Gazette Sunday, June 4, 2017 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311 ELEVATOR INFORMATION On Wednesday, June 7 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., original building elevators 4 and 5 (Lobby) will not be available for resident use. These elevators will be used by the Small House Move Committee to shuttle the residents from the second floor over to the new Health Care Center. Because the Move Committee and volunteer buddies will be working within certain windows of time, we are asking for your cooperation so we can move everyone in a timely manner. Please use elevators 7 and 8 (Dining) from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.. We appreciate your consideration and cooperation! Thank you. Janean Wood SINGING SENIORS How would you like two peaceful hours each week away from the noise and hurly burly of the coming EBI? If so, come and join the GHA Singing Seniors in the new Auditorium every Friday morning from 10:00 a.m. until noon. We have an excellent Choir Director who is a really good teacher and is also fun to work with. You don't need to be a professional, and some of us don't even read music. You just have to want to sing. If this interests you please contact Kathleen Dunn on 571-970-1154. Kathleen Dunn Gazette 6/4/2017 1
The Weekly Schedule Sunday, June 4, 2017 Sunday, June 11, 2017 (The room location key is at the end of this calendar.) Sunday, June 4, 2017 9:00: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher CHP 10:30: Holy Eucharist & Guest Preacher ODR This is the last Sunday 10:30 a.m. service in the Orchard Dining Room. Starting next week, June 11, Sunday 10:30 a.m. services will be held in the new Auditorium-AB. 6:00: Sunday Movie AUD-AB Man in the White Suit (1951), 1h 25 min, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi. Chemist Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) is at a crossroads in his career. He's been trying to invent a long-lasting clothing fiber, but his unreasonable demands for high-end equipment have gotten him fired from job after job. Finally, Sidney creates a white suit that is impervious to the elements -- it cannot stain or wrinkle. At first he is celebrated as a hero but, soon enough, the clothing manufacturers realize that the perfect suit is actually very bad for business. 9:30: Fun & Fitness AUD-A 9:30: Gentle Waves POOL 10:00: Catholic Mass CHP Monday, June 5, 2017 10:00: Trailblazers: Burke Lake Park LBY 10:00: Beginners Line Dancing LR 10:00: Neighborhood Studio AC 10:15: Water Fit POOL 1:00: Bus to Bailey's Shopping Center LBY Gazette 6/4/2017 2
1:00-4:00: Technology Workshop with Matt CR 2:00: Drawing Class AC 3:00: Art Film AUD-A This week s movie is Artists of the 20th Century: Salvador Dali (2004), 50 min. Get to know Spanish Surrealist master Salvador Dali in this volume, part of a series exploring some of the most important artists of the 20th century. Learn about Dali's meteoric rise through the art world as a result of his visionary approach to art, and his subsequent difficulties as he was criticized for making art for the sake of money. A figure as colorful and unique as his paintings, Dali created art that's survived the march of time. 4:30: Birthday Party AUD-BC 9:00: Morning Stretch Class AUD-A Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:30: Summer Painting Class in Acrylics AC 10:00: Sit and Be Fit AUD-A 10:00: Residents' Council Meeting GR 10:30: Low Vision Support BR 11:00: Wii Bowling ALAR 11:00: Bible Study CHP 1:00: Poker LR 1:30: Total Body & Balance AUD-A Wednesday, June 7, 2017 (New Health Care Center Move Day.) 8:30-4:30: Residents move to the new Health Care Center Note: Original building elevators 4 and 5 (Lobby) will be used for this move. Residents are asked to use elevators 7 and 8 (Dining). 9:00: Optometrist CL Gazette 6/4/2017 3
Dr. Perry is here the first Wednesday of every month. Please call the clinic for an appointment. 9:30: Fun & Fitness Canceled 9:30: Gentle Waves Canceled 9:30-11:30: Market Place Accepts Donations MP 10:00: Pentagon City Mall Shopping Trip LBY 10:00: Painting Studio Canceled 10:00: Spanish Conversation Group BR 10:15: Water Fit Canceled 11:00: Teaching Company Canceled 1:30: Walker Waltzing Canceled 2:00: Studio with Kate Canceled 9:00: Morning Stretch Class AUD-A Thursday, June 8, 2017 9:30: Summer Painting Class in Acrylics AC 10:00: Holy Eucharist CHP 10:00: Sit and Be Fit AUD-A 10:00: Trip: National Gallery of Art LBY 11:00: Wii Bowling ALAR 11:00: Holy Eucharist AUD-A Please note that the Holy Eucharist service on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. is permanently relocated to the new Auditorium-A starting June 8. 1:00: Library Committee Meeting RCR 1:30: Line Dancing 1 LR 1:30: Total Body & Balance SOL Gazette 6/4/2017 4
1:30: GHA Players AC 2:30: Marketing Committee Meeting GR 7:15: Thursday Movie AUD-AB Snowden (2017), 2h 14min. An engrossing Oliver Stone film that while making no bones about admiring his actions and motivations doesn t go to extremes to make its case. A stirring return to form by one of our most gifted directors. 9:00: Zumba AUD-B 9:30: Gentle Waves POOL 10:00: Singing Seniors AUD-A 10:00: Clay Class AC Friday, June 9, 2017 10:00: Replay of Thursday Movie CH 972 10:15: Water Fit POOL 11:00: Lunch Trip: Carmine's LBY 1:00-1:45: Seated Meditation SOL Seated meditation occurs in the comfort of a chair and lasts forty-five minutes. Many residents say that the meditation sessions promote feelings of relaxation and well-being. Join us as we explore a new series of practical applications of mindfulness on the go. 1:00: Shanghai LR 2:00: Quilting Bees AC Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:30: Alzheimer's Caregivers Support Group RCR 1:00: GHA Popular Music GR 7:15: Saturday Movie AUD-AB Roxanne (1987), 1h 47min. Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah star in this Gazette 6/4/2017 5
comedy based on Cyrano de Bergerac. 9:00: Holy Eucharist CHP 10:30: Holy Eucharist AUD-AB 6:00: Sunday Movie AUD-AB Sunday, June 11, 2017 Midsummer's Night Dream (1999), 1h 56min, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love. ROOM KEY NOTE: AUD-A, B and C are on the first floor of the new Small House Building. (AC) = Arts Center (ADR) = Alexandria Dining Room (ALAR) = Assisted Living Activity Room (ALDR) = Assisted Living Dining Room (AUD-A) = Auditorium A (AUD-B) = Auditorium B (AUD-C) = Auditorium C (AUD-AB) = Auditorium AB (AUD-BC) = Auditorium BC (AUD-AC) = Auditorium AC (AUD-ABC) = Auditorium ABC (BR) = Bishops' Room (CAFE) = Fillmore Café (CC) = Concourse (CH 971) = Channel 971 (CH 972) = Channel 972 (CHP) = Chapel (CL) = Clinic (CR) = Computer Room (FC) = Fitness Center (GR) = Game Room (GW) = Gallery Walk (LBY) = Lobby (LR) = Living Room (MDR) = Main Dining Room (MP) = Market Place on G-1 (ODR) = Orchard Dining Room (RCR) = Residents Conference Room (SOL) = Solarium Gazette 6/4/2017 6