Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – July 12th 2016

Dear All,

Home again, home again, Jiggity Jig (or in this case, Foxtrotity Foxtrot).  Yes, the Saturday morning Technique class is back in the Mt. Shasta Park Dance Hall (formerly the Dudes and Daisies Lodge) and, so far as we know, will not be displaced again for a long while.   Foxtrot, is the dance for July (International style).

The rest of the schedule is normal (if anything can be said to be normal in these interesting times).  Come to class and learn new dance skills and strengthen the ones you already have.

Don’t be a stranger…or if you insist upon being a stranger, come to class and be a stranger who knows how to dance.

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.     July 12:    – Beginning    Waltz                          -6:45 – 7:45 pm

Wed.     July 13:    – Ballroom for Parkinson’s            -12:15 – 1:15 pm

Wed.     July 13:    – Beginning/Intermediate Cha-Cha   -6:45 – 7:45 pm

Thur.     July 14:    – Intermediate/Advanced Tango       -6:45 – 7:45 pm

 

August Dances 

Tues.  – Beginning:    Swing

Wed. –  Beg/Int.:         Waltz

Thur. –  Int./Adv.:       Cha-Cha

 

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

Next meeting:   Friday: July 22

Group class:  7:00-8:00 pm

$10/person

  Dance:   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

(AKA Dudes & Daisies)

 

 1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca

 

 

Saturday Mornings: July 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 (August):   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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