SEPTEMBER 2023
GVREC.ORG
The Revitalization of GVR’s Leisure Education Program
The GVR Fall 2023 Recreation Catalog, covering activities from October through December, will be available in centers and online the first week of September. Course registration begins Monday, September 11, so we encourage you to look at the catalog sooner rather than later. Take your place in whichever classes appeal to you! We know you’ll find at least one class, likely several, and you’ll want to register as soon as you can. This fall’s Leisure Education program includes 195 class and lecture titles with 355 individual sessions. That’s a 23% increase over last fall’s class and lecture count and, perhaps more important, is comparable to 2019’s counts of 197 class and lecture titles with 316 individual sessions. In other words, our leisure education offerings are at long last back to pre-pandemic levels. It’s a milestone we take great delight in, but that’s not a stopping point. This growth in classes, compared to 2022, involves virtually all leisure education categories. Fresh classes in beginning level Lapidary & Silversmith, painting and drawing, dance, nutrition, fitness, pickleball, pilates & yoga, martial arts,
language, plants, and special interest topics are all available. Space doesn’t allow us to detail all these new classes, and we hate to play favorites, so we’ll point you to the catalog itself in the expectation that you’ll find something which suits your fancy. Interested in Kumihimo, acrylic painting, gelli plate, or various aspects of glass arts? Ever wonder what ‘aqua zumba’ is about? Thinking about practicing Tai Chi? Looking to move to a higher level of pickleball? Hoping to find a new way to get in tune with your inner self? Thinking about a rain garden? Want to learn about the working movie studio halfway between Tucson and Benson? Are you one of us who has a soundtrack for your life, a song playing in your head which might be from the 1930’s or the 1990’s or someplace in between? If you answered ‘yes’ to any or all of these questions, or a hundred other questions we could ask, there’s something for you in our fall class schedule. Our lecture program also features multiple new participants. The Green Valley Fire District will make their first presentation on September 11. As the fall term continues, Continued on page 6