Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 16th 2019

Dear All,

 

We couldn’t be more excited about starting up our new venue at the Weed Community Center.  The chance to meet new people, introduce a larger community to the joys and benefits of ballroom dance (aka Couple Dancing).

 

This will start out as a beginning series so now would be a good time to let all of those friends of yours who have been amazed and delighted by your dancing skills know that they, too, can learn to dance just like you!

 

Or you yourselves can deepen your own skills and understanding by going through the basics again (so you can still be better than your friends whenever you all go out dancing).

 

And don’t forget, our monthly dance parties up at Lake Shastina are scheduled to start up again the last Friday of October!   In the Weed Community Center classes we will be teaching a few steps of each dance each week (a dance a week) so those who join us will be able to dance a lot at the October dance party.        So join us!

 

And all of our other classes will still be going strong this week:  Swing on Tuesdays, Samba on Wednesdays, Waltz on Thursdays and Quickstep on Saturdays.   Remember. Every day we train we grow a little stronger (and the rest of the world grows a little weaker!).  So join us for those, too!

 

See you there.

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THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

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Weed Community Center

161 East Lincoln Avenue, Weed, CA The Grand Room

 

Days:  Tuesday & Thursdays

Time:  5:00 – 6:00 pm

 

This week’s Dance: Foxtrot

Plan:  We will be starting with the least complex of all the dances and, week    by week, work our way up through to the more complex. 

 

We will begin each dance on Tuesday and then review and expand on Thursday, so if you can only come one day a week, you will still learn enough steps to go out on the dance floor with confidence and if you come to both classes, you will shine!

 

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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:

633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057

Tues. Sept. 17:  Beginning Swing                              – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Wed. Sept. 18:   Beginning/Intermediate Samba    – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Thur. Sept 19:  Even more Intermediate Waltz        – 6:45 – 7:45pm

 

October Dances:

Tues.  – Beginning Salsa

Wed.  – Beginning/Intermediate Swing

Thur.  – Even Intermediate/Advanced 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,

Our next visit:  Friday Sept. 27th   

Time: 7:00-8:00  

$10/person 

 New Dance:  SWING

  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 7, 14, 21, 28

 

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 again!!!!

 

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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. ___________________________________________________________________________   College of The Siskiyous  Ballroom Dance: Fall Semester: Unsurprisingly, Classes Cancelled for the rest of the Fall 2019 semester due to standard COS  incompetency.  __________________________________________________________________________________________

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).