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Posted 2/2/2010
Carolyn Koenig - January's Raffle Winner!
2 week of dance classes, a dance bag from Capezio/Mountain View, Peet's Coffee gift certificate and a Zohar t-shirt! Get your ticket for
the next drawing to be held February 28 for a chance to win a gold pendant from Fina Boutique/Los Altos, a shiatsu session with Lisa Burnett, and a Zohar t-shirt.
CSA is now every other week. Next CSA is February 9. The veges and fruits are wonderful! And it is so simple... just pay for it online and your bag is delivered to Zohar at 5:45 on Tuesday!
Posted 1/25/2010
Mark your calendars! National Dance Week is April 23-May 2.
Zohar will be having a showcase on Saturday, April 24 from 1:30-2:30pm - Free
Posted 1/8/2010
Happy New Year!
Sign up for CSA - get your produce at Zohar on Tuesdays between 5pm and 6pm
http://www.csabayarea.com/page.php?groupingID=store&itemId=13324
For more information, click here
Lee Ann Payne's Tap and Musical Theater Dance classes have moved to Wednesday!
Bring those tap shoe at 6pm and then really hoof it up at 7:30pm
NO TAP/MUSICAL THEATER DANCE CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13
Buy your raffle tickets! This months prize is 2 weeks of unlimited classes at Zohar, a gift certificate for Peets Coffee, and a Capezio Dance Bag. December's winner is Mara Roccaforte. She won a serving tray, a bottle of wine from Vino 100 in Los Altos, and a Zohar T-shirt. At Zohar's Holiday Showcase, we held a mini drawing for a massage at Back to Health in Los Altos and Maria Dulay and Sharon Rylander were our lucky winners!
Mark your calendars! National Dance Week is April 23-May 2
Zohar will have a dance presentation on Saturday, April 24 at 1:30pm
More information will be coming as we get closer to the date
Marny Trounson is now teaching on Friday mornings at 10:15am in addition to her Monday/Wednesday class. Another opportunity to take ballet in the morning!
Posted 12/27/09
Schedule Update for 2010!
Tap and Musical Theater Dance Class will move to Wednesdays effective January 4, 2010
6:00pm Tap
7:30pm Musical Theater
10/27/09 Update - This update was also emailed to email Zohar's Group
1) Raffle - Next drawing is Saturday, October 31
2) Zohar fundraiser - Community Sustainable Agriculture
3) Jazz Class videos for December 12 performance
4) Esther Selk in The Fantasticks
5) Adrienne Foley performing a new work by Erin Derstin in Pilot 55: Flights of Fancy
6) Holiday Performance - Saturday, December 12
7) Ballet with Kristine Elliott
8) Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years Schedule
9) New Class with Marny Trounson starting in January
10) New Students - 1st week of the month, try a class for free special
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Fall Back - November 1
1) Raffle - Next drawing is Saturday, October 31
October 31 drawing is for: 4 classes at Zohar, a Pilates session with Lisa Burnett, Capezio Dance Bag and a Zohar t-shirt. Tickets available at the office:
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2) Zohar fundraiser - Community Sustainable Agriculture
CSA California is a locally based non-profit organization that provides resources to further education on sustainability, primarily working with local non-certified & certified organic farms while raising money for elementary school garden programs and worthwhile programs like Zohar! back to top
How does it work?
Every week, Farmer Pete from San Juan Bautista, CA (He is also a vendor at Los Altos Farmer's Market/Thursdays/booth located right in front of Exotic Silks) Brings a truckload of fresh in-season produce for you to pick up in front of Zohar. No GMO's, no synthetic fertilizers, no pesticides or herbicides, in fact, no "cides" at all. This farm even has their own well water source!
$25 for a "box" (it is highly recommended that you bring your own bags - you will need 2 based on what I just received) that will consist of local California Certified Organic and Non-Certified Local/Organic/Sustainable Agriculture seasonal fruits and vegetables. Of course larger families can order more than one box. The produce found in an average weekly order will always have the staples, nothing too fancy so EVERYONE can enjoy. Once you place a reservation, you are responsible for paying $25 even if you forget to pick it up - Note that you don't have to purchase everyweek, so if you know that you are
out of town or don't need your veges that week, just don't reserve them.
This is what was delivered onTuesday, October 27. Beautiful rainbow chard, kale, fuyu persimmons, colorful carrots, lettuce greens, beets, squash, tomatoes, sweet potatoes garlic, apples, lemons... have a looksee and if you are interested, sign up to receive more information at: http://groups.google.com/group/zohar-csa-fundraiser
Let's get this going! We need 40 individuals to "sign-up"!
3) Jazz Class videos for December 12 performance
If you haven't signed up for the jazz class groups for the December 12 performance then you are missing out on important updates.... including video links to the choreography being rehearsed. Check it out:
Int/Adv Jazz: http://groups.google.com/group/ehud-intadv-jazz
Beginning Jazz: http://groups.google.com/group/ehud-beginning-jazz-class
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4) Esther Selk in The Fantasticks
See Esther play The Mute* in The Fantasticks (*yes, we all had a chuckle about that)
Opening night: Friday, October 30 -- Runs through Sunday, November 22
Here is the link to buy tickets and see all dates and times:
http://sunnyvaleplayers.org/component/content/article/137
You can get half priced tix (for several shows a weekend), while they last:
http://www.goldstar.com/events/sunnyvale-ca/the-fantasticks-1.html
A classic coming-of-age story, The Fantasticks features two meddling, matchmaking fathers who scheme to get their children together. But once the couple is united, the real drama begins! Featuring the beloved songs "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain," this is a celebration of love—first love, lost love, and ultimately, true love.
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5) Adrienne Foley performing a new work by Erin Derstin in Pilot 55: Flights of Fancy
See Erin Derstin's latest work set on - Tanya Bello, Jennifer Bishop-Orsulak, ADRIENNE FOLEY, Private Freeman, Risa Larsen and Sarah Pomarico
This whirlwind of breathless action will be joined on the program by works of five other choreographers. The evening promises to delight and entertain you with comedy, tragedy, dance, theatre, marshmallows and more!
WHEN:
Saturday 11/21 8p + FREE post-show reception
Sunday 11/22 7p & 9p
WHERE:
ODC Dance Commons, Studio B
351 Shotwell Street
SF, CA 94110
TICKETS:
$12
Online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86344
In person: ODC Dance Commons front desk, 415-863-9830 x100
Seating is extremely limited and will sell out! Buy your tickets early!
I'M NOT KIDDING - I WENT LAST YEAR AND GOT LOCKED OUT!!!
I, Daynee, am planning on going to the 7pm show on Sunday, November 22. Want to join me? We can all go together! Let me know by Monday, November 2 so that I can get the tickets.
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6) Holiday Performance - Saturday, December 12
Just in case you forgot - Zohar's Holiday performance is on Saturday, December 12. Showtimes to be announced shortly. back to top
7) Ballet with Kristine Elliott
Did you know that Kristine Elliott's ballet classes have a live accompanist? It is a dancer's dream to dance to live music and we have it here! A former soloist with American Ballet Theater, Kristine's classes are perfect for the intermediate to professional dancer.
* Our modern classes also have live accompaniment too!
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8) Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years Schedule
The schedule has not been set yet....here is the tentative schedule:
No classes Thursday, November 26 - Thanksgiving
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9) New Class with Marny Trounson starting in January
In January 2010 Marny will teach a Friday ballet class from 10:15am-12:00pm
So start re-arranging your schedule so that you can get that extra Friday class in! :)
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10) New Students - 1st week of the month, try a class for free special
November 1-7: New students get their first class free.
If you have a family member, friend, or colleague that has been thinking of starting dance class. This would be a great opportunity to try a class for free!
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11) FALL BACK - November 1st
2am, clocks are set BACK one hour
Did you know?
Daylight Saving Time in the US begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. In 2009, it therefore began on Sunday, March 8 at 2 a.m. and ends on Sunday, November 1 at 2 a.m.
Time moves ahead one hour in March, whereas it moves back one hour in November (hence the saying "Spring forward, Fall back").
Hawaii, where Daynee is from, does not participate in Daylight Savings Time. So when Daynee first moved to California, it was very difficult to understand this seemingly random moving the clock one hour forward/back!
Arizona also doesn't participate as it too, like Hawaii, does not need longer days in the summer because of its climate--by not extending the hours of sunshine, the electrical power load is reduced greatly.
Now Indiana on the other hand didn't participate for a completely different reason:
"Farmers in Indiana rallied against the measure when it was promulgated by the Federal Government in 1918. Their influence against the measure carried the day when the vote came before the Indiana state legislature. Although perhaps anecdotal, the cited reason behind the farmers vehemence focused on the fact that they had to rise before dawn regardless of the season, and saw the measure as pandering to "sleepy heads who never bothered to milk a cow."
The Dawning of DST in Indiana
Until April 2005, when Indiana passed a law agreeing to observe daylight saving time, the Hoosier state had its own unique and complex time system. Not only is the state split between two time zones, but until recently, only some parts of the state observed daylight saving time while the majority did not.
Under the old system, 77 of the state's 92 counties were in the Eastern Time Zone but did not change to daylight time in April. Instead they remained on standard time all year. That is, except for two counties near Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., which did use daylight time.
But the counties in the northwest corner of the state (near Chicago) and the southwestern tip (near Evansville), which are in the Central Time Zone, used both standard and daylight time.
The battle between the old system and DST was contentious and hard-won—bills proposing DST had failed more than two dozen times until finally squeaking through the state legislature in April 2005. As of April 2, 2006, the entire state of Indiana joined 47 other states in observing Daylight Saving Time. But it wasn't quite as simple and
straightforward as all that—telling time in Indiana remains something of a bewildering experience: eighteen counties now observed Central Daylight Time and the remaining 74 counties of Indiana observe Eastern Daylight Time.
Now here's a good one:
The Navajo Nation Community of Arizona observes Daylight-Saving Time, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in a 6 hours difference behind GMT. The Hopi Nation, within the Navajo Reservation, does not operate time changes.
Interesting stuff! :)
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10/11/09 Update
• Zohar 30th Anniversary Raffle
We have a raffle every month in celebration of our 30th anniversary. Prizes have been generously donated by local businesses and individuals. Get your ticket at Zohar
1 ticket $4, 6 tickets $20
Next drawing is October 31. Prizes: 2 weeks unlimited classes at Zohar, Zohar T-shirt, and a Capezio dance bag.
Winners to date:
Susie Prohaska was September's big winner of a month membership at Equinox Fitness in Palo Alto, massage at Sage Wellness Center, T-shirt, and coffee from Palo Alto Café
9/12: Lesley Rappaport won tickets for 2 to see Palo Alto Players Pete 'n Keely!
• A New Shipment of 30th Anniversary T-shirts are here!
We have women's fitted T-shirts! Get yours while they last.
• Fall Class Rates effective October 1-May 31
• First Week Of The Month Special!
New Students! Try a class at Zohar November 1-7 and your first class is free!
There is jazz, ballet, modern, tap and musical theater dance classes to choose from!
Check out our schedule!
Previous update
• Thursday Beginning Jazz at 7:35pm
Starting September, Ehud Krauss will teach the beginning jazz class
This will allow the class to prepare for the Holiday performance
• Musical Theater Dance Class with Lee Ann Payne
Starting Monday, September 21 7:30pm-9:00pm
You asked for it! This class is for all levels.
$16 for drop-in or you can purchase a class series, same rate as tap/jazz
If you already have a class series, you can use those classes as well.
• Planning ahead
Zohar's Holiday Show will be upon soon. Mark your calendars now and look for updates regarding rehearsal schedules. December 12 it is!!! Exact show times to be determined.
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THE DANCE FLOOR
As the temperature rises, the clothes get skimpier....
What does this mean?
Please be aware that your perspiration, body lotion/oils, and perfumes leave a residue on the floor that can cause slick spots (and we have all hit them at one point or another!). So as the weather heats up and you are baring those beautiful arms and legs, bring a towel to dry yourself off and to lie on when you are on the dance floor. Thank you for your consideration.