Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County – June 24th 2014
Dear Dancer:
Two weeks of solid dancing have mercifully come to an end. Your instructors have added significantly to their already vast repertoire of figures and are looking forward to passing the fun on to you. In the intensity of learning, we sometimes forget that dancing is supposed to be fun. WELL IT IS!!! (Fun, that is.)
The more you come to class, the sooner you will be having that fun (if you aren’t already). Something fun to do that is also good for you…that doesn’t happen very often. You should take advantage of it.
And just a reminder, here is our Youth Dance Camp info again:
Youth Dance Camp. It will be held mornings from July 14th – July 18th, at 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. It is sponsored by the Mt. Shasta Parks and Recreation District and the entire workshop will only cost $50 for the entire week. If you know of any young people (Elementary School through High School -including those who have just graduated) who might be interested, let them know. Or if you wanted to sponsor a youth yourself, that would be wonderful, too.
June:
This month’s Classes:
Tuesday night Beginning Class; Swing/Jive
Wednesday night; Foxtrot
Thursday night; Foxtrot
Saturday morning; Quickstep
(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. June 24: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Beginning Ballroom Swing/Jive 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. June 25: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Ballroom for Parkinson’s
Wed. June 25: Mt. Shasta Wellness Center (633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta): Foxtrot 6:45-7:45 pm
Thurs. June 26: School Hill Wellness Center, (778 S.Davis St.,Weed). Foxtrot 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
Our next visit will be in July; Friday July 11th & 25th
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: June 28th
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation
Dudes & Daisies
10:00-Noon
This month’s dance; Quickstep
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 this weekend: June 28th
At The Mt. Shasta Park and Recreation
Dudes & Daisies
7:00-8:00 Lesson in Bolero
8:00-10:00 Open Dancing
Cost: $10 for the entire evening
$7 for class only (or open dancing only)
$5 Youth discount for the entire evening
Refreshment 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
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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