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SPRING CLASS REGISTRATION
Date: April 6, 2017
Time: 9:00 to 11:00 am
Length: 8 weeks
Cost: $8.00 members
$10.00 non-members
Instructor: varies
Location: Game Room
Description: Time to register for Spring session of Highland Senior Center University classes. Be sure to show-up on registration day as a late fee ($2) applies if you do not register on April 6th. Classes run for 8 weeks and cost $8. for Members and $10 for Non-Members.
Featured Activity
Harmonica
Time: Dailys 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $10 per week members
$10 per week non-members
Location: Game Room
Description: At a movie you can feel it touching your heart And on every day of the summertime You\'ll hear children chasing ice cream carts They\'ll play it on your wedding day There must be \'bout a million ways To add some music to your day - “Add Some Music” by The Beach Boys This month we’d like to shine the light on a class that is about one of those million ways. When one thinks about the Harmonica (or French harp or mouth organ as it is also called) it might bring about images of a campfire in the Wild West, or maybe the Blues, but it has been used in all types of music including Rock, Asian, and classical. There are three basic types of harmonica; chromatic, diatonic, and the Asian tremolo, although there are many other types. Our class is taught by Adrienne Riley. She started here in May 2016, but has been teaching since 2009. Adrienne is self taught having started back in 2007 at her church. She had been taking gerontology classes at Chaffey college and got interested in helping seniors. She combine the two and decided to teach here. Her classes takes all levels. The initial start up is $60 for 6 weeks which gets you a book and a brand new harmonica to start. After that it’s only $10 per week. You must be able to breath to play! According to Adrienne, breathing is everything. Other than that rhythm is also something good to have. So if you can breath, you can play. Classes are on a break right now, but check you newsletter to see when they’ll be back.
2010 Health Fair
By: Mike Sylva
Even though there was no worries about a swine flu epidemic, or a shortage of vaccines, there were still plenty of people who came to the Highland Senior Center’s Annual Health Fair
to get their shots. And while the lines didn’t stretch out for a hundred or so yards as in the past, like when we had the first shots available in the area, the line was still long. Maybe its because the shots only cost $10 here vs. $25 elsewhere, or maybe it’s because of all the other services and information we had on hand to help pass the time while over 300 people waited for their shots.
The weather was certainly on our side, as previous days had extreme heat, wind, and thunderstorms. On the day of the fair it was a sunny day, but not too hot with a nice breeze every once in a while to make it comfortable. Meanwhile, we tried to have most of the services inside so that while you did wait in line, most of it was spent inside with the air conditioning. That way, when fair goers got their blood pressure checked, it was more reasonable. However, nothing we could do could help with the body mass index. Members were on their own for that one. Nothing we could’ve done to help them with that...sorry.
Thanks to the volunteers who came to set up and work the fair, all of our wonderful vendors who came out to make this a success. Additional thanks go our to the Highland Police Department’s Citizen’s Patrol for their excellent traffic control. Mostly we would like to thank our event sponsors, the Physicians of Beaver Medical Group and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
