Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – February 4th 2019

Dear All,

Please note: our Tuesday Foxtrot will be moving to Wednesdays this month becoming Beginning/Intermediate (beginner welcome).

And don’t forget, those of you who are in the Weed/Yreka (and all points in between or slight east or west of Yreka – or anybody anywhere else): Our College of The Siskiyous Ballroom Dance Class commences tomorrow (Tuesday) night (2/5/2019) at 6:30 pm! There are still between 6 to 8 spots left open and you can register right in class at the first session!

Do come join us and have a blast (and we don’t mean a blast of cold air!). If you want to sign up on-line, all of the information needed to do that is directly below this greeting (right after the “see you there”.

Sadly, this means no Tuesday night class at the Wellness Center for about six weeks, but if you are a member of the Wellness Center, you can utilize the space to practice until we get back! Not so sad after all!

And the Cha-cha will move to Thursday nights and become really fun! So take a break from shoveling snow and shuffle off to Buffalo (that’s slang for “learn to dance” -it’s only our good luck that it rhymes)!

See you there.

Our beginning series at the College of The Siskiyous in Yreka commences tomorrow!

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 5^th through March 12^th, 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 2^nd through May 7^th, 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. Feb 5: No class this month – 6:45-7:45pm

Wed. Feb 6: Beginning/Intermediate Foxtrot – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Thur. Feb 7: Intermediate/Advanced Cha-Cha – 6:45 – 7:45pm

February Dances:

Tues. – College of The Siskiyous Yreka Ballroom Dance Class

Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate Foxtrot

Thur. –Intermediate/Advanced Cha-Cha

You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend Wellness Center 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 15th

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person

Dance: 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.

Our beginning series at the College of The Siskiyous in Yreka commences tomorrow! 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.

Saturday Morning Technique Class

Mt. Shasta City Park

Dance Lodge

1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca

Saturday Mornings: February: 2, 9, 16, 23

9:45 – 11:45 am

Dance: Foxtrot 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

March dance: Waltz 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

davisnixon@msn.com

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)
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.

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).