Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – January 6th 2020
Dear All,
What?! It’s the 6th of January in the new year and you haven’t danced yet in 2020? Well, we’ll just have to remedy that immediately! Starting tomorrow are beginning the simplest, easiest-to-learn dance of all time: the American Style Foxtrot. Come on day one (Tuesday night) and get in at the beginning. You won’t be sorry (unless you don’t come)!
Hold on a second, Rick; wait a minute, Peggy! Didn’t we see Foxtrot start on Tuesday nights in December 2019? How can we be “getting in at the beginning”? Simple: we will be starting with the most basic, the most beginning, the easiest steps of the Short Rhythm. (Last month we taught the most basic, beginning and easiest steps of the Long Rhythm.) So come join us and get in at the beginning!
Wednesdays will still be Two Step, and we will be picking it up where we left off last month with perhaps more emphasis on the Country Two step this month. This will probably be the last month of Two Step so git while the gittin’s good!
And Thursday, Quickstep will also continue another month as well. Everyone’s starting to get it really good so we are forging ahead . It’s not too late to join us and catch up.
And Fridays in Fort Jones is still at the beginning, rudimentary levels of Cha-cha, so dust off those dancing shoes, oil those feet and jump in with the rest of the class. It’s not even remotely too late for beginners!
The Saturday class is continuing with the Waltz because everyone is progressing so nicely, but since everyone works at their own level in that class, beginners are always welcome. This would not be a bad class for starting your dancing careers!
Since 2020 is the year of seeing clearly, why don’t you see your way clear to take up dancing for the life time of benefits that dancing provides, not the least of which will be: the ability to dance!
Be seeing you in classes.
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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. Jan. 7: Beginning Foxtrot 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Jan 8: Beginning/Intermediate NC 2step & Country 2step 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Jan 9: Intermediate/Advanced Quickstep 6:45 – 7:45pm
February Dances:
Tues. – Beginning: Merengue & Rumba
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: Foxtrot
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,
This Friday! 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.
GIFT CERTIFICATES
(for Fort Jones Gift Certificates, see below this section)
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| 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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