Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – February 17th 2015
Dear All,
Due to an unforeseen set of circumstances, we will not be holding our Friday night practice party with dance lesson this week. We like to do this once a month, but this month it will not be happening.
Our “plan” is to hold one each month in McCloud on the third Friday (or on the fifth Friday, in those months that have a fifth Friday) of each month. So look for us on the third Friday of March.
The good news is that this gives you a chance to learn even more steps and get even better so that you will be able to have even more fun at the next practice party in March. So keep on coming to the weekly classes to keep on increasing the fun quotient.
Remember, joy might be just a step away.
See you there.
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This week’s schedule
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THE MT. SHASTA WELLNESS CENTER:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta CA, 96067
Tues. Feb. 17: Beginning Rumba – 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. Feb. 18: Int. – Beginning Foxtrot – 6:45-7:45 pm
Thur. Feb. 19: Int. – Advanced: Salsa – 6:45-7:45 pm
Fri. Feb. 20: Ballroom for Parkinson’s (class cancelled this week) – 12:15-1:15 pm
MARCH DANCES:
Tues./Beginning: Tango
Wed./Beg./Intermediate: Rumba
Thur./Int. Advanced: Foxtrot
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: Friday, February 27.
Group Class is: 6:30-7:30
We are still learning the basic steps of: Waltz
Cost $10 per person
It is by no means too late to join us. We are still working on the basics, so come one, come all.
If anyone else wishes to schedule a private lesson on a Friday or Monday, please e-mail us or call us at the contact information below…
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MT. SHASTA PARK, DUDES & DAISIES LODGE:
1315 Nixon Rd.
Mt. Shasta, CA
SATURDAY MORNING TECHNIQUE CLASS: February 7, 14, 21, 28.
9:45 – 11:45 AM
This Month’s Dance; Waltz
9:45 – 10:45 – 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. And that’s just too much fun to miss out on. So give it a try.
10:45 – 11:45 – 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 : $15 per person
$10 youth discount
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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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