Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – November 15th 2016
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Dear All,
First announcement: there will be a change of venue this week only for the Saturday morning Technique Class, it will move next door to the Lower Lodge, still in Mt. Shasta Park. So, if you forget and go to the regular location, 10 seconds of walking will remedy the error.
Second announcement: there will be only one announcement today. (This second announcement brought to you as a public service by the Conservation of Announcements Bureau.)
In lieu of the second announcement, let us once again exhort you all to come to class this week, to better yourselves and by bettering yourselves, better your lives. And by bettering your lives, bettering your community. And by bettering your community, bettering your state. And by bettering your state, bettering your country. And by bettering your country, bettering the world. And by bettering your world, bettering the Solar system. And by bettering your Solar system, bettering the galaxy. And by bettering your galaxy, bettering your universe.
The Universe is counting on you! The whole shebang could fall to the forces of decay and decrepitude if you don’t act now and come to class this week! (But, no worries, no pressure.)
See you there.
Cheers.
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Nov 15: – Beginning Tango -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. Nov 16: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s -12:15-1:15pm
Wed. Nov 16: – Beginning/Intermediate Rumba -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. Nov 17: – Intermediate/Advanced Foxtrot (Int’l) -6:45 – 7:45 pm
December Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Night Club 2 Step
Wed. – Beg/Int./: Tango
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Rumba
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: November 25th (Yes, the day after Thanksgiving, that 25th!)
Group class: 7:00-8:00 pm
$10/person
Dance: New Dance!! Beginning Tango
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
Dance Hall Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: November 5, 12, 19, 26
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: FOXTROT
9:45 – 10:45 am: Technical drills in International and American Smooth Style dances specifically designed to strengthen and improve your dancing and dancing abilities. 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, power and expression.
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 (December): Latin Technique
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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.
Website: www.mtshastadance.com
Cheers,
Rick and Peggy Nixon
Ballroom Dance Professionals
530/853-4147 (home)
415/215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
davisnixon@msn.com
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.