CURRENT ACTIVITIES
All of our current group activities are member guided and included with membership.
Badminton Group
The aim of badminton is to hit the shuttle with your racket so that it passes over the net and lands inside of your opponent's half of the court. Whenever you do this, you have won the rally; win enough rallies, and you win the match. The badminton group plays in the gym.
Book Club
This group meets in the Cafe to discuss their current book choice. New members and title suggestions are welcome.
Bridge Group
Bridge is a partnership game requiring four players. Each player sits opposite his partner at a card table. Bridge is played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards. The Bridge Group plays in the Cafe.
Bunco Group
Players attempt to roll specific numbers on the dice depending on the round. The Bunco Group meets in the Meeting Room.
Cardio Dance Party
Dance cardio is a hybrid of dance choreography and cardio exercises set to music, creating a heart-pumping workout to keep your body in constant motion. It's the type of exercise that feels more like a party than anything else.
Chair Yoga
This class is an evolved style of Kundalini yoga which is a blend of Kundalini, Qigong, Yin and Yoga Therapy. In other words, we do what works dependent upon everybody’s unique abilities. This class really has it all going on. Strength, flexibility, mobility and balance. Bringing it altogether with mind, body and spirit. Taking time to find a little inner stillness and peace. *Please refrain from eating at least 2 hours prior to class, although something like a small piece of fruit might be okay to keep blood sugar levels from being too low. All props provided. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing.
Cribbage Group
Cribbage is a card game for two players that can be played by three or four, in which the object is to form various combinations that count for points: the score is traditionally kept by moving pegs on a small board. The Cribbage Group plays in the Cafe.
Gentle Yoga
Yoga derived from the Sanskrit word "yuji" meaning yoke or union. Yoga is an ancient practice that brings together mind and body, it incorporates breathing exercises, mediation and poses designed to encourage relaxation and reduce stress. This is an all-level class suitable for beginners and beyond. *Please refrain from eating at least 2 hours prior to class and bring your own yoga mat.
Hand & Foot Group
Hand & Foot is a popular variation from the rummy type game of Canasta. It can be described as a simpler, easier version of Canasta for beginners. Hand & Foot uses about 5 or 6 decks of standard playing cards and is played with 2-6 players. The objective of Hand and Foot is to be the first to get rid of all of your cards and for your team to have the most points.
Knit One, Crochet Two Group
The Knit One, Crochet Two Group meets in the meeting room to work on their individual projects and provide assistance and encouragement for each other.
Line Dance Group
A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each other. Unlike circle dancing, line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. Each dance is usually associated with, and named for, a specific song, such as the Macarena or Electric Slide are a few of the line dances that have consistently remained part of modern American culture for years.
Paint-in Group
The Paint In Group meets in the Cafe to work on individual art projects.
Pickleball Group
Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Waffle Ball, over a net. The Pickleball Group plays at Damon Park if the weather is nice. If it is raining, they play in the gym at Bayshore Clubhouse.
Pinochle Group
Pinochle is a card game played with a unique deck of only 48 cards, which contains two of each suit of the Nines, Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces, there are no 2 through 8 rank cards. There are two Pinochle Groups, one plays in the Cafe. The second group plays in the Meeting Room.
Shuffleboard
Shuffleboard is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs sending them gliding down a narrow court, with the purpose of having them come to rest within a marked scoring area.
Slow Deep Stretch and Flow
We work on flexibility, strength and mobility. Movement and stillness using postures based on animals and on the five transforming energies or elements. This is an all levels class. *Please refrain from eating at least 2 hours prior to class and bring your own yoga mat or rug. Wearing socks is encouraged for comfort and ease of movement.
Slow Jam Group
This is an informal group of musicians who meet to jam and sing. The Slow Jam Group gathers in the Meeting Room.
Table Tennis Group
Also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage.
Video Aerobics Group
This is a low impact aerobic exercise done to popular video tapes designed with seniors in minds. The Senior Video Aerobics Group gathers in the Meeting Room.
Water Exercise Group
Water aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise that takes place in the water and is usually composed of a variety of exercises. Although almost anyone can participate in water aerobics, the sport is ideal for people with back pain, elderly people or people with delicate bone structures and those who would like to lose weight without putting too much strain on their bodies.
Wave Writers
Wave Writers is a group of novice and experienced writers coming together to learn, share and provide feedback for one another and welcoming all types of genres. Group members include several published authors of books and plays.
Yoga Group
Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind and mundane suffering.