Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – November 19th 2018
Dear Dancers,
We will be holding a “make-up” class in Salsa at the COS Campus tomorrow night (11/20). This means that we will be unable to hold our Swing clinic class at the Wellness Center as we had promised. Apologies extended, but we will still be holding one next week (11/27).
We WILL be holding class this Wednesday night (Thanksgiving eve) for those of you who would like to burn off a few extra calories before you put them on! (Or for those of you who realize just how efficacious dance is in maintaining a healthy life-style).
And we will also be holding our Saturday morning Technique class this Saturday (11/24) at the usual time. So now you can burn off those extra calories after you put them on as well! Personally, I recommend both strategies (and, as someone who could afford to burn off some extra calories himself, I am ideally situated to know about these things). Or just come to learn the best ways to dance.
Finally, we will NOT be holding class on Thursday, you will not be surprised to hear. And we would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving (and a quick recovery). See you this week (or next).
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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. Nov 20: – No classes (until 11/27) – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Nov 21: – Beginning/Intermediate: SWING/JIVE – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Nov 22: No class HAPPY THANKSGIVING – 6:45 – 7:45pm
November: Dances
Tues. –11/27: Swing Clinic, Beginning/Make up/Clarifying session
Wed. – Swing-Jive Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced Waltz
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: Friday Nov. 30th
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: Beginning Bolero
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: November 3, 10, 17, 24
9:45 – 11:45 am
Dance: Quickstep 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 to 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
December: Quickstep II (or possibly Viennese Waltz – talk to us)
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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 & your best bet of reaching us)
415) 215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
Please: no texts -our phones 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