Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County and Northern Califonia – December 16th 2014
Dear Dancer,
Some important announcements for this week before Christmas:
First, if you want to give the gift of dance this year by purchasing one of our holiday gift certificates, this would be the time to do it, because we will be out of town next week. You can find the particulars (the different packages and their cost) on our website, mtshastadance.com, or call us at the number below.
Keep in mind that as there will be no classes held next week until Saturday (the 27th), this week will be the last week to get a certificate for that special, two left-footed someone and bring the joy of dance (and right-footedness) into their lives.
Second, this Friday, December 19th, we will be holding an informal Christmas get-together at the McCloud Mercantile (241 Main St. McCloud) in their Grand Room, upstairs. It will start with a class at 7:00 (Waltz) with open dancing (code for “whatever you want” -we will be playing Christmas dance music as well and doing a couple of group dances such as the Gay Gordons) from 8:00 until the roof re-settles on the building. Cost $10 /person. We will be supplying treats for snacks, but if anyone else wants to bring something tasty to add to the festiveness of the evening, you are welcome to do so. Bringing treats is encouraged but by no means required.
Looking forward to having you join us for this relaxed but festive gathering. And in classes throughout the week.
See you there.
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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. Dec. 16: Salsa Beginning —————————- 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. Dec 17: Waltz Beginning/Intermediate ———6:45-7:45 pm
Thur. Dec 18: Quickstep Intermediate/Advanced —6:45-7:45 pm
Fri. Dec 19: Ballroom For Parkinson’s ——12:15-1:15pm
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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MT. SHASTA PARK, DUDES & DAISIES LODGE:
1315 Nixon Rd.
Mt. Shasta, CA
SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: December 20, 27
9:45 – 11:45 AM
This Saturday’s dance; QUICKSTEP
9:45 – 10:45 am- 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 am – 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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FORT JONES COMMUNITY CENTER:
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 min. from Yreka)
11960 East Street Fort Jones, CA
Our next visit will be: Fridays, January 9 & 23
Group Class is: 6:30-7:30
We are still learning the basic steps of: 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 Monday, please e-mail us or call us at the contact information below…
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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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