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Dancing, archery, and penny scales at Arnold
Active Aging Festival
You can brush up
your dancing, learn from a 70-year-old how to hit the
archer’s bulls eye, and weigh yourself on an Early
American biofeedback device–a penny scales, all at the
Arnold Active Aging Festival March 6.
These activities,
and a dozen more listed below, all are geared to help you
increase your ability to achieve your life goals and do
more of the things YOU want to do.
The newest
addition to this year’s Active Aging Festival is “Brush Up
Your Dancing,” led by Ron Clark, of Dance Plus Ballroom in
Grandview. A “smorgasbord of other dance studios” will
run throughout the day, with well-known instructors
presenting beginner / refresher lessons and social
dancing.
A Friday Night
Dance Party will cap off the evening, from 7-10pm, also in
the Regency Ballroom.
“Why dance? To truly enjoy special occasions, for your
wedding, for better health (exercise), or just for fun!”
said Ron Clark. “Learning to dance is a great balance to
relieve everyday stress.” Clark and his instructors have
helped thousands of Central Ohio adults and youth learn
and enjoy social and ballroom dancing at Dance Plus
Ballroom, and in dozens of rec centers, middle schools and
high schools.
The overall focus
of the 3rd Arnold Active Aging Festival is to help adults
feel better, move better, and be better, said Jim Lorimer,
co-producer of the Arnold Sports Festival. “This is a
great opportunity to improve #1—you!”
The event runs
9am-4pm, Friday, March 6, 2009 in the Hyatt Regency
Ballroom at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
“Each activity
will follow a ‘tell-show-do’ approach, with a brief
presentation, followed by a teacher demonstration, and
audience participation led by professionals,”
Other expert
presenters include Upper Arlington artist and collector
Chris Steele, 70-year-old world archery champion Arlyne
Rhode, and Richard Lewis, Sr., a 53-year veteran travel
agent.
Steele will bring
samples of “The American Weigh,” his collection of more
than 200 penny scales, which captures a slice of
Americana, a time when health-conscious Americans
monitored their weight daily on penny scales, because the
only other scales generally available were in doctors’
offices.
Three lucky
attendees can win the opportunity to see a display of
Steele’s “100 Best Scales” in their Columbus-area private
location. The Smithsonian, Toledo Art Museum,
Cincinnati’s Taft Museum, and the Columbus Museum of Art
have drawn on Steele’s collection for exhibitions. One
museum director said: “…the penny scale is worth a pound
of study…a symbol of the universal quest for a healthy,
trim appearance…”
For Arlyne Rhode
archery has been a lifetime pursuit and keeps her fit and
focused. She won nine consecutive Minnesota National Field
Archery Association competitions in the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1978 she won the Women’s Professional Flight champion
crown and became a record-holder as the Women’s Footbow
Flight World Record with a distance shot of 1,113 yards, 2
feet, six inches – a record that still stands in the
Guinness Book of World Records.
Rhode has
continued to inspire athletes of every age with her record
breaking performances. As the 2008 Arizona Senior Olympic
Champion, Rhode stunned the world when she qualified for
the 2009 National Senior Olympics.
Other expert
presenters include Scott Sonnon, “Flow Coach” of the
Internet; Deborah Redder, designer of the SilverSneakers™
program; David Zid, creator of Delay the Disease: Exercise
and Parkinson’s Disease; and Frank Forencich, author of
The Exuberant Animal and Play as if Your Life Depends on
It.
Sonnon, has been a
leader of the wellness revolution for more than 10 years.
Chiropractors and medical doctors have evaluated his
Ageless Mobility™ program and say his approach helps fight
osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and nerve impingement and
tendonitis.
Redder is designer
and choreographer of the SilverSneakers® Group Exercise
Program, which offers an innovative blend of physical
activity, healthy lifestyle and a socially-oriented group
exercise program that allows older adults to take greater
control of their health. Members receive a free fitness
center membership and access to conditioning classes and
equipment.
Zid has been an
accredited trainer in Columbus for 11 years, and currently
leads three weekly exercise classes for 180 individuals
with Parkinson’s. He will tailor his presentation to
persons with Parkinson’s and other diseases, and their
caregivers, and will lead a demonstration with 60 of his
regular students.
Forencich is
creator of The Exuberant Animal: the Power of Health,
Play and Joyful Movement, and Play as if Your Life Depends
on It: Functional Exercise and Living for Homo Sapiens.
Exuberant Animal is a health philosophy that promotes
health, vitality and physical happiness by combining the
study of human performance with play-based movement
training. Participants will learn how to transform their
bodies through a multi- disciplinary approach that is
invigorating, liberating and life-changing.
Ticket Discounts
for Advance Sales:
Advance sale discount tickets are available for $7 instead
of the regular $10 price. Groups also can enjoy curbside
drop-off, and free parking and shuttle service for group
drivers. Call (614) 443-3529 for further information.
Admission to the Active Aging Festival, the Evening Dance
Party, and 11 other same-day events is included in the
same ticket.
Source -
Arnold Sports Festival Newsletter
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