Ballroom Newsletter – November 26th 2013
Dear Dancer,
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. We are thankful for all of our students and want to take this opportunity to tell you how much we enjoy having you in our classes and our lives and look forward to seeing you often throughout the rest of the year as well as meeting new people.
This week we are holding our post-Thanksgiving Turkey Dance Off a day earlier than usual to give you a chance to dance that turkey dinner off while it is still clinging frantically to your thighs (and/or all other affected body parts). So come to the McCloud River Mercantile Hotel in the Grand Room on the 2nd floor (more information below).
Or come to the Wednesday night Wellness Center Class in Weed where the Cha-cha will help you make a hole for the turkey to hide in, rendering it invisible to the critical eye. Fast dance, the Cha-cha.
In any event, whether we see you or not, have a happy holiday and holiday season.
See you on the dance floor.
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This week’s schedule:
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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:
Tues. Nov. 26: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom FOXTROT 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. Nov. 27: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s Noon-1:00 pm
Wed. Nov. 27: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): CHA CHA 6:45-7:45 pm
Thur. Nov. 28: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! No class this evening.
SCHEDULE FOR December CLASSES:
Tuesday night Beginning Class; will be Rumba.
Wednesday night; will be Waltz
Thursday night; we will be repeating Waltz.
Please come join us.
You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these classes.
Single class: $7.00/person.
Class Card (four classes or more): non-members: $20 for four classes ($5.00/class per person).
Wellness Center Members can get special discount: Buy a class card for $20.00 and get 8 classes (a value of $2.50 per class).
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SPECIAL EVENT THIS FRIDAY! November 29
Day after Thanksgiving Dance Party
At The McCloud River Mercantile Hotel (2nd floor Grand Room)
241 Main Street
McCloud, CA
Come and join us with friends and family and work off your Turkey dinner with a lesson in SWING!
7:00 – 8:00 Lesson in Swing
8:00 – 9:30 (or later) Dance Party
Cost: $10 per person
$5 youth discount
Light refreshments provided.
(Replaces the Saturday Night party.)
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SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: NOVEMBER 30th
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation District
1315 Nixon Rd.
Dudes & Daisies Lodge
This month’s dance: QUICKSTEP
10:00 – 11:00 -Technique Drills in International Standard & American Smooth Style Dances. Focusing on Lowering, Rotation and Sway which improves your performance in all of the dances by giving you more control over your balance, timing and power.
11:00 – Noon – Amalgamations. Putting the drills you worked on in the first hour to work in the actual steps as you develop more control over the steps, floorcraft and yourself.
Cost : $10 per person
$5 youth discount
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FORT JONES COMMUNITY CENTER
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 min. from Yreka)
11960 East Street Fort Jones, CA
Our next visits will be: Fridays, December 13 & 20
Group Class is at 6:30-7:30
Cost $10 per person
If anyone else wishes to schedule a private lesson on those days (or perhaps a different day?), please e-mail us or call us at the contact information below.
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PRIVATE LESSONS are AVAILABLE to anyone who would rather learn in a more personal environment (i.e. no witnesses) or to anyone who wants to progress faster or to anyone who simply wants private lessons. Also, if you cannot make it to any of the group class times, private lessons are arranged in accordance with your schedule and at your convenience. Contact us by e-mail or telephone (number can be found below).
GROUP PRIVATES & SPECIAL EVENTS are also available. If you can’t make it to our classes and you think you have a number of friends and acquaintances who would be interested and you can get together, let us know and we can come to you at times more convenient to you. Also, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Anniversaries are all great places to include Ballroom Dancing.
We are also available to lecture, demonstrate or perform at any event you would like to liven up.
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For Important information regarding the salutary effects of Ballroom Dance toward preventing or drastically reducing the development of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, follow this link: http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm
to special report of an article originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine. If you are interested in any of the other health or social benefits of Ballroom Dance, contact us and we will be happy to go over them with you. Remember, the sooner you start, the more protected you will be.
Any questions, please call or e-mail us. We love hearing from you and welcome any suggestions. Information regarding dance gift certificates can be found on our website: www.mtshastadance.com.
Cheers,
Rick and Peggy Nixon
Ballroom Dance Professionals
415/215-2652 (cell)
Healing House, McCloud CA
davisnixon@msn.com
Feel free to pass this on to anyone that you think might be interested in attending our classes.