Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou Count & Northern California – April 5th 2016
Dear All,
Don’t forget, for April, last month’s Tuesday’s Foxtrot is morphing into this month’s Wednesday’s Quickstep.
The Foxtrot steps you learned in the Tuesday class are ideally suited for conversion into Quickstep (one would almost think it had been planned that way, were one susceptible to conspiracy theories) so those of you who have never tried to tackle Quickstep will find this a good time to do it. And those of you who have tackled it in the past (or who have been tackled by it in the past) will find this a great opportunity to perfect your basic (one day to be advanced) skills.
Also, Salsa is making a one-month-only encore engagement in the Beginning Tuesday class, which will benefit our newest students as well as those who have just had it a scant three months ago by giving them the chance to polish it up before the Tarnish of Forgetfulness has a chance to blacken it beyond recognition. Win-win (an old Chinese phrase meaning “good for me, good for you, good for all”. A concise language, Chinese).
See You There.
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THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
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The Mt. Shasta Wellness Center:
633 Lassen Lane, Mt. Shasta, CA 96057
Tues. Apr. 5: – Beginning Salsa -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Wed. Apr. 6: – Ballroom for Parkinson’s -12:15 – 1:15 pm
Wed. Apr. 6: – Beginning/Intermediate Quickstep -6:45 – 7:45 pm
Thur. Apr. 7: – Intermediate/Advanced Bolero -6:45 – 7:45 pm
May Dances:
Tues. – Beginning -OFS/TBA- (Open For Suggestions/To Be Announced)
Wed. – Beg/Int. Samba
Thur. – Int./Adv. Quickstep
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)
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Fort Jones Community Center:
Fort Jones Community Center in Scott Valley (15 minutes from Yreka)
11960 East Street, Fort Jones, CA
Our next visit will be: Friday, April 8th (also April 22)
Group class: 7:00-8:00 pm
$10/person
New Dance: Beginning Rumba
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.
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Saturday Morning Technique Class
Mt. Shasta City Park
Shasta Park Dance Hall
(formerly Dudes & Daisies Lodge)
1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca
Saturday Mornings: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
9:45 – 11:45 am
This month’s dance: Foxtrot
9:45 – 10:45 am: Technical drills in International and American Smooth Style dances specifically designed to strengthen and improve your dancing and dancing abilities. Focusing on the elements that make Partner dancing more fluid, dynamic, powerful and fun: Lowering, Rotation, Swing, Cant and Sway. Developing these basic skills will improve your performance in not just this dance, but in all of the dances by giving you more control over your balance, timing, power and expression.
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, floorcraft and yourself.
COST: $15/person
$10/person youth discount
NEXT MONTH (May): QUICKSTEP
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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.
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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.
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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.
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