Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – April 29th 2014
Dear Dancer,
We tried a new format for a few weeks, but it didn’t seem to make a positive difference, so we are coming back to our original format, a few choice (though not always well chosen) words at the beginning followed by the weekly schedule. If any of you are not getting the full schedule (due to some sort of computer glitch/internet malfunction/alien interference) let us know and we will be happy to e-mail the schedule to you singly.
There is going to be an important, major change starting next week: The Wednesday night School Hill Wellness Center class ( in Weed) and the Thursday night Mt. Shasta Wellness Center class (in Mt. Shasta) will be switching places, so that we will be teaching in Weed on Thursday nights instead of Wednesdays and in Mt. Shasta on Wednesday nights (instead of Thursdays. The schedule will be altered to reflect this but we felt a little heads up would be in order.
We are doing this to accommodate changes that are being made at the School Hill Wellness facility. We hope this isn’t going to inconvenience anybody. Please let us know if it does.
Also the dance for the month of May for the Saturday morning Technique Class is going to be Waltz, the easiest of the dances to strengthen your dancing and your style (for all the dances). We heartily recommend it as a good way to improve and get more joy out of your dancing.
Come join us.
See you on the Dance Floor.
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This week’s schedule:
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WELLNESS CENTERS:
Tues. April 29: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Waltz 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. April 30: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s.
Wed. April 30: School Hill Wellness Center, Weed (778 S. Davis St., Weed): Swing/Jive/West Coast Swing 6:45-7:45 pm
Thur. May 1: 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).
Next month’s Wellness Center Classes:
Tuesday night Beginning Class; Salsa
Wednesday night; Quickstep
Thursday night; Quickstep
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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
This Friday!! May 2nd (& again on May 23rd)
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: May 3rd
Location TBA (either the lower lodge or Dudes & Daisies in Mt. Shasta Park)
10:00-Noon
This month’s dance; Waltz
10:00 – 11:00 -Technique Drills in International Standard & American Smooth Style Dances. Focusing on the elements that make partner dancing more fluid, dynamic, powerful and fun: Lowering, Rotation, Swing and Sway. Developing these basic movement skills will improve your performance in, not just this dance, but 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 or at the McCloud Dance Hall:
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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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