Encinitas Rotary Club hosts Christmas ballroom dancing event for seniors

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The event is popular with local seniors (McKenzie Images)

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Standing: Michael Atassi, Encinitas Rotarian Dr. Danielle Chavalarias, Arnold Cooper. Seated: Dr. Jim Vevaina, Andrea Lieber, Debi Vail (McKenzie Images)

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Rosemary Powell, Robert Arrues (McKenzie Images)

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Carolyn Quinney, Dan Franklin (McKenzie Images)

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Angie Walsh, John Kohler (McKenzie Images)

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Regina Reinhardt, Fred Schwartz, Roger Sokoloff, Judy Hong (McKenzie Images)

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Brenda Welch, Encinitas Rotarian/Senior ballroom dance organizer Marty Cooper, Don Hubbard, Sheila Lim (McKenzie Images)

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Senior ballroom dance organizers Marty (hes an Encinitas Rotarian) and Sharon Cooper (current Senior Citizen of the Year Awardee and Service to Seniors Awardee), with grandsons Aaron and Riley, and daughter Ilene Cooper. For more information on the weekly dances for seniors, visit www.SeniorBallroomDance.com (McKenzie Images)

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Bruce and Karen Lopucki (McKenzie Images)

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Perla Nunes, Eldon Gloor (McKenzie Images)

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Perla Nunes, Eldon Gloor (McKenzie Images)

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Richard Smith, Janet White (McKenzie Images)

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Monica Conway, Robert Arrues (McKenzie Images)

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Sheila Lim and Don Hubbard (McKenzie Images)

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Trudy Cohen, Norm Bhatia, Valerie Gersch, Bruce and Karen Lopucki, Laura Barbanell (McKenzie Images)

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Dancers (McKenzie Images)

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Dancers (McKenzie Images)

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Roger Sokoloff, Judy Hong (McKenzie Images)

Dec. 30, 2019 11:39 AM PT

Over 100 senior citizens, many from North County, gathered at the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito’s Griset Branch in Encinitas Dec. 25 for some Christmas ballroom dancing.

The Encinitas Rotary Club has been holding the dance every Wednesday for 10 years, and wanted to make sure local seniors had something to look forward to on Christmas Day.

“For many of them, sadly, there’s no place to go,” said Sharon Cooper, of the Encinitas Rotary Club.

The event, which also included a luncheon, is supported by several local businesses. Cooper said it gives the seniors a good opportunity to exercise and meet their peers.

“Dancing for seniors is probably the best activity they can do,” she said.

For more information on the Encinitas Rotary Club and the weekly Wednesday event, call 760-933-8502 or email encinitas.rotary@gmail.com.

Photos by McKenzie Images Online: encinitasadvocate.com

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