Roosevelt Island Seniors Association (RISA) President Barbara Parker reports on 2 upcoming RISA events. According to Ms Parker:

RI SENIOR ASSOCIATION

Invites You To Join Us As We Continue To Celebrate

Saturday March 2, 2019

Honoring The Journey, Our Voice, Our Voice, Our Legacy

564 Main Street Community Center

3:00pm 6:00pm

Historic Storytelling, Poems, Dance, Song and Art Refreshments will be served

RSVP Your Attendance by Wednesday, February 27th

Email:riseniorsa@gmail.com – Barbara Parker & Andrea Jackson

Also:

RI Senior Association Presents Jazz/Line Dance Classes By Bernard Dove

Free Intro Demo Class Monday, February 25th- 6:30pm 7:00pm

546 Main Street Community Center

6 Week Session Starts

Mondays, March 4th April 8th
6:30pm 7:30pm – Fee: $60.00

To Register Contact Barbara Parker
riseniorsa@gmail.com

In 2009, the NY Times profiled dancer Bernard Dove here.

… Leading the weekly classes since 2007, and choreographing New York City Housing Authority shows since 2002, is their fast-stepping dance instructor, the trim and pony-tailed, Fu Manchu-mustachioed, gold-earringed and bracelet-bangled Bernard Dove, 69, a fixture no, a blur at New Yorks dance palaces since pre-disco days….

Contact RISA for more info on these and other events.