2022 Spring - Summer Program Guide - Flipbook - Page 17
ADULT ACTIVITIES
Please check our website, www.leawood.org for the most up to date information on
class dates and times. Due to COVID-19 some or all classes may be held virtually.
All Bridge Classes
Maple Room • Leawood Community Center
Ages 18 & up • Min 10 Max 32
Accredited Bridge Instructor
Christie Thomas-Collier.
Beginning Bridge
Possible Meeting Time: Wednesday Nights
Fee $88 / Res Disc Fee $80 • Eight - 2 hour classes.
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Martina Navratilova
exercise their mental muscles by playing bridge. You
can, too! During this eight week class, the basics of
bidding will be discussed in the first hour and we
will have fun playing the cards during the second
hour. Our textbook, written by Audrey Grant, will be
available from the instructor for $12.00 on the first
evening of class.
Bridge Review
Possible Meeting Time: Wednesday Nights
Fee $44 / Res Disc Fee $40 • Four- 2 hour classes.
You have just finished beginning bridge lessons,
OR are coming back after a break from bridge, and
you need a little playing experience. This four week
class is designed to review the bidding basics of no
trump, one of a major suit, one of a minor suit, and
competitive bidding.
Bridge Workshops
Possible Meeting Time: Wednesday Nights
Fee $11 / Res Disc Fee $10 • One - 2 hour class.
Discussion of various bridge topics and play
example hands. Enroll in one or all eight sessions
taught by Christie Thomas Collier.
Advanced Bridge Workshops
Possible Meeting Time: Saturday Mornings
Fee $11 / Res Disc Fee $10 • One - 2 hour class.
Discussion of various bridge topics and play
example hands. Enroll in one or all eight sessions
taught by Christie Thomas Collier.
T’ai Chi Qigong Meditation
Possible Meeting Time: Thursday Nights
Oak Room • Leawood Community Center
Ages 18 & up
Fee $108 / Res Disc Fee $98 • Min 8 Max 40
Eight - 1 hour classes. Instructor Bill Douglas.
Learn a Tai Chi Short Form and Qigong Meditation
Relaxation Therapies. Harvard Medical Health Publications
called Tai Chi “medication in motion” because of all the
many health issues modern medical research is finding
Tai Chi can benefit. It is an easy and relaxed, very low
impact, exercise that involves visualization, breathing, and
gentle movement techniques. Anyone can do it.
Yoga
Possible Meeting Time: Monday & Wednesday Nights
and Tuesday & Thursday Mornings
Oak Room • Leawood Community Center
Ages 18 & up
Fee $51 / Res Disc Fee $45 • Min 2 Max 30
Six - 1 hour classes. Instructor Kay Sipple.
This gentle Hatha Yoga class enhances your body’s
strength, flexibility and sense of balance. Thru yoga
poses and breathing you can become calm and relaxed
creating and environment for healing in the body, as
well as the mind. Gentle yoga is often helpful for chronic
conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia and back pain.
Each student will be supported at his or her own level
and painful or weak areas of the body will be addressed.
Comfortable clothing is all you need.
Watercolor and Acrylic
Collage Painting
Possible Meeting Time: Tuesday Afternoons
Maple Room • Leawood Community Center
Ages 18 & up
Fee $135 / Res Disc Fee $125 • Min 5 Max 12
Instructor Joanne Carlton.
Explore new painting techniques with water color or acrylic
paints, combining it with new materials such as rice and
tissue papers, inks, pencils, markers, salt, etc. to create
expressive are of your own. Discover new skills, expand
your talents, experiment and have fun! Find the artist
within, all skill levels welcome.
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