Here are the schedule changes for the holiday season. I'll have paper copies of this schedule available if you'd like to have one. All changes are also shown on the Schedule tab of this site (above right).
Basically:
- Stores open at 9 AM for extra shopping hours as we get close to Xmas, so all Mall Walk programs get shortened for those days.
- NO MALL WALKING on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day.
Enjoy the holidays. Include a little exercise if that fits. Go ahead, have some chocolate. Be sure to come back in January.
CHANGING IT UP! SEARS LINE DANCE GROUP
So, obviously, as indicated by the arrow, those are Lynne's knees. Everybody knows Lynne, the Sears Line Dance Group Maven. Lynne has led that happy, energized dancing group for 7 years now! Whew. She thinks it's about time for a change, so her dancers are making some adjustments.
Regarding anything you may have heard: yes, Lynne is dealing with health issues; and no, that's not the only thing that's going on. There's some good, even great, news to go along with the bad. When you see Lynne, who will be around, ask her for the good news scoop. You'll understand why she'd like to loosen up her calendar a bit by eliminating her 3-days-a-week Mall Walk commitment.
And then there's the stress of leading a dancing group. Anyone who's done it can tell you - it's a mental as well as physical challenge. So the group is looking to share that stress among several different dancers. YOU CAN HELP:
- Volunteers! If YOU can/will bring along a player/speaker combo, please let the group know your availability. With multiple boom-box providers there should always music, but no one person has to be there every single day.
- The group is collecting suggestions for a FAIRLY LIMITED set of dances that folks can practice and learn. This will let "leaders" off the hook for teaching each dance with a walk through, and feeling responsible for everyone getting the steps. If you have suggestions for the Sears Line Dance Playlist, now's the time. The list can be expanded, one a dance at a time, as everyone gets comfortable with the basic set.
- Lynne has loaned her huge dance music collection to the group. The group will make the dance songs from the basic Sears Line Dance Playlist available to everyone on the player/speaker list. So the songs you want will always be there.
- Kristen will teach the Sears Line Dance Playlist dances down at the Dillard's end, and roll them into her own playlist as well so there will always be a place for new dancers to come to get started, and player/speaker providers won't need to teach.
It's a work in progress, like all the exercise opportunities at the mall. If you have suggestions, please let the group, and Kristen, know. Remember: it's free, it's fun, it's for everyone.