Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633 W. Elm St., Allentown, is offering the following dances 7-10 p.m. during December in the Trexler Room.<\/p>\n
The per person fee includes refreshments.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 13: \u201cKATO\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 19: DJ Dance with Spinnin\u2019 Simmons<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 27: \u201cJohnny K\u201d<\/p>\n
Dance classes include:<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 15, 22: Introduction to line dances, 1:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
Learn the basic steps and proper technique with fun, easy dance to all genres of music.<\/p>\n
The following creative arts classes are offered:<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 15, 17: Arts and crafts led by Trisha Baker, 9-11 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 12, 17, 19: Suzanne Bauder\u2019s Art for Everyone, noon.<\/p>\n
Help is available for all media chosen. New and advanced students are welcome.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 18: Knit and chat group, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Stop in, work on your own projects, knit, crochet or embroider.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 15, 22: Drawing led by Instructor Judy Peters, 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Learn how to draw with pencils in this introductory class to composition, outlining and shading.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 16, 23: Instructor Bonny Batman\u2019s ceramics, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Come join these fun ceramics ongoing classes. Price includes paints.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 18: Junk Journal with Instructor Jean Burd, 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s have fun making a book and filling it with themed pages.<\/p>\n
Bring glue sticks, magazines, scissors and scrapbooking supplies.<\/p>\n
The following exercise classes will be offered.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 12, 19: \u201cTai Chi\u201d Instructor Bob Donnelly (Pai Ma Shen), 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
A holistic exercise that helps reduce stress and promote physical well-being. Using slow flowing movement to coordinate breath and enhance strength, balance and calmness.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 12, 15, 19, 22: \u201cFit Circuit\u201d Instructor Sara Mercer, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
This low impact circuit style class, featuring upbeat choreography mixed with strength training, is a great overall cardio workout.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 15, 22: \u201cBarre\u201d Instructor Michele Fisher, 10:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
A low impact toning class that blends the principles of Pilates, yoga, strength training and ballet to activate your entire body.<\/p>\n
Focus on proper body alignment, balance, stability and flexibility and strength; targeting hips, glutes, abs and arms.<\/p>\n
Standing and floor work and the ballet barre is used for some portions of class, but this is not a dance class.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 15, 17, 22: \u201cZumba\u201d Instructor Grace Conti, 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Dancers and non-dancers will enjoy this Latin inspired, dance fitness class, which is designed for seniors.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 16, 18, 23: \u201cZumba\u201d Instructor Ed Nickels, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Dancers and non-dancers will enjoy this Latin inspired dance fitness class, which is designed for seniors.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 18: \u201cNeuro Warrior\u201d Instructor Rob Comins, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
This class consists of dynamic movements from Martial Arts techniques ranging from boxing, Hapkido, Karate, Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Qigong and more.<\/p>\n
Class is beneficial for any individual that wants to move and improve activities of daily living.<\/p>\n
The following groups will be offered.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 18: Photography Composition Basics, Instructor Ray Royer, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
This group is for anyone who wants to improve their photography skills using a cellphone or camera.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 18: Poetry Appreciation, 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
This group is for those who appreciate poetry.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 17: \u201cAfter A Loss … What Comes Next?\u201d Moderator Brenda Mason, 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
We all experience loss. Loss can have us feel deeply alone. Meeting and sharing with others can begin the healing process.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Dec. 12, 19: \u201cSocrates Caf\u00e9\u201d Moderated by Dr. Charles Brooks, 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Begins with a question chosen by the group and ends with even more questions.<\/p>\n
For more information and fees on these programs, call 610-437-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633 W. Elm St., Allentown, is offering the following dances 7-10 p.m. during December…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-58290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}