Ditch workout, join party




Rachel Moreno

Rachel Moreno

The Agoura Hills Recreation Center will host its fourth Zumba party on Fri., July 8.

Zumba guru Rachel Moreno will lead a two-hour party of highenergy dancing to Latin rhythms. She will enhance the calorieburning routines by teaching new dance moves and giving away prizes throughout the session.

According to Jacob Broyles, community services director, Zumba party participants will have a chance to win Zumba dance CDs, Zumba apparel and other prizes.

Although Zumba classes are taught by Moreno throughout the week at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center and other centers and gyms in Westlake Village, Oak Park and Simi Valley, the Zumba party is unique to the Agoura Hills Recreation Center.

“It’s going very good,” Broyles said of the Zumba party that is held every other month at the center. “It’s getting to where we can only handle 35 to 40 people,” he said.

Why only every other month? Broyles said Moreno has a “pulse” on the Zumba community and does not want to overdo the novelty of the party concept.

“It’s not a routine, normal type class,” he said.

Moreno said, “The Zumba party is fun because we get two hours of straight Zumba.” She added that the party allows her to introduce new choreography and throw in a lot of familiar songs and dance moves that regular Zumba participants already know and love.

“Zumba is a great way to burn calories,” Moreno said. “You don’t know you’re working out. It’s just like going to a dance party.”

Moreno writes a column on examiner.com, an online resource site, and has become known as the “L.A. Diet and Exercise Examiner.”

The cost of the Zumba party is $15. The program will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Fri., July 8 at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. Participants must be at least 14 years old.

For more information, email Moreno at overallfit@gmail.com, call the center to register at (818) 597-7361 or visit www. ci.Agoura-Hills.ca.us. People can also register at the door on the night of the party.

Stephanie Bertholdo


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