Leisure World News

A26 April 2022 • Community • www.lwca.com Music and Dance Clubs Arts and Crafts Clubs Card/Game Clubs Bunco Submitted by Laura Krever Bunco meets the 1st Thursday of the month in the King Card Room at Rec 1. We play all year round and everyone is welcome. It’s a very easy game to learn, so if you haven’t played before, come and try it. We start promptly at 6:30 pm, so please be there by 6:15 pm. Our next Bunco night will be on Thursday, April 7th. The cost is $3.00 per person and all money collected is paid out in prizes. Please don’t bring anything larger than a $5 bill as we won’t be able to make change. Bring your own drink and wear your LW name tag if you have it handy. Please come early, we can accommodate a maximum of 40 people. Congratulations to our March winners: Dana Bourque, Trudy Artz, Kathi Ferreria, Dennis Stephens, Steve Bourque, Ester Tharaldson, and Mark Pechmann. For more information, call Laura Krever at 310- 916-8105 or Dana Bourque at 602-757-4348. Ceramics Club Submitted by Laura Krever The Ceramics club is open on Tuesdays all year round from 9:00 am to noon in the Arts & Crafts building. Annual membership fee is $15. We work on our own projects and there’s always someone there to help out newcomers. We’re looking forward to having an in-class instructor starting in the fall. For more information, call Linda Staveteig at 815-385- 3605. Jewelry/Lapidary Club Submitted by Colleen Bodnar Leisure World Jewelry and Lapidary Club members will start leaving Arizona for the summer months. I you are interested in using the club please watch for the OPEN sign, at that time a monitor will be available. We hope to have a full array of classes in the fall. If you are interested in any of our classes please come in November 2022 and sign up, classes fill up very fast. If you are not a member our yearly dues are $20.00 which are payable at the time you take the class, along with the class fee, determined by the teacher. We hope to start having our general meetings again on Tuesday’s, at 4:30 p.m. If possible our meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month. All interested residents are invited to join us. Hope you will come by the shop for a tour, or attend our meeting to learn more about Jewelry and Lapidary possibilities. Reminder 2023 dues and locker fees are now payable. Leisure World Quilters    Submitted by Carol Stickling    March was a busy month with the Craft Fair and our Spring Luncheon with our biannual general meeting. On April 14th we will be in the Club Room for instruction videos and further quilting demos. The following week we will learn how to sew curves from one of our members. Our last week will be show ‘n tell and sew on your own. Hope to see you all at our meetings. For more information, please contact Merrilly Strom at 480-699- 9352 or Linda Phar at 480-510-0498. Leisure World Woodworking Club   Submitted by Larry Bair   Last month, was the annual Arts and Crafts Fair in Leisure World. The Woodworking Club offered items for sale that were made and donated by our members. These same members also donated their time for setup and cleaning of the shop for the sale. Thank you to all volunteers! Our annual spring potluck dinner is on April 20th. We will meet at 5:30 for social time followed by dinner art 6:00. Our new club officers will be installed at this dinner. The slate of officers is: President – Bob Williamson, 1st Vice President – Tim Murphy, 2nd Vice President - Bill Moulthrop, Secretary – Larry Bair and Treasurer – Alan Yapp. The woodshop is amid some major electrical upgrades, and we have had some interruptions in the hours when the shop was totally functional. The new upgrades will give the shop more autonomy over the use of our power tools and a safer environment inside the shop. Thanks to all members of the club for your patience during the upgrade. The shop is also working on a reorganization of the space available with the movement of some power tools and tables. New lockers for the storage of personal workpieces are being installed and are rentable to members of the club so that their works in progress don’t have to be taken home after each visit. Pottery Club    Submitted by Linda Rumberger    The Pottery Club meets Monday and Thursday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm in the Craft Building. The instructor for these meetings is Larron Lerdall. There are also Open Studio times when we are able to work on our projects. Please contact Marcia Steele, 480-641-9082, or drop into the Studio at the beginning or middle of the month when we welcome new members. Leisure World Cloggers   Submitted by Joyce Loland    The Leisure World Cloggers were delighted to make an appearance at the Leisure World Chorus’ spring concert. They danced to the lively music of the song Rocky Top. Clogging originated in Appalachia, so it was a wonderfully appropriate performance to the Tennessee song. Maybe it even encouraged someone in the audience to learn to clog! Classes are held every Friday in the classroom next to the Fitness Center. And for true beginners, they are free! Fran Dusek teaches them from noon-12:30 if they notify her by Thursday (602-684-9353) that they are coming. Other classes are Beginners Plus from 12:30 – 1:30, Intermediate 1 from 1:30 – 2:30, and Intermediate 2 from 2:30 – 4:00. It costs $5 and you can attend as many sessions that day as you wish. Advanced Clogging taught by Cathy Martin and Dan Rowan on Wednesdays 2:00 – 4:00 puts the emphasis on classic flatfooting and buck dancing. For more information, contact Dan at 909-556-3909 or Cathy at 480-766-8441. Leave a message and they will get back to you. Come join the fun! Clogging is even good for you! Moonlight Serenade  Dinner Dance Club     Submitted by Clarice and Joe Chism     “KUDOS” to members, guests and officers of Moonlight Serenade Dinner Dance Club! You have made this season most memorable. March 5th, “Take Me to Paris” dance ended the 2021- 2022 dance season with new hope for the upcoming season. President Ron Litzenberger has served the club with dignity for many years and will pass the baton to Jim McCown. Shirley Rake, Membership Chair has served Moonlight Serenade members and staff with a most generous self giving spirit and will be greatly missed. Joy Kosterman has accepted the Membership position. The Club needs you to serve to continue the fantastic dinner dances. Please write to: moonlightserenade@cox.net to offer your services or email, Jim McCown , President at pccjimmccown@gmail.com for more information. Mark your calendars for the new season: Nov 12 with Danny Kealey Orchestra; Jan 14 with San Tan Swing Band; Feb 11 with Howard Schneider Orchestra; and March 24, band TBA. Dues for the coming season are $280 for membership and $85 for guests. Thank you in advance for helping the club to be successful. More information: please visit: http:// moonlightserenade.yolasite.com . “Dance is the Joy of Movement and the Heart of Life”! CAUGHT ON CAMERA! 2021 Fall Fine Arts and Crafts Fair. CAUGHT ON CAMERA! Wednesday Coffee. CAUGHT ON CAMERA! Lawn Bowling.