project Worldwide 2026 - Dallas Chapter
2026-02-28 08:30 - 10:30
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The Dallas Texas Exes have decided to continue partnering with Tango Tab’s Feed the City to put lunches together for those in need.

Project Worldwide is an international service initiative created through a partnership between the Texas Exes and the Department of Diversity and Community Engagement. By teaming up, the DDCE and the Texas Exes have extended community service throughout the month of February and around the globe.

The Dallas Texas Exes are partnering with Tango Tab’s Feed the City for our service project, putting together sacked lunches for people in need around DFW.

We will be preparing sack lunches at White Rock Alehouse & Brewery (7331 Gaston Ave #100, Dallas, TX 75214) on Saturday, February 28th from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. (Please note that this is a different location than our last couple years)

Sign up now to help us get an accurate headcount of those participating with us in Project Worldwide and so we can try to save enough space for us to sit together!

You’re welcome to donate the following items for the lunches, however the Dallas Texas Exes will be donating a large amount of goods on behalf of our volunteers.

Sliced bread

Deli meat (turkey, chicken, or ham – no meat from deli counter)

Sliced cheese (prepackaged)

Yellow mustard (no spicy mustard or mayo)

Large bags of chips

Tangerines (ex. Halos or Cuties)

Ziploc sandwich bags

Don’t forget to wear Burnt Orange!! This event is public, so we’d like to try to all sit together and take a group photo afterwards.
