Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – November 20th 2017

Dear All,

As you can see in the schedule below, no classes on Thanksgiving.  We used to try to hold classes on Thanksgiving, but the only students who came were turkeys disguised as human beings in a weak attempt to dodge the axe.  Not bad dancers, but lousy tippers.

We will still hold classes on Tuesday and Wednesday as usual, for those of you who will be in town.  Samba alone can clear out enough latent calories for the whole holiday.

Come join us so you can set-to on Thanksgiving Day with a clear conscience.  And if you have any family members who might come trotting in to town for some turkey, bring them along!

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.  November 21   – Beginning SAMBA                        6:45 – 7:45 pm

Wed.   November 22:  – Beg/Intermediate WALTZ          6:45 – 7:45 pm

Thur.   November 23:  – No Class tonight          HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

December 2017 Dances 

Tues.  – Beginning:   NIGHT-CLUB 2 STEP  (December only)

Wed. –  Beg/Int.:       SAMBA

Thur. –  Int./Adv.:      WALTZ

 

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

 Our next visit:    Fridays December 1st & 22nd

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person

  Dance:    Beginning-esque 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 Hall

1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca

 

Saturday Mornings:  November 4, 11, 18, 25

9:45 – 11:45 am

This month’s dance:   QUICKSTEP

 

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 those drills you worked on in the first hour to work in the actual Figures of the dance, allowing you to develop more control over the steps, floor craft and yourself.

 

COST:  $15/person

               $10/person youth discount

 

December:      INTERNATIONAL FOXTROT

 

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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 – if we’re not at home)

McCloud CA

davisnixon@msn.com

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.