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EVENTS
Winter 2024 GVR Entertainment Line Up January February March April
13 LEISURE EDUCATION 14 ARTS & CRAFTS Ceramics Ceramics Beginning Clay & Sculpture GVR Clay Studio Intermediate Classes Yard Art Build a Village Adobe House Totem Southwest Storyteller Creative Glaze Techniques Beyond Basics Introduction to Wheel Throwing Introduction to the Clay Studio Glass Art Introduction to Glass Artists Club—Fusing Glass Introduction to Glass Artists Club—Mosaics Introduction to Glass Artists Club—Stained Glass Lapidary & Silversmith/Artisan Jewelry GVR Lapidary Club Intermediate Lost Wax Casting
Learn to Solder Formed Collars in Silver and Copper Wire Bundle Wrapped Polished Stone Pendant Saw & Rivet Cool Earrings Die-Cutting Bracelet Links Kumihimo II Three Easy Rings Silversmith I – Bezel Set Stone Metalsmith Tools and Design Basic Chain Maille Bracelet Basic Wire Wrapping for Jewelry Dichroic Glass Jewelry Kumihimo I Kumihimo Beaded Bracelet Kumihimo Bracelet Kumihimo Larimie Braid Lapidary Class Learn the Torch Make and Take Earrings Metal Clay Jewelry Painting & Drawing Acrylic Painting Basics Acrylic Painting for Fun Color Mixing for Artists The Sky’s the Limit in Watercolor Loose and Fun Watercolor Journey into Abstract Art thru Landscape Paint and Pass
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Pen & Ink-Bringing Black and White to Life Scratchboard: The Basics & Beyond Southwest Acrylic Paintings Tantalizing Textures in Watercolor Zentangle® Beginning Zentangle® The Adventure Continues Special Interest & Multi-media Art Crafts: Let’s Make Some Clay Yard Art Craft—Fairy Wand Creative Travel Journaling Fabulous Fibonacci: Numbers, Proportion, Pattern, and Order Found Book-Journal Creation Flower Arrangements for Fun I Flower Arrangements for Fun II Flower Arrangements for Fun lll Flower Arrangements for Fun lV Gourd Art Fundamentals Needle Felted Wall Hanging Needle Felting
Line Dance I Line Dance II Line Dance for Dabblers Night Club Two-Step Beginner Night Club Two-Step Advanced Beginner Single Step Swing Beginner Music Bathtub Singers l Bathtub Singers ll Exploring How Music Reflects Changes in Society How to Play Piano by Ear Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
32 HEALTH, FITNESS, & SPORTS Aquatics Aqua Zumba Swimming and Fitness Skills Fitness 20/20/20 25 CARDS & GAMES Active Senior Workout Advanced Euchre Awareness and Self Defense Beginning Bridge Balance & Posture: Stop Falling Bridge II Begin to Cardio Bike! Ride on! Bridge: New Minor Forcing Defense Against No Trump Body Sculpting Texas Hold ‘Em Cardio Bike Cardio Bike for Aerobic Endurance 26 DANCE & MUSIC Cardio Boxing for Beginners Dance Cardio Drumming A Taste of Modern American Square Dancing Cardio Pump Ballroom Dance - Tune Up Every Body’s Favorite HIIT Belly Dance for Women (High Intensity Interval Training) Clogging Beginner: Level I Exercise, Fun, and Fitness Clogging Beginner: Level II Full Body Barre Workout Clogging Beginner: Level III Nordic Walking: Balance, Stability, and Confidence Clogging Intermediate Postural High Demand Movement Country Two-Step & Ten-Step Beginner Restorative Motion Beginning Latin Dance Rhythms Part I Ride & Yoga Beginning Latin Dance Rhythms Part II Step Intervals—Intermediate Beginning/Intermediate Tap Step!
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Stretch for Gals Mat Pilates Stretch for Guys Pilates Mat Stretch, Strength and Stabilize Vinyasa Yoga Total Body Conditioning Yin Yoga Health Yoga for Beginners How to use the Healing Energy of Your Heart Yoga Release Introduction to Mindful Eating Yoga Saguaro (Hatha) Level I/II Is There Anything You Can Do to Prevent Zumba Alzheimer’s? Chair Zumba (Seated Zumba Gold) Guided Meditation for Relaxation and Insight Zumba® Gold Toning Healthy Brain Learn Meditation-Relaxation in One Day 49 LANGUAGE Lifestyle Medicine 101 Italian Meditation for Everyone Italian Skills Beginners I Power of Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition Italian Skills Beginners II Releasing Stress Naturally Italian Skills Beginners III Reversing Insulin Resistance to Manage Type 2 Spanish with Virginia Diabetes Treatments Spanish Skills for Beginners I Martial Arts Spanish Skills for Beginners II Open the Door to Tai Chi Spanish Skills for Beginners III Tai Chi, Beginning Wu Style Spanish with Zandra Tai Chi, Continuing We Style Spanish Basics Shotokan Karate Spanish Elementary I Sports Spanish Elementary II Tennis Doubles: Practicing to Compete Effectively Spanish Elementary III Improve Your Tennis—Four-Day Workshop Spanish Elementary IV Pickleball 101 Spanish Elementary V Pickleball 201 Spanish Intermediate I Pickleball 202 Spanish Intermediate II Pickleball 301 Casa del Estudiante Pickleball Major League 3.5 by SNAP (MLP) Charlando Pickleball Major League 4.0+ by SNAP (MLP) Pickleball Mindset of Winners by SNAP 52 WRITING AND LITERATURE Pocket Billiards (Pool)—201A Putting Spin on the Ball Creating Your Memoir—A Writer’s Workshop Pilates & Yoga Reading Shakespeare Chair Yoga Chair Yoga for Beginners 53 NATURE & GARDENING Chair Yoga with Yoga Saguaro Plants EZ Does it Yoga Caring for your Desert Landscaping Happy Back with Yoga Saguaro Create Your Own Habitat Garden
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Create Your Own Rain Garden Creating a Butterfly Garden Five tips for Successful Desert Gardening Landscaping with Desert Natives Living with Wildlife Planting a Hummingbird Garden Wildlife & Wilderness Feathered Family Portrait: Hummingbirds Feathered Family Portrait: Owls Feathered Family Portrait: The Finches Feathered Family Portrait: Woodpeckers Lichens: Remarkable Partnerships and Overlooked Diversity Remarkable Discoveries: Birds New to Science 56 SPECIAL INTEREST AARP Smart Driver Course Bible for Atheists: The Book of Genesis Civil Discourse eBay 101: Sell Your Stuff at eBay Edward Curtis North American Indian Electric Vehicles—All You Need to Know About Them Motion Pictures Worth Discussing Mystic Poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, & Darshan Numerology Secrets of Happiness Secrets of the Yellow Brick Road— The Spirituality of OZ Activate Your Psychic Abilities & Intuition Afterlife & Near-Death Experiences Explained
Color, Sound & Energy Therapy Consciousness Evolution & World Ascension Energy Healing & Chakra Techniques Exploring Near-Death Experiences Keys to Manifesting Explained Paranormal Phenomena Explained Six Parts Six Parts: Parts Party Power of Sacred Shapes in Your Life Reincarnation and the Near-Death Experience— A Secular View Singing Bowls—Tuning Forks Sound Healing with Biofield Tuning The Wisdom of the Enneagram 63 FITNESS, PERSONAL TRAINING, AND
COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES
64 Fitness 65 Personal Training 67 Tennis / Yoga 68 Aquatics 69 Drop-In Activities
70 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES How to Register for Class or Buy an Event Ticket 72 Withdrawals & Refunds Drop-in Policy Non-Member Registrations 72 Course Registration Form
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Drop-In Activities
Drop-In Activities Drop-in activities are available without a reservation and without any additional fees. Most GVR rooms and outdoor spaces are available for drop-in use between reservations: look for a reservation schedule outside the door. To help control costs, members dropping-in are asked to observe the wilderness lover’s ethic: leave no trace. Kitchens and art rooms are not available for drop-in use. DROP-IN RECREATION OPTIONS:
Activity
Locations
Notes
Badminton
Canoa Hills
Indoors, Sundays 1–5pm
Basketball
Canoa Ranch
Half court, concrete. Bring your own ball.
Billiards
East Center, Del Sol Clubhouse, West Center
Snooker table at East Center
Bocce Ball
Canoa Hills, Las Campanas
Canoa Hills: Four courts with faux turf surfaces. Las Campanas, one court with a grit surface. Supplies in trunks nearby
Cornhole
Madera Vista, West Center
Cornhole sets are on or near the shuffleboard courts
Horseshoes
Abrego South, Casa Paloma I
Supplies located in shuffleboard closets nearby
Pickleball
Canoa Ranch, East Center, Pickleball Center
All courts subject to reservations managed by the GVR Pickleball Club. Lighted courts at East Center allow for play after dark.
Racquetball
Las Campanas
Courts subject to reservation. See courtside schedule.
Shuffleboard
Abrego South, Casa Paloma I, Casa Paloma II, Madera Vista, and West Center
Supplies located in nearby closets.
Table Tennis
Las Campanas
Tuesdays, Thursday, Fridays 6–9pm and Saturdays 9am–5pm
Tennis
Canoa Hills, Desert Hills, East Center, Las Campanas, Madera Vista, West Center
Courts subject to reservations managed by the GVR Tennis Club. Madera Vista and West Center courts are lighted for play after dark.
Volleyball
Abrego South
Sand courts. Bring your own ball.
DEL SOL CLUBHOUSE The clubhouse upper floor is open for member enjoyment. This is an informal gathering spot for members and their guests to play billiards, darts, foosball, cards, board games, and do puzzles. Bring a coffee and relax with a view of the Santa Rita mountains or pop in later in the day to watch sports on the big screen TV. If you haven’t yet had a chance to explore the Del Sol Clubhouse, drop by for a visit—your GVR card gives you access. Bring your own refreshments, utensils, and friends. Try to leave the place in the condition you found it.
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Registration Procedures
How to Register for a Class or Buy an Event Ticket Non-GVR members skip to page 71. Class registration and ticket purchases may be completed online, by mail, by phone, or by visiting one of GVR’s customer service desks. Early registration is encouraged. Early registration helps prevent cancellations due to low enrollment. For your convenience, we accept cash, checks, and credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express). Please do not send cash through the US Mail. If the class for which you registered by mail is full, you will automatically be placed on a waiting list and contacted if there is an opening. Attend class only after your registration is confirmed.
ONLINE–FOR GVR MEMBERS AND TENANTS ONLY
Online registration begins Monday, December 11, at 8am. Please note: There will be a small processing fee for each transaction. Visit GVREC.org, hover over the Recreation tab to display the options, then click Registration & Policies located under Classes. Follow the instructions to create or access your account and register for classes or purchase event tickets.
IN-PERSON
In-person registration begins Monday, December 11, at 8am at the West Center Box Office at 1111 South GVR Drive. Please bring your completed registration form, payment, and your GVR card. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.
MAIL-IN
Members may mail in their registration forms as soon as class catalogs are available; however, mail-in registrations will not be processed until after the initial in-person registrations have been processed. Please fill out the form completely and include payment. Use separate registration forms for each student. Mail your registration and payment (no cash, please) to: Green Valley Recreation Attn: Class Registrations PO Box 586, Green Valley, AZ 85622
PHONE-IN
Registrations and ticket purchases will be accepted over the phone beginning Tuesday, December 12, at 8am. Please provide your name, GVR number, and the class number(s). Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express credit cards accepted.
FIND YOUR FUN! REGISTER FOR CLASSES ONLINE AND BUY EVENT TICKETS STARTING DECEMBER 11
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LEISURE Registration EDUCATION: Arts Procedures & Crafts
Withdrawals & Refunds If you are unable to attend a class you have registered for, please notify GVR as soon as possible. This allows us to accommodate members on a waiting list.
No credits or refunds will be issued to students who withdraw less than five business days before the course start date.
Classes may be canceled by GVR due to lack of enrollment, instructor illness, or other unforeseen circumstances. If a class you are enrolled in is canceled, you will be notified as soon as possible and given the opportunity to register for another class or receive an account credit or refund.
For event tickets, all sales are final. In the event that a performance is canceled, a refund may be given. Every effort will be made to reschedule a performance that has been canceled.
If you registered online, the class fee will be refunded. Please note: this does not include the service fee. Refunds will be issued if registration is canceled by the member at least five business days prior to the class start date.
If you paid by cash or check, you will receive an automatic credit on your account that can be put towards future recreation purchases with GVR. If you prefer a refund, please contact a customer service representative at (520) 625-3440. If you paid with Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express you will receive a credit on your card. Please allow up to fifteen business days for your refund to be processed.
Drop-in Policy Please check the course description to confirm the class allows drop-ins. Check with a Customer Service Representative to confirm the class is active. • Drop-in availability is determined by class enrollment: drop-ins are not accepted in a full class. • Please check the course description for any date or location exceptions. • Check the course description for the drop-in fee. Payment will be made to the instructor at the beginning of class, by cash or check, made payable to GVR. • To ensure a seat, registration is recommended. • •
Non-Member Registrations NOTE: Ceramics, Clay Studio, Glass Arts, and Lapidary classes are reserved exclusively for GVR members. Depending on the location of the class you take, you may receive a “Class Pass” upon registration and must acknowledge in writing that you will abide by GVR policies while attending courses at our centers. Non-members may attend a course that allows drop-ins if there is space available. Non-members are permitted to register for a class fourteen days or less prior to the start date.
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GVR COURSE REGISTRATION FORM Please complete the entire form to avoid delays in the processing of your registration. Print all information clearly. Members are responsible for reading the class cancellation policy. Name ________________________________________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________________ (at time of registration)
(zip code)
GVR # ___________________ Phone # _______________________ Cell Phone # _________________________ E-mail* ________________________________________________________________________________________ *By providing your e-mail address, you acknowledge that GVR may send you periodic news and information. GVR will not share, rent or sell your e-mail address with any other entity.
Class #
Class Name
Location
Start Date
Total
Do not complete credit card information if enrolling in person! []
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Fee
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Credit Card Number: __________________________________ CVC # (back of card): __________________________________
OFFICE USE ONLY Session: __________________________
Expiration Date: ______________________________________
Staff initials: _______________________
Name on Card: ______________________________________
Date Processed: ___________________
Signature: __________________________________________
Supply List: _______________________
• Please make checks or money orders payable to: Green Valley Recreation, Inc. • Do not send cash in the mail. • Mail registration form and payment to: Green Valley Recreation, Inc, P.O. Box 586, Green Valley, AZ 85622 • Photographs/video may be taken at any time throughout and within Green Valley Recreation. By attending and participating in GVR’s
classes/programs/events, you consent to photographing and using your image and likeness.
• Attending and participating in a class at GVR, you consent to your phone number and email be released to the individual instructor
of the class(es) registered.