Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – December 30th 2019
Dear All,
Well, one more Christmas under the belt (literally). We’d like to invite you to dance off some of that holiday cheer (the comestible type) but the holidays once again interfere. Since the Wellness Center closes early on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we won’t be able to hold classes on Tuesday or Wednesday nights this week (due to the locked doors).
But Thursday is still on! And the Quickstep is a great dance for holiday rehabilitation, so come join us on Thursday and dance yourselves back into condition. Saturday’s Waltz class is unaffected and will happen as usual (as if learning the techniques of how to dance exquisitely can, in any way, even remotely begin to be called “usual”!)..
You will be pleased to hear that because the holidays cut out so many class days this month, we have decided to continue with December’s classes through January. That way you can really lock the steps in place in your memories and still learn some new ones as well.
The Wednesday & Thursday night classes will pick up where they left off and after a quick review, continue onwards. The Tuesday night Foxtrot class will start at the beginning but with the alternate rhythm steps -SQQ- (which was going to be the next step for the basic rhythm steps -SSQQ- that the class learned in December in any event). That way brand new dancers can start with basic, really easy steps and those of you who have faithfully attended those meager few days in December will continue your training with new steps. Brilliant, if I do say so myself (but if I don’t, then who?)!
So, join us for Quickstep this week if you feel up to it, or wait for the New Year and its attendant new classes and start out the new year with a commitment that this is the year when you learn how to shine on the dance floor (and I don’t mean taking a job polishing dancers’ shoes!)! (More on the topic of resolutions and resoluteness next week – the first full week of classes for 2020.)
Happy New Year to all! Go out and kick up your heels one last time for 2019! Then come to class and learn how to really kick up your heels in 2020!
Be seeing you in classes.
p.s. Gift certificates will still be available for pick up at the Wellness Center both tonight (12/30) between 4:00 p & 9:00 p, and also on Wednesday (1/1/2020) from noon to 6:00p for those of you who may still need a last-minute face-saving gift.
GIFT CERTIFICATES
(for Fort Jones Gift Certificates, see below this section)
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| 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 Monday between 5:00 n & 9:00 pm This Wednesday (New Years Day) between 12:00noon & 6:00pm 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 31: New Year’s Eve No class 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Jan 1: New Year’s Day No class 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Jan 2: Quickstep 6:45 – 7:45pm
January Dances:
Tues. – Beginning: Foxtrot
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: Nightclub 2 step & Country 2 step
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced: Quickstep
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: January 10th (also Jan 24th)
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: January 4, 11, 18, 25
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
January 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.