Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – February 5th 2018
Dear All,
Good news: The COS class in Yreka is a go! Minimum enrollment has been met, so the class is on. There is still plenty of room for more to join, and those of you who wish to join now will have the added assurance of knowing that you will be joining a class that is definitely going to be held. You can still pre-enroll (using the information currently listed at the bottom of this announcement) or you can come to class to sign up. Join us yourselves to learn (or to review the basics) or enjoin your friends-who-have-never-danced to join and start learning to dance at the ground floor. We look forward to seeing you there and/or meeting you for the first time.
Unfortunately, this class interferes with the Tuesday night beginning class at the Wellness Center (that was the only time slot COS had available), so we will have to cancel it until the COS classes are over. We will be coming back when this class ends to teach more beginning level classes at the Wellness Center again.
Before the beginners among you begin to bemoan your (danceless) fates, consider joining the COS classes and learning the basic steps of 10 dances. It will be good for any beginner (and also for any more advanced dancer who would like to review the basics).
In the meantime, the Wednesday night class will be available to beginners to join (this month Salsa). Those of you who took Salsa last month on Tuesdays will be able to continue on to learn more steps, and those of you who want to start at the beginning will also be introduced to the basics. Whether you join us at COS or attend on Wednesdays at the Wellness Center, beginners will have somewhere to go in February to learn how to dance.
The Thursday night classes at the Wellness Center will in no way be affected by these changes. Come join us.
Be Seeing You.
Location: Building 2, Room 7 , Yreka COS Campus, 2001 Campus Drive Yreka CA Time: Tuesday evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 for 6 weeks commencing February 6th, 2018 Course number: 34450 Section number: 313-01 (You can find it in the catalogue under Spring Semester 2018 “Fitness & Well Being” XFW).
Dances: Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango, Cha-cha, Waltz, Salsa, Swing, Night Club Two Step and Bolero (plus final review)
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. February 6: – No classes on Tuesdays for this month
Wed. February 7: – Beg/Intermediate Salsa 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. February 8: – Int./Advanced Night-Club 2 Step 6:45 – 7:45 pm
March Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Swing
Wed. – Beg/Int.: Swing (Int.)
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Salsa
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 will be: Friday, February 23rd
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Beginning/Intermediate Foxtrot (still open for beginners to join!)
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: February 3, 10, 17, 14
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: INTERNATIONAL WALTZ II
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
March: Viennese Waltz I
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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.