Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633 W. Elm St., Allentown, is offering the following dances 7-10 p.m. during January in the Trexler Room.<\/p>\n
The per person fee includes refreshments.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 3: Country Dance<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 10: KATO<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 16: Spinnin Simmons<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 24: Johnny K<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 28: Dave and Brenda<\/p>\n
The following dance will be held 1-3 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 28: Johnny K<\/p>\n
Dance classes include:<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26: Line dance with Instructor Linda Peters, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Must have experience. You will learn the newest, most popular line dances as well as some of the classics.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26: Introduction to line dances with Instructor Linda Peters, 1:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
Learn the basic steps and proper technique with fun, easy dances to all genres of music.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27: Tap beginner with Instructor Grace Conti, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
If you have always wanted to learn to tap dance, this class is for you. Tap shoes are required.<\/p>\n
The following creative arts classes are offered:<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28: Arts and crafts led by Trisha Baker, 9-11 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30: Suzanne Bauder\u2019s Art for Everyone, noon.<\/p>\n
Help is available for all media chosen. New and advanced students are welcome.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29: Knit and chat group, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Stop in, work on your own projects, knit, crochet or embroider.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26: 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
\u00b7Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27: Instructor Bonny Batman\u2019s ceramics, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Come join these fun ceramics ongoing classes. Price includes paints.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 7: Paint and Sip \u201cGrumpy Cat\u201d led by Angela Faidley, 6-8 p.m.<\/p>\n
Everyone will create their own masterpiece. Price includes materials and wine.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29: Junk journal\/book making with Instructor Jean Burd, 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Have fun making a book and filling it with themed pages. Bring glue sticks, magazines, scissors and scrapbooking supplies.<\/p>\n
The following exercise classes will be offered:<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30: Tai Chi for Balance with Instructor Bob Donnelly (Pai Ma Shen), 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
A holistic exercise to help reduce stress and promote physical well-being using slow flowing movement to coordinate breath and enhance strength, balance and calmness.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30: Fit circuit with 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
\u00b7Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26: Barre with 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 the 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
\u00b7Jan. 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28: Zumba with 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
\u00b7Jan. 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29: Zumba with 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
\u00b7Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29: Neuro Warrior with 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 who wants to move and improve activities of daily living.<\/p>\n
The following groups will be offered:<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29: Photography composition basics with Instructor Ray Royer, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
This group is for anyone who wants to improve their photography skills using a cell phone or camera.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29: Poetry appreciation, 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
This group is for those who appreciate poetry.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28: After A Loss … What Comes Next? with 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
\u00b7Jan. 26: Lehigh people with Parkinson\u2019s with Moderator Dave Rivera, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
The support group empowers people with Parkinson\u2019s and their caretakers on their journey to live their best lives.<\/p>\n
The following history classes will be offered.<\/p>\n
\u00b7Jan. 7: World War Ii History \u2013 The Brandenbergers with Instructor Dr. Charles Bonos, 2 p.m.<\/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 January…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-74948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74948","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=74948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74948\/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=74948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}