Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – December 16th 2019
Dear All,
YIKES! We just learned that the Wellness Center is closing early (5:00 pm!) on Christmas eve & New Year’s Eve! That plus the fact that Christmas Day the Center will be closed and on New Year’s Day the building will close at 6:00pm means that this week will be the last chance in December to do Foxtrot and Nightclub Two Step! (They will both start up again in January 2020, so all is not lost – just the chance to learn new steps/skills before that big holiday bash you’ve just been invited too!)
So come this Tuesday & Wednesday for your last Foxtrot & Night Club Two Step of not only the month, but also the year! Remember that phrase which your teachers have lived our lives by and will continue living our lives by until the day we die: “Exit Dancing!”
Quickstep will continue on as usual until the end of the year.
Come join us! (And don’t forget: Rick will be at the Wellness Center this weekend (12/21 &12/22) from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Monday nights (12/16 &12/23) for anyone who would like to purchase a holiday gift certificate or anyone who needs a lastminute stocking stuffer! You can’t go wrong with the gift of Dance!
Be seeing you in class. This week’s schedule below the Certificate info.
Holiday Gift Certificates:
GIFT CERTIFICATES
(for Fort Jones Gift Certificates, see below this section)
| Basic Package | |
| 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
| 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.
Obtainable at: Fort Jones Community Center Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm (Dec. 20 & Dec, 27). Or any time by phone or e-mail (or at The Wellness Center at any of the times listed above). |
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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. Dec 17: Beginning Foxtrot 6:45 – 7:45pm
Wed. Dec 18: Two Step –Night Club & Country 6:45 – 7:45pm
Thur. Dec 19: Quickstep 6:45 – 7:45pm
January Dances:
Tues. – Beginning: – Rumba
Wed. – Beginning/Intermediate: – Foxtrot
Thur. – Intermediate/Advanced: – Two Step, Nightclub & Country
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: December 20th ( also Dec. 27th)
Time: 7:00-8:00
$10/person
Dance: New dance! CHA-CHA-CHA! Join us now and get in at the start!
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: December 7, 14, 20, 28
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 (possibly w/Viennese Waltz added)
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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.