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The Coastal Buzz
In Our Centers
Get In Line! By Jan Morgan-Swegle
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new year brings new resolutions. If you have resolved to improve your health, meet new people, or just have fun in 2022, try taking a line dancing class. Line dancing dates back to the 1600s and was brought to this country by settlers immigrating to America. Some think that this type of dance is related to Contra dances, which are European folk dances where dancers form two lines facing
FEBRUARY 2022
Line dancing steps up at centers around Brunswick County
each other and perform a series of steps in time to the music. Line dancing found a home in the Western part of the United States and was very quickly associated with Country music.
Leland Classes Step Up Veronica Lett-McGee, director of the Brunswick Center at Leland, says line dancing is very popular with seniors. “The classes are always packed.
We have from 20 to 30 people taking line dancing classes twice a week. It’s a great cardiovascular exercise that’s more like play than work. And then, there’s the cognitive advantage: Learning something new keeps your brain engaged and increases its neuroplasticity, or the ability of the brain to remember new tasks.” Line Dance instructor Patty Farley, who teaches the hour-long Intermediate Line Dancing class, adds, “It improves your muscular
The Leland dancers are stepping up in 2022. Line dancing is beneficial for mind and body, and it’s fun, too. Look on your center’s calendar page for line dancing classes and mes. Get in the swing of things and get in line!
