Ballroom Newsletter – June 18th 2013
Dear Dancer,
The Summer Youth Dance Camp was very successful and we thank all of the young people and their parents who made it possible. A good time was had by all (us included).
Don’t forget, all you Techniquephiles, there is no Technique Class this Saturday morning, as we will be attending the Ron Montez Workshop. Anyone wishing to take this workshop can get the details from www.mcclouddancecountry.com. You can register in advance or just show up at the door on the first day. For those of you who don’t know Ron Montez, he was 9 year US Latin Champion, retiring undefeated and a great teacher. The classes are on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They are always fun.
If you can’t go a whole week without your Technique Class, come to our Summer Technique Workshop on Monday and Tuesday, June 24th and 25th and get a double dose. Details are still at the bottom of this newsletter. Learn the “tricks” that will make you dance better faster, look good sooner and have a helluva/heckova lot more fun. (For those of you who don’t know, Helluva Heckova was a world famous Russian Ballroom Dance Champion who rose quickly to the top by taking a lot of technique classes. You would do well to follow her example.)
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 telephone (number can be found below).
GROUP PRIVATES are also available. If you can’t make it to our classes and you think you have a number of friends and acquaintances who would be interested and you can get together, let us know and we can come to you at time more convenient to you.
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This week’s schedule:
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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:
Tuesday, June 18: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom FOXTROT 6:45-7:45 pm
Wednesday, June 19: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s Noon-1:00 pm
Wednesday, June 19: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): SALSA 6:45-7:45 pm
Thursday, June 20: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): SALSA 6:45-7:45 pm
For the month of June, the Tuesday night Beginning Class, the Dance of The Month will be FOXTROT.
And in the Wednesday/Thursday night classes the dance for the Dance of The Month of June will be SALSA.
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 to Fort Jones will be Friday June 28.
Group Class is at 6:30-7:30
Cost $10 per person
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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NO SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS this week only:
June 1, 8, 15, 29 (no morning class on the 22nd)
At the Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation District
1315 Nixon Rd.
Dudes & Daises Lodge
10:00 – 11:00 -Technique Drills in “International Standard & American 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: FOXTROT
This is your chance to start preparing for the Big Band bash happening at the McCloud Dance Hall on July 27th. The Siskiyou Big Band will be playing and there will be dancing (or you could just come to class to learn the Foxtrot). The class will focus on the basics and how training in technique will improve your dancing at all levels from beginning through Open Gold. This will allow you to have more fun more quickly and advance at a faster rate, thereby allowing you to have even more fun even more quickly. Come to class and try it.
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Saturday Evening Lesson and Dance Party this week: June 22
1315 Nixon Road
Mt. Shasta Park
“Dudes & Daises” Lodge
Lesson: 7:00-8:00
Dance Taught: TBA
Practice Party: 8:00-10:00
Cost: $10 ($5 practice party only)
Refreshments Provided.
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**SUMMER 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).
Two day Seminar: $100
Single Day Rate: $55
Monday June 24th: 10:00 am – 12:00 n: Waltz
Monday June 24th: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Latin
Monday June 24th: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Assisted Practice Session/Open Dancing
Tuesday June 25th: 10:00 – 12:00 n: Quickstep
Tuesday June 25th: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Recap of Workshop.
Private Lessons available during non-workshop hours. Discount for workshop members.
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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.