Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – April 14th 2015
Greetings and Felicitations, Y’All,
Some of you may have noticed that the beginning dance for next month is Cha-cha, which will become the intermediate dance the month following (June) and the advanced dance the month after (July).
Those of you who are looking forward to that might want to consider this: Rumba is the absolute perfect dance to prepare you for the Cha-cha. Ninety percent of the steps are the same, only in the Rumba, you get a chance to do them more slowly which will give you the control over the movements that will allow you to progress quickly and efficiently in the Cha-cha.
So come join us in our Rumba class this Thursday and get those feets and toesies ready for the Cha-cha. If I were the kind of person who would say things like: “This will be a short-cut to Funland!”, I would say “This will be a short-cut to Funland!”.
Fortunately for you all, I am not that kind of a person and you will all be spared that slight indignity.
See you there. . .(in Funland, maybe?).
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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. April 14: Beginning/Beginning – Waltz – 6:45-7:45 pm
Wed. April 15: Beginning/Intermediate -Tango- 6:45-7:45 pm
Thur. April 16 Intermediate/Advanced: – Rumba 6:45-7:45 pm
Fri. April 17: Ballroom for Parkinson’ – 12:15-1:15 pm
May’s Classes
Tuesdays: Cha-cha
Wednesdays: Waltz
Thursdays: Tango
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: Friday, April 24.
Group Class is: 7:00-8:00 pm
We are learning the bronze steps of: International style 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: April 11, 18, 25,
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.
May’s Dance: Foxtrot
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)
Quickening 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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