Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – May 13th 2014
Dear Dancer,
Hooray!! It’s Carla’s Swing Dance Party again this Friday (May 16th)! That means three hours of dancing Swing and Night Club Two Step and anything else that you request! And a lecture demonstration on new Night Club Two Step figures in the middle. How much fun can you take? Come push the envelope and find out.
This will happen (as always) at the Mt. Shasta Brewing Company in Weed from 7:00 – 10:00 pm. And to complete the party atmosphere, food and a full line of ales, beers, wines and soft drinks are obtainable downstairs in the Bistro which can be brought back up to the booths that line the dance floor.
By way of preparation, come to our weekly classes at the Wellness Centers. Don’t worry if you missed the first week. There is always room for more and we will move you along at the speed at which you learn best. The classes are multi-leveled so even if you are a complete beginner, you will learn the figures that will most quickly allow you to dance and progress (and have fun).
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
May:
This month’s Wellness Center Classes:
Tuesday night Beginning Class; Salsa
Wednesday night; Quickstep
Thursday night; Quickstep
This Friday night; Carla’s Swing Dance Party
This month’s Saturday Morning Technique Class: Waltz
Come join us.
See you on the Dance Floor
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This week’s schedule
________________________________________________________________________________________________
THE WELLNESS CENTERS:
Tues. May 13: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Salsa 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. May 14: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s
Wed. May 14: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Quickstep 6:45-7:45 pm
Thurs. May 15: School Hill Wellness Center, (778 S. Davis St., Weed). Quickstep 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).
________________________________________________________________________________________________
CARLA’S SWING DANCE PARTY THIS FRIDAY! MAY 16th
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
Other dances available at your request (but only if you show up)
Suggested donation: $5
Beer, soft drinks and food are available at the downstairs bistro
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
FORT JONES COMMUNITY CENTER
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 min. from Yreka)
11960 East Street Fort Jones, CA
Our next visit will be: May 23rd
Group Class is at 6:30-7:30
We are currently teaching a series of Beginning/Int. 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: May 17th
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation
Dudes & Daisies
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
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No Saturday Evening Dancing this week:
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation or at the McCloud Dance Hall:
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
Feel free to pass this on to anyone that 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 (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.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________