Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – October 7th 2014
Dear Dancer,
Update on the Thursday night class: not enough of the Weed (and environs) contingent can make it to Mt. Shasta so we are holding off on Thursdays until we can find a venue in the Weed environs. So no Thursday night class in Mt. Shasta as we had announced in the last newsletter. We will let you all know when the Thursday night class fires up again.
Another change: The Fort Jones schedule has been changed. We will be there this week (Oct. 10th) as promised, but the 24th has been changed to the 31st due to a scheduling conflict at the Community Center. Yes, we know that that is Halloween, and you are welcome to come wearing whatever costume in which you are planning to later go out and engage in shenanigans, but the choice is optional. (I have not been feeling like myself, lately so I may come as myself by way of a costume. Spooky, what?)
Aside from these two announcements, October starts in earnest this week, so come learn this month’s dances and add this month’s steps and figures to your growing repertoire.
See you on the Dance Floor.
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This week’s schedule
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THE MT. SHASTA WELLNESS CENTER:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta CA, 96067
Tues. Oct 7: Beginning Rumba 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. Oct. 8: Cha Cha 6:45-7:45 pm
Fri. Oct 3: Ballroom for Parkinson Noon-1:00pm
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
Friday’s in October : 10th & 31st
Group Class is at 6:30-7:30
We have started a new series, teaching: Waltz
Cost $10 per person
It is by no means too late to join us. We are still working on the basics, so come one, come all.
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: October 11, 18, 25,
MT. SHASTA CITY PARK, DUDES AND DAISIES LODGE:
1315 Nixon Rd., Mt. Shasta CA
9:45 – 11:45 AM
This month’s dance; FOXTROT (International Style)
9:45 – 10:45 – Technique Drills in International Standard & American Smooth Style Dances. Focusing on the elements that make partner dancing more fluid, dynamic, powerful and fun: Lowering, Rotation, Swing and Sway. Developing these basic movement skills will improve your performance in, not just this dance, but all of the dances by giving you more control over your balance, timing and power. And that’s just too much fun to miss out on. So give it a try.
10:45 – 11:45 – 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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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
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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