GRF WEEKEND DANCES The Velvetones Ballroom Dance Orchestra will perform Saturday, July 20, at 6 p.m. in Clubhouse 4. The Velvetones is Leisure World's own professional big band, playing big band swing and jazz standards—music for dreaming and dancing.

On Sunday, July 13, Community Church’s resident pianist Hannah Yi will perform a double piano concert titled “Key Conversations” with fellow pianist Susan Kim-Pedroza. The performance will feature music by Anderson and Roe, Rachmaninoff , Gershwin, and more, played on two pianos simultaneously. The musicians will use the church’s legacy Yamaha grand piano, and the newly donated Baldwin

ROLLIN' THUNDER GOLF CART CLUB The Rolling Thunder Club will host its annual Fourth of July parade through Leisure World, beginning at 9:45 a.m. at Clubhouse 2 and ending at Clubhouse 4. All Leisure World residents are invited to decorate their golf carts and participate in the parade. Only members of the Rolling Thunder Club will be eligible to win the prize being offered for the

Rich Erickson was born and raised on a farm in Fresno, California and received his amateur radio license in 1963 after two years of radio shop class in high school. He graduated from Fresno State with a degree in broadcasting and received his first class radiotelephone license after three semesters of electronics. Erikson then worked as an engineer and technical director at the local ABC TV affiliate.