Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 15th 2015
Dear All,
Schedule this week: normal. Classes this week: normal. Teaching this week: normal. And by normal we mean fantastic, spit-on-your-neck, out-of-this-world terrific!!! Fraught with fun, chock full of chuckles, filled with fabulousness and bursting with blagrubity (ok, I couldn’t think of a good “b” word…so sue me!)
It is STILL not too late for beginners to join the beginning Foxtrot class and learn the easiest of all the Ballroom Dances (American Style Foxtrot).
And finally, this week (for the first time this month) Bolero comes to the Thursday night class.
All of this and more from the simple act of dancing (simple once you know how, and that’s where WE come in). Come find out how much more.
See You There.
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Sept. 15: – Beginning Foxtrot 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. Sept 16: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Wed. Sept 16: – Samba 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. Sept 17: – Bolero 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Next month’s dances:
Tues. – Rumba
Wed. – Foxtrot
Thur. – Samba
You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these classes.
Single Class: $7.00
Class Card (for 4 classes or more)
Non-members: $20 for 4 classes (or $5/class)
Wellness Center Members: $20 for 8 classes (or $2.50/class)
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Fort Jones Community Center:
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)
11960 East Street, Fort Jones, CA
Our next visit will be: Sept 25th
Group class 7:00 – 8:00 pm
$10/person
CURRENT DANCE: CHA-CHA
Come one come all and join us for the easiest most basic steps and then continue with the class as the month by month the steps become more advanced.
Anyone interested in scheduling a private lesson on a Friday please e-mail us or contact us at the contact information listed below.
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Dudes & Daisies Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings September 5, 12, 19 & 26
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: International Foxtrot
9:45 – 10:45 am: Technical drills in International and American Smooth Style dances. Focusing on the elements that make Partner dancing more fluid, dynamic, powerful and fun: Lowering, Rotation, Swing, Cant and Sway. Developing these basic skills will improve your performance in not just this dance, but in all of the dances by giving you more control over your balance, timing and power.
And that is just too much fun to miss out on. So what say you 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 of the dance, allowing you to develop more control over the steps, floorcraft and yourself.
COST: $15/person
$10/person youth discount
NEXT MONTH’S DANCE: QUICKSTEP
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PRIVATE LESSONS are AVAILABLE to anyone who would rather learn in a more private or personal environment (i.e. no witnesses) or anyone who wants to progress faster or to anyone who simply wants private lessons.
Also, if circumstance prevents you from attending any of the group classes at their respective times, private lessons are arranged in accordance to your schedule and at your convenience. Contact us by e-mail or by telephone (number below).
GROUP PRIVATES and SPECIAL EVENTS are also available. If you can’t make it to our classes and you have a number of friends and acquaintances who you think might be interested, get them together and we can find a time in which we can come to you at your collective convenience.
Also, WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARIES, ETC. are all great events to include Ballroom Dancing as a group activity. Again contact us to make arrangements or ask questions.
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, comments, expressions of adoration or just to let us know what is up with you. Information regarding our Gift Certificates can be found at our
Website: www.mtshastadance.com
Cheers,
Rick and Peggy Nixon
Ballroom Dance Professionals
415/215-2652 (cell)
Quickening House
McCloud CA
Feel free to pass the newsletter on to anyone 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 and other forms of dementia (with a link to the original article in the New England Journal of Medicine).
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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