Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyiou County & Northern California – April 25th 2017
Dear All,
Here it is, the last week of April already. For an activity as timeless as dancing, the time certainly seems to rush by. Next thing you know, Bolero will move to Thursday and become more advanced, Salsa will move to Wednesday and become more intermediate and Swing/Jive will appear, as if out of nowhere.
Oh. That is exactly what will be happening in May. But I say, let’s finish April with a bang! Come to classes and shine! Polish those skills you have been honing all month long! Learn that last fancy step you have been working towards all month.
Of course, you could just stay at home and at the stroke of midnight on April 30th, you could leap out of your chair and shout “Shazzam!”. That, too, would finish your month with a bang.
But if you reach down into your own souls; deep, deep down into your own souls, and ask yourself that question which has plagued mankind since the dawn of time: “What would I rather be better at: Dancing or leaping out of chairs and shouting ‘Shazzam!’?”, I think that if you are truly honest with yourselves, you will know what the answer is.
Then come to class and make it so.
See you there.
(Just a “Heads Up” for May: In the first two weeks of May, we will be holding our classes at the Fitness Center at the south end of Mount Shasta in the hand ball court. The Wellness Center will be re-finishing the wood floor in the Classroom so we will have a lovely floor not only for the rest of May, but the rest of all time for your dancing pleasure. More about that next week).
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. April 25: – Beginning SALSA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. April 26: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Wed. April 26: – Beg/Intermediate BOLERO 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. April 27: – Int./Advanced SAMBA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
May 2017 Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Swing/Jive
Wed. – Beg/Int./: Salsa
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Bolero
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
This Friday! April 28th
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Beginning/Intermediate 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 Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: Viennese Waltz
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 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, floor craft and yourself.
COST: $15/person
$10/person youth discount
May Dance: Foxtrot
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.