Ballroom Dancing for Seniors is coming to the Grasonville Senior Center. The new Healthy Living for Older Adults class offers a great low impact workout in a fun social setting. Sessions are designed specifically for seniors to improve health through education and awareness training. Dance Instructor Anne Marie Duld will lead the group on Tuesdays, January 6 – March 3, 2009 from 1:30PM – 3:30PM. No prior dance experience is necessary and beginners are encouraged to try this fun class; it will have you feeling confident about your dance steps. Participants must be age 60 or better. This course is provided by Chesapeake College Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Training. Registration cost just $10.00 and entitles the student to take as many classes as they choose. Advance registration is recommended. Interested persons should call (410) 827-6010 or visit the Grasonville Senior Center conveniently located at 4802 Main Street, Grasonville.

Ballroom Dancing for Seniors

There are very few ways to exercise that are as pleasurable as dance. The music seems to help dancers along and before you know it, you have burned calories and become a little more coordinated in the process. Ballroom dance instructor Anne Marie Duld has developed a great afternoon class for seniors interested in a low impact exercise hour as well as an opportunity for socializing.

A student of championship dancer Amanda Showell, Duld has been teaching for several years. She is frequently featured in ballroom dance showcase events and has taught at the Academy Arts Museum in Easton, Maryland and the Centre for the Arts in Centreville, Maryland. She has designed this class specifically with senior dancers in mind.

This six-week class will feature Foxtrot and Rumba techniques and is held at the Centre for the Arts in Centreville, Maryland on Wednesday, October 29 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Class cost is $60 and $50 for members of the Arts Council. The registration deadline is on Wednesday, October 22.

The Center for the Arts classes are designed to renew existing artistic interests, and to develop new skills. Registration materials are available at 206 South Commerce St. in Centreville, MD Tuesday-Friday from 9am to 5pm and Saturday from 10am to 2pm, or by calling 410-758-2520, online, www.arts4u.info, or request via email at exhibit@arts4u.info.

The Queen Anne’s County Arts Council, Inc., is a non-profit organization committed to promoting, expanding and sustaining the arts. Visit us on the web at www.arts4u.info.

Instructor Anne Marie Duld brings this low impact exercise and fun social activity to the dance floor for fall. These sessions are arranged specifically with seniors in mind. Sessions is a four-week class beginning Wednesday, September 17 from 2:30-3:30 pm showcasing Waltz & Swing. Session II begins Wednesday, October 29 from 2:30-3:30 pm with Foxtrot & Rumba.

Duld is an accomplished dancer who studied with dance champion Amanda Showell and now teaches for her including young students, adults and special needs dancers. The cost for the class is $60 and $50 for Arts Council members. Registration for Session I is September 10 and Session II, 10/22.

The Center for the Arts classes are designed to renew existing artistic interests, and to develop new skills. Registration materials are available at 206 South Commerce St. in Centreville, MD Tuesday-Friday from 9am to 5pm and Saturday from 10am to 2pm, or by calling 410-758-2520, online, www.arts4u.info, or request via email at exhibit@arts4u.info.