Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – June 12th 2017
Dear All,
Just to alert you: No Parkinson’s class again this week. It should be back next week.
All other classes are as scheduled. It is still not too late to join the Foxtrot class if you are a beginner (and never too late if you are a more experienced dancer who wants to improve his or her skills).
A little known historical fact: Foxtrot was originally spelled Fawkesdraught (or even more originally: Fawkes’ Draught) after a beverage invented by Guy Fawkes (oh. . .and another little known historical fact: Guy Fawkes invented beverages) that had the unusual effect upon the drinker of causing him or her to leap to his or her feet and start cavorting about in an oddly smooth manner that came to be known by the name of the drink that caused it: Fawkes’ Draught.
And it came down the ages by that name (with only the one minor change in the spelling to Fawkesdraught). Until an American named Harry Fox encountered the beverage (and its effects) on a trip to England in the early 1900s. Being of an entrepreneurial nature, he codified the movements into a dance, changed the spelling to make it look like he was the originator and introduced the movements (but, alas, not the beverage -prohibition, you know) to the American public.  The rest is history.
And that’s the story of the Foxtrot, folks. Remember, you heard it here, first.
See you in class.
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. June 13: – Beginning FOXTROT 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. June 14: – Parkinson’s: cancelled this week 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Wed. June 14: – Beg/Intermediate SWING/JIVE 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. June 15: – Int./Advanced SALSA/MAMBO 6:45 – 7:45 pm
July 2017 Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Rumba
Wed. – Beg/Int./: Foxtrot
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Swing/Jive
You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these classes.
Single Class: $7.00
Class Card (for 4 classes or more)
Non-members: $20 for 4 classes (or $5/class)
Wellness Center Members: $20 for 8 classes (or $2.50/class)
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Fort Jones Community Center:
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)
11960 East Street, Fort Jones, CA
 This week: June 16 (and again on June 23)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Â Beginning/Intermediate Tango
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.
Anyone interested in scheduling a private lesson on a Friday please e-mail us or contact us at the contact information listed below.
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Dance Hall Lodge
 1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: June 3, 10, 17 & 24
9:45 -11:45 am
This month’s dance: Waltz
9:45 – 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: Lowering, Rotation, Swing, Cant and Sway. 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.
And that is just too much fun to miss out on. So, what say you give it a try?
10:45 – 11:45 am: Amalgamations. Putting the drills you worked on in the first hour to work in the actual steps of the dance, allowing you to develop more control over the steps, floor craft and yourself.
COST: $15/person
$10/person youth discount
July Dance: Quickstep
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PRIVATE LESSONS are 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.
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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
Cheers,
Rick and Peggy Nixon
Ballroom Dance Professionals
530/853-4147 (home)
415/215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
Feel free to pass the newsletter on to anyone you think might be interested in attending our classes.
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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.