About 40 members of the Joyful Line Dance had a surprise birthday party for one of their leaders, Anna Derby, with a cake and balloons, catered Korean buffet lunch and line dancing in Clubhouse 3, Room 2. Derby thanked everyone who contributed and celebrated her special day and has been present to bond with other members and exercisesincetheclub’sinception, February 2014. Joyful Line Dance meets

Fitness Fusion Club added a Saturday class at 10:30 a.m., in Veterans Plaza. The club’s primary focus is to have fun while performing types of different exercises to increase flexibility, body balance, and core strength. People can bring their own weights for added resistance. All are welcome. —Debbi Fudge

Wa-Rite’s total loss for the week was 16.5 pounds. Judy Chambers was the biggest loser with a 7-pound loss. Marsha Larson was the queen of the month with a total loss of 3.5 pounds. On Feb. 10, the club cast its votes for the new board members who will start their positions on Feb. 17. The history of Wa-Rite goes back 20 years. It all started with a group of women who wanted to meet once a week

HUI O HULA by Jojo Weingart LW contributor Hui O Hula, the LW Hawaiian dance club, continues to practice hula and entertain in and outside the gates. All are welcome to join its weekly lessons. On Tuesday, dancers meet in Clubhouse 6 with a lesson on basic hula from 12:30 p.m., then regular class begins from 1 p.m. On Thursdays, the club holds class outdoors in Veterans Plaza at 1 p.m.

The Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theater is presenting three plays in the first six month’s of the 2023 season. On Jan. 29, Mutual 1 resident Debbi Fudge was in the audience for the first play, Agatha Christie’s “Toward Zero.” “Alex Piper was suburb playing Neville Strange,” said Debbi. “What a perfect rich playboy persona he characterized with every action and the bored eye rolls!