Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 11th 2017
 Dear All,
Another week, another few figures of dance. Step by step (so to speak) you are building up your repertoire of dance figures. Dance figures are like words; the more you know, the more thoroughly you can communicate, the more things you can “say” (as it were) with your dancing.
And the more options you have when it comes to maneuvering around the “Savage” (as it were) Dance Floor. You will be able to sail by the butter hazards, the halted leaders who stop to tie their shoe lace in the middle of the dance floor, or easily dodge the kitten-carrying toddler newly escaped from its harness and tottering out into the flow of the dance like a low-lying rock in a river, or leave the heel-treading hot shot behind you in the dust, or graciously circumnavigate the tortoise-paced (but majestic) elderly couple right in front of you slowly (but grandly) perambulating down the hall. To name just a few of the benefits of a greater “vocabulary”.
Dance figures are you friends, your tools, your weapons (if you will) and your salvation. The more you know, the more likely your success, the better your chances of creating beauty, the greater your triumph, the higher your accolades. And, most important of all, the greater your own enjoyment as you push the envelope of fun to heights hitherto undreamed of.
But where do you learn more dance figures? In dance class, where else? Join us this week and build your vocabulary, your armada of steps with which you navigate the tempestuous seas of the open dance floor. In short (if it is not already too late), come to classes this week.
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. September 12: – Beginning CHA-CHA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. September 13: – Parkinson-s: cancelled this week 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Wed. September 13: – Beg/Intermediate TANGO 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. September 14: – Int./Advanced RUMBA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
October 2017 Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Waltz
Wed. – Beg/Int.: Cha-Cha
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Tango
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: Friday, Sept. 22nd
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: New Dance! Beginning Foxtrot
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: Sept 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: 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
October 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.
Website: www.mtshastadance.com
Cheers,
Rick and Peggy Nixon
Ballroom Dance Professionals
530) 853-4147 (home -best)
415) 215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
Please: no texts -we don’t receive them, for some reason
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.