Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – April 1st 2014

Dear Dancer,

 

A new month, new dances. The Beginning Class is going to take on the Waltz and both the Weed and Mt. Shasta classes are taking on the Swing/Jive with a bonus: this month we are going to introduce those of you who have not had it to the West Coast Swing.

 

This is a fun dance that one can do to Country Western and/or Rhythm and Blues music. We will begin with the basic steps and see how far the class goes.

 

Come join us.

 

See you on the Dance Floor

 

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This week’s schedule:

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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:

 

Tues. April 1: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Waltz 6:45-7:45 pm

Wed. April 2: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s (no class this week only)

Wed. April 2: School Hill Wellness Center in Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing 6:45-7:45 pm

Thur. April 3: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing 6:45-7:45 pm

 

This month’s Classes:

Tuesday night Beginning Class; Waltz

Wednesday night; Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing

Thursday night; Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing

 

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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FORT JONES COMMUNITY CENTER

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

11960 East Street Fort Jones, CA

 

Our next visit to Fort Jones will be: Sunday April 6th and Friday April 18th

 

Group Class is at 6:30-7:30

We are currently teaching a series of Beginning Rumba (still not too late to join us)

Cost $10 per person

 

If anyone else wishes to schedule a private lesson on a Friday (or perhaps a different day?), please e-mail us or call us at the contact information below.

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SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: April 5

At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation

1315 Nixon Rd

 

At the Main Lodge

 

This month’s dance; Foxtrot

 

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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No Saturday Evening Dancing this week:

At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation:

1315 Nixon Rd.

Main Lodge

 

 

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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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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.

 

 

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Relevant Links:

 

http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm Research substantiating that Ballroom Dance combats Alzheimer’s (with a link to the original article in the New England Journal of Medicine).

 

http://youtu.be/He6hR_ohoLE A You Tube video of our Ad currently running on the Siskiyou Media Council’s channels (YCTV 4 and MCTV 15). We haven’t managed to catch it yet. Please let us know if you have seen it air. Thanks.

 

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.

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