Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – November 4th 2019
Dear All,
Well, the Saturday Waltz Technique class is back at the Dance Lodge in the park, where it will remain for the foreseeable future (November or until such time as the unforeseeable once again shifts us -temporarily- to another building). All levels, all ages welcome.
The beginning class on Tuesday nights is listed as Two-Step, Night Club & Country. What this means is that we will be teaching both Night Club Two-Step & Country Two-Step throughout the month. We may do one or the other every other Tuesday, or we may do Night Club Two-Step in November and switch to Country Two-Step in December. Those of you who have a preference may contact us (or better yet, come to class) and express them. We will take a consensus.
For those of you who would like to come to the Lake Shastina Dance Party that we have been holding on the last Fridays of each month: be informed that our November Dance Party is going to be postponed one week to December 6th due to the Thanksgiving weekend. We are doing this so that anyone who might be agonizing between wanting to go dancing and wanting to spend Thanksgiving with your families can now do both.
Of course, those of you were planning on using dancing as an excuse to not go to your relatives for Thanksgiving have been mercilessly abandoned to your own fates, and we profusely apologize for this. We will give all the pertinent information later this month (for the dance party, that is . . . not for how to dodge familial obligations).
Come join us for a new month of dancing.
See you there.
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THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
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The Mountain Fitness Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Nov. 5: Beginning -Two-Step, Nightclub/Country 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Nov 6: Beginning/Intermediate -Salsa 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Oct 31: Intermediate/Advanced -Swing/Jive 6:45 – 7:45pm
November Dances:
Tues. – Beginning: –Two Step – Nightclub & Country
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: –Salsa
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced: –Swing/Jive
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,
This Friday! November 8th (also November 22nd)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
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 Lodge
1315 Nixon Rd.
Mt. Shasta, CA
Saturday Mornings: November 2, 9, 16, 27, 30
Dance: WALTZ
9:30 – 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: 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 – 11:30am: 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 dance: WALTZ (still)
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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
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
(for Fort Jones Gift Certificates, see below this section)
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| Four classes for $25. | |||||||||||
| Eight classes for $50. | |||||||||||
| Ten Classes for $60. | |||||||||||
| Private Lesson Package
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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.
GIFT CERTIFICATES for FORT JONES
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