Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – August 28th 2017
 Dear All,
Here it is, the last week of August. Finally, all of the RVs and fifth wheels and pick-up trucks towing aquatic vehicles will depart for the rest of the year (plus the first half of next year) and the highways will be our own again. Free-flowing and easy transport to dance class will resume once again.
And so, we expect to see you back in force, if not this week, then definitely by next week, when we can all celebrate the back-to-school month (September) by . . . dare I say it . . . coming back to school (Dance School, that is).
Still, since this is the last week for August’s dances, make sure you come to class to put the final polish on the steps you have all worked so hard to master this month. Otherwise, we will be forced to put a slap-dash “spit shine” on your work early next week to make up for it, and you don’t want that. Nobody wants that.
So come to classes this week for an expectorant-free September (if for no other reason).
See you there.
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. August 29: – Beginning TANGO 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. August 30: – Parkinson’s: cancelled this week 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Wed. August 30: – Beg/Intermediate RUMBA 6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. August 31: – Int./Advanced FOXTROT 6:45 – 7:45 pm
September 2017 Dances
Tues. – Beginning: Cha Cha Cha
Wed. – Beg/Int.: Tango
Thur. – Int./Adv.: International Style Rumba
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
 Our next visit will be: Sept. 8 (& Sept. 22)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: New Dance! Beginning Foxtrot
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: Sept 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
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
October 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 -best)
415) 215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
Please: no texts -we don’t receive them, for some reason
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.