Ballroom Newsletter – December 10th 2013

Dear Dancer,

 

‘Tis the season to be jolly and we are here to make your Christmas shopping easier by offering our holiday gift certificates for Ballroom dance lessons and/or parties and/or private lessons. For information and costs go to our website (www.mtshastadance.com) and simply click on GIFTS. You can drop into any of our weekly classes and purchase them directly from us, or we can deliver.

 

We will be holding another lesson and dance/practice party at the beautifully decorated McCloud River Mercantile Hotel this Saturday December 14th. It would be a good time to learn some more steps and(/or) develop your fledgling or more advanced skills (depending on who you are). The particulars are given below. We will be teaching Foxtrot. Come let us whup you into shape so that you can shine at…

 

The 2nd Annual Wintertide Ball which will be held Saturday December 21st in Mt. Shasta Park in the main lodge. Dress in your finest (or your funnest) and come kick up your heels (or your toes… oh, quelle la helle, go ahead and kick up the feet and legs as well!). There will be camaraderie, eats and, of course, dancing. There will be Christmas music to dance to, but it won’t all be strictly Ballroom; we will do a Virginia Reel, The Gay Gordons, a Taxi Dance and other fun dance activities as well. Bring your favorite dish and get a discount at the door!

 

 

See you on the dance floor.

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This week’s schedule:

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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:

 

Tues. Dec 10: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom RUMBA 6:45-7:45 pm

Wed. Dec. 11: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s Noon-1:00 pm

Wed. Dec. 11: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): WALTZ 6:45-7:45 pm

Thur. Dec. 12: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): WALTZ 6:45-7:45 pm

 

SCHEDULE FOR December CLASSES:

Tuesday night Beginning Class; will be Rumba.

Wednesday night; will be Waltz

Thursday night; we will be repeating Waltz.

 

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

 

This Friday, December 13 (also next Friday Dec. 20)

 

Group Class is at 6:30-7:30

Cost $10 per person

 

If anyone else wishes to schedule a private lesson on those days (or perhaps a different day?), please e-mail us or call us at the contact information below.

 

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SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: December 14

At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation District

1315 Nixon Rd.

Dudes & Daisies Lodge

 

This month’s dance: FOXTROT

 

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 by giving you more control over your balance, timing and power.

 

11:00 – Noon – Amalgamations. Putting the drills you worked on in the first hour to work in the actual steps as you develop more control over the steps, floorcraft and yourself.

 

Cost : $10 per person

$5 youth discount

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Saturday evening Lesson and Dance Party this weekend: December 14

At The McCloud Mercantile Hotel

241 Main Street, McCloud, CA

Grand Room , 2nd Floor (come and see their beautiful Christmas tree display)

 

7:00-8:00 Lesson in Foxtrot

8:00-10:00 Dance/Practice Party

 

Cost: $10 per person

$5 youth discount

 

Refreshments Provided.

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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 it to 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 & SPECIAL EVENTS 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 times more convenient to you. Also, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Anniversaries are all great places to include Ballroom Dancing.

 

We are also available to lecture, demonstrate or perform at any event you would like to liven up.

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For Important information regarding the salutary effects of Ballroom Dance toward preventing or drastically reducing the development of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, follow this link: http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm

to special report of an article originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine. If you are interested in any of the other health or social benefits of Ballroom Dance, contact us and we will be happy to go over them with you. Remember, the sooner you start, the more protected you will be.

 

 

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)

Healing House, McCloud CA

davisnixon@msn.com

 

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