Sun City Festival Community Association

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26501 West Desert Vista Boulevard, Buckeye, Arizona 85396 August 2019

August 5th-9th
Surprise and Delights
Tickets on Sale August 6th 9:00 am throughout the week!

September 27th • 7:00pm

August 17th • 4:00 pm 7:00pm

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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August
Events Mirage -
Fleetwood Mac
August 17th

• Drug Drop
4 5 Off 6 7 8 9 10
10am - 2pm
•AZ Advocate Prescott Arts and
Solar Seminar Crafts Festival Bus
10:00am Trip
•Tickets on Sale
for AbbaFab

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• BFS Home
Warranty •Mirage-
Seminar Fleetwood Mac
11:00 am Show

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Sunday Movie
The Upside D-Backs vs
1:00 pm Colorado Rockies
Bus Trip

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Vee Queva Casino

Bus Trip

BOOKMOBILE
August 8th, 22nd
9 am to Noon - Sage Center
1 pm to 4 pm - Foothills Park

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 There is always something to do at Sun City Festival!
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MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS
TABATA 8:00 AM S.E.T. 8:00 AM ZUMBA 7:15 AM
PILATES 9:00 AM SWIMMERS CLUB WORKOUT Wood Carving Class 8:00am
Fine Arts 8:30am MAY—OCT 7:00AM; NOV—APRIL 9:00AM Fine Arts 8:30am
Pickleball 8:00am SWIMMERS CLUB WORKOUT PILATES 8:20 AM (BALLROOM)
Mah Jongg 9:00am MAY—OCT 8:00AM; NOV—APRIL 10:00AM YOGA 8:30 AM
Pickleball 8:00am
Knit One & Crochet Too 9:00am Pickleball 9:00am Players Club Bridge & Open Play 9:00am
Lady Putters 9:30am PlayersClubMahJongg&OpenPlay9:00am Beginner Bridge 9:00am
AQUA AEROBICS 10:00AM STEP AND PUMP 9:15 AM Don’t Worry Bead Happy 9:00am
Current Events 10:30am
DANCE FINTNESS 11:00AM
Paper Crafts & More 9:30am Mah Jongg Marathon (2nd) 9am-4:00pm
Line Dancers Practice Intermediate 10:00am
Pickleball Women’s Rotational TBD Digital Photo 9:30 am AQUA AEROBICS 10:00 AM
Dealer’s Choice Poker 12:30pmStrength, Stretch, Balance 10:30AM BODY WORKS 11:45 AM
Scrabble 12:30pm AQUA AEROBICS 11:30 AM Texas Hold’em Limit Poker 12:30pm
Lady Putters 12:30pm Contract Bridge 12:30pm Mah Jongg 12:30pm
BODY WORKS 12:15PM Knit One & Crochet Too 12:30pm Lady Putters 12:30pm
Line Dancers Beginner 1:15 pm GENTLE YOGA 2:15 PM
Festival Stitchers 12:30pm AQUA AEROBICS 3:00 PM
Line Dancers Intermediate 2:45 pm YOGA 4:00 PM Festival Veterans Club (2nd Wed) 3:30pm
GENTLE YOGA 2:15 PM
Woodcrafters 5:30pm
ZUMBA 5:15 PM Line Dancers Practice Beginner Dances 5:00 pm
Paper Crafts & More 6:00pm
Euchre 6:30pm Tournament Poker (1st & 3rd Tue) 5:30pm Single Deck Pinochle 6:30pm
Social Dance - Ballroom 6:00pm Omaha Poker (2nd,4th,5th Tue) 5:30pm Pickleball 6:30pm
Desert Harmony Rehearsals 6:00pm Ponytail Canasta 6:30pm
Pickleball 6:30pm Pickleball 6:30pm

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS SATURDAYS

PILATES 8:00 AM (BALLROOM) H.I.I.T. 8:00 AM
S.E.T. 8:00 AM Pickleball 9:00am
SWIMMERS CLUB WORKOUT
Pickleball 8:00am
Contract Bridge 9:00am Don’t Worry Bead Happy 9:00am
MAY—OCT 7:00AM; NOV—APRIL 9:00AM
SWIMMERS CLUB WORKOUT Quilting Bees 9:00am Line Dancers Absolute Beginners 9:30 am
MAY—OCT 8:00AM; NOV—APRIL 10:00AM ZUMBA 9:15 AM AQUA YOGA 11:00 AM
Pickleball 8:00am AQUA AEROBICS 10:00 AM Table Tennis 11:45 am
Fine Arts 9:00am WoodshopMonthlyMtg(3rdFri)10:00am Texas Hold’Em Limit Poker 12:30pm
STEP IT UP 9:15 AM FAB’s Luncheon 11:30am Partners Pinochle 12:30pm
Lady Putters 9:30am BODY WORKS 11:45 AM Couples Contract Bridge 6:00pm
Strength, Stretch, Balance 10:30AM Mah Jongg 12:30pm Pickleball 6:30pm
AQUA AEROBICS 11:30 AM
Duplicate Bridge 12:30pm
Chess 12:30pm SUNDAYS
Genealogy (2nd Fri) 1:00 pm
Knit One & Crochet Too 12:30pm
EQUIPMENT ORIENTATION3:00PM GENTLE YOGA 2:15 PM Mah Jongg 12:30pm
Computer Club (2nd and 4th Thursday) 3:00pm Bunco 6:30pm Chinese Mah Jongg 12:30pm
Dealer’s Choice Poker 5:00pm Pickleball 6:30pm Dominoes (Mexican Train) 6:00pm
ZUMBA 5:15 PM Double Deck Pinochle 6:00pm
Partners Pinochle 6:30pm
Pickleball 6:30pm
Table Tennis 6:30 pm
Charter CLUBS in Black.
FITNESS CLASSES in Purple. Stop by the Sage Center to sign up! 3
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Upcoming Sun City Festival
Lifestyle Events

August 5th-9th
Surprise and Delights
throughout the week!
Sage Center

September 27th • 7:00pm

August 18th
Sunday The Upside
Movie Pre-Register at

Madness
1 pm
Member Services
$3/person Includes
Popcorn,
Celebration Hall 1 Soda and 1 Candy

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FESTIVAL LEARNING
News
Fall 2019 Classes
Are you interested in becoming an Instructor in
our Festival Learning Program?

We are excited for our upcoming Fall and Spring

Semester of Festival Learning. We have many
returning instructors and some brand new
classes.

Our resident class survey has demonstrated a

yearning for Foreign Language, Travel, Technol-
ogy, Birding, Interior Design, and Geology. We
are looking specifically for ASL language instructors.

For anyone that would like to share their knowledge and skills on these topics please contact Ryan
Duncan at rduncan@aamaz.com.

For those who have a passion not listed above and have always wanted to share it in a class setting,
we are always looking for more volunteers.

Chartered Club News

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un City Festival actively promotes and supports a variety of more than 30 Chartered Clubs within the
community. Each club is managed and run by volunteer residents who passionately share a similar
interests.

All Sun City Festival residents are encouraged to participate in any or all clubs. You can learn more about
club opportunities by attending their upcoming events or by contacting the club representatives for more
information. Stop by the member services desk at the Sage Center to see the Club notebooks for more sign
up information.

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SPOT REDUCTION-TRUTH OR FICTION by Chuck Eier, M.S. C.S.C..
Fitness/Wellness Director

We are bom- Spot reduction is a myth for a few 5,000 sit-ups over 27 days. At the
barded with reasons. We must first understand end of the study, fat biopsies from
advertise- that the body has millions of fat cells. the subjects’ abdomen, buttocks and
ments and This number is mostly fixed. Howev- upper back showed nearly identical
information er, the amount of fat stored in these fat reduction in all three areas. The
claiming this cells can be increased or decreased. exercise created a sufficient caloric
or that exer- Stored fat is in the form of lipids. To deficit to burn stored fat being mobi-
cise, fitness be used as muscle fuel, lipids must lized from three different areas of the
device, or be transported to the liver, converted body. The fat was not burned specifi-
exercise ma- to compounds called fatty acids, and cally from the area of muscle usage.
chine will give us a flat waistline, lean transported to working muscles. We
To reduce excess body fat, we need
sculpted abdominal muscles, and/or have no direct pipeline from stored
to follow a sensible diet and burn,
reduce the stored fat from our hips or fat to the adjacent muscles.
within reason, more calories than
thighs or gluteal area (or other body
Additionally, stored fat is mobilized we eat. A combination of healthful
part). These claims are based on a
in an order opposite from what it is diet, 30-60 minutes of cardiovascular
concept of spot reduction: we can
stored. Thus, “last in is first out.” Fat exercise most days of the week, and
exercise a particular spot and stored
is initially stored (depending on gen- total-body strength training three
fat will be removed from that spot.
der) around the waist, thighs, or glu- times per week, is the best method
Contrary to these advertisements
teal area. Next, fat storage moves to for creating a calorie deficit and burn-
and various claims, spot reduction is
the upper arms, then face, forearms, ing our stored fat.
a myth.
etc. Fat burning occurs from the face, Sources:
The simplest (also most challenging) etc. then from waist and thighs. This
Bryant, C. ACE “Fitness Matters,” Janu-
way to reduce stored fat from any is a generally demonstrated order of ary/February, 2004
part of the body is to create a calorie fat burning. Everyone has their own Carrera, M and Vani, N. “Spot Reduction-
deficit. Simply, the number of calo- specific genetic pattern of fat usage Myth or Truth?”
ries consumed must be less than the following this general trend. Darden, E. “Spot Reduction: Why It
number of calories burned through Doesn’t Work.”
In a 1980’s study at the University of
metabolism and physical activity.
Massachusetts, 13 men performed

Fitness
Massage Therapy Free Blood Pressure
Fitness Assessment: Enjoy a relaxing, therapeutic massage. A
Screenings
$40/one lesson. Complete Fitness massage promotes relaxation, reduces
Assessment with a personal exercise stress and relieves mental and physical August 2nd at 2 pm &
program including one lesson fatigue. 60-minute appointment $60.00 August 19th at 9 am
(Sage Center Fitness)
Equipment Orientation: FREE Personal Training:
60-minute group session on effective One-on-one personal training is avail-
and safe exercise with demonstrations. able for those wanting or needing, a bit Blood Pressure Testing is offered
Every Thursday at 3:00 PM in the more exercise guidance or motivation. twice per month in the Fitness
Fitness Center. exercise program. 1 session: $35.00 Center. No appointments are
necessary.

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 The Indigo Grille Presents
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August 2nd Steve Russel TOTAL REQUEST LIVE 4:30-7:30pm
August 9th “Forever Young’ 4:30-7:30pm
Dining Hours: August 11th ”The Grip it and Sip it” 8:00 am
Sat 10:30 am - 8 pm
Sun 8:00 am - 8 pm Golf Tournament to Benefit the Folds of Honor Charity
Mon - Fri 10:30 am - 8 pm August 16 th
”Classic Attitude” 4:30-7:30pm
Breakfast: August 23rd Elliot and Sundancer Band 4:30-7:30pm
Sun, 8 am - 11:30 am August 30th “The Parrot Brothers” 4:30-7:30pm and
Happy Hour: Take the glass night with Uncle Bears Brewery
Daily 2 pm - 5 pm

Bar 28: Closed for the summer. First come first serve for the bar, but please make reservations to sit
in the dining room.

Patriot Golf Day Tournament –

Monday September 2rd @ 8:00am Shotgun
Four Person Scramble Competition Price: $90-Annual Pass
For a complete list of our rates, please
Holders, $105-SCF Residents, $120-Guest/Public Price in-
visit www.coppercanyongolfclub.com cludes: Golf, Cart, Range Balls, Tee Gift, Tournament Entry,
Horse Race / Shootout – Thursday Lunch, and donation to the Folds of Honor Foundation. Sign
August 8th @ 5:00pm up in Golf Shop.
This event is a must if you like a good time. The closest
to full contact golf you will get as your competitor’s egg Patriot Golf Day Weekend – benefitting the Folds of
you on, sometimes in your backswing. This event fea- Honor Foundation August 30th – September 2nd
tures two person teams who alternate their shots. High Copper Canyon Golf Club and the Indigo Grille will be asking
scoring teams are eliminated on each hole until there patrons to make donations to this worthy cause by rounding
are only three teams. Out of the three we will get a Win their purchase up to the nearest dollar or by making a flat
(1st Place), Place (2nd Place), and a Show (3rd place). donation amount. There are also sponsorship opportunities
Serious golfers must leave the serious at home for this for the Golf Tournament
event, we like to have fun. Entry includes 2 drink tickets.
Cost $15 *New for 2019* Luke’s Grip it and Sip it Shootout -
August 11 - 8:00am
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Golf Clinics This brand new event is being hosted by the Indigo Grille’s
Clinics are from 9:00am-10:00am and cost $20. Space Luke Unrein! Golfers will enjoy an fun 2x4 Person Scramble
is limited so please sign up early. For more information format with contests and prizes everywhere! Vendors will
or to sign up please call or visit the golf shop. be on hand to show and sample products.
SCF Residents - $85
Peg N Keg - Monday August 19th @ 4:00pm SCF Guests and Public - $95
This putting contest is a favorite among our residents. Indigo Annual Pass Holders - $69
Test your putting skills on our ever changing 9 hole Register in the Golf Shop
course and bring your thirst as there will be a keg of Inquiries should be sent to Luke Unrein @ lunrein@troon.com
beer for you to enjoy as well. All for only $1

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 Contact Information
Kim Rinehart
Community Manager
928-252-2103
krinehart@aamaz.com

Melissa Wright
Community Standards
928-252-2105
mkean@aamaz.com

Mike Marino
Facilities Director
928-252-2130
mmarino@aamaz.com

Janet Turner
Lifestyle Director
Vic Owen 928-252-2104
Realtor jturner@aamaz.com
SC Festival
Resident 503-706-4047
vicowen08@gmail.com Chuck Eier
Arizonabuyersrealy.com Fitness & Wellness
Director
928-252-2115
ceier@aamaz.com
SCFestivalrealty.com
Ryan Duncan
Communications
928-252-2133
rduncan@aamaz.com

Caring Neighbors
928-252-2118

Copper Canyon Golf Club/

Indigo Grille
928-252-6445

Festival Sales Center

623-444-1105

Del Webb/Pulte
Customer Service
800-664-3094

AAM Billing/Customer Care

602-906-4940

http://oursuncityfestival.net

Sage Recreation Center

928-252-2100
Fax: 928-252-2102
Monday - Friday
5:30 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday
7:00 am - 10:00 pm

Wood Shop & Craft Studios

928-252-2283
Monday - Saturday
7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm