Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – March 18th 2019
Dear All,
Attention COS Kiddiewinkies: We had promised to give you two make-up classes (this week & next week) to cover the snow closures, but we have been informed by maintenance that next week is Spring Break (3/25 – 3/29) and the campus will be completely closed with all maintenance staff on day-only schedules. There will be no one there to let us in, so we can’t hold that second make-up session as planned. We are so very sorry.
The good news is that we will still be holding a make-up class this week (Tuesday, 3/19) at the usual time (6:45 pm) so we will still review all the dances we learned this session, but we will be doing them all in one two-hour session.
We look forward to seeing you all again one more time. Or . . . how about this . . . sign up for the next session and we will get to see all of you seven more times – once this week and then again in two weeks (on April 2nd) for another six weeks (and there should be next to no chance of snow closures this time)! Wouldn’t that be lovely! So be a love and sign up for the next series.
We will be learning four new dances: Waltz, Samba, Salsa & Swing. And we will always be happy to answer any questions about the four dances you have just learned, so you win (learning even more dances), we win (getting to see you all again and moving you forward in your dancing ambitions) and the school wins (strengthening their reputations as purveyors of fine education).
You may go on-line to sign up or go into COS offices and sign up. Or, as always, we will have forms on the first day of class (April 2nd) so that you can sign up at that time. Be sure and bring your payment then (check or cash) and we will be able to get you signed up immediately. For those of you intending to sign up on line, the registration info immediately follows below this section of the newsletter.
Not to leave out the non-COS dancers: good news! Enough of you have responded to our request for commitment to the Saturday class that it is back on! So come learn the basic moves that makes the Waltz the magical, fun-filled dance we would so dearly love to have you all experience.
And for the Wellness crowd, the Wednesday & Thursday classes are still going strong. Not too fast but very thorough! So whoever may have missed a few classes, you are not too far behind and our usual review at the beginning of each class will catch you up. So join us!
Be seeing you all in class.
COS
Next series Info:
Tuesdays, April 2nd through May 7th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Yreka Campus (2001 Campus Drive) Rm. 7, Course numbers 3413, XFW0310-01
Dances: Waltz, Samba, Swing/Jive & Salsa
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. March 19: No class this month – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. March 20: Beginning/Intermediate Foxtrot – 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. March 21: Intermediate/Advanced Cha-Cha – 6:45 – 7:45pm
April Dances:
Tues. – College of The Siskiyous Yreka Ballroom Dance Class
Wed. – Beginning Rumba
Thur. Intermediate Foxtrot
You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend Wellness Center 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
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 29th
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: New dance: “Waltz”
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: March 23, 30
9:45 – 11:45 am
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. 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
April dance: Waltz
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.
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.
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.
GIFT CERTIFICATES
| Basic Package | |
| Four classes for $20. | |
| Eight classes for $40. | |
| Ten Classes for $50. | |
| Private Lesson Package
(at any available location with sufficient space) |
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| One Private Lesson for $60. | |
| Two Private Lessons for $100. | |
| Four Private Lessons for $180.
Obtainable at:
The Wellness Center on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday between 6:45 pm & 8:00 pm The Wellness Center on Saturday & Sunday between 12:00 n & 6:00 pm The Wellness Center on Monday between 5:00 n & 9:00 Or by phone or e-mail anytime.
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GIFT CERTIFICATES for FORT JONES
| Basic Package (at Fort Jones Community Center) |
| One classes for $10. |
| Two classes for $20. |
| Four Classes for $40. |
| Private Lesson Package (at any available location with sufficient space) |
| One Private Lesson for $60. |
| Two Private Lessons for $100. |
| Four Private Lessons for $180
Fort Jones Community Center every other Friday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (See above for exact dates.). Or any time by phone or e-mail (or at The Wellness Center at any of the times listed above). |