Roosevelt Island Seniors Association Upcoming Events - March 2 Black History Month Celebration & 6 Week Jazz/Line Dancing Classes With Bernard Love Starting March 4

Roosevelt Island Seniors Association (RISA) President Barbara Parker reports on 2 upcoming RISA events. According to Ms Parker:

RI SENIOR ASSOCIATION

Invites You To Join Us As We Continue To Celebrate

Saturday March 2, 2019

Honoring The Journey, Our Voice, Our Voice, Our Legacy

564 Main Street – Community Center

3:00pm – 6:00pm

Historic Storytelling, Poems, Dance, Song and Art Refreshments will be served

RSVP Your Attendance by Wednesday, February 27th

Email: riseniorsa@gmail.com - Barbara Parker & Andrea Jackson

Also:

RI Senior Association Presents Jazz/Line Dance Classes By Bernard Dove

Free Intro Demo Class Monday, February 25th- 6:30pm – 7:00pm

546 Main Street Community Center

6 Week Session Starts

Mondays, March 4th – April 8th
6:30pm – 7:30pm - Fee: $60.00

To Register Contact Barbara Parker
riseniorsa@gmail.com

In 2009, the NY Times profiled dancer Bernard Dove here.

... Leading the weekly classes since 2007, and choreographing New York City Housing Authority shows since 2002, is their fast-stepping dance instructor, the trim and pony-tailed, Fu Manchu-mustachioed, gold-earringed and bracelet-bangled Bernard Dove, 69, a fixture — no, a blur — at New York’s dance palaces since pre-disco days....

Contact RISA for more info on these and other events.