Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – March 18th 2014

Dear Dancer,

 

Once again it is time for Carla’s Dance Party this Friday (March 21st) at The Mt. Shasta Brewing Co. in Weed (360 College Ave.) The fun starts at 7:00 pm and doesn’t end until 10:00 pm (at which point the fun goes somewhere else and if we can find out where that is, we can continue to have it). Drinks are available and food at the Bistro downstairs.

 

There will be a lecture demonstration of the Nightclub Two Step (again) which will further the progress of those of you who have been coming but will also be easy for anyone new to the dance to pick up if any beginners wish to come. A $5 donation is appreciated.

 

Other than that, it is just a normal week of fabulous opportunities to learn the social enhancing, coordination developing mentally stimulating activity known as ballroom dance (as delineated below).

 

See you on the dance floor.

 

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This week’s schedule:

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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:

 

Tues. March 18: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Cha Cha 6:45-7:45 pm

Wed. March 19: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s Noon – 1:00 pm

Wed. March 19: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): Foxtrot 6:45-7:45 pm

Thur. March 20: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Cha Cha 6:45-7:45 pm

 

This month’s Classes:

Tuesday night Beginning Class; Cha Cha

Wednesday night; Foxtrot

Thursday night; Cha Cha

 

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: Sunday April 6th and Friday April 18th

 

Group Class is at 6:30-7:30

We are currently teaching a series of Beginning Rumba (still not too late to join us)

Cost $10 per person

 

If anyone else wishes to schedule a private lesson on a Friday (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: March 22nd

At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation

1315 Nixon Rd

 

At the Main Lodge

 

This month’s dance; Quickstep

 

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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No Saturday Evening Dancing this week:

 

At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation:

1315 Nixon Rd.

 

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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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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.

 

 

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Relevant Links:

 

http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm Research substantiating that Ballroom Dance combats Alzheimer’s (with a link to the original article in the New England Journal of Medicine).

 

http://youtu.be/He6hR_ohoLE A You Tube video of our Ad currently running on the Siskiyou Media Council’s channels (YCTV 4 and MCTV 15). We haven’t managed to catch it yet. Please let us know if you have seen it air. Thanks.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-rosenzweig/learning-to-wait-howwest_b_4129983.html A nice take on some of the more unexpected benefits of Ballroom Dance.

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