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In like a lion It’s all a matter of perspective
April 2019 Features Bass Travels
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n like a lion and out like a lamb,” is a metaphor often used to describe the coming and going of the winter season. But, frankly, it’s a tired cliché used to describe the passing of the season, and I don’t think it applies to how our weather changes in upstate New York anymore. In fact, I distinctly recall my first winter in Albany. It was spring week in 1982. My father took on a position at a local stock brokerage firm. My mother was tasked with putting our family home in Texas on the market. The three of us were together to see my father off on his first day on the job. As fate would have it, so was Old Man Winter. On the morning he opened the window curtains to welcome in the new day, he was greeted by the sight of 15 inches of snow on the ground. He said something my 9-year-old mouth wasn’t allowed to repeat. Somewhere within that timeline, my friends at home played our first baseball game of the season. It’s healthy to revisit how we view things. Sometimes, the expressions of yesterday are lost to today’s ears. That tired metaphor was never how I viewed our winters. Not since I was nine. Instead, I’ve always viewed our winters as the lion who refused to quit. Ultimately, spring would take its place, but not without a good fight. Somewhere within that last sentence is a good metaphor for life. We start to feel the years of abuse we’ve placed upon our bodies, but our minds still hold on to what we were once able to do. For some of us, we still can do those things. And for those of us who continue on, maybe our peers try to step in and ask why we don’t “act our age?” Because. We’re the lion who refuses to quit. The subject of this month’s inside feature shares the story of musician Billy Sheehan. Age truly is just a number, as the legendary bass player continues to tour and produce music at a feverish pace. At 66, his fingers are just as nimble and he continues to show the vitality of a young man while on stage. When I spoke with him, his age never came up. Instead, we focused on what he’s done and where he plans to go from here. That’s a lion with no quit inside of him. Sincerely, Michael Hallisey, Managing Editor
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Social Security Corner
Know your insurance How your income affects your Medicare
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f you have higher income, the law requires an upward adjustment to your monthly Medicare Part B (medical insurance) and Medicare prescription drug coverage premiums. But, if your income has gone down, you may use form SSA-44 to request a reduction in your Medicare income-related monthly adjustment amount. Medicare Part B helps pay for your doctors’ services and outpatient care. It also covers other medical services, such as physical and occupational therapy, and some home health care. For most beneficiaries, the government pays a substantial portion — about 75 percent —
of the Part B premium, and the beneficiary pays the remaining 25 percent. If you’re a higher-income beneficiary, you’ll pay a larger percentage of the total cost of Medicare Part B, based on the income you report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). You’ll pay monthly Part B premiums equal to 35, 50, 65, 80, or 85 percent of the total cost, depending on the income you report to the IRS. Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage helps pay for your prescription drugs. For most beneficiaries, the government pays a major portion of the total costs for this coverage, and the beneficiary pays
the rest. Prescription drug plan costs vary depending on the plan, and whether you get Extra Help with your portion of the Medicare prescription drug coverage costs. If you’re a higher-income beneficiary with Medicare prescription drug coverage, you’ll pay monthly premiums plus an additional amount, which is also based on the income you report to the IRS. Because individual plan premiums vary, the law specifies that the amount is determined using a base premium. If you’re a higher-income beneficiary, we deduct this amount from your monthly Social Security payments regardless of how
Elizabeth Pivonka you usually pay your monthly prescription plan premiums. If the amount is greater than your monthly payment from Social Security, or you don’t get monthly payments, you’ll get a separate bill from another federal agency, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or the Railroad Retirement Board. You can find Form SSA-44 online at www.socialsecurity. gov/forms/ssa-44.pdf. You can also read more in the publication “Medicare Premiums: Rules For Higher-Income Beneficiaries” at: www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN-05-10536. pdf.
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Ongoing activities Mondays
10 to 10:45 a.m. — Zumba Gold (April 22 - No class) 11 a.m. to noon — Motion & Fitness (April 22 - No class)
Tuesdays
9:15 to 9:45 a.m. — Tai Chi 9 a.m. to noon — Tom’s computer class (first and third Tuesdays each month) 10 a.m. to noon — cards, bridge, Mah Jongg, and Wii Bowling 10:30 a.m. — Line Dancing Noon — Lunch 12:30 to 2 p.m. — Lectures, trivia, games or Bingo
Thursdays
9:15 to 9:45 a.m. — Tai Chi 10 a.m. — Cards, Wii Bowling, and Bridge 10:30 a.m. — Bocce and Pickle Ball Noon — Lunch 12:45 to 2 p.m. — Lectures, trivia, games or Bingo 7:00 p.m. — Bellatone (4th, 11th)
Fridays
10 a.m. to noon — Beginner Mahjong 10 a.m. to noon — Open Art Studio 11 a.m. to noon — CDPHP Chair Pilates 10:30 a.m. — Alzheimer’s Support Group (first Friday of each month).
Upcoming Events Pink Day (wear pink/ trivia) — Tuesday, April 9, at 12:30 p.m. Corks and Forks (painting and mac n’ cheese) — Wednesday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Blue Shield — Thursday, April 11 at 1 p.m. Crafts with Edie (decorating eggs) — Tuesday, April 16, at 10:00 a.m. Abe Lincoln Trivia — Tuesday, April 16, at 1 p.m. Open Art Studio @ Center — Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. Easter Traditions/History — Tuesday, April 23, at 12:30 p.m. Pet Therapy Dog (Sophie) — Thursday, April 25, at 10:00 a.m. Zumba Basics (sponsored by the Glen Eddy) —Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m. Collar City Craft Festival — Saturday, April 27, at noon Paint Along with Peggy — Tuesday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to noon Registration and additional fees may be required for activities and events.
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Retiring Retirement
Goin’ Mobile! A story of one man’s determination This is the second in a two-part series featuring Allen Ballard. His story began in last month’s edition of Senior Spotlight.
titled An Old Fellow’s Journey Into The World Of Rollators, Mobile Scooters, Recumbent Trikes, Adult Trikes And Electric Bikes, was the result of this man’s drive to face disability head-on. It’s a colorful, inforell into his mative treasure for those who eighties, rehave been hampered physically. tired UniverHe believes that pitchsity of Albany ing the book to the physical professor Allen Ballard of Cliftherapy and senior citizen ton Park began to approach markets is a natural. A preemihis severe stenosis in his right nent webinar for recumbent leg and the pain of his knees bikes featured him and there and shoulders in the manner is a prospect that a major cable he had lived his previous eight television show will have him decades. as its guest. “You have to adapt and The book is a result of walkchange and that is what my ing his talk, or should we say book is about,” he explains. putting the pedal to the medal. Keep On Moving, sub“After a last-ditch effort
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with a hand-controlled car didn’t work out, the book began to percolate in my mind to just keep mobile,” he says. The gadgeteer researched the emerging technology of mobility devices and came up with a fascinating story of what he terms “the collateral benefits of mobility.” Moving about, exercise and getting outside can wheel many challenged people into a healthy way of keeping up with life by riding around the neighborhood, going to a local store or stopping to see friends along the way. In his area, he is hoping that the town will expand the bike trail that will extend the educator’s days of learning by giving him a route
Robert LaCosta to his library. “Exercise has its own healing,” he says. “It takes your mind off the pain and moves against depression – especially when you get the news from the doctor who says that you’ll have to live with a disability or pain for the rest of your life.” He pairs his physical movement with the exercise of the spiritual. “I pray and go to bed with gospel music and in all situations I take it to The Lord,” he says. Robert J. LaCosta has been writing about seniors for thirty years. His daily inspirational vignettes and books are available on robertlacosta.com.
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Aging Mastery Program
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A 10-week session which encourages mastery - developing behaviors across many dimensions that will lead to improved health, stronger financial security, and overall well-being. This free educational program will allow you to learn how to make and maintain small but impactful
Sip n’ Paint with Sabrina Tuesday, April 9 & Tuesday, April 16
Join Sabrina and make new friends as you enjoy painting on canvas. Class begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by lunch.
Looking ahead: Men Can Cook Tuesday, May 7, at 10 a.m.
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Veteran Next Door
Veterans reconnecting over D-Day
was working on the first event of ‘D-Day Revisited Day of Remembrance and Recognition’ in the spring of 2011. This involved finding survivors of the Normandy Invasion in a 60 mile radius of Albany. The first event was held on June 4, 2011 at the Holiday Inn Express in Latham with 38 survivors and over 270 people in attendance. During the search for key speakers, my son one evening told me of a person who might be a good speaker. Through our backyard and into Dooley’s backyard lived a Veteran Next Door to Dooley. The two boys were in their 20’s and would see Doug often. A pleasant and friendly man they mostly shared small talk as neighbors. Then one day Doug told them about a book that was written about him and two friends from his WW II Army days. Now the conversations shifted to stories about his experiences as part of tank crew in the Battle of the Bulge. Through a Google search I discover the book, ‘Into the Dragon’s Teeth.’ I also dis-
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covered that Doug past away about 10 months earlier in June 2010. I mail ordered the book and started to read it. Within a few weeks Jim Haggerty (a Korean War Veteran and active with Veteran affairs) called me and gave me the names and phone numbers of these three Veterans who he thought might be Normandy survivors. I tracked down Al Cohen and Richard Marowitz. For the first time in my life I read a book that I personally met the characters. Unknown to each other during the war, they were united through the local Battle of the Bulge Association. Marowitz was a successful musician in the early 1940’s making $5,000 a year with the big bands of New York City. He was drafted and returned to a $30 a month life. He became part of a forward observer group when he took advantage of a lucky chance to leave a unit that was overly daring and foolish. He found a nice top hat with the initial ‘AH’ in a chalet closet outside of Munich. BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM
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PBS made a TV documentary entitled “Hitler’s Hat.” I met with him many times and he gave me a DVD copy of the documentary. Cohen was a front line infantry and a BAR man (Browning Automatic Rifle). Most infantrymen keep stories close to the heart and left deep in the head. I visited his home off Whithall Road in Albany by ringing the doorbell and showing the book when his wife answered. I was invited in for the quickest 2 ½ hour visit. His basement was a museum. He was on the cover of a Look Magazine showing him guarding the Nuremburg prisoners. Knowing he was Jewish, I asked him ‘how did he ever control himself ?’ He said he learned a little German and when the prisoners came to cell door’s little window he said “I’m Jewish.” They had this peculiar and dismal look on their face and just walked away. Vink was part of a three person tank crew. Living with two others in close quarters in refrigerated temperatures, Vink tells the
story when they had a chance to sleep in building one night. The cold of the tank or building was the same but at least they could stretch out. The building stairs were destroyed. They improvised by orderly placing frozen German soldiers as a stair way. My son knew Vink and he was truly a Veteran Next Door. I was blessed to know Marowitz and Cohen. The Veterans went on a book tour through the local high schools. The book was written in 2004 by Dick Lynch (TV and radio broadcaster of WNYT and WROW) and Paul Rutherford, Vice President of Homestead Funding. The 75th Anniversary of two very important WW II events are upcoming in 2019: June 6, 1944 D-Day the Normandy Invasion and the December 16, 1944 The Battle of the Bulge the largest battle of WW II. To all the Veterans Next Door, God Bless You.
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Senior calendars Voorheesville Public Library
operating system and register for that date. April 1st will be Windows; April 8th will cover Androids; and April 15th will be iOS.
51 School Road, Voorheesville (518) 765-2791 www.voorheesvillelibrary.org
Thursday Afternoon Movie Thursday, April 4, 11, 18, & 25 Join us Thursday at 1:30 p.m. to watch a classic movie on our giant screen. Check our website calendar or call for movie titles and descriptions. Light refreshments served.
Nimblefingers Craft Group Tuesday, April 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
Bring your projects, socialize, and connect with other
Beading Workshop
crafters every Tuesday at 1 p.m. Share your own special talents or learn a new knitting, crocheting, embroidery or quilting skill. All crafters are welcome to join the group.
Digital Spring Cleaning
Monday, April 1, 8, & 15
Time to dust out those hidden folders, delete old programs, and empty the trash (or recycling bin). Learn how to clean up and speed up your digital devices with some routine maintenance. Check the calendar for the first three Monday afternoons in April, from 1 to 2 p.m. Pick your
Monday, April 8
Join us from 6 to 8 p.m. to learn easy beading techniques for making simple necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. The Library provides tools and offers a variety of beads to choose from, or you are welcome to bring your own supplies and projects along. Check out our beading books and magazines for inspiration. Adults and teens ages 14 and up. Please register.
Remember the Holocaust Wednesday, April 10
Award-winning teacher and historian, Matthew Rozell will
give a presentation about the extraordinary story behind an iconic 1945 photograph, which records the whole incredible story about Holocaust survivors left to die on a train in Nazi Germany and the American soldiers that liberated them. This program will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Matthew Rozells’ books will be available for purchase and signing. No registration required.
Albany History Thursday, April 11
Author Erik Schlimmer will present his book, “Cradle of the Union: Albany History Uncovered.” He will share his research on Albany’s 800 streets. The audience will take a virtual tour of street names, weaving among war heroes, , founding fathers, and more. Please register for this 6:30 p.m. program.
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Add Your Event to our Monthly Calendar for Older Adults! Does your organization have an event of interest to older adults? If so, we want to know about it! All listings must include date, time, location, contact information and any fees. Please do not exceed 90 words per item listing.
For more information, please call Michael Hallisey at 518-439-4949
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American History Through Poetry
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Instructor Paul Lamar shares American history through the poetry. Fee is $64 ($55 for JCC Members). Prepaid registration required before class fills.
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Mondays, April 15, 22 & 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Instructor Dorothea Osborn guides us through sessions designed for beginners and for those who have some painting experience. Request class flyer, which includes supply list. $69/ session $60/session JCC Member. Prepaid registration required before class fills. The second session picks up on Mondays, June 3, 17, 24, July 1, from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
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Bass Travels By MICHAEL HALLISEY halliseym@spotlightnews.com
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n a world where bassists seldom earn the respect of music fans, Billy Sheehan is held in the highest regard. It’s given him his ticket to ride through an incredible career. Sheehan, 66, developed a love for the bass guitar as a kid growing up in Buffalo. While kids daydream of being rockstars, they typically imagine themselves as the lead singer, perhaps show off their prowess at shredding a mean air guitar, or wow playground girlfriends with an imaginary drum solo. However, Sheehan’s first memory is that of the bass guitar’s sound.
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Billy Sheehan shares how he first picked up the bass guitar Sheehan recalls how he could hear his neighbor rehearsing with his band at night. His neighbor was a bass player. “I could hear the bass at night,” Sheehan remembers, “because, bass travels. I was a little kid, so I would have to go to bed but I could hear the songs out in the distance.” He compared the experience to the concussive thump from a car stereo subwoofer. “I just loved the sound.” It was the sound that “moved things around” as you played it. The shake and rattle in the room. “You’d really move the whole building,” he said. When he visited his neighbor, he learned why. He came across the instruments and picked up the bass guitar. It was “big, fat and giant” with thick chords. He then compared it to the guitar in the room. “The guitar was this tiny, little thing with thin strings like a Velveeta cheese cutter,” said Sheehan. “And, the guitar amp was this tiny, little thing [while] the bass amp was this giant Fender Dual Showman. It just impressed me.” Sheehan recognizes why bassists are often under-appreciated. It’s the ease in which his instrument can be learned. A player can go without learning chord shapes, or the difference between major and minor scales. Because some bassists have often learned to survive by learning a few notes, the whole has earned a reputation of being the least competent musician in the band. But, he owns a different reputation. Sheehan’s story began soon after starting out with Talas. The power trio initially earned its name while performing gigs in the Buffalo and Rochester scenes playing covers from The Who. Through time, the original songs were introduced to the setlist. Sheehan had since modified his instrument and developed innovative techniques. He was two-handed tapping, three-finger picking and chording like a lead guitarist. He was playing bass solos. In the years since Guitar Player magazine first published in 1967, Sheehan has earned the readers’ choice as “Best Rock Bass Player” five times. It’s an easy instrument, he said. But, he also said
it has limitless potential. “Bass players sometimes have the reputation of being the least competent musician in the band,” said Sheehan. “It’s not always true. In fact, some of the greatest and most successful players are [Paul] McCartney, Sting, Lemmy [Kilmister], Geddy Lee, Steve Harris. They’re bass players, and it just shows that the instrument really is unlimited in its potential.”
The bass travels
The blue and white thruway signs that dot across the Empire State show a jagged line cutting across New York’s profile. When President Dwight Eisenhower conceived the idea of superhighways across the country, it was to better prepare the union for a potential war. What the retired general failed to envision was that the network later served as a great conduit between music scenes. After a decade of playing, Talas’ reputation grew throughout the communities chain linked across the New York state Thruway. By the late 70s, Talas was the go-to band in Buffalo. With the help of a young Harvey Weinstein as its manager, the band opened for UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, Triumph Aerosmith and Iron Maiden. A young Irish band named after a spy plane once opened for them, a story Sheehan often shared but was never believed to be true. In 1980, Weinstein arranged a connection that later allowed Talas to open 30 shows on a tour with Van Halen. It established a relationship that would later lead Sheehan to connect with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth after his storied departure following the release of “1984.” Despite the national attention, Talas fizzled after the 1980 tour. The band remained unsigned by a major record label and couldn’t seem to escape Buffalo. By 1983, the band’s lineup changed. The band consisted of Rochester natives, vocalist Phil Naro, drummer “Machine Gun” Mark Miller, guitarist Johnny Angel and Sheehan at bass. Just before Talas was to launch a nationwide tour with Yngwie Malmsteen, Sheehan received a phone
call beckoning him to Los Angeles. Michael Normandin of Stormin Productions remembers that tour as it stopped in Albany. remembered it as being a pivotal moment, recalling how the legendary bassist would leave the band to play in a new band with David Lee Roth. At that time, Sheehan said, his impending pairing with Roth was a “state secret.” When Sheehan traveled to Los Angeles before the tour, it was to meet with Roth, who had just left Van Halen. “It was tough keeping that secret, but I managed it somehow,” said Sheehan. The band was going to record an album through Gold Mountain/A&M, but once the tour ended, Sheehan broke the news that he would join Roth. “And, of course, they were very happy for me,” he said. Over the years, Sheehan would be associated with UFO, Mr. Big, The Winery Dogs and Sons of Apollo. In the Summer of 2017, Sheehan reunited with Naro and Miller. With guitarist Kire Najdovski on guitar, Talas was together again. It was intended to be for just one night. It’s now the lineup that’s touring today. Sheehan recalls that last tour nearly 35 years ago. “A lot of people in the country saw the Talas and Yngwie tour,” he said. “It was extremely successful all throughout the USA with that. To this day, I still get emails about it. We had a really wonderful time together.” Sheehan said it’s been “a blast” since Talas reunited. The band has tentative plans to record an album with new material. Sheehan is also working on several other projects, one of which involves Michael Portnoy and The Winery Dogs. UFO announced last week it will go on one last tour before frontman Phil Mogg is to leave the band. Sheehan won’t be joining the band, but he hasn’t ruled out reuniting with Roth again. “It’s up to [Roth],” said Sheehan. “He has our phone numbers. If he decides to do something, myself, Steve and Greg are ready to join him anytime. That would be a blast, I’m sure.”
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Diabetes Support Group Friday, April 5 from 11 to noon
Diane Whitten, Cornell Cooperative Extension will be here to discuss Nutrition. Facilitated by Saratoga County Public Health Services.
Golf League Meeting Thursday, April 18, at 10 a.m.
The Center has an active Golf League that plays at the
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Town’s Par 3 course on Barney Road. We are currently looking for new golfers (singles and couples) to join the mixed Clifton Park Senior Community Center Golf League. If interested, please plan to join us at our meeting.
Magic with Mike Wednesday, May 1
Mike is a retired family doctor, who has had magic as his hobby for the past 50 years. His interest in magic came about, because, in his part-time job as a taxi cab driver while in college in Chicago, he would often ride by this small magic store on south State Street, and one day walked in.
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Exercise to Tape, Pool/ Billiards, Chorus, Yoga, Mondays Watercolor & Sketch, Legal Tap Intermediate, Jazz Assistance by appointment, Dance, Chair Yoga, Discussion Group, Clogging, Quilt- Seton Health Seniorcize, Duplicate Bridge, Mahing, Osteo Exercise, Soul Jongg, Pinochle, Bunco or Line Dancing. Pinochle – learn to play
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Senior calendars Bethlehem Public Library 451 Delaware Ave., Delmar (518) 439-9314 www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org
Sewing Machine Basics Monday, April 1 Understand the basics of sewing on a machine and try out the library’s sewing machines and serger, 6:30 p.m.
Places in “Pride and Prejudice” Saturday, April 6
David M. Shepard, author of “The Annotated Pride and Prejudice,” will share pictures and anecdotes about some of the locations in Jane Austen’s novel and how they related to her own life, 2 p.m. Presented
by the Capital Region Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America.
Coffee and Conversation
Fridays, April 5, 12 & 26
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planning your summer vacation, 1-2 p.m. program; 2-3 p.m. coffee hour. April 26: Win, Place or Show A representative from the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will discuss the history of thoroughbred racing as the Kentucky Derby approaches, 1-2 p.m. program; 2-3 p.m. coffee hour. Co-sponsored by Bethlehem Senior Projects, Inc.
Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer” by Michelle McNamara, 1:30 p.m. Copies are available at the information desk. Largeprint audio and downloadable copies may be available.
Qi Gong Tuesday, April 16 & Saturday, April 27 April 16: Practice this gentle movement exercise rooted in meditation at any or all sessions, 3 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome. Wear loose, comfortable clothing and shoes. April 27: World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day — Join the library and the Asian Arts Group Tai Chi Center of Albany for a morning of tai chi and qi gong on the Green, weather permitting, 10 a.m. No experience is necessary.
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Fitness Class Schedule | Spring 2019 Join at anytime during the session. Classes are open to the public!
Due to the popularity of these classes, registration is recommended—call the phone numbers provided below. There are no fees for these programs, compliments of MVP Health Care®! Mondays, through May 13 MVP Zumba Gold® 10:00–10:45 am Saratoga Senior Center, Saratoga Springs (No Class April 22)
518-584-1621 Program Code: 5201
MVP Chair Moves 10:45-11:30 am New Time! Village Of Colonie Senior Center, Albany
518-869-7172 Program Code: 5229
MVP Tai Chi Moves Guilderland Senior Center, Altamont
518-280-7607 Program Code: 5231
1:15–2:00 pm
Tuesdays, through May 14 (or as noted below) MVP Drums Alive Sportime, Schenectady
10:30–11:15 am
1-800-665-7924 Program Code: 5232
11:00–11:45 am MVP Bokwa® Dance Moves National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs Classes held April 16-May 14
1-800-665-7924 Program Code: 5208
MVP Chair Moves 1:00–1:45 pm Niskayuna Senior Center, Schenectady (No class May 7)
1-800-665-7924 Program Code: 5233
Wednesdays, through May 15 (or as noted below) MVP Bokwa® Dance Moves 10:15–11:00 am New Time! Alpin Haus Fitness Center, Amsterdam (No Class April 10)
1-800-665-7924 Program Code: 5205
MVP Striders Walking Club Colonie Center, Lower Level, Albany
9:00–10:00 am
1-800-665-7924 Program Code(s): 5204
MVP Tai Chi Moves Glenville Senior Center, Schenectady
1:00–1:45 pm
1-800-665-7924 Program Code(s): 5234
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