page 9-“THE NEWS—August 1979
Academy Camping Trip
Mixes Fun & Learning
by Rabbi Sanford Tucker, Academy Director
Preview Of
Adult Programs
At JCC
The Adult Program Com
mittee of the JCC is planning an
exciting line-up of fall classes.
The physical education and
dance department will again
offer tennis to both beginners
and intermediate players and is
pleased to announce the return
of Cathy Gleaves as tennis in
structor. For those interested in
yoga, Millie Fuerstman will be
teaching an intermediate yoga
class and will introduce a
beginners class. A women’s ex
ercise class is being formed for
both daytime and nighttime
students and further details will
be announced in the next issue
of this newspaper. For the first
time at the JCC, men will be
given an opportunity to take
part in an exercise-conditioning
class. A Sunday morning exer
cise program, for “men only,”
will be taught by Moshe Straz
and will be geared to toning and
conditioning the body.
The JCC is delighted to an
nounce that the New Reflec
tions Dance Theater will be
offering three types of programs
for our adult members. Please
see the accompanying article for
further details of this exciting
program. Disco, taught by Anii
Colvin, will again be offered in
the fall.
Our fine arts program will
include painting classes taught
by Beverly Howard, a return of
Dean Butchkovitz and life draw
ing and a new class in batik.
The JCC and B’nai B’rith
Women will sponsor the Alive
Series with a new Alive class to
be held on Thursday evenings.
The ever popular bridge
classes will continue with the
addition of one daytime bridge
class. Cake-decorating will ^
back, both daytime and night
time, and Yours Truly
Needlepoint will again be held
every Tuesday at the home of
L^ynn Lemer.
An exciting new class spon
sored by the JCC and HaLailah
Chapter B’nai B’rith Women en
titled Make-Over Magic will
be taught by local cosmetologist
Bill Duane and will emphasize
make-up, skin care, hair 'care
and dressing on a budget.
In response to the overwhelm
ing enthusiasm of those who
participated in the Yiddish In
stitute, the JCC is offering Yid
dish classes for beginners and
those sophisticated in the
language.
The JCC is planning a
stimulating and thought-
provoking adult lecture series
with professors from UNCC
leading the discussions. For
those who took part in Great
Decisions ’79, this will be
another opportunity for par
ticipating in an intellectually
stimulating series of current
concerns. Watch for further
details.
Woman’s View, a brand new
concept in programming for
women, will be offered as a
series of six one-day programs
throughout the year. This series
will focus on issues of particular
concern to women and will ex
plore the role of women in
literature, art and music.
Another innovative class
sponsored by the JCC will be
Chefs Delight, a cooking
demonstration by six chefs of
the most famous restaurants in
Charlotte. How often have you
wanted to know the secrets of
your favorite chef? Now you’ll
have the chance to see and taste
great recipes from Charlotte’s
outstanding restaurants.
Remember: All adult
classes will begin the week
of October 8th. A complete
schedule will appear in the
September issue of the
Charlotte Jewish News.
New Reflections
To Teach At
The J CC is proud to announce
that the New Reflections Dance
Theater School will be offering
children and adult classes this
year at the “J”. The New Reflec
tions Dance Theater, which has
been in existence for six years,
was developed to offer Charlotte
a school of contemporary dance
with an emphasis on dance as
an art form. This highly regard
ed professional modem dance
company has its home at Spirit
Square. For the first time it has
decided to offer its outstanding
classes at other locations. The
JCC is proud to have been
chosen as one of these few select
locations.
Adult classes in modem
dance fundamentals are an im
portant part of the program
providing other members of the
community with the opportuni
ty of sharing part of the dance
experience. These classes are
conducted under the experienc
ed guidance of local and well-
known dance artists. Teachers
for the classes are performing
members of the New Reflections
Dance Theater. There will be
three types of adult classes
given at the “J”; Fundamen
tals in Modern Dance will
focus on fundamental move
ment concepts and body ex
ploration to help the student
develop an understanding of his
own b^y. Easy Moving will be
a combination dance and exer
cise class designed to help
students keep in touch with
their bodies through movement.
A Massage Class will be
offered which will teach basic
body massage, including 200
different strokes. This will be
limited to partners only and will
be taught in an atmosphere of
privacy. It will be offered one
night a week.
The JCC is proud to offer this
high level of professionalism as
part of its adult programming
and looks forward to bringing
you many exciting programs
throughout the year.
Look for the ^ptember issue
of the Charlotte Jewish News
for exact dates and times.
Make-Up Class
Offered At JCC
Are you wearing make-up
from the 60’s? Do you need help
“putting yourself together”?
TTie Jewish'Community Center
and HaLailah Chapter B’nai
B’rith Women are pleased to pre
sent an exciting new course
called “Make-Over Magic”. This
class will meet on four Wednes
day evenings and will concen
trate on make-up, skin-care, hair
care and dressing on a budget.
Bill Duane, local cosmetologist
at Chere’ Amie Beauty Salon,
will be teaching this series of
classes. In addition to being a
make-up artist, Bill sews and
designs most of his own clothes.
He lectures on make-up applica
tion and coordinates fashion
shows. And, on the weekends
Bill can be heard on Radio
WPEG “Disco 98” hosting
“Charlotte After Dark”. We are
indeed fortunate to have such a
talented and enthusiastic in
structor for this unique series.
Plan this fall to reserve some
time for “Make-Over Magic”.
You are worth it!
Adult classes will begin the
week of October 8th. Please
check the September issue of the
Charlotte Jewish News for ex
act scheduling.
“A pretty face is half a dowry”
—Sholom Aleichem
“llie mould of the heart is
shown in the face”
—Zohar
Bridge
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full set of cards marked in
braille for the use of the sight
handicapped people in the
Metrolina area. The regular
game and a special novice game
made up 13 tables of bridge
which provided enjoyment,
challenging bridge and
camaraderie from 1 p.m. until 4
p.m. for the 8 legally blind
players as well as the others.
One of the players who is
legally blind, Elias Bernard
Johnson, will celebrate his
93rd birthday in August. Bom
in Trinidad, Mr. Johnson later
moved to New York City and
Daytona Beach, Fla. He arrived
in Charlotte in 1933 and was
employed by Mrs. James W.
Cannon for 14 years, after
which he was engaged in the
area of sales. He and his wife,
Clyde, love Charlotte. Mr. John
son said, “I came to Charlotte to
spend one week, and stayed. I’m
very happy here.” He has been
playing bridge for 43 years and
loves it. The gift of the braille
cards means a great deal to Mr.
Johnson and so many others.
The person responsible for the
bridge games at the JCC is Abe
Bober. Mr. Johnson and the
other players all thank Abe. The
games have been an on-going
activity at the JCC for the past 3
to 4 years. The program was
begun by the late Irving Richek.
A^r Irving’s death Abe Bober*
took over and began the practice
of the double session charity
games and included the par
ticipation of the blind. Abe
Bober is indeed a very caring
and dedicated individual.
NETWORKING:
“Holocaust,” the superb
9V2-hour NBC mini-series
about the systematic murder
of millions of Jews and other
“enemies” by Nazi Germany,
has been scheduled for a
rerun across four straight
nights starting Monday,
Sept. 10.
As exciting as our camping
trip to Old Salem sounded on
paper, in reality in exceeded our
expectations. Weeks of prepara
tion before the May 21-22 trip,
including staff meetings and in-
class activities, laid the foun
dations. Tents and equipment
had to be gathered, schedules
prepared and responsibilities
for each child and adult assign
ed. A bus was chartered to take
us to our campsite at
Tanglewood Park, near Clem
mons.
The great day of departure
dawned. It had been raining all
night. Also, one of our teachers,
an experienced camper who had
been involved in all the plan
ning, was sick and was unable
to go with us. We weighed the
alternatives — and weather
reports — and decided not to dis
appoint the children or the
adults. We went.
The decision proved to be cor
rect. The rain did not follow us
that first day and it only
drizzled slightly on the second
day, after we had cooked a
breakfast of french toast, and
folded our tents.
There were two tours at Old
Salem, each two hours, one for
the older and the other for the
younger children; tour guides
were excellent. Even our
kindergarteners were interested
for the length of the tour.
The second day of the trip we
visited the deer park at
Tanglewood, then went into
Winston to the Reynolds Estate
to tour the magnificent
greenhouses and gardens.
While there we also made a stop
at the Museum of Man directed
by Wake Forest University. An
exciting young woman spoke to
all the Academy children about
Indian artifacts, passing tools
among the children to handle
and inspect. It was a lively
museum visit.
Throughout the trip, there
was a wonderful feeling of in
terdependence among all the
children and the adults. All the
children worked together, help
ing each other cook and set up
tents and clean up. This provid
ed security which everyone felt
No one fussed about sleeping
outside in tents without ^eir
parents nearby. After all, their
friends were sleeping with them.
And there were adults — teams
of parents and teachers — sit
ting a few feet away around a
campfire all night long.
We achieved our goals for the
trip, chief among them
providing an opportunity for
growth in independence, self-
reliance and personal initiative.
Further, we wanted to promote a
sense of belonging to a group
and responsibiUty to it. Coupled
with these goals, we also sought
to reinforce our social studies
learning through the visit to Old
Salem.
We look forward to a similar
but more extensive experience
next year.
BRUCE ELLIOT SCHOENES
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