Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – May 20th 2014
Dear Dancer,
Barring any unusual circumstances, it looks like we will be back in the Dudes and Daisies Lodge this weekend. A long period of renovation and repair is scheduled to wind up this week and the Dance Class diaspora is at an end.
Come to our Saturday evening dance class and practice session/free dance/dance party to dance and develop or just to see the “new” Dudes and Daisies Lodge.
We will be in Fort Jones again this Friday, for those of you who live in the general area. There will be a group class in Rumba at 6:30. Even if you are new, we will be happy to see you there and teach you at your own level.
May:
This month’s Classes:
Tuesday night Beginning Class; Salsa
Wednesday night; Quickstep
Thursday night; Quickstep
Friday night; Rumba
Saturday morning; Waltz
Saturday Evening: Swing/Jive
(more information see below)
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. May 20: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Salsa 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. May 21: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s
Wed. May 21: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Quickstep 6:45-7:45 pm
Thurs. May 22: 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).
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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 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.
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SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: May 24
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
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Saturday Evening Dancing: May 24
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation
Dudes and Daisies Lodge
Cost: $10 per/person
$5 youth discount
7:00-8:00 Lesson: Swing/Jive
8:00-10:00 Open Dancing
Refreshments provided
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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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