Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – December 2nd 2019
Dear All,
For your convenience we have brought the Holiday Gift Certificates section up from the dungeons (the very bottom of the newsletter) and have put it at the end of this section (and before the class information sections) so that you can access it more easily.
And don’t forget, the November Dance Party at Lake Shastina is happening THIS Friday (December 6th) so that those of you who had family obligations for Thanksgiving would not have to miss it. Same times (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm); same place (Lake Shastina Club House (15244 Driftwood Lane, Lake Shastina); same or greater amounts of fun! Come join us. (And also don’t forget that the more gift certificates you get for someone the sooner you will have someone new to dance with at the party! Or get some for yourself, thereby giving yourself the gift of having even more fun at the Dance Party!)
The new dance for Tuesday nights this month will be Foxtrot, one of the easiest, most basic of the ballroom dances and a good place for you to drag those friends you think would enjoy (and definitely benefit from) dancing. And a good place to start honing your own skills to greater levels of proficiency!
The Two Step will move to Wednesday and you will learn more new steps. If those of you who attend want to learn the Country Two Step as well, show up and tell us and we will inject some of those steps into the class as well.
In a break from tradition, this month on Thursdays we will be introducing the Quickstep instead of moving the Wednesday night class on up. The Quickstep is a more advanced dance, hence not entirely suitable for the Tuesday beginning class, so we are going to introduce it to the more advanced class on Thursday instead.
Make no mistake, this will be a beginning class, and even our beginning students will be able to join. Just expect it to be a teensy bit more complex (but a lot of fun) than what you are used to in a beginning class. We heartily encourage all to join us for this holiday-like dance.
So, come join us for a party, two new dances and a new dancing experience.
Be seeing you in class.
Holiday Gift Certificates:
GIFT CERTIFICATES
(for Fort Jones Gift Certificates, see below this section)
| Basic Package | |||||||||||
| Four classes for $25. | |||||||||||
| Eight classes for $50. | |||||||||||
| Ten Classes for $60. | |||||||||||
| 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.
GIFT CERTIFICATES for FORT JONES
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THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Dec 3: Beginning Foxtrot 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Dec 4: Two Step –Night Club & Country 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Dec 5: Quickstep 6:45 – 7:45pm
December Dances:
Tues. – Beginning: – Foxtrot
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: – Two Step – Nightclub & Country
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced: –Quickstep (for the holidays)
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: December 20th ( also Dec. 27th)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: New dance! CHA-CHA-CHA! Join us now and get in at the start!
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 Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd.
Mt. Shasta, CA
Saturday Mornings: December 7, 14, 20, 28
Dance: WALTZ
9:30 – 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: 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 – 11:30am: 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
December dance: WALTZ (possibly w/Viennese Waltz added)
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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
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.