Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – October 27th 2015
Dear All,
Here we are at the end of October already. That means that this is the last week to do Samba (though you will get another month to do Foxtrot when it moves to the Thursday night slot and two more months to do Rumba as it moves to Wednesday and finally Thursday in December).
In case you hadn’t noticed, Saturday is Halloween, so we hope you will all come to the Quickstep class on Saturday morning because the best way to dance away from marauding monsters, vampires, ghouls and werewolves is by using the Quickstep, the fastest of all the dances (Note: you don’t need to worry about zombies. . . you could Merengue away from zombies – they are so slow).
So, if not for the love of the dance itself, then for the preservation of your own hides, come learn the fastest way to evade certain destruction while still having a good time.
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. Oct. 27: – Beginning Rumba -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. Oct 28: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s -12:15 – 1:15 pm
Wed. Oct. 28: – Foxtrot -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. Oct. 29: – Samba -6:45 – 7:45 pm
November’s Dances:
Tues. – Tango
Wed. – Rumba
Thur. – Foxtrot
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 November visits will be: Nov 20th & 27th
Group class: 6:30-7:30 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
Shasta Park Dance Hall
(aka Dudes & Daisies Lodge)
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31.
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: Quickstep
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: WALTZ
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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)
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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