Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 9th 20019

Dear All,

Winter do be a’coomin, and I tank it blow purty soon purty hard! What better time to start bringing your indoor activities up to speed. Not all at once . . . maybe just a class here, a class there to start (we wouldn’t want your bodies to go into shock from lack of exposure to the great outdoors). Then, keep adding until you reach your own individual capacities.

Before you know it, you will be able to handle indoor environments for hours at a time with only minimal withdrawal symptoms from the lack of exposure. So why not make it a dance class? Why not make it three? Four? Okay, five, but that’s as high as we go in a week (and you would have to attend Fort Jones’ classes to make it five).

Don’t go hog wild right off the bat (unless Riding the Wild Hog is your Life Philosophy – then go for it!): try Swing (Tuesday Nights) first. You will have so much fun, you won’t even realize your inside.

And that applies to Samba (Wednesday Nights), Waltz (Thursday Nights) and Swing again (Friday Nights) as well. With such an excellent cross-representation of dance that is going on right now (September), there should be something for everybody (or anybody).

So be Somebody and come dance with us.

See you there.

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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE

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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:

633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057

Tues. Sept. 10: Beginning Swing – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Wed. Sept. 11: Beginning/Intermediate Samba – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Thur. Sept 12: Even more Intermediate Waltz – 6:45 – 7:45pm

October Dances:

Tues. – Beginning Salsa

Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate Swing

Thur. – Intermediate Samba

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,

This Friday! Sept. 13th (also Friday Sept. 27^th)

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person

New Dance: Beginning SWING first class! Attend or manifest your existence as an equilateral rectangle (be there or be square)!

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

Mt. Shasta Park

Dance Hall

1315 Nixon Rd.

Mt. Shasta, CA

Saturday Mornings: September 6, 13, 20, 27

Dance: QUICKSTEP

9:45 – 11:00 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: Hip Action (Rotation, Sinking, Isolation, etc.) Foot action (motility, bounce, control, etc.), Arm Action & Rib-cage action (Isolation, Side Extension, etc.). 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?

11:00 – 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

October dance: Quickstep II

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College of The Siskiyous

Ballroom Dance: Fall Semester:

Unsurprisingly, Classes Cancelled.

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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.

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).