Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – January 21st 2019
Dear All,
Congratulations to all of you who made dancing a New Year’s priority. I know that we are three weeks in, but we are still at the beginning, so thank you all for your efforts and your enthusiasm.
We promise you that if you keep it up you will be able to dance! The longer you train the better you will dance and the more dances you will have in your “vocabulary”, of course, which will make the fun quotient shoot through the roof (which means you will have a lot more of it). And as much fun as you are now having in class learning, triple . . . nay, quadruple it and you will have the tiniest notion of how much fun you will be having soon in the not-too-distant future.
Good news for those of you who had to miss the Foxtrot class last week, we only added two new steps (almost identical) so you haven’t missed much and will be able to slip right in when you come back this week.
And the Cha-cha class is only getting more & more fun by the week. Not too late to join that one, either.
Finally, the Viennese Waltz class is, by remaining basic, making the Viennese Waltz more accessible to all involved. So become one of those (involved) and develop yet more skills.
And one step past “finally”, we encourage those of you who would like a broader view of the dances to attend our Cos classes in February. We will spend six weeks learning the Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango & Cha-cha from the beginning levels. Those of you who took this class last year, we will be learning fewer dances, but more steps and a lot more review so that you will remember everything this time. Registration info just below.
Come join us!
Don’t forget our beginning series up in Yreka at the College of The Siskiyous!
It will be a great place for beginners to start, a great place for those of you who took last year’s class to review and learn new steps and a great place for the more advanced dancer to hone their skills.
Register on-line, in person at the campus or come to the first day of class and sign up there (where we will enroll you ourselves). Couples, singles, everyone is welcome.
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Tuesdays, February 5th through March 12th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Yreka Campus (2001 Campus Drive) Rm 7, Course numbers 3412, XFW0311-01
Dances: Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango & Cha-cha
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Tuesdays, April 2nd through May 7th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Yreka Campus (2001 Campus Drive) Rm. 7, Course numbers 3413, XFW0310-01
Dances: Waltz, Samba, Swing/Jive & Salsa
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Jan 22: Beginners start here! Foxtrot – 6:45-7:45pm
Wed. Jan 23: Beginning/Intermediate Cha-cha – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Jan 24: Beginning/Intermediate Viennese Waltz – 6:45 – 7:45pm
February Dances:
Tues. – TBA
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate Foxtrot
Thur. –Intermediate/Advanced Cha-Cha
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
Our next visit: Friday, February 1st & 15th
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. |
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Dance Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: January 5, 12, 19, 26
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: Foxtrot 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
February’s dance: Foxtrot II
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.
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) |
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| One Private Lesson for $60. | |
| Two Private Lessons for $100. | |
| Four Private Lessons for $180.
Obtainable at:
The Wellness Center on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday between 6:45 pm & 8:00 pm The Wellness Center on Saturday & Sunday between 12:00 n & 6:00 pm The Wellness Center on Monday between 5:00 n & 9:00 Or by phone or e-mail anytime.
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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
Fort Jones Community Center every other Friday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (See above for exact dates.). Or any time by phone or e-mail (or at The Wellness Center at any of the times listed above). |