Senior Scoop

Five days a week (holidays excepted) you’ll hear the friendly hum of conversation, the click of dominoes. Come in, find a place at one of the tables and introduce yourself. You’re among friends at the Robertson Activity Center.

So what’s going on? Tap dancing, for one thing. You can sit around the house eating potato chips and watching old Shirley Temple movies, or you can come down to the Robertson Activity Center and do your own tap dancing with the Hot Heels Tap group. James Williams is the instructor and anyone can do it.

Williams is a professional dancer, formerly with the Oklahoma City Ballet. Now he’s at the Robertson Activity Center on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., teaching people to shuffle their feet around to a tap beat. According to Director Casey Barnett, it’s not a heavy-duty kind of thing. Most of the current dancers have tap shoes but any good hard-soled shoe will do.

Also on Wednesdays, there’s an Aerobics Class at 10:30, and Oil Painting at 1 P.M.

If tap dancing isn’t for you, you might want to join the Beginners Line Dance on Fridays at 10:30 a.m.

We’re into the holiday season now, and the Center will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov. 26. However, you can enjoy a combination Birthday/Thanksgiving Dinner with the group on Thursday, Nov. 18.

Don’t forget to sign up for a trip to the Kickapoo Casino on Nov. 30. Big Rob will leave the Center at 9:30 and return by 2 p.m. The casino will give us $27 in free play.

Our group from the Center had a great time at the Banjo Museum in Bricktown on Nov. 10. Along with a museum full of beautifully decorated banjos (you wouldn’t believe the artwork), Executive Director Johnny Baier entertained us with a concert that had hands clapping and toes tapping. Adding to the day’s enjoyment was lunch next door at Abuelo’s Mexican buffet.

You can pick up the monthly calendar and menu at the reception desk. You can also look it up on the Internet at: www.robertsonactivitycenter.blogspot.com.

The Robertson Activity Center is at 1200 Lakeshore Drive, phone number 350-7680, open Monday through Friday except for holidays. Two for the price of one note: Yukon’s library – the Mabel C. Fry Library – is in the same building with the Robertson Activity Center.

-- With Pat Browning
-- Yukon Senior Center

Tap Dance

Are you feeling footloose and fancy free?? Well, we can help you out with that. Come on down to the Robertson Activity Center Tap Classes.


Monday evenings at 6:30 pm we have an open class for all ages and abilities. Wednesdays at 1:00pm, we have a class for adults 55 and older. We’ll be glad to teach you to shuffle, flap, perididle, and time step. Plus, you can’t beat the price. Absolutely FREE.

The members of these tap classes have taken on the name of Hott Heels. You can see them perform this summer at the RAC Ice Cream Social on Aug. 19th. They are working on some new numbers to show off their skills. Though performing is not a requirement, everyone seems enthusiastic about having their friends and family witness all they’ve accomplished.

Any new participants will be welcomed with open arms. Group membership ranges in age from 20 something to 80 something and skill or previous dance experience are not necessary.