Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – July 10th, 2017
Dear All,
Peggy will be back any week, now, so you had all better come to class and work hard so you will “shine” when next she sees you. I think you may have two, maybe three weeks at most. Time’s a-wastin’, folks, so let’s get cracking!
On the other hand, if you do poorly when she comes back, she will realize how badly she has been needed and will knuckle down and start “fixing” you all up. Which would be great for her, but perhaps not so good for you (in the short run . . . great in the long run). Your choice.
Yet again the Parkinson’s class is postponed to a later week (until those Parkinson’s students stop gallivanting about the region, settle down and start coming to class again) and, again, if anyone wants to come to that class this week we will be happy to accommodate you. All you have to do is ask and we will be there.
Finally, we get to start Rumba this week (the 4th bumped us out last week). This is the slowest and easiest to learn of all the Latin dances, yet embodies most of the skills that are required for the more difficult dances, so this would be a good place to introduce dance to your as-yet-non-but-soon-to-be dancing friends to introduce them to the joys of partner dancing. Or just come to really develop and strengthen your own dancing skills.
Looking forward to your attendance this week.
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. Â July 11: –Beginning RUMBA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. July 12: – Parkinson’s: cancelled this week 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Wed. July 12: – Beg/Intermediate FOXTROT 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. July 13: – Int./Advanced SWING/JIVE 6:45 – 7:45 pm
August 2017 Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Tango
Wed. – Beg/Int.: Rumba
Thur. – Int./Adv.: Foxtrot
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 Friday! July 14th (also July 28)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: 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 Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
9:45 -11:45 am
This month’s dance:Â QUICKSTEP
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
August Dance: FOXTROT
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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.