Ballroom Newsletter, Siskiyou County & Northern California – February 21st 2017

Dear All,

Here we are, back to a week without any kind of day of celebration.  Unless you come to dance classes, because every day you dance is a day of celebration.

It’s hard to keep that in mind in a dance class, because dance classes are (more or less) training sessions in celebration, and the act of being trained always seems like work.  But remember, you are training yourselves to have more fun than the untrained (also known as The Great Unwashed) will ever be able to have, so keep up the good work.

And this month is a veritable potpourri of dances from the vivacious energeticism of the Samba to the romantic elegance of the Waltz to the whatever-it-is of the Nightclub Two Step.

And, since having fun is the least of the benefits of ballroom dance that one receives by coming to classes, how can you go wrong?

So come to classes.

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.     Feb 21:    – Beginning SAMBA                                6:45 – 7:45 pm

Wed.    Feb 22:   – Ballroom for Parkinson’s                12:30 – 1:30 pm

Wed.     Feb 22:    – Beg/Intermediate WALTZ                     6:45 – 7:45 pm

Thur.     Feb 23:    – Int./Advanced NIGHTCLUB 2 STEP     6:45 – 7:45 pm

 

March 2017 Dances 

Tues.  – Beginning:    Bolero

Wed. –  Beg/Int./:        Samba

Thur. –  Int./Adv.:       Waltz

 

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

  This Friday!  February 24th

Time: 7:00-8:00

$10/person

  Dance:    Beginning Tango

  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

Dance Hall Lodge

 1315 Nixon Rd, Mt. Shasta Ca

 

Saturday Mornings: February 4, 11, 18, 25

9:45 – 11:45 am

This month’s dance:  Waltz

 

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  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, floor craft and yourself.

 

COST:  $15/person

               $10/person youth discount

 

NEXT MONTH:    TANGO

 

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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.

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.