Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – March 25th 2014
Dear Dancer,
Last Friday’s Dance Party (aka Carla’s Dance Party) was another great evening of dance. Everyone had a great time dancing and eating and sampling the local brews. Next one in April will be a different Friday (not the third) but we need to work that out and will let you all know as soon as we do.
This Saturday at the Mt. Shasta Park we are going to have another practice party with lesson (open to all levels). Come dance the Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Cha-cha, Waltz, Samba, Swing/Jive, Salsa, Bolero, Quickstep and others. We will be there to take requests and offer advice (if asked) and answer any questions that you may wish to ask, We are also there to stand aside and just let you dance your heart out/ass and-or socks off.
So, whether you want to come practice, learn something new, develop your skills, or just socialize and dance, the Saturday Night Dance party is the place to do it. Lookfing forward to seeing you there.
See you on the dance floor.
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This week’s schedule:
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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:
Tues. March 25: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Cha Cha 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. March 26: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s (no class this week only)
Wed. March 26: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): Foxtrot 6:45-7:45 pm
Thur. March 27: 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 29th
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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Saturday Evening Dancing this week: March 29th
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation:
1315 Nixon Rd.
Main Lodge
7:00-8:00 lesson in Foxtrot
8:00-10:00 Open/practice Dancing
Cost: $10 entire evening
$7 lesson only
$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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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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