Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – April 22nd 2014

(Special Announcements following Schedule)

 This week’s schedule:

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THE WELLNESS CENTERS:

 

Tues. April 22: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Waltz 6:45-7:45 pm

 

 

Wed. April 23: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Canceled this week only Ballroom for Parkinson’s.

 

Wed. April 23: School Hill Wellness Center, Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing 6:45-7:45 pm

 

Thur. April 24: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing 6:45-7:45 pm

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).

 

 

This month’s Wellness Center Classes:

 

Tuesday night Beginning Class; Waltz

 

Wednesday night; Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing

 

Thursday night; Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing

 

 

 

OTHER VENUES:

 

 

Fri. Evening April 25: Carla’s Dance Party! Mt. Shasta Brewing Company 7:00-10:00 pm ($5/person Donation) Demonstration in Nightclub Two Step.

 

 

Sat. Morning April 26: : At The McCloud Dance Hall (104 Pine St. McCloud, CA) 10:00 am- Noon ($10/person) Foxtrot

 

Please come join us.

 

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Dear Dancer,

 

Don’t forget, this month we had to move CARLA’S DANCE PARTY to the fourth Friday of the month for April. So, those of you who have been moaning and slapping the sides of your heads for having “missed it” last Friday, GOOD NEWS, YOU CAN STILL MAKE IT!!! It starts at 7:00 pm and goes to 10:00. Come for a night of Swing Dance and Night Club Two Step (or any other dance you might request). There will be a group participation lecture- demonstration in the Night Club Two Step and we will always be available during the open dancing to help out with any figure or dance about which you may have questions.

 

As always, the Bistro downstairs will be open for the procurement of good food and fine beverages . . . all the makings of a first rate evening in one place!

 

And, as if that weren’t enough, we will be back at the McCloud Dance Hall this Saturday for the Saturday morning Technique class. This is a lovely big space that gives you all the room you need to practice moving out (euphemism for “have more fun”) and developing and improving your dance skills. We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Come join us.

 

See you on the Dance Floor

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CARLA’S SWING DANCE PARTY THIS FRIDAY! April 25th

 

Mt. Shasta Brewing Company (upstairs)

360 College Ave.

Weed, CA

Come and join us and dance to music from the 50s and 60s.

Time: 7:00-10:00

 

We will be reviewing and continuing with a lecture demonstration in Nightclub Two Step

 

Suggested donation: $5

 

Beer, soft drinks and food are available at the downstairs bistro.

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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 Friday’s May 2 and May 23

 

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 26

At The McCloud Dance Hall

104 Pine St. McCloud, CA

 

10:00-Noon

 

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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