Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – October 29th 2018
ear Dancers,
Election Day comes early! No, not THAT election day, this one: in our Wednesday night Swing/Jive class, we will be having you, the students, vote on how this class will proceed.
Will it continue on as a Swing/Jive class? Will it become a beginning Night Club Two Step class? Or might it even become a beginning Salsa class. It will be up to you, so be sure and attend to get your own personal two cents in (or “tuppence”, as they call it in the British Isles).
This class will remain on Wednesdays (instead moving on to Thursday), no matter what the decision, as that seems to be working so well for so many. So, come out and vote for your favorite dance this Wednesday night Oct. 31st (6:45 – 7:45 pm) or if you can’t make it, send in your vote by e-mail and let us know your druthers and we will let you know by next Monday’s newsletter what the results are.
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The Thursday night class spent the month of October PRETENDING to be a Waltz class but has actually been a very advanced Bolero class (since all of the attendees had attended the preceding Bolero class and just didn’t want it to end – so it didn’t). So, this month it is back, only this time as an actual Waltz class. Those of you who have been wringing your hands and sobbing yourselves to sleep over having failed to take advantage of the chance to waltz may now emit shrieks of triumph & gladness and do hand-springs of joy. And take the bloomin’ Waltz class this time! ‘Nuff said.
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 30: – No classes (until 11/20 & 11/27) – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Oct 31: – Beginning/Intermediate: SWING/JIVE – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Nov 1: – Intermediate/Advanced: WALTZ – 6:45 – 7:45pm
November: Dances
Tues. – 11/20 & 11/27: TBA soon (no classes 11/6 & 11/13)
Wed. – TBA (Salsa?/Night Club 2 Step?/Swing-Jive? -you decide!)
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced Waltz
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: 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: November 3, 10, 17, 24
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: Quickstep 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 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
December: Quickstep II (or possibly Viennese 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 & your best bet of reaching us)
415) 215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
Please: no texts -our phones 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.