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October 26, 2012

10-27 Edmond Senior Center calendar

EDMOND — The Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

For information about Edmond senior programs, stop by and pick up a monthly calendar, check out the website at http://edmondseniorcenter.com or call 216-7600. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and reservations are needed a day in advance by 11 a.m. For lunch reservations, call at 330-6293 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This week at the Senior Center activities include:



Monday

9 a.m.: *Tai Chi

noon: *Beginning tap class

1 p.m.: *Tap for Fun

2:15 p.m.: *Jazzercise Lite



Tuesday

9:15 a.m.: Early Risers Exercise

10 a.m.: *Quilting Group

1:30 p.m.: *Line Dance

3 p.m.: *Yoga

 

Wednesday

9:15 a.m.: Early Risers Exercise

10 a.m.: Choir concert at Bradford Health Care

10 a.m.: *Tap for Fun

10 a.m.: Trick or Treat Bingo

noon: *Relax & Reconnect/Qi Gong

1 p.m.: *Beginning line dancing class

2:15 a.m.: *Jazzercise Lite



Thursday

9:15 a.m.: Early Risers Exercise

9:30 a.m.: *Crocheting Class

Noon: *Basic Woodcarving

3 p.m.: *Yoga



Friday

Football Friday — Wear your team’s colors

9 a.m.: *Tai Chi

10 a.m.: Weekly Devotions with Wilma Dower, First Church of the Nazarene

10:15 a.m. Wii Games

2:15 p.m.: *Jazzercise Lite



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