Ballroom Newsletter,Siskiyou County & Northern California – June 4th 2018
Dear All,
First, the bad news: no Technique class this Saturday (we will be back next Saturday). Then, the good news: no Technique class this Saturday because your instructors will be at a workshop looking for fabulous new steps to teach to YOU!
We will return freshly armed (footed?) with new steps in Bolero, Foxtrot, Swing & Tango just for YOU! And you will see some of those new steps pretty quickly as we are teaching Foxtrot & Tango this month, and Bolero will join the mix in July!
And Tuesdays are back for the Summer (at the very least)! Come learn the Tango in the beginning class this week (6/5) and the rest of June. Then learn even more Tango when it moves to Wednesdays in July!
You will soon be able to stalk your way across dance floors the whole world over (did we mention that Tango is a stalking dance? Well it kinda is. In the funnest sense of the word).
And even though the Rumba and the Foxtrot are staying where they were last month, the Rumba will become Beginning/Intermediate and the Foxtrot will become Intermediate/Advanced, each dance picking up this month where it left off last month.
So, join us for any and all. You know how much fun learning one dance is? Well learning three dances is three times as much fun! We’ll keep the door open, a light in the window and an eye out for you every night. Remember: we’re doing it for YOU!
Be seeing you (in class).
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. June 5: – Beginning – TANGO -6:45-7:45pm
Wed. June 6: – Beginning/Intermediate – RUMBA – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. June 7: – Intermediate/Advanced: – FOXTROT – 6:45 – 7:45 pm
July: Dances
Tues. – Beginners start here: Bolero
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: Tango
Thur. – Int./Adv: Rumba
You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these 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, CA
Our next visit will be: Fridays June 15th & 29th
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Night Club 2 Step
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
No class this Saturday
Saturday Mornings: June 2, 16, 30
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: 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 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
July: 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 -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.