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Special Events at Aberdeen
June 19 Style Show Call the center at 410-273-5666 for more information.
August 14 Crab Feast Call the center at 410-273-5666 for more information.
AARP Safe Driving: Details pending regarding Summer 09 course; call center.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Basketweaving
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
Tuition: $30
Supply Fee: $9 payable to instructor
Instructor: Dorthea Nibali
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 10
A tisket, a tasket, come weave a lovely basket! Discover the ancient art of basketry while creating a functional and decorate work of art. Entwine yourself in this 10,000-year-old craft.
Ceramics
Thursday, 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuition: $20
Supply Fee: List of ceramic pieces provided by instructor; cost varies from $10-50. Please see instructor before class begins to select a project.
Instructor: Karen Foster
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 11
Choose a project and create a keepsake, gift, or lovely and useful piece for your home. You will be thrilled with what you can create!
Craft Medley
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
Tuition: None
Supply Fee: $20 payable to instructor
Instructor: Robin Chisholm
Maximum Enrollment: 12
A plethora of projects await you! Craft projects change from one season to the next. Handmade gifts are always a treat at holiday time and all throughout the year.
CARDS (Play on Your Own)
Bridge Monday, 12:15 - 3 p.m.
Bridge Wednesday, 12:00 - 3 p.m.
Hand & Foot Tuesday, 12:30 - 4 p.m.
Pinochle Tuesday, 12:30 - 4 p.m.
COMPUTERS
Computer Studio: Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Work on your own.
DANCE
Line Dance 1
Thursday, 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
Tuition: $10
Instructor: Barbara Matts
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 40
The echo of happy feet groovin to the beat
Fred and Ginger would have loved line dancing! All it takes is some great music, well-choreographed moves, and a gaggle or two of dancers falling into formation. Perform party dances that will please any festive crowd, then grab your ten-gallon Stetson hat for some country-and-western steppin.
Line Dance 2/3
Thursday, 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Tuition: $15
Instructor: Barbara Matts
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 40
Step right up, but dont step out of line when your feet take line dancing to a new level. Ramp up the music as new dance steps boost your endurance, improve balance and coordination, and take fun to another dimension. No audition required, just the drive to learn new steps and dance the night away. Prerequisite: Line Dance 1 or line dance experience
DISCUSSION GROUPS
Lifetime of Memories
Thursday, 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Instructor: Varies
Enjoy working and socializing with others as you create special projects using arts, crafts, writing, and other means of creative expression to communicate and share special memories experienced throughout your lifetime. Call the center for more information.
Memoir, Journal & Reminiscing Writing
Friday, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Joyce Byrd
EXERCISE
Balance for Life
Friday, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Tuition: $25
Instructor: Rosemary Raymonda
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 15
No Olympic balance beam is necessary, just the desire to improve your balance. Exercises are designed to improve muscular strength and flexibility. Gross and fine motor coordination and joint stabilization are keys to staying strong and preventing falls. Relaxation techniques and restorative breathing exercises enhance mental clarity. Keeping life in the right balance just got easier.
Cardio-Toning
Monday, 12 noon 1:00 p.m. (9 weeks)
Note: No class on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009
OR
Wednesday, 12 noon 1:00 p.m. (10 weeks)
Tuition: $22.50 for Monday class or $25 for Wednesday class
Instructor: Rosemary Raymonda
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 25
Stir together fun with fitness, add a dash of energy and pinch of endurance, blend well, and taste the benefits of increasing your cardiovascular and muscle fitness and improved flexibility. Add a choreographed, low-impact workout set to the music with which you grew up, and you have a recipe for good fitness through a moderate exercise program. Students may enroll in one or both classes, but a separate tuition is required for each class.
Fitness Orientation/Fitness Room
See front desk for Orientation dates and times and Fitness Room hours.
Fee: $5 for Orientation (one-time annual fee)
Instructor: Rosemary Raymonda
Get personal instruction on the proper use of the fitness equipment and suggestions for exercise programs. Exercise on your own on a recumbent bicycle, treadmill, and free weights. Note: Fitness Orientation is required prior to use of the Fitness Room with an annual fee of $5. Fitness Orientation registration is required one week in advance. A Fitness Orientation and annual $5 fee is required at each separate senior activity center when that centers fitness equipment is used.
PACE Arthritis Exercise
Monday AND Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Note: This is an 8-week class
Tuition: None
Instructor: Rosemary Raymonda
Minimum Enrollment: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 35
People with Arthritis Can Exercise (P.A.C.E.) is a low-impact, land-based exercise program designed for people with arthritis, relying upon gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility, range of motion, and maintain muscle strength, while reducing pain, fatigue, and stiffness. PACE is approved by the Arthritis Foundation. NEW STUDENTS WELCOME!
Sit & Stretch
Thursday, 11:00 a.m. 12 noon
Tuition: None
Instructor: Barbara Matts
Minimum Enrollment: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 40
Reap the bountiful benefits of gentle exercise without ever leaving the comfort of your chair! With the emphasis upon stretching, flexibility, posture, range of motion and coordination moves, witness your physical capabilities and strength expand while muscle isolation exercises target key muscle groups, resulting in a more fit and flexible physique.
Tai Chi 1 (Beginning)
Wednesday & Friday, 10 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Tuition: $40
Instructor: Preston Hutt
Minimum Enrollment: 8
Maximum Enrollment: 15
Tailored for the beginning student, experience peace and tranquility and strength building through ancient Chinese Tai Chi forms and qi gong exercises that cultivate vitality, balance, and flexibility while mastering the basic Yang style short form.
Tai Chi 3 (Advanced)
Wednesday & Friday, 11:00 a.m. 12 noon
Tuition: $40
Instructor: Preston Hutt
Minimum Enrollment: 8
Maximum Enrollment: 15
Fine tune the Yang style short and long forms while discovering the Old Frame Chen style. Qi gong energy and breathing techniques are developed while Ba Gua and Hsing are introduced. Prerequisite: Tai Chi 1 and recommendation of instructor.
Walking
Walkers set their own goals and pace. Call the center for more information. Walker Walk at Festival Park starting at 9:45 a.m.
FINE ARTS
Art Open Studio
Thursday, 10 a.m. 12 noon
Tuition: None
Come and paint with friends or work on your own art projects.
One Stroke Painting
Monday, 12:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. (No class on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009)
Tuition: $36
Supply Fee: Instructor will leave a list of supplies at front desk prior to first class.
Instructor: Helen Tucker
Minimum Enrollment: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 12
With the flick of the wrist you can blend, shade, and highlight with just one single brush stroke. Using the Donna Dewberry decorative painting technique, create your own One Stroke masterpieces on a variety of surfaces using the principle known as loading the brush.
GAMES (PLAY ON YOUR OWN)
Billiards Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. 4 p.m.
Mah-Jongg for Beginners Wednesday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
(National Mah-Jongg League rules are used.)
Mah-Jongg 2 Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Table Shuffleboard Monday, 8:30 a.m. 12 noon
HEALTH & NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Blood Pressure Screening
1st Thursday, 10 a.m. 12 noon
Provided by Upper Chesapeake Health
Diabetes Support Group
1st and 3rd Tuesday, 9:30 10:30 a.m.
Facilitated by Parish Nurses
To request disability-related accommodations; please call Office on Aging at 410.638.3025 five business days before event.
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