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Featured Class
Sketching
Date: February 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Length: 4 weeks
Cost: $5.00 members
$5.00 non-members
Instructor: Ernesto Almada
Location: Game Room
Description: The Sketching class continues with our 'seasoned' Instructor Ernesto Almada. While he may be a new instructor here, neither art, nor teaching is new to him. Ernesto is an Art major and has spent 33 years in the school district as a bilingual tutor. During that time he worked with an after school program. During that time he taught young students art skill, but teaching adults would be no different. He had several students who earned awards in local art shows. Classes will start with a foundation in basic shapes and then use those shapes to learn shading before moving on to more complete objects, 3D, still life, then finally portraits. There will be no tracing or copying of other people’s works. He wants people to show their own creativity. Students need to bring their own pencils (from 9H to 9B – The HB scale ranges from 9H, a hard pencil that leaves fine, light marks, to 9B, a soft pencil which a high ratio of graphite that leaves bold, dark marks.), or even just a #2 to start, a sharpener, as well as a sketch pad. The size of the sketchpad will depend upon a student’s personal preference. So make your mark in the world and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. That’s what they make erasers for.
Featured Activity
Tai Chi
Time: Mondays 11:15 am
Cost: $4.00 members
$4.00 non-members
Location: Exercise Room
Description: Monday & Wednesday The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the Supreme Ultimate Force. The notion of supreme ultimate is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. Force (or, more literally, fist) can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or supreme-ultimate discipline. Or it is possibly from it's origins as a martial art and self-defense technique. Tai Chi as it is more commonly referred to, is practiced in the west today as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. There are a number of so-called forms (sometimes also called sets) which consist of a sequence of movements. Many of these movements are originally derived from the martial arts and perhaps even more ancestrally than that, from the natural movements of animals and birds. Legend has it that a Taoist monk, first developed a set of 13 exercises that imitate the movements of animals. Some of the movements are even called the Monkey Pick and Horses Mane. It is an exercise almost anyone who can walk can do safely. Tai chi takes the joints gently through their range of motion, while the emphasis on breathing and inner stillness relieves stress and anxiety. Your instructor is Katsuko aka Kats Shiomi and classes held on Mondays and Wednesday from 11:15 am - 12 noon, and the cost is only $3.00 per class. Students should wear comfortable clothing and come ready to find their inner peace.
Mission Statement
To enrich, maintain, and protect the quality of life of Senior Adults...
Announcements
FREE bus passes will be distributed on Monday, March 18th between 10 am & 11 am to those 60 years or older WITH A VALID ID.
Wii Bowling registration is on Wednesday, March 27th @ 1:00 PM. Next season begins on Wednesday, April 3rd. WE HAVE SLOTS AVAILABLE !!
We're planning an Alaskan Cruise in 2025. Preliminarily we're looking at late spring or early summer to cruise for 11 or more days. Details as we work them out but if interested PLEASE call-in to place your name on our interest list......it will assist us in gauging interest.
Upcoming Events
March 20, 2024 1:00 pm - The Price is Right
Our fun and exciting version of the Price is Right is BACK !! Refreshments and prizes too ! Please RSVP - 862-8104
March 1, 2024 - Various day trips
We're planning shuttle trips to Planes of Fame Museum; Redlands Legion Spaghetti night; Seven Oaks Dam; Nixon Library; Reign Hockey game, etc. If interested call us so we can develop an interest list for each location. Our Members have priority on all trips.
Articles
Thanks to our Give Big Donors
By: Mike Sylva
We would like to thank the following for donating to the Highland Senior Center in November’s San Bernardino Give Big Campaign.
Alaina Mathews $4000
Carolyn Michaelis $100
Wilfrid Lemann $25
Without generous donors such as these we would not be able to continue to provide programs and activities to our seniors.