The Art of Living Fit + Well

By learning to balance what you eat, how you exercise and how you nurture yourself, you're providing a lesson that will serve you and your family well for a lifetime and the Gantt Center wants to do our part to help support you. We invite you to join us for the Gantt Center’s Inaugural Art of Living Fit + Well on Saturday, October 24, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. This event is a full day celebration designed as an intergenerational program that will engage, inform, inspire and promote the joy of living fit and well for the body, mind and spirit through a series of events:

• Healthy eating cooking demonstrations
• Interactive dance classes
• Fitness & wellness expert advice
• Workshops & classes including Zumba and yoga
• Games and contests for the family

This is a FREE, highly interactive event - children, youth, adults and seniors are invited to participate.

Guest appearances by:

• Tarshá - Recording artist
• Cullen Jones - Olympic swimmer / gold medalist
• Dr. Robert C. Robinson III, MD & Dr. Karla L. Robinson, MD - Home remedies class + book signing
• Charlotte Performing Arts Academy Children Dance

This event is proudly sponsored by:

Event Schedule

Time	Event/Activity
All Day Events
10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:00 Noon, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM & 2:30 PM	Healthy Food & Snack Sampling Location: 4th Floor Nutralite will give away healthy food & snack samples throughout the day.
11:00 AM, 12:30 PM & 1:30 PM	Morrison Healthcare's Celebrity Chef Healthy Cooking Demos® Location: 4th Floor The Morrison Healthcare Senior Executive Chef, Chris Aquilino and his team will be on hand to discuss eating healthy and showcase cooking demonstrations to help you begin your wellness journey. He will prepare regional dishes based on Chef Edna Lewis's Southern favorites!
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM	The Kids Zone + Arts & Crafts Location: 3rd Floor Calling all kids to join for arts & crafts activities, fitness exercises, double-dutch jump rope, line and hip hop dancercises.
Scheduled Events
10:00 AM	Performance: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy Location: 2nd Floor Lobby Kids and adults are invited to watch a children’s dance performance. Vinyasa Yoga with Sajeedah Jones Location: 4th Floor Terrace A refreshing yoga class to relax and synchronize your breathing and movements. PLEASE BRING YOUR YOGA MAT.
10:30 AM	Group Exercise Session with Sabauka Location: Performance Suite Sabauka Deshield, Certified Fitness Trainer at the McCrorey YMCA, will offer a 20-minute group fitness exercise session! Stories To Live By with Mother Minter Location: Classroom Join us for some of our favorite storytelling by Elisha Minter. Stories to Live By will promote wellness for all ages. Vinyasa Yoga with Sajeedah Jones Location: 4th Floor Terrace A refreshing yoga class to relax and synchronize your breathing and movements. PLEASE BRING YOUR YOGA MAT.
11:00 AM	Performance: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy + Interactive Lesson Location: Performance Suite Kids and adults are invited to watch a children’s dance performance and participate in an interactive dance lesson. McCrorey YMCA Lasting Lifestyle Changes Workshop Location: Classroom Learn about strategies to maximize your ability to burn adequate calories effectively to achieve maximum health benefits, productivity, quality of life, and work life balance for sustainable change. McCrorey YMCA Y ON THE HOUR Fitness Exercise Class Location: 2nd Floor Lobby The McCrorey YMCA will offer a 10-minute fitness exercise to get you started on your fitness journey. ZUMBA Class with Angela Woods Location: Terrace Join Angela Woods for a fun and effective workout with a Latin Flair!
11:30 AM	Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist: Cullen Jones Location: Performance Suite Meet Cullen Jones and hear his story about his journey, as a man with a mission, to win the Olympics and how he wants to change the perception that Blacks can’t swim. He will sign autographs and take pictures. McCrorey YMCA Workshop for Seniors with Carol Lawler Location: Classroom For the Seniors! Chair yoga and a presentation on healthy aging – mind, body, and spirit. Black Girl Jump Double-Dutch Location: 2nd Floor Join Black Girl Jump Double-Dutch! Kids are welcomed to participate! ZUMBA Class with Angela Woods Location: Terrace Join Angela Woods for a fun and effective workout with a Latin Flair!
12:00 Noon	Paul West and His Amazing Weight Loss Journey Location: Performance Suite Paul West, Certified Personal Trainer, will share his journey to lose more than 200 lbs. He will share an interactive lesson on home exercises you can use to start your fitness journey. Terra Carter – Life of Being Bipolar Location: Classroom Terra Carter, Certified Educator on Bipolar and Depression, will discuss living with the bipolar disorder. Spoken Word Demonstrations with Eric Douglas aka Salgoud Location: 2nd Floor (note: performance starts at 12:15 pm) Spoken work performance and presentation of how the arts can create a sense of wellness in the mind and spirit. McCrorey YMCA Y ON THE HOUR Fitness Exercise Class Location: Terrace The McCrorey YMCA will offer a 10-minute fitness exercise to get you started on your fitness journey.
12:30 PM	Dr. Karla & Dr. Robert Robinson, MDs Location: Performance Suite Meet Dr. Karla & Dr. Robert Robinson! The dynamic duo will field questions about health, as it relates to African Americans; offer home remedies that work and sign their book In Sickness & In Health. SoleSociety Run Club Running Workshop Location: Performance Suite Learn about running and the proper mechanics/techniques needed when you use running as a form of fitness. Royal Movement Senior Dance Group Location: 2nd Floor Lobby Dance performance presentation.
1:00 PM	Royal Movement Line Dancing & Health Benefits with April McKee Location: Performance Suite Learn about the health benefits of line dancing! YMCA 5 2 1 0 National Campaign on Nutrition Location: Classroom Learn about nutrition and exercise benefits for children and young adults. Black Girl Jump Double-Dutch Location: 2nd Floor Join Black Girl Jump Double-Dutch for a show-stopping performance! McCrorey YMCA Y ON THE HOUR Fitness Exercise Class Location: Terrace The McCrorey YMCA will offer a 10-minute fitness exercise to get you started on your fitness journey.
1:30 PM	Royal Movement Dancercise Class for Seniors with April McKee and Dance Performance by the Senior Dance Group Location: Performance Suite Get your dance on with the senior dance group! YMCA Medicine Coaching – Patient Empowerment Location: Classroom Healthy lessons on medicines and empowerment. Kids Hip Hop Location: 2nd Floor Calling all kids to join in for hip hop dancing!
2:00 PM	Meet Recording Artist Tarshá Location: Performance Suite Recording artist Tarshá will talk about her life as an artist, her new CD; and the healthy balance of her career and motherhood. Don’t miss her performance! Hip Hop Dance with Janise Frank Location: 2nd Floor Lobby Janise Frank will offer hip hop dance demonstrations!
2:30 PM	Line Dancing with April McKee Location: 2nd Floor Join April McKee for a fun session of line dancing! Hip Hop Dance with Janise Frank Location: Terrace Janise Frank will teach an electrifying hip hop class on the Gantt Center rooftop terrace! Spoken Word Demonstrations with Eric Douglas aka Salgoud Location: Classroom Spoken word performance and presentation of how the arts can create a sense of wellness in the mind and spirit.
Exhibitors
Location: Lobby	WBAV V101.9/Power 98 with Artie and Vickie Samuels
Location: 2nd Floor	Music – Table 1 Omega Sports Joint with SoleSociety Running Club - Yulonda – Table 2 Conduct proper gait analysis Dasling Dentistry – Table 3 Interactive dental care demos C. W. Williams Community Health Center – Table 4 High blood pressure (HBP) screenings Urban HouseCall Health Media Group – Table 5 Hands-only CPR techniques training McCrorey YMCA – Table 6 Eat This Not That - Nutrition information and comparisons. Nutrition guessing games and giveaways. Latonya Summers Lifeskills Counseling & Consulting Group – Table 7 No Stress Zone - Come and experience five ways to de-stressing. Urban HouseCalls Health Media Group & Tarshá – Table 8 CHS Sports Medicine/Levine-Kohls/McCrorey YMCA – Table 9 Giveaways BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina – Table 10 Giveaways Mollie Dragstrem – Table 11 Vegan Comfort Food Cookbook by Denise Hairston available for purchase.
Location: 3rd Floor	Be The Match Registry Drive – Addie Sanders, SE Community Engagement – Table 1 Bone marrow register McCrorey YMCA – Michelle Sunderland – Table 2 Y ON THE HOUR 10 mins exercises on the hour / YMCA Membership/5 Day Trial Drawings Carol Lawler, Faith Community Educator / McCrorey YMCA – Table 3 Giveaways and information on services available Black Girls Jump Double-Dutch – Dr. Karla Robinson, MD – Table 4 Double-dutch jump pope demonstrations and information
Location: 4th Floor	Nutralite - Elisha Minter – Table 1 Nutralite healthy food and drink sample tasting Morrison Healthcare’s Celebrity Chef Healthy Cooking Demos® – Table 2 The Morrison Healthcare Senior Executive Chef, Chris Aquilino and his team will be on hand to discuss eating healthy and showcase cooking demonstrations to help you begin your wellness journey. He will prepare regional dishes based on Chef Edna Lewis's Southern favorites!