Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – November 11th 2019
Dear All,
Well it looks like we have all weathered the first week of November. We all of us still have all of our arms and legs and all of our fingers and toes. (Of course, since dancers, notoriously, don’t count above eight, we can only assume that we have all of our fingers and toes and, likewise, we can only assume we don’t have 11 or 12 or more of each.)
Actually, November is a nice, calm month, terminating in a feast and a shopping spree. Nothing dangerous there, but, boy does it get dark early. Too bad there isn’t an indoor activity that takes place in a nice, warm(ish) and well-lit room to get us through the cold, Autumn, soon-to-be-Winter nights!
Hang on: now that I think about it, Ballroom Dance classes do take place in a nice warm(ish) and well-lit room! And the classes will continue not only through Autumn, but throughout the whole of Winter as well (not to mention Spring & Summer & so on)!
Perhaps we could keep our hiking, biking, swimming and other summer activity muscles strong (and even strengthen many of the inner ones) by dance training! And also develop coordination and balance skills that can only enhance our hiking, biking, swimming and other summer activity skills! Win-win again!
Come to classes and start improving your next Summer today! (It’s not too late to join the Tuesday night Beginning Class (Nightclub Two Step). We only just got started last week and it is an easy dance, so it would be easy to catch up!
See you there.
p.s. For those of you who are beginning to start thinking about Holiday Gift Certificates already (you know who you are) our gift certificate pricings can be found at the bottom of this newsletter. It’s never too early (and it’s never too late)!
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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. 12: Beginning -Two-Step, Nightclub/Country 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Nov. 13: Beginning/Intermediate -Salsa 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Nov. 14: Intermediate/Advanced -Swing/Jive 6:45 – 7:45pm
December Dances:
Tues. – Beginning: –TBA
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: – Two Step – Nightclub & Country
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced: –Quickstep (for the holidays)
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: November 22
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, possibly Viennese Waltz)
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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
(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.
GIFT CERTIFICATES for FORT JONES
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