Bedford Fall Recreation Programs Announced

Submitted by Jane O’Brien, Manager - Bedford Parks & Recreation Department

Nothing reveals so much about individuals as how they choose to play - how they invest their time and energy for leisure time. Leisure is that time free from demands of school, work, or required activities of daily living. Everyone needs regular recreation that develops skills, promotes good health, relieves stress, facilitates social interactions, and provides a general joy for living.

For the Bedford Parks & Recreation Department, we choose activities that we feel the Bedford residents can be successful in.  Just as teachers always say good readers read. Coaches always say athletes seek sports' activities. Musicians always lose themselves in music.  Artists will always paint or draw. Craftspeople create.

Children, adolescents, adults and seniors may find themselves with limited opportunities to fully enjoy leisure time, but if you visit the Bedford Parks & Recreation Department website at www.BedfordRecOnline.com  there must be some leisure activity you would like to engage in.  

New sessions coming up for fitness classes:  “Yoga For Fitness” on Monday evenings at 6:30 PM program is held at McKelvie Intermediate School next session starts November 4th.

“Yoga with Robert” on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 AM this program is held at Bedford Town Hall and next session starts October 29th.  Ongoing Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM is Zumba GOLD followed by Line Dancing with Ginger this program you pay the instructor at the class.

Preschool programs have started with “Koala Bear Playgroup” which is a FREE playgroup on Friday mornings from 9:30-11AM held at the Bedford Town Hall.  New program “Wild Animal Fun 4 Preschoolers” on November 14th we will be “Talkin Turkey” and on December 12th we will be discussing “Christmas Critters”.

“Yoga for Elementary School Age Children” starts a new session on November 12th at the Bedford Town Hall at 3:30 PM.

Let’s not forget our Adult & Senior Movie Matinee which is scheduled for Sunday afternoons at 2 PM at the Bedford Public Library and November’s movie is “The Sunshine Boys”.  This matinee is FREE of charge and no pre-registration needed.

SPECIAL EVENT – HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR on Saturday, October 26th @ 4:30 PM at the Bedford Village Common Park musical entertainment with Judy Pancoast, some Halloween activities and a candy hunt so BYOF (Bring Your Own Flashlight) dress up in costume and join us this evening is for children ages 8 and under.