Ballroom Newsletter,Siskiyou County & Northern California – July 30th 2018
Dear All,
What? TWO Boleros this week? Well sir/ma’am (not to be mistaken for “simoom”, which is a hot desert wind laden with sand), since Bolero is the Tuesday dance for July and also the Wednesday dance for August, and since Tuesday is the last day of June and Wednesday is the first day of August, the logic, while still remaining impeccable, seems to fall out just a tiny bit illogical. Nothing to approach the Vulcan High Command about, but still a little disconcerting. But great news for Bolero lovers (like us)!
For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath (not to be mistaken for “baited” breath, which is what you get when you eat worms) for the COS Ballroom Dance class to begin again, the good news is that it is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, August 28th and is fully authorized to proceed as scheduled. The bad news is that the catalog descriptions have not yet been added to the catalog so enrollment may not yet be commenced. We will let you know as soon as we are informed when that will be. We will teaching Waltz.
In the meantime, come to our regular classes (as listed below).
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 31: – Beginning: BOLERO – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Aug. 1: – Beginning/Intermediate: BOLERO – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Aug 2: – Intermediate/Advanced: TANGO – 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: August 4, 11, 18, 25
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: Foxtrot II
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
September: Waltz I
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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.