Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 18th 2017
Dear All,
We are so excited about having started a new dance for the Fort Jones Dancers. Even though we started last time around (9/8/2017), we have barely just begun and it would still be a good time to join with us.
Don’t forget, the American Style (aka Social Style) Foxtrot is the easiest of all the dances to learn, and by learning it, one increases one’s ability to learn the other dances exponentially, which makes this is a wonderful dance with which to get started or to start again (not to mention fun to do all by itself!).
So, if you live in the Fort Jones area (or even if you don’t) you are welcome to take advantage of this entry level dance opportunity and come join us this Friday and enter the world of enjoyment, accomplishment and coordination.
As for the Mt. Shastites (Mt. Shastans? …Mt. Shastians? …Mt. Shastains? …Mt. Shasties? …how about the Mt. Shastaliens {you know which ones we’re talking about, here!} Take your pick or, better yet, offer us a more appropriate name), we look forward to seeing you throughout the week.
Come to class and make our day (by your mere presence alone) and we will do everything in our power to make yours.
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 19: Beginning CHA-CHA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. September 20: – Parkinson’s: cancelled this week 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Wed. September 20: – Beg/Intermediate TANGO 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. September 21: – 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 $5.00/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!  Sept. 22nd
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Â 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 seem to 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.