Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – June 5th 2017

Dear All,

First of all, thank you all for your patience with last weekâ€™s two cancellations. All is well (come to class for details, if you want them) and we appreciate your understanding.

It’s a new month! We are excited to start a new cycle in the Beginning Class with the Foxtrot, which is the easiest, least complex of all the dances.Â This would be an excellent place to begin dancing, or to introduce your non-dancing friends to the magical, enchanting, ensorcelling world of dance or, for our more advanced students, to come back and strengthen your understanding of the dance and advance their technique.

And of course, the Swing and Salsa classes will continue to develop in both complexity and fun. For those of you who find complexity fun, these two dances will develop in double fun.

Join us in as many classes as you wish/can.

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. June 6: – Beginning FOXTROT 6:45 – 7:45 pm

Wed. June 7: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Wed. June 7: – Beg/Intermediate SWING/JIVE 6:45 – 7:45 pm

Thur. June 8: – Int./Advanced SALSA/MAMBO 6:45 – 7:45 pm

July 2017 Dances

Tues. – Beginning: Rumba

Wed. – Beg/Int./: Foxtrot

Thur. – Int./Adv.: Swing/Jive

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

Â Our next visit will be:Â June 16 (also June 23)

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person

Dance: Â 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 Hall Lodge

Â 1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca

Saturday Mornings: June 3, 10, 17 & 24

9:45 – 11:45 am

This month’s dance:Â 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 allÂ 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

July Dance:Â Â Â 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 canâ€™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 Alzheimerâ€™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.