{"id":43076,"date":"2013-09-19T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T23:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=43076"},"modified":"2013-09-22T00:56:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T07:56:17","slug":"dancing-through-the-decades-is-the-theme-for-senior-expo-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/09\/19\/dancing-through-the-decades-is-the-theme-for-senior-expo-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDancing through the Decades\u201d is the theme for Senior Expo 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year’s Senior Expo celebrates dance and features international song and dance artist Ben Vereen (top right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 High Desert Medical Group and Heritage Health Care will present their always anticipated Senior Expo<\/strong> from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n

Celebrating dance, the theme for this year\u2019s Senior Expo is \u201cDancing Through the Decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlighting the event is the Grand Prize raffle – a $500 visa card.\u00a0 Those who bring a canned food item to donate to the Grace Resource Center food bank and community shelter will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Antelope Valley Mall gift card.<\/p>\n

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Vereen is a Tony Award winning actor who was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year\u2019s special celebrity guest is international song and dance artist Ben Vereen<\/strong>.\u00a0 Although a stage, film and television actor, Vereen is probably best remembered for his iconic character Chicken George in Alex Haley\u2019s landmark TV miniseries, Roots. \u00a0He\u2019s also well-remembered for his role as Louis Armstrong in Louis Armstrong – Chicago Style.\u00a0\u00a0 The Tony Award winning actor, a graduate of Manhattan\u2019s High School of Performing Arts, has now added public speaking to his versatile repertoire.\u00a0 He often speaks of overcoming adversity and continuing education.\u00a0 In 2011, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Senior Expo offers a full day of local entertainment, free health screenings and seasonal flu shots for seniors 62 and over.\u00a0 Health screenings will include bone density, cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, vision screening and more.\u00a0 Over 100 vendor booths will be located on aisles named after dance styles of the 20\u2019s, 30\u2019s, and 40\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0 Health plan sales representatives will be available in the H.W. Hunter Pavilion with 2014 benefit options and enrollment information.<\/p>\n

An event highlight is always the naming of the new \u201cSenior of the Year.\u201d The Award Ceremony will take place at 11 a.m., where winner and nominees will all be recognized.\u00a0 Added, this year, is the first \u201cVeteran\u2019s Community Service Award\u201d (VCSA).\u00a0 The award recognizes an individual or organization that provides support and makes a difference in the lives of those who have served our country. The Lancaster High School senior class, who dedicated a year to raising funds for wounded warrior Jerral Hancock, will be named the recipient. (Read more here.)<\/p>\n

The Antelope Valley Fairgrounds is located at 2551 West Avenue H in Lancaster.\u00a0 Parking and admission are free for this event.<\/p>\n

For more information on High Desert Medical Group\u2019s Senior Expo, call 661-951-3043 or 661-951-3046.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 High Desert Medical Group and Heritage Health Care will present their always anticipated Senior Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. Celebrating dance, the theme for this year\u2019s Senior Expo is \u201cDancing Through the Decades.\u201d Highlighting the event is the Grand Prize raffle – a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}