Ballroom Newsletter – Mar 26th 2013

Dear Dancer,

 

We have moved the announcement concerning our Summer Technique Workshop to the end of this newsletter where it will probably remain until the workshop is over. We have expanded it to discuss the benefits of technique and we encourage you all drop down and read it.

 

Next week we will have all new dances, so this week is the last chance to take the Swing/Jive in the Tuesday night beginning class and the Waltz in the Thursday night class. Both dances are really fun (especially the Waltz routine) and we encourage you all to come (for closure, if no other reason).

 

We love having you all in our classes.

 

 

See you on the dance floor.

 

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PRIVATE LESSONS are AVAILABLE to anyone who would rather learn in a more personal environment (i.e. no witnesses) or to anyone who wants to progress faster or to anyone who simply wants private lessons. Also, if you cannot make any of the group class times, private lessons are arranged in accordance with your schedule and at your convenience. Contact us by e-mail or phone (number below).

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 This week’s schedule:

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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:

 

Tuesday, March 26: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom SWING/JIVE 6:45-7:45 pm

Wednesday, March 27: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Basic Ballroom for Parkinson’s Noon-1:00 pm

Wednesday, March 27: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): WALTZ 6:45-7:45 pm

Thursday, March 28: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): WALTZ 6:45-7:45 pm

 

 

MARCH Dance of The Month for the Wednesday and Thursday night classes is WALTZ (next month in April: Swing/Jive).

 

For the Tuesday night Beginning Class, the Dance of The Month will be SWING/JIVE (next month in April: Quickstep).

 

Please come join us.

 

 

You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these classes.

Single class: $7.00/person.

Class Card (four classes or more): non-members: $20 for four classes ($5.00/class per person).

Wellness Center Members can get special discount: Buy a class card for $20.00 and get 8 classes (a value of $2.50 per class).

 

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FORT JONES COMMUNITY CENTER

FORT JONES COMMUNITY CENTER in Scott Valley (15 min. from Yreka)

11960 East Street Fort Jones, CA

 

Our next visit will be Fridays, April 5 & 26

 

We will be holding a Group Class from 6:30-7:30

Cost $10.00 per class

Please come and join us.

 

If anyone else wishes to schedule a private lesson, please e-mail us or call us at the contact information below.

 

 

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SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: March 2, 9,16, 23, 30

At the Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation District

1315 Nixon Rd.

Dudes & Daises Lodge

 

10:00 – 11:00 -Technique Drills in “International Standard & Smooth Style Dances”. Focusing on Lowering, Rotation and Sway which improves your performance in all of the dances.

11:00 – Noon – Amalgamations. This month’s dance: WALTZ

 

This class uses basic Bronze (and some Silver) steps to develop and strengthen your ability to dance smoothly and boldly (which, just between you and me, is where the real fun is hidden). The International Technique also applies to American Style dances and will strengthen ones ability to have more power and control when dancing in the American Style. Come learn the techniques that will give you maximum control over your balance, your timing and your power.

 

Cost: $10 per person for two hour session.

 

Come to the whole series to get the full benefit or just drop in when you can -there are benefits to be gained from each session.

 

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Saturday Evening Foxtrot Workshop and Practice: March 30,

At the Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation District

1315 Nixon Rd.

Dudes & Daisies Lodge

 

Foxtrot workshop continues: March 30, This class is a little more advanced, but the International Style will be new to many, so everyone is welcome.

Time: 5:00-7:00

Cost: $10

 

Refreshments Provided.

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 TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP: June 24th & 25th

 

Good news, our summer Technique Workshop is back on in June at the McCloud Dance Hall. It will be held on Monday and Tuesday, June 24th and 25th. The times will be from 10:00 am -12:00 n and 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm each day with a practice dance session from 7:00 – 9:00 pm on Monday night. This workshop will be following Ron Montez’s weekend workshop and will be addressing the technique that will improve your execution of the steps he will have taught.

 

Anyone wishing to attend who has not taken the Ron Montez workshop will still learn the technique, since the technique applies to all dances. We will use steps from the level at which you are the most comfortable so that you will be able to focus completely on the technique itself, thereby receiving the greatest benefit.

 

Technique itself is widely viewed as something that is plastered on top of the steps to make them look pretty. This view could not be more wrong. Good technique lies at the very core of each and every step you take. The only difference between doing a step well and doing a step poorly is level of technique. You do have to learn the steps first (one cannot, after all, apply the technique to nothing), but once learned, doing it right has so many more rewards for you, the dancer, than most realize.

 

Doing a step well does not only mean looking good doing it. It also means getting the most pleasure out of the movement and also sharing that pleasure with your partner (showing him or her a good time, so to speak). In Ballroom Dance, the most efficient, practical and effective way of moving ends up being the most beautiful way of moving (and the most fun). The “rules” of Ballroom Dance are not so much “rules” as they are descriptions of what it looks like when it is being done right. In fact, 80 to 90 per cent of the “rules” of Ballroom Dance are actually the same as the laws of movement dynamics (closely related to the laws of physics). Adhere to them and you will be able to do anything you want on the dance floor.

 

Come learn them and then you can tell us how much more fun you are having (we will be able to see how much better you look).

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Any questions, please call or e-mail us. We love hearing from you and welcome any suggestions. Information regarding dance gift certificates can be found on our website: www.mtshastadance.com.

 

Cheers,

 

Rick and Peggy Nixon

Ballroom Dance Professionals

415/215-2652 (cell)

McCloud Dance Hall, McCloud CA

davisnixon@msn.com

 

Feel free to pass this on to anyone that you think might be interested in attending our classes.