Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – September 3rd 2019

Dear All,

 

Well, let’s get this bit out of the way right off the bat.  Affixing its laser scope firmly onto its firearm, COS has taken careful, deliberate aim and fired once again at its own foot.  We are told that “due to administrative challenges” (such as the challenge of being marginally competent – it’s hard for some people!), COS has decided to cancel all the Life Long Learning (Community Ed) courses (that hadn’t already started) for the rest of the year (or, at least, that’s what they told us), which means our Ballroom classes will not be held this Fall as originally scheduled.

 

Our apologies to all of you for encouraging you to take a class that COS may never have intended to actually sponsor all along (judging by all appearances).

 

On the positive side, we are still working with the Weed Community Center and they have agreed to allow us to hold the class at the same time (Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, commencing September 17th) only without the excessive paperwork or having to deal with the execrable & odious (our COS students descriptions, not ours) COS on-line registration system.  Just show up at class and pay $5 ($3 if you are a Weed Community Center member) and dance!

 

But why wait until Sept. 17th when you can start SWING dancing tonight Tuesday Sept. 3rd.?!?  That’s right, show up at the Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta) and for a handful of pocket change, you can become a dancing fool (or start the process that will result in your NOT being a dancing fool)!

 

As if that wasn’t enough, you can also come on Wednesday night and pick up the Samba and impress the boys (and the girls, gentlemen) with your superior hip action!

 

And if that wasn’t enough, you can come back again on Thursday and work on the kind of elegance only the Waltz gives you!

 

And if that still wasn’t enough:  you can come to the Technique class on Saturday morning and learn how to fly through space with the greatest of ease with the Quickstep (all levels welcome from the most beginning to advanced).

 

So whether you are facing the music or standing with your back to it, come to class and just dance!

 

See you there.

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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE

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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:

633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057

Tues. Sept. 03:  Beginning Swing                              – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Wed. Sept. 04:   Beginning/Intermediate Samba    – 6:45 – 7:45pm

Thur. Sept 05:  Even more Intermediate Waltz        – 6:45 – 7:45pm

 

September Dances:

Tues.  – Beginning Swing

Wed.  – Beginning/Intermediate Samba

Thur.  – Even More Intermediate Waltz

 

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

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Fort Jones Community Center:

Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)

11960 East Street, Fort Jones,

Our next visit: Friday Sept. 13th    (also Friday Sept. 27th)   

Time: 7:00-8:00  

$10/person 

 New Dance:  SWING

  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.

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Saturday Morning Technique Class

Mt. Shasta Park

Dance Hall

 1315 Nixon Rd.

Mt. Shasta, CA

 

Saturday Mornings: September 6, 13, 20, 27

 

Dance:   QUICKSTEP

 

9:45 – 11:00 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: Hip Action (Rotation, Sinking, Isolation,  etc.) Foot action (motility, bounce, control, etc.), Arm Action & Rib-cage action (Isolation, Side Extension, etc.).   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?

 11:00 – 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

October dance:   Quickstep II

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College of The Siskiyous

 Ballroom Dance: Fall Semester:

Unsurprisingly, Classes Cancelled for the rest of the Fall 2019 semester due to standard COS  incompetency. 

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PRIVATE LESSONS 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

Cheer,

Rick and Peggy Nixon

Ballroom Dance Professionals

530) 853-4147 (home & your best bet of reaching us)

415) 215-2652 (cell)

McCloud CA

davisnixon@msn.com

Please: no texts.

 

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

(Gift Certificates for Fort Jones listed below)

 Basic Package
Four classes for $20.
Eight classes for $40.
Ten Classes for $50.
 
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.

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.

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).