Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – October 15th 218
Dear Dancers,
Nothing funny has happened this week (not even in Washington) so there has been no parasympathetic vibrations in my funny-bone (not THAT funny-bone! And not that kind of funny!). So: through no fault of my own, no funnies this week.
Swing class is going full bore, with everyone having a great time (as well as learning how to dance). Still not too late to join the fun!
The Thursday night class is also being fun (remaining a Bolero class at the behest of the students whilst pretending to be a Waltz class to the general public – perhaps reflecting just a hint of subversiveness on the part of all involved).
And the Saturday morning class is still helping dancers achieve their full potential as dancers, just as it was meant to do at its inception.
And tomorrow (Tuesday) is the last day to sign up for the Salsa class in Yreka at the COS campus (2001 Campus Drive). Show up at 6:30 pm (to 8:30) in Room 7 (Building 2) and we will have enrollment forms for you. It’s a nice small class so you will get lots of individual attention as well as learn one of the world’s most popular dances!
Come join us in each and/or every class.
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. Oct 16: – No class this month – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Oct 17: – Beginning/Intermediate: SWING/JIVE – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Oct 18: – Intermediate/Advanced: WALTZ – 6:45 – 7:45pm
November: Dances
Tues. – TBA
Wed. – Intermediate/Advanced Swing
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced Waltz-No-Really-This-Time
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
This Friday! October 19th
November Dates: 9th & 30th
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
New 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.
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Dance Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: October 6, 13, 20, 27
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: 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. Or, in other words, allowing you to 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
November: 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 & your best bet of reaching us)
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.