Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern Californi – July 23rd 2018
Dear All,
Well, here it is, the last full week of this month’s schedule and your last shot at the Rumba, period (at least for another ten months or so). Come bid a fond farewell to the Rumba and the Rumba will bid a fond farewell to you with a brand new, never-before taught figure (at least in Siskiyou County {even leaster by us}).
And you won’t want to miss the Tango & Bolero simply because they are the Tango & Bolero and because they are that much fun and more. As Shakespeare once wrote in one of his lesser known sonnets: “When given the chance to join in the dance, grab your pants and don’t look askance . . . Just join in the dance.”
A deep philosophy the embracing of which has so vastly enhanced our lives that our only choice and now our mission is to bring that same enrichment to the lives of others with the intent (and in the hope) that they may be likewise moved and enriched.
Come join the dance with us.
Be seeing you.
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. July 24: – Beginning: BOLERO – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. July 25: – Beginning/Intermediate: TANGO – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. July 26: – Intermediate/Advanced: RUMBA – 6:45 – 7:45pm
August: Dances
Tues. – Beginners start here: Waltz
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: Bolero
Thur. – Int./Adv: Tango
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: Friday August 10 (also August 24th)
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
Saturday Mornings: July 7, 14, 21, 28
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: Foxtrot I
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. Or, in other words, allowing you do dance freely and funly.
And that is just too much fun to miss out on! So, what say you give it a try? Eh?
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
August: Foxtrot II
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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.