Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – December 17th 2018
Dear Dancers,
As a sort of belated Christmas present, we would like to present to you our new Spring line-up of COS classes. How can a Christmas present be belated when there is still more than a week left before Christmas? Simple: you won’t get it until February 5th at the earliest, making it a belated Christmas present!
But you can start enrolling now (or enrolling a family member, friend or adored acquaintance and then telling them about it on Christmas Day as a . . . voila! . . . Christmas present!). The registration information follows:
Tuesdays, February 5th through March 12th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Yreka Campus (2001 Campus Drive) Rm 7, Course numbers 3412, XFW0311-01
And:
Tuesdays, April 2nd through May 7th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Yreka Campus (2001 Campus Drive) Rm. 7, Course numbers 3413, XFW0310-01
We will be teaching 5 dances for each session (both the one beginning in February and the one beginning in April) so you will get two hours of each dance (instead of the one hour for each dance we offered last Spring) plus a final week of review and “re-memorification”. That means more steps for each dance!
We will discuss which dances later.
Meanwhile, back in the moment, Christmas is still around the corner and we won’t be held responsible for all of the boo-hoos and lamentations and gnashings of teeth that you will be hearing from everyone who did not get the gift of dance for Christmas, so we leave it up to you to spread the joy. We will do our part once they get there, all you have to do is get them there.
Pricing information can be found just beneath this introduction.
And, once the madness of Christmas shopping is over, you can relax and blow off steam by attending a . . .
New Year’s Eve Celebration! On December 29th 9:00-12:00 at Watson’s Veteran’s Club (on Main Street, Mt. Shasta), the group Jefferson Justice will be playing and they have told us to prepare for a night of Swing music and Country Two-Step music. At last, a chance to dance socially instead of academically. No Cover Charge!
So, come dance, come share the joy of dancing and we wish Happy Holidays to all!
HOLIDAY GIFT CERTIFICATES
| Basic Package | |
| Four classes for $20. | |
| Eight classes for $40. | |
| Ten Classes for $50. | |
| Private Lesson Package
(at any available location with sufficient space) |
|
| One Private Lesson for $60. | |
| Two Private Lessons for $100. | |
| Four Private Lessons for $180.
Obtainable at:
The Wellness Center on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursday between 6:45pm & 8:00pm The Wellness Center on Saturdays & Sundays between 12:00 n & 6:00 pm The Wellness Center on Mondays between 5:00 pm & 9:00pm Mt. Shasta Park’s Dance Hall on Saturdays between 10:00 am & 11:45 am Fort Jones Community Center on Friday December 21st between 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm
(Fort Jones Holiday Gift Certificate Pricing may be found under the Fort Jones section of this Newsletter.) |
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Dec 18: Beginning: Cha-Cha – 6:45-7:45pm
Wed. Dec 19: Intermediate: Swing/Country 2 Step – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Dec 20: Intermediate/Advanced: Waltz – 6:45 – 7:45pm
January: Dances
Tues. –Beginning Foxtrot
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate Cha-Cha
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced Viennese 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
Fort Jones Community Center:
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)
11960 East Street, Fort Jones, CA
This Friday! December 21st (your next dates: 1/4/2019 & 1/18/2019)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Beginning/Intermediate 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.
HOLIDAY GIFT CERTIFICATES for FORT JONES
| Basic Package (at Fort Jones Community Center) |
| One classes for $10. |
| Two classes for $20. |
| Four Classes for $40. |
| Private Lesson Package (at any available location with sufficient space) |
| One Private Lesson for $60. |
| Two Private Lessons for $100. |
| Four Private Lessons for $180.
Please note that we will only be in Fort Jones one more time before Christmas on 12/21. We will be happy to mail you a gift certificate at any time, so call and place your order early. Thank you. |
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Dance Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: Quickstep 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
January’s dance: FOXTROT I
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.
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.
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.