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Music instructor Joseph Young can’t say enough about the humble ukulele. “One of my favourite things about teaching the ukulele is the community surrounding it,” says Young, who has been teaching music for almost 20 years. “The uke community in the Lower Mainland is robust and welcoming across the board, and getting to introduce people to it is a pleasure.” Skilled at playing a variety of instruments, including the guitar, piano, saxophone and, of course, ukulele, he

Say hello to Richard Pelcz! Teaching boxing at the Kerrisdale Community Centre for the last year and a half, the Hungarian-born instructor was bitten by the fitness bug early on. Moving to Canada with his family at age 10, he was first introduced to judo, then taekwondo, before running dojos in the Fraser Valley. Boxing since he was 23, Pelcz won the 1993 Golden Gloves Championship in Portland, Oregon, in the 168-pound division. He also earned his third-degree

Celebrating International Women’s Day with a shoutout to all of our female instructors, including Group Fitness teacher Nevada Banks (photo, above). Growing up dancing, Banks has worked as a fitness professional for the past 16 years. Teaching at the Kerrisdale Community Centre for over a year now, she is passionate about creating movement classes that are fun and inclusive for every kind of body. “It can be intimidating to try something new,” says Banks, adding that group settings can give

Congratulations to the 11 recently elected Kerrisdale Community Centre Society board members! Sworn in (see photo) by Kerrisdale Community Centre recreation supervisor Ian Broadbent at the February 21 AGM and Election, the successful candidates include board incumbents Miran Aziz, Kathleen Bigsby, Dorothy Chang, Claire Cheung, Morag Pansegrau and Joshua Yoon, as well as new board members Lo-Ming Lee, Seun Oyeneye, Robert J. Tudhope, Deanna Wong and Bo (Mike) Zhou. Thank you to all candidates for