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Have you always wanted to try Ballroom dancing or are you an experienced dancer? e Ballroom Dance Club has something for everyone! Join us at our June dance that will be held on Fri., June 14 in Abravanel Hall from 7 to 9:15 pm. Get some exercise, have fun, and make new social connections. Dress is casual. We will dance to the music of the popular Music Station Duo. e cost will be $15/member or $20/nonmember. Checks due by Fri., June 7. e club sponsors weekly ballroom dance lessons each Wednesday in Abravanel Hall from 2 to 3:45 pm. • 2 – 2:45 pm: Beginner Class • 2:45 – 3 pm: Dance Tips and Techniques for both Beginners and Intermediates • 3 – 3:45 pm: Intermediate Class e cost for the Beginner or Intermediate class is $10/person per class for both members and nonmembers. Pay at the door (no reservations required, just come). e Dance Tips and Techniques discussion is free to both Beginner and Intermediate dancers. e dance being taught changes each month. e following is the class schedule through July this year. * June, Rumba * July, Night Club Two Step. e dance being taught in June is Rumba, which is one of the most beautiful Latin style dances and is very easy to learn. Rumba is a slow and flirtatious dance, earning it's nickname as "e Dance of Love." It is characterized by subtle side to side hip movements with an erect torso. It is danced with a basic pattern of a slow forward step and two quick side steps. Rumba is a popular style choice for a wedding dance and slow partner dancing. Lesson Review and Practice Sessions are held in Abravanel Hall from 2 to 4 pm each week on Mondays. Marvin and Lynn Wheeler, who are very experienced dancers, review Wednesday's lessons and provide help upon request. Aer the review, you can practice your dancing to a variety of ballroom music. e event is FREE, just drop in. ese sessions are open to all residents of OHCC and guests of members. e annual membership dues for the Ballroom Dance Club are $10 per person. With this membership you will receive regular emails describing club activities as well as discounts for dances. To join, just drop your check off at the front desk. For further information, please call Marv Todd at (978) 239-5440 or email mtodd941@gmail.com. Written by Marv Todd 14 | OHCC LIVING | JUNE 2024 | Ballroom Dance e line dancing we do these days, could be called modern dancing even though we do "country line dancing," we dance to all different types of music. We dance to cha-cha, waltz and whatever is popular on TikTok and the radio these days. Line dancing is a group dance. Dancers form a line and do a repeated set of steps that is choreographed. While everyone is in a line or row, there is no physical contact with the other dancers, but you do dance together following the repeated steps at the same time. Because line dancing involves low-impact cardiovascular exercise while remembering steps and the need to think, it is a workout for the brain as much as the body. If you can get up off the chair and on a line dance floor, you are moving. And if you are moving, you are alive and exercising. And in choreography for line dancing, you have to actually remember a set of steps, and once you're working your brain all the way to your feet, you're having great fun exercising at the same time. Line Dance class schedule: Beginner (1): Tuesday 10:30 – 11:30 am $5 Improver (2): Monday 12:30 – 2 pm $7 Intermediate (3): Tuesday 12 – 1:30 pm $10 Want to try it out? Come on by. You do not have to be a Line Dance Club member; however you will be expected to pay for the class, which pays the instructor. Aer a trial, you will need to join the club. If you are interested in participating in our activities and are not sure who to reach out to for further information, please call Sunny Griffin at (970) 708-0443. Also, please visit our website, https://ohccvillagelinedan.wixsite.com/linedancing. Written by Chris Sanderson Line Dancers

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