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One way to get fit without knowing it is to take up Scottish Country Dancing.
The Warkworth Silver Oaks Club, a new daytime club ‘for the young at heart’, is keen to recruit new members.
Teacher Elaine Goldthorpe says as well as being a good fitness exercise, Scottish dancing is very sociable.
“People don’t need a partner to join,” she says. “We all swap partners so we get to know each other.”
Elaine is qualified through the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society and has been teaching dancing for more than 40 years.
She says the brain has four recognised essential needs to keep healthy – mental exercise, physical exercise, social contact and healthy eating.
“Scottish Country Dancing challenges us with patterns and formations, it is great physical exercise and it is definitely very sociable. We leave the healthy eating to the dancer!”
The club welcomes all ages, whether they have two left feet or not.
Elaine says Scottish dancing is an ideal form of exercise for relaxing before collecting children from school, home schooling fitness or keeping fit during retirement.
There is a weekly fee of $5, which includes a cup of coffee. Dancers start with a four-week course and need to wear soft soled, flat shoes. If they decide to join after the course, there is an annual fee of $10. Vaccination passes will need to be shown on the first visit.
The club is meeting in the Warkworth Hotel Upper Room on Fridays, from 1pm to 3pm. The four-week beginners course starts on February 4 and will include an introduction to shapes, types of dance and basic figures.
Info: Contact Elaine on 027 432 0032 or elainegold111@gmail.com
