Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 3rd 2018

Dear All,

 

Thanks to all of you (you all?  Y’All?) the Tuesday night Waltz class at COS is a go.  There is still room and it’s not too late to join, so those of you who were desperately wanting to take the Waltz class but were hesitant to commit until you knew it was a sure thing, now (“now” being Tuesday the 4th at 6:30 pm) would be a good time to stampede the classroom and join us.  The more the merrier (and it’s already a pretty merry crowd . . . so the morer the merrierer) we always say.

 

At this point, the best course of action would be to come to class and sign up there.  Looking forward to seeing you there.

 

Or if Salsa is more your thing, we are currently accepting enrollment for the COS Salsa class which will commence on October 9th (the very week after the Waltz class concludes).  The registration information for the Salsa class follows:

 

Course number 7371 – XFW 0311-01, Tuesdays, 10/2/2018 -11/13/2018, 6:30pm -8:30 pm at the Yreka campus (2001 Campus Drive) in room 7.

 

Then, because our Tuesday night instruction at The Wellness Center has been disrupted by our Tuesday night instruction at COS, we are turning our Wednesday night class into Beginners night.  This coming Wednesday (9/5) we will be introducing Swing/Jive to the beginning class. 

 

Come join us for a lively time and quality instruction in this truly American dance.  It’s fun, it’s exciting, it’s aerobic, it’s relatively simple (see what I did there?  I slipped “aerobic” into the middle of the good stuff so that you wouldn’t catch on that it’s good for you, too!). 

 

So, come join us on which-ever day for which-ever dance most tickles your fancy!  We shall bring all of our best fancy-tickling paraphernalia and accoutrements to make sure each and every one of you has his or her fancy well and truly tickled.

 

Oh, and happy Labor Day.

 

 Be seeing you.

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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE

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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:

633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057

Tues.  Sept 4:     – No class this month                                – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Wed.  Sept 5:     – Beginning:               SWING/JIVE                 – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Thur.  Sept 6:   – Intermediate/Advanced:    BOLERO             – 6:45 – 7:45pm

 

October: Dances 

Tues. – No wellness center classes this month

Wed. – Beginning Cha Cha Cha

Thur. – Intermediate Swing

 

You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these classes.

 

                                        CURRENT RATES

     Non-Members:                                                            Members:

$8/Single Class                                                        $8/Single Class

$25/Four class Card                                                $15/Four Class Card

$50/Eight Class Card                                              $30/Eight Class Card

$60/Ten Class Card                                                 $35/Ten Class Card

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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:  Sept 14th (also Sept. 28th)

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person 

  Dance:        Beginning Bolero

  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.

Finishing up Nightclub Two Step this month!  Next month: Bolero.

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Saturday Morning Technique Class

Mt. Shasta City Park

Dance Lodge

 1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca

Saturday Mornings:   September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

9:45 – 11:45 am

Dance:   Waltz I

 

 

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.   Or, in other words, allowing you do dance freely and funly.

And that is just too much fun to miss out on!   So, what say you give it a try?  Eh?

 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

 

October:   Waltz II

 

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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

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.