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Page 6 The British Weekly, Sat. November 21, 2015
Local News/Health & Fitness
Panto’s back for Christmas!
n Peter Pan and Tinker Bell: A Pirate’s Christmas opens December 9th
yOGA: it’s vital to focus on flexibility and strength as
we get older, says Ricky Parcell
AMERICA has a rapidly
ageing population, and
as a nation we must pay
attention to two key
areas in life, both of
which are critical to
your future health and
longevity....S & F!
Do you know what
they are?
The first key factor is
“Strength” which needs
to be put in the spotlight
more, especially after the
age of 40 years old. This
is when most people
begin to lose muscle
mass at the alarming rate
of 1% a year - especially
if one does not exercise.
So that’s 20% of muscle
mass gone at 60 years of
age, unless you pump
iron at least 3 times a
week. This could leave
you frail, and give you a
poor posture - setting
you up for trips, falls and
injury in everyday life.
The bottom line here is
that if you don’t use it,
you lose it! The body
loves (and thrives on)
body resistance
training….if you push on
anything, it pushes back
and builds back stronger.
So if you test your body
only 3-4 times a week
with resistance, the body
benefits massively. In
fact, a recent study over
six weeks in Europe on a
progressive weight
training program for 80
year olds, found that
after the trial ended, all
participants had similar
strength to healthy
young 18 year-olds.
Cells, tissue and indeed
muscle (which enables
the body to carry out
daily talks such as
walking, lifting and
This week The British
Weekly welcomes Ricky
Parcell to our stable of
regular contributors. Ricky
is a British expat and an
acclaimed master wellness
and mind trainer. For more
information visit Ricky’s
website at: www.
bodyconfidenceclub.com.
working) simply fade or
get weaker every day. As
we get older, cells,
muscle and tissue are
also less inclined to
regenerate on their own.
They need a little push
or help. This is where the
3-4 times a week training
is so critical. This must
also of course be backed
up by a natural diet and
plenty of water with at
least 6-8 hours sleep a
night.
The other key area is
“Flexibility” – when we
area young flexibility is
easy and simple, but as
we age our habits
change
and
unfortunately some
people get into the habit
of not maintaining their
flexibility levels,
hydration levels or
healthy eating habits.
These combined add up
to lots of trouble down
the line, unless we make
flexibility exercises part
of our daily
routine....yoga or just
simple stretching for five
minutes a day can make
a huge difference
between struggling with
day-to-day tasks or
being able to enjoy life to
the full, at whatever age
you are…
Ricky Parcell can be
reached at:
(805) 259 9703.
GREAT NEWS for panto
fans: the recent revival of
the traditional British
Christmas staple in
Southern California will
continue this holiday
season with a production
of Peter Pan and Tinker
Bell – A Pirate’s
Christmas at the
Pasadena Playhouse
from December 9th to
January 3rd.
Leading the cast will be
Sabrina Carpenter as
Wendy, Kevin Quinn as
Peter Pan, John O’Hurley
as Captain Hook, Chrissie
Fit as Tinker Bell, Nikki
SooHoo as Tiger Lily, and
Parvesh Cheena as Smee.
Rounding out the cast
are two very special and
very large dogs.
Newfoundland breed
brothers Gordon and
Bonner will be alternating
performances as “Nana,”
the Darling family’s
four-legged nanny.
Director Bonnie
Lythgoe returns after last
year’s successful Panto at
The Playhouse
FANS OF DYLAN
Thomas will want to
attend a reading of the
classic “A Child’s
Christmas in Wales”
presented as a staged
reading next month in
Glendale.
This small cast concert
version is told from the
viewpoint of the author,
who recounts the festive
season as a young boy.
Written with a strong
poetic voice, the prose is
filled with the warmth
and humor of vivid
characters as seen
through the eyes of a
child.
A Child’s Christmas in
Wales will be held on
Sunday December 6th at
2:00pm at the Boy Scouts
of America Hall, 1325
Grandview Avenue in
Glendale. If you are
interested in being cast in
the piece, please write to
v o l u n t e e r s @
steppingstoneplayers.com
production of Sleeping
Beauty and Her Winter
Knight, choreographer
Spencer Liff and musical
director Michael Orland.
The book is by Kris
Lythgoe, scenic and
costume design by
Lythgoe Family
Productions, and the LFP
producers include Becky
Baeling Lythgoe and Kris
Lythgoe.
The Lythgoes are
building an admirable
track record in bringing
affordable theatre to
families across America.
Based on the Grimm
fairytales and others, each
story has been
modernized with topical
scripts for parents and
well known pop songs for
kids. Past Panto at The
Playhouse productions
include: Sleeping Beauty
and Her Winter Knight,
starring Olivia Holt and
Lucy Lawless, A Snow
White Christmas starring
Ariana Grande and Neil
Patrick Harris and
Aladdin and His Winter
ARE you an expat Brit
who would love to have
a family reunion
courtesy of British
television? Then the
BBC wants to hear from
you.
5 Star Family Reunion
is a popular BBC One
Saturday night lottery
game show hosted by
Nick Knowles, that gives
a UK family and their
overseas relatives the
opportunity to get back
together and win a 5 Star
reunion of a lifetime. But
it gets better – because as
well as this, they could
also be in with a chance of
winning up to £30,000.
The family overseas
must answer questions to
win as much time as they
possibly can for the
family in the UK studio.
That’s because the four in
the studio will
individually face
HOOKED: John O’Hurley will star as Peter Pan’s
famously malevolent arch-enemy
Wish starring Ben Vereen.
Pasadena Playhouse
Artistic Director Sheldon
Epps told the British
Weekly: “Once again, our
partners have put
together a sterling,
exciting, and gifted cast to
bring our very special
holiday programming to
our stage. Panto at The
Playhouse has become, in
a very short time, an
exciting holiday tradition
at our theatre, which is
much appreciated and
celebrated by our
questions against the
show’s high-tension timer
in a bid to put money in
the bank and bring
everyone together.
If your family live both
in the UK and America,
Jamaica, Canada, India,
Australia or New Zealand,
and you want to be in with
a winning chance of
winning an amazing
holiday and cash jackpot,
then apply to take part.
For an application form
community.”
The show runs from
from December 9, 2015 –
January 3, 2016. The
Pasadena Playhouse is
located at 39 South El
Molino Avenue in
Pasadena. The
performance schedule is
Tuesdays – Fridays at 7:30
p.m.; Saturdays at 12:00
p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 7:30
p.m.; and Sundays at
12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
For more details and
tickets visit www.
pasadenaplayhouse.org.
Win a family reunion - courtesy of the Beeb
Nick Knowles best: the host of the popular show
email family@12yard.com
Or write to: 5 Star
Family Reunion, 12 Yard
Productions, G7 The Hub,
70 Pacific Quay, Glasgow,
G51 1DZ.
Parents, siblings, aunts,
uncles, cousins, in-laws
and close family friends
can make up the overseas
team.
Closing date for
returning application
forms is 19th February
2016.