Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – December 11th 2017
Dear All,
Christmas is galloping up on us on little reindeer hooves (and though those hooves be tiny, they are still fast!).
We will be offering the Holiday Gift Certificates right up until Christmas (after which we will only be offering ordinary Gift Certificates, which aren’t nearly so jolly!)
We have moved the Gift Certificate information down to just below our introductory/greeting/announcement section (Fort Jones Gift Certificates have been moved to the Fort Jones section) to minimalize and de-clutter this part of the newsletter, so you can find everything you need to know right there.
As for the rest of the class related announcements, we’re still teaching them so you can keep coming to them. And if anything, they are jollier this time of year than any other. Something to do with the season, no doubt.
Be Seeing you (there).
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Basic Gift Certificate Packages:
(at Mountain Fitness Wellness Center & Mt. Shasta Park or any available location with sufficient space)
Four classes for $20
Eight classes for $40
Ten classes for $50
Private Lesson Packages:
(at Mountain Fitness Wellness Center, Fort Jones & Mt. Shasta Park or any available location with sufficient space)
One Private Lesson for $60
Two Private Lessons for $100
Four Private lessons for $180
You can pick them up at any of the classes we teach or, if you can’t make it at any of those times, you can call us and we will be happy to deliver them or mail them to you (contact info at bottom of newsletter).
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. December 12 – Beginning Night-Club 2 Step 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. December 13: – Beg/Intermediate Samba 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. December 14: – Int./Advanced Waltz 6:45 – 7:45 pm
January Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Salsa
Wed. – Beg/Int.: Night-Club 2 Step
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Samba
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: Friday, December 22nd
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Â 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. Or if you wish to give the gift of dance by purchasing a
Basic Gift Certificate Packages for Fort Jones:
(at The Fort Jones Community Center or any available location with sufficient space)
Four classes for $40
Eight classes for $75
Ten classes for $90
Private Lesson Packages:
(at Mountain Fitness Wellness Center, Fort Jones & Mt. Shasta Park or any available location with sufficient space)
One Private Lesson for $60
Two Private Lessons for $100
Four Private lessons for $180
You can pick them up at any of the classes we teach or, if you can’t make it at any of those times, you can call us and we will be happy to mail them to you (contact info at bottom of newsletter).
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Dance Hall
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings:Â December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: INTERNATIONAL FOXTROT
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
January: WALTZ
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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.