Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – March 8th 2016
Dear all,
What’s that? You say the First of March slipped past you while you were recovering from all of the Leap Day festivities and you accidently missed the beginning Foxtrot class?
Good News!!! It is not too late to join us and get in on the ground floor (so to speak) by coming to class tonight! We will start tonight by reviewing last week’s figures, and since the Foxtrot is the easiest of all the dances to learn, you will have no trouble picking them up quickly.
This is the start of a new series and provides a great opportunity to learn all of the dances from the simplest to the most complex and you would be crazy not to take advantage of it.
See You There.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Mar. 8: – Beginning Foxtrot -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. Mar. 9: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s -12:15 – 1:15 pm
Wed. Mar 9: – Beginning/Intermediate Bolero -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. Mar 10: – Intermediate/Advanced Salsa -6:45 – 7:45 pm
April Dances:
Tues. – Foxtrot
Wed. – Quickstep
Thur. – Bolero
You do not need to be a Wellness Center member to attend these classes.
Single Class: $7.00
Class Card (for 4 classes or more)
Non-members: $20 for 4 classes (or $5/class)
Wellness Center Members: $20 for 8 classes (or $2.50/class)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Fort Jones Community Center:
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)
11960 East Street, Fort Jones, CA
This Friday! March 11 (and again on March 25)
Group class: 7:00-8:00 pm
$10/person
CURRENT DANCE: CHA-CHA
Come one come all and join us for the easiest most basic steps and then continue with the class as the month by month the steps become more advanced.
Anyone interested in scheduling a private lesson on a Friday please e-mail us or contact us at the contact information listed below.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Shasta Park Dance Hall
(formerly Dudes & Daisies Lodge)
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: March 5, 12, 19, 26
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: LATIN TECHNIQUE
9:45 – 10:45 am: Technical drills to develop facility in RUMBA, CHA-CHA, SAMBA and BOLERO.
You will learn the basic skills that will give you greater control over your execution of all the figures of each dance from the simplest to the most complex. You will also develop stronger Lead/Follow skills as well as improved balance and timing. We will work on drills that will loosen up your hips and make your Latin Dancing more . . . well, Latiny.
And that is just too much fun to miss out on. So what say you give it a try?
10:45 – 11:45 am: Amalgamations. Putting the drills you worked on in the first hour to work in the actual steps of the dance, allowing you to develop more control over the steps, personal expression and yourself.
COST: $15/person
$10/person youth discount
NEXT MONTH: FOXTROT
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PRIVATE LESSONS are AVAILABLE to anyone who would rather learn in a more private or personal environment (i.e. no witnesses) or anyone who wants to progress faster or to anyone who simply wants private lessons.
Also, if circumstance prevents you from attending any of the group classes at their respective times, private lessons are arranged in accordance to your schedule and at your convenience. Contact us by e-mail or by telephone (number below).
GROUP PRIVATES and SPECIAL EVENTS are also available. If you can’t make it to our classes and you have a number of friends and acquaintances who you think might be interested, get them together and we can find a time in which we can come to you at your collective convenience.
Also, WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARIES, ETC. are all great events to include Ballroom Dancing as a group activity. Again, contact us to make arrangements or ask questions.
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, comments, expressions of adoration or just to let us know what is up with you. Information regarding our Gift Certificates can be found at our
Website: www.mtshastadance.com
Cheers,
Rick and Peggy Nixon
Ballroom Dance Professionals
530/853-4147 (home)
415/215-2652 (cell)
McCloud CA
davisnixon@msn.com
Feel free to pass the newsletter on to anyone 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 and other forms of dementia (with a link to the original article in the New England Journal of Medicine).
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.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________