Charlotte Senior Center & Cafe Menu
by Mary Recchia, Activities Coordinator,
January 12, 2012, page 16.....

Happy New Year to All!

Join Margery Rutherford and Dorrice Hammer as they begin another session of Living Strong in Vermont on January 10. The session runs two days/week on Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m.- noon through March. The program helps maintain independence by increasing strength, muscle mass and bone density using hand and ankle weights. Balance exercises enhance agility and decrease the likelihood of falls, while flexibility exercises increase joint mobility and reduce the risk of injury. The weight-bearing exercises are done seated and standing behind the back of a chair. These are particularly effective for osteo-arthritis sufferers, who benefit from increased pain-free range of motion. New participants can stop by the center to pick up a doctor’s consent form. Registration required. Suggested donation: $48, for new participants.
The Art of Indian Cooking returns Thursday afternoons from 1-3 p.m. Dates: 1/12, 1/19, 1/26 and 2/2. Learn the art of Indian cooking and add some spice to your life. The lessons will start with simple staple foods and gradually progress to fancier items. Each class will have typical menu items you can learn with lots of hands-on experience. You will have the opportunity to modify the recipes to your desire and also test the foods. If you have any favorites that you would like to learn, Gopi will take special requests during the first session, and she will try to incorporate them into subsequent classes. Registration necessary. Maximum 10. Fee: $20 per lesson includes all materials.
A new class of Beginner Bridge with Dot Myers and Stella Palmer begins Friday afternoons from 1-2:30 p.m. Dates: 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10 and 2/17. If you have always wanted to learn the game of bridge, this “hands-on” teaching approach will have you doing exercises with actual cards at the table, giving you knowledge of the basic bidding system and card playing skills to build on with continued practice. Registration required. Fee: $30.
Let’s Just Sing! with Carl Recchia and CVU Singers Tuesday afternoons from 1:30-3 p.m. Dates: 1/17, 2/14, and 3/13. (As a possibility, we could sing on our own or go to CVU on the alternate weeks of 1/31, 2/28 and 3/27). After their involvement with the Young at Heart Chorus last fall, the CVU Singers had a desire to build on that experience in their own community by spending time with seniors. This offering grew out of that desire, and the idea is for you and the kids to come together and sing while enjoying each other’s company. We will choose familiar tunes and easily learned new pieces that will lift our spirits. Whether you have sung for years or quietly sing to yourself in the shower, choose whatever excuse you need to come join the fun. Sing yourself happy!  Registration required. No fee.
Please join us for events following the Wednesday Luncheon beginning at 1 p.m.:
1/18: The “Other Half” Of Colorado with Dale Hyerstay
Colorado has two distinct halves. The eastern half is high plains, 4,000 to 5,000 feet above sea level with barely a bump in it and climatologically rated as semi-arid. The other half is mostly mountainous, has three national parks, seven national monuments, nine wildlife refuges, 27 ski areas, 55 peaks over 14,000 feet and 33 mountain passes from 8,300 ft to 12,000 feet. Dale Hyerstay, who was born and raised in Denver, will take you on a photo tour of parts of that awesome “other half.”
1/25: A Visit To Tibet – The Roof Of The World with Carl Herzog
Often referred to as Shangri-La, this mysterious Himalayan land is beginning to undergo rapid change and assimilation into Chinese culture. To see Tibet before its unique characteristics were forever lost, Carl journeyed through the country, from the remarkable Potala Palace of the Dali Lama in Lhasa to the remote and forbidding East Face of Mt. Everest. Join Carl as he visits the cultural highlights of this beautiful land and treks to some of the most remote areas of the Himalayas.