Expo January 11 – Come Sample all the NEW Classes

decatur-active-living-expo-flyerWondering what’s NEW at the recreation center? Or didn’t realize there was anything new, well it’s true and we’ve got plenty of news to share. Here’s a sneak preview of the year ahead and save the date for the Expo on January 11 from 10am to noon. A new building, new classes, new year, and a new you! Save the date now for a fun-filled, active, expo and the chance to sample all the new fun activities and classes and meet and chat with the instructors. Meanwhile there is still no membership fee, just come and pay for the class you want to take. It’s that simple.

Come meet the instructors and sample ALL our NEW classes proposed this winter. From 10am to noon we will feature short 10-minute demos of new classes where you can try them out and talk to the instructors. We’ll have free drawings (see BINGO card) and booths to feature our new enrichment and artistic offerings as well. Stop by while the youth are playing basketball, before lunch, after Run With the Dogs 5k, or during your Saturday shopping.

Stay tuned for the 2014 playbook to plan your strategy for staying fit, featuring new and regular classes.

  • Ageless Grace
  • Ballet Fit
  • Craft series – Jewelry making and Needle work
  • Eat Well Indie*catur
  • Gymnastics
  • Hula Hoops for fitness
  • Internet for Seniors (learn basics and maybe fun tips like how to make emoticons)
  • Lunch & Learn series
  • Musikgarten
  • Nia Dance
  • Playout Family Fitness
  • Turn on your Sparkling Health
  • Walk With a Doc
  • Watercolor & Tea
  • Yoga (mat & chair)

Lose Yourself to Dance! We offer 7 styles of dance in Studio C…

Inspired by dance performances at the recent Decatur Book Festival? Well, those were spectacular and now that you’ve seen our fabulous new dance studio, explore our variety of offerings for dance and movement and come back for a workout in this space. Studio C is receiving rave reviews for the light-filled spacious room, the custom-made mirrored tile wall, the acoustics, floor surface and general accessibility (walk 1 block from Marta). Current Fall classes include the following and details can be found in our Fall 2013 playbook online  or in print. Look for it after Labor Day. And enjoy this article on ‘impromptu no tutu’, a senior dance movement forming in California. http://www.creativeaging.org/news-blog/blog/greacian-goeke-encourages-dance-adults

Capoeira performance

Capoeira dance w/Francisco

zumba

Zumba in Studio C w/Ina

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NIA Dance w/Sandy

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Traditional and fresh Afri-dance moves w/Nashid

dance

Dance to Buble’, Connick & Sinatra w/Bobbie

Ballroom dance

West coast swing & lindy hop w/Birta

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Sylvia boots up for line dancing