The Garden City Recreation Department is proud to announce it will offer a morning session of our very poplar Pee-Wee All Sports Sampler program for children ages 4 & 5 who are Residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. This program will begin on Tuesday, March 2nd and will run for four weeks. Program time will be 10:45 a.m.

This program will be instructional, incorporating new skills and free play in a non-competitive atmosphere. A different sport will be offered each week. Please note: your child must be 4 years old by the start of the session in order to participate.

The cost of this program will be $32. To register for this program, please fill out the registration form and submit with payment to the Garden City Recreation Dept. at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

PRESCHOOL ARTS

AND CRAFTS

The Recreation Department’s Spring Session of Preschool Arts and Crafts will be the week of March 2nd. This seven week program is open to children ages 3 1/2 to 5 year old who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. The program will be offered the following days and times:

Tuesdays Noon to 12:45 p.m.

Thursdays 12:15 to 1 p.m.

Each week the children will make a fun project to take home. The cost of this seven week program is $35. To register, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

ADULT DANCE CLASSES in CLUETT HALL

Are you looking for a fun way to stretch and tone your body? The Recreation Department is offering dance classes to help move those muscles and get back into shape. Our adult ballet class is a fun way to exercise and the classes are geared to remember the “little ballerina” in you, whatever level that might be. Our stretch and tone class offers simple dance movements, stretching and other exercises to music designed to add flexibility to your body.

The schedule of classes is as follows:

Adult Ballet beginning 3/2 Tuesday at 9:15 am

Adult Stretch beginning 2/11 Thursday at 9:15 am

All classes are lead by Felicia Lovaglio, Director of our Dance Conservatory and adjunct professor at Adelphi. Each class is one hour long and will be held in Cluett Hall. The classes will run for 10 weeks at a cost of $ 80. To register for any of these classes, fill out the form below and return to the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue with a check made payable to the “Inc. Village of Garden City”.

SIXTH GRADE REC. NIGHT

The Garden City Recreation Department is sponsoring a Middle School Rec. Night for Sixth Graders on Friday, February 26th in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse.

This party will be chaperoned by the Recreation staff and will run from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00. A DJ will provide music and refreshments will be available for a nominal charge. The gym will be open for basketball, volleyball, dancing and other games.

Please note-Once the children are in our facility for this activity, they will not be allowed to leave unless accompanied by an adult. Please come into the building to pick up your child. For further information, please call the Recreation Office at 465-4075.

ADULT PASTEL CLASS

The Garden City Recreation Department is offering an adult art class. This ten week program will teach the beginner as well as the advanced student the art of painting portraits and landscapes/still-life in pastel from photographs.

The first lesson will include a portrait and landscape demonstration. At that time, a supply list will be provided.

Demonstrations will be available as needed throughout the program. Each student will receive the individual attention required as they move at their own pace and level of expertise.

Arleen Rueth Urban, the instructor for this program, is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and a winner of numerous awards. Her portraits hang in many Garden City homes, as well as throughout the United States. A portrait of Elvis Presley permanently hangs in Graceland, and Barbara Walters is among her celebrity commissioned subjects.

This class is open to adult residents who reside in the Inc. Village of Garden City. The class will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each Friday beginning February 19 at St. Paul(s Cluett Hall. The cost of this ten week program will be $105. To register for this program, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. For further information, please call 465-4075.

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE REC. NIGHT

The Garden City Recreation Department is sponsoring a Middle School Rec. Night for Seventh and Eighth Graders on Friday, March 5th in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse.

This party will be chaperoned by the Recreation staff and will run from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00. A DJ will provide music and refreshments will be available for a nominal charge. The gym will be open for basketball, volleyball, dancing and other games.

Please note-Once the children are in our facility for this activity, they will not be allowed to leave unless accompanied by an adult. Please come into the building to pick up your child. For further information, please call the Recreation Office at 465-4075.

ROLLER HOCKEY PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

The Garden City Recreation Department is proud to announce its Spring Roller Hockey Program. Whether you played last season or haven’t played in a couple of years, now is the perfect time to sign up and experience all the fun. Our spring season is set to begin the weekend of Friday April 9th. This season we are excited to be adding a new program for ages 14-16.

All programs take place at Community Park’s Roller Rink. Registration dates and fees will be announced in an upcoming column.

A reminder

• Each participant is required to wear full equipment at all times. This includes: Hockey Helmet with cage, hockey gloves, shin pads, elbow pads, roller blades, hockey stick, long pants, and a protective cup.

A description of each program we offers is as follows:

LEARN & PLAY PROGRAM ROLLER HOCKEY CLINIC for children ages 5-7.

This eight week program has been designed to introduce the exciting game of Roller Hockey. No experience is required in hockey or roller skating as this is a Beginners Program. This hour long clinic will take place on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m.

RECREATION DEPARTMENT LEAGUES

Our Roller Hockey Leagues are broken into ages groups. Please pay careful attention as our age groupings and dates/times have changed.

Mites Division is for 6 and 7 year olds who have basic skating skills. Since this division is games only, if your child is new to the sports, you should register them for our learn and play clinic.

Games will take place on Sunday afternoons with either a 3:15 or 4:30 p.m. start, depending on your child’s team schedule.

Junior Division - ages 8 through 10 will play on Friday afternoons

With either a 4 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. start depending on your child’s team schedule.

Senior Division - ages 11 through 13 will play on Friday evenings at either 6:45 or 8 p.m. depending on your child’s team schedule.

New- HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOCKEY - for ages 14 to 16. Games will be played on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. in a “pick up” format.

Adult Division for ages 30 and over - games will take place on Sunday evenings at 7:15 p.m. with an occasional “Friday night under the Lights”. Games are in “pick up” format.

For further information on any of these programs, you can call 465-4075 or go to www.leaguelineup.com/gcrechockey . We look forward to seeing everyone this spring at the rink!

Men’s Spring Softball Applications

If you would like to receive an application for or information about the G.C Recreation Men’s 2010 Spring Softball League, please call Recreation Supervisor Steve Espey at 516 483-2525. Applications can be picked up at Community Park or the Recreation Office beginning March 12th. If you prefer we can mail or e-mail your application. League slots are limited so prompt action is recommended.