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CHARTERED CLUBS

RV                                           – A portion of each class is devoted to      on the Sun City website or call President
                                               practice with one or more partners.        Erica Bushner at the above number or
Tuesday April 18, 11 a.m. SCB                                                             email address.
Contact: Jim Crumbliss, 512-966-             – Membership dues are $10 ($5 July –
8521, [email protected]                December).                                 Mountain Dulcimer Players

The next meeting of the club will be a       – Special training is offered to residents   Our benefit concert for The Caring Place
potluck meal on Tuesday, April 18 at           who are required to use a cane.            raised a record $3,300. Thank you to all
11 a.m. in the America/Texas/French                                                       who contributed.
Rooms in the Social Center Ballroom.        Classes are available at no charge to resi-
The program will be a speaker from          dents who face the challenges of Parkin-      We continue to share our music and fun
Alliance Collision Repair.                  son’s Disease.                                at local nursing homes. It is a joy to play
                                                                                          for these people, and adds meaning to
Trips planned for 2017 include the Phila-   The next six-week training session            our lives.
delphia area in May and to Fredericks-      will be held May 3 – June 7. Tickets/dues
burg in December. More information          can be purchased via the CA ticketing         Practice is every Saturday morning from
about these trips and our 2017 meeting      system. Classes are held at the Cowan         10 a.m. to noon and every Tuesday eve-
schedule is on our website.                 Creek Amenity Center on Wednesdays            ning from 6-8 p.m. in Rooms 3 and 4 of
                                            from 10 – 11 a.m. AND 11 a.m. - noon.         the Activities Center. You are welcome
The RV club brings together those resi-     Training fees are $15 per six-week session    to visit. Please contact Jeanne Lubey for
dents of our active lifestyle community     (meet once per week). You must be a paid      more information at 512-864-3459 or by
who also enjoy the RV lifestyle. The        member of the Self Defense Club to attend     email at [email protected].
result is a great combination for friend-   classes. Please refer to the club’s website
ship, travel and adventure. We currently    for more details on training content and      Social Bridge
number nearly 100 rigs of virtually every   class schedules. Join the club and bring
style and configuration. Having a rig is    a friend as a practice partner!               Contact: Jeanne Walker,
not required for membership. Some of                                                      [email protected] or
our trips are at locations that also have   Singers                                       512-869-4958
cabins or motels nearby. Our members
organize group RV trips to a wide variety   Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 6:40-8:30               We play four games per weeek in the
of destinations throughout the year; they   p.m., SCB                                     Activities Center on Texas Drive. Bridge
are listed on our website. We meet once     Contact: Erica Bushner, president,            begins at noon; players should arrive at
a month except June, July and August        512-943-0086, [email protected]              11:45 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and
when many of our members are away                                                         Fridays, Room 1. Bridge takes place on
traveling. Interested residents can find    Music is in the air as the Sun City Sing-     Thursday in Room 3 and begins at 5:30
membership and other information on         ers continue to rehearse for the group’s      p.m.; players should arrive at 5:15 p.m.
the club website or from our contact        upcoming spring concert, A Night on
above.                                      Broadway, set for April 12 and 13 in the      Play News
                                            Social Center Ballroom at 7 p.m. Direc-
Self-Defense                                tor Georgia Parmelee has put together         2/27/17 Donna Moore and Lois
                                            a lively show featuring some of the best      		 McGehee bid and made 7D
Contact Fred Warman at                      loved songs from the Broadway stage. If
[email protected] with                 you are interested in singing with us, we     3/1/17		 Don Howard and Bob Wilson
questions.                                  have two more concerts for 2017. The next     		 bid and made 7NT
                                            one will be our tribute to Old Glory and all
The Self Defense (SD) Club’s primary goal   things American just in time for Indepen-     Softball
is to help our members develop:             dence Day on July 3 in the ballroom at 11     (Senior Coed Slow Pitch)
                                            a.m. Rehearsals for that concert will begin
 1) A greater awareness of risks and re-    April 25, after our spring shows. After that  Contact: Membership Director Tom
    lated avoidance/escape techniques and   concert, we will take a summer break and      Davis, 512-843-9465 or trdavis101@
                                            return for our Christmas concert planning     gmail.com
 2) Effective defensive techniques when     in September. The Christmas concerts are      “You don’t quit playing softball because
    an encounter can’t be avoided.          set for December 6 and 7. We rehearse         you get old; you get old because you quit
                                            from 6:40-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays in the        playing softball!”
Members are taught easy-to-learn effective  ballroom or a designated alternative site
self-protection techniques:                 when there are scheduling conflicts at the    We invite you to beautiful Del Webb Field
                                            CA. We are a dedicated bunch of sing-         to watch and/or play one of the few specta-
 – Club instructors are Sun City residents  ers so rehearsal attendance is important.     tor sports in Sun City Texas! Come and
   with extensive self-defense training.    Membership dues are $10 and payable           have some fun! Our grandstand covers
                                            online at www.sctexas.org. For more in-       make watching games more comfortable
 – Techniques are tailored to accommo-      formation, visit the chartered club page      and enjoyable. Early in the spring season,
   date the physical limitations of each                                                  our sun porch is quite popular.
   individual.
                                                                                          Our spring season began March 9 and
 – Training is non-combative with no sig-                                                 will end in late May. Games are played on
   nificant physical contact.                                                             Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. There
                                                                                          are also regular practices and pick-up
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