Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – August 5th, 2019

Dear All,

Hot enough for ya’? Well it’s too hot for us. Luckily, the classroom at the Wellness Center is nice and air-conditioned. As in cool. Almost as cool as dancing can be. So, double your coolness and come to our dance classes at the Wellness Center!

This month’s new dance will be beginning Samba, starting on Tuesday. If you have been lamenting that you would love to ballroom dance, but it just isn’t aerobic or strenuous enough, this is the dance for you. Between the vigorous steps, the torso twisting technique and the aerobic routines, Samba will take care of all your fitness needs.

Or just come to learn the dance. It is a really fun one.

This Saturday’s technique class will be held (hoorah, hoorah!) at the McCloud Dance Hall at 9:30 (to 11:30) and will be the first of the Latin Technique workshops for August. These classes will really sharpen up your Latin Dance skills, making the steps easier to dance and also making you look better than you have ever looked before. We will have mirrors up on the last day to prove it. Join us.

Finally, it looks like our COS classes are going to be held on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm starting on September 17^th and running until October 24^th. We will have all of the pertinent information next week (with a smattering of impertinent information, just to keep things balanced).

See you all there (whichever “there” you wish).

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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE

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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:

633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057

Tues. Aug. 6: Beginning Samba – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Wed. Aug. 7: Beginning/Intermediate Waltz – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Thur. Aug. 8: Intermediate/Advanced Bolero – 6:45 – 7:45pm

September Dances:

Tues. – Beginning Swing

Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate Samba

Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced Waltz

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

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Fort Jones Community Center:

Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)

11960 East Street, Fort Jones,

Our next visit will be; Friday August 16^th (also in August: Friday the 30^th)

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person

Dance: Waltz

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.

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Saturday Morning Technique Class

Location; McCloud Dance Hall

104 Pine St.

McCloud, CA

Saturday Mornings: August 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31

Dance: Latin Technique! (Rumba, Cha-cha, Samba, Salsa & Swing)

9:30 – 10:30 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?

10:30 – 11:30 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

September dance: Quickstep

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College of The Siskiyous

Fall Semester: September 17 – October 24 more pertinent information next week.

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PRIVATE LESSONS 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

Cheer,

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

(Gift Certificates for Fort Jones listed below)

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).