What we’re about
Dynamic Professionals (Age 50 + We are a SINGLES group)
**Please have a photo on your profile to be accepted as a Dynamic Professional member** I request this for the safety and security of all of our members. If, for some reason you don't feel comfortable posting a photo, email me and I'll provide my phone number to speak to you personally prior to acceptance with our group.
Membership fees - No membership fees at this time.
Removal from group - As the Organizer, it is my sole discretion to remove a member from the group. If I don't feel the member is a "fit", if a member doesn't get along with others, if a member causes undo hostility, if more than one complaint has been voiced about a specific member, just to name a few.
As you can see from our wide variety of past meetups - we have events and adventures for everyone. Favorite places to visit for daytrips and weekend trips, favorite local restaurants-both new and old, group dinners and more intimate dinners, dancing, sporting events, mystery theatres, boat trips, wine tastings, museums, historical sites, movies, theatre, cabarets, musical events (from new age to classical), visits to parks, hiking, skating, go carting, zip lining, paint ball, and the list keeps going. Many more activities to be had in the warmer months. Be sure to hit SEE ALL as our events and trips go out more then 12 months.
Check out past events & adventures to wet your appetite and show you what a wonderful group this is. Read the reviews and comments and don't forget to check the photo's from previous events.
RSVPs go fast within this group.
Members should be 50+ years of age (or close to it) and SINGLE, but those numbers aren't set in stone, had to start and end somewhere. Once you're a member, you WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THIS GROUP and are welcome at any event even if you become a "couple" with someone in or outside the group.
You must be an individual that cares about their appearance, has a zest for life, has an ACTIVE and healthy lifestyle and the means to join us for some of our events. Those that enjoy getting together with and being respectful of others. Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated in anyway. Inappropriate comments and/or other harassment of any member will be grounds for removal from our group.
At times you will be asked to participate in bringing a dish or your beverage of choice. Posts will always give plenty of info and/or suggestions as to the nature of our event and what is needed.
Please share your questions or comments. If anyone has an idea, please share with me and I’ll post and put it out there to see if there’s any interest.
Let your friends know about Dynamic Professionals 50 +, we hope to make this a very popular meet up with a new concept and twists on old concepts. Thanks for your interest!
Warm regards,
Ellen Foster, Organizer
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Pickleball ~ TUESDAYS ~ Experienced Players Only PLEASE READPanthorn Park, Plantsville, CT
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport for the over 50 age group! We've been looking for a centrally located park to start our games.
THIS EVENT PAGE IS FOR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS ONLY. If you want to LEARN how to play, sign up for the 8 week class. https://www.meetup.com/dynamicprofessionals50-singles-travel-socializing/events/301017273/?isFirstPublish=true
Panthorn Park is in the lovely town of Southington. Panthorn has scheduled events on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so we'll try for Tuesdays.
Experienced players can sign up and play with other experienced players. BRING YOUR OWN PADDLES AND BALLS
Coach Diane is doing a 8 week workshop, so NO BEGINNER'S will be on the courts with you.
BRING - The weather is warming up bring sunglasses, hats, sunscreen and water, paddle ball paddle. I will bring a cooler of iced down water too.
Call me with any questions. 561.262.2800 I'll likely be in CT the month of June and part of July.
Why is pickleball so addictive?
Pickleball is fun, which makes a pickleball addiction real for some people. Overdoing it can lead to disastrous results, and no one wants to spend time away from the courts. Significant changes come from small habits. If you're going to play better, pick one of these points, and make one small change starting TODAY!What is pickle ball and how is it played?
Pickleball is a simple paddle game played with a baseball-sized wiffleball over a tennis-type net on a Badminton-sized court. Only the serving team can score points. Points are scored by legally serving a ball that is not returned by the opponent or by winning the rally.5 Rules of Pickleball ~
If you want to learn the basic rules of pickleball, you have found the right article.- Rule #1: The ball must stay inbounds. ...
- Rule #2: There should be one bounce per side. ...
- Rule #3: Serving must be done at the baseline. ...
- Rule #4: The serve can't land in the no-volley zone. ...
- Rule #5: The game ends at 11 or 15 points.
- Pickleball ~ Beginner's ONLY ~ 8 Week Class $130 (Limit 8) PLEASE READPanthorn Park, Plantsville, CTUSD 130.00
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport for the over 50 age group! If you've wanted to learn to play, now is the time. We have 2 wonderful coaches that have been with us for 3 years now.
Classes with start Monday, June 3rd and continue each and every Monday (weather permitting) through and including August 5th, with NO CLASS June 10th or July 8th. Rain dates will be announced when necessary. Class dates: 6/3 6/17 6/24 7/1 7/15 7/22 7/29 8/5
Walk on beginner's are welcome at a charge of $25 per class. Please bring CASH for Coach and comment or message Coach Diane 203-788-1204 that you are attending. (This is only if you have not pre-paid for the 8 week clinic)
Panthorn Park is in the lovely town of Southington.
Diane & Ed Alicea, our great Coaches from last year will be back. They are offering an EIGHT WEEK COURSE, pre-paid for $120 Per Person ($15 per class) & meetup fees = $130. This class is limited to EIGHT members only, so SIGN UP NOW AND DON'T GET SHUT OUT.
This means you are GUARANTEED in the eight week class, with no outsiders. Again, this class is limited to EIGHT MEMBERS ONLY!!
Private lessons are available at $40 per hour per person, so this is an unbelievable price for an 8 week class to learn this popular sport.
Experienced players can sign up on the EXPERIENCED EVENT PAGE at no charge, if courts are available. https://www.meetup.com/dynamicprofessionals50-singles-travel-socializing/events/301017416/?isFirstPublish=true I will schedule for Tuesday evenings. We have no guarantee how many courts will be available each week. Panthorn has programs scheduled for Wednesdays and Thursdays already.
BRING - The weather is warming up bring sunglasses, hats, sunscreen and water, paddle ball paddle. I will bring a cooler of iced down water too.
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR OWN PADDLE. Balls will be provided by the coach.
Be sure you have the proper footwear, a pickleball paddle, sunscreen, hat, water and comfortable clothing. We'll provide the balls.
Call Diane with any questions 203-788-1204
Once you start class, please text Diane if you are unable to make a Monday class, this will be most appreciated. No refunds for missed classes, so make the commitment and keep the commitment please.
Why is pickleball so addictive?
Pickleball is fun, which makes a pickleball addiction real for some people. Overdoing it can lead to disastrous results, and no one wants to spend time away from the courts. Significant changes come from small habits. If you're going to play better, pick one of these points, and make one small change starting TODAY!What is pickle ball and how is it played?
Pickleball is a simple paddle game played with a baseball-sized wiffleball over a tennis-type net on a Badminton-sized court. Only the serving team can score points. Points are scored by legally serving a ball that is not returned by the opponent or by winning the rally.5 Rules of Pickleball ~
If you want to learn the basic rules of pickleball, you have found the right article.- Rule #1: The ball must stay inbounds. ...
- Rule #2: There should be one bounce per side. ...
- Rule #3: Serving must be done at the baseline. ...
- Rule #4: The serve can't land in the no-volley zone. ...
- Rule #5: The game ends at 11 or 15 points.
- Fiction Addiction ~ Book Club: 1st Tues each month EXCEPT JAN, JUL & SEPCafe Fiore - Cromwell, Cromwell, CT
Viewing on a smart phone? Click on "read more" for book list. Three months titles are listed.
Our group is co-ed and has been meeting for nearly 13 years. We enjoy chatting with each other, eating good food and discussing interesting books. Every meeting is fun! Newcomers are always welcome!
Please RSVP on our Meetup website. The next books will be posted every 2 months.
UPCOMING DISCUSSION:
June 4, 2024 The Red Book by James Patterson and David Ellis Reviewer, Doug Losty
For Detective Billy Harney, the distance from hero to statistic is one false move.To Harney, the newest member of Chicago PD's elite strike force -- Special Operations Section (SOS) -- getting shot in the head, stalked by a state's attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is all part of breaking a case.
So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts -- his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force -- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only ones.
When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going ... until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.
July 9, 2024 No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister, reviewer Carol Zandri
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”That was the beauty of books, wasn’t it? They took you places you didn’t know you needed to go…
Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.
Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways—and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.
August 6, 2024 The 100 years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Reviewer, Carol Zandri
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fiction (2021)An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories.
Their last one begins here.Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen year old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with.
Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eighty three year old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years.
To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything.
As their extraordinary friendship deepens, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with Lenni and Margot yet.
Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need them most.
- Pickleball ~ TUESDAYS ~ Experienced Players Only PLEASE READPanthorn Park, Plantsville, CT
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport for the over 50 age group! We've been looking for a centrally located park to start our games.
THIS EVENT PAGE IS FOR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS ONLY. If you want to LEARN how to play, sign up for the 8 week class. https://www.meetup.com/dynamicprofessionals50-singles-travel-socializing/events/301017273/?isFirstPublish=true
Panthorn Park is in the lovely town of Southington. Panthorn has scheduled events on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so we'll try for Tuesdays.
Experienced players can sign up and play with other experienced players. BRING YOUR OWN PADDLES AND BALLS
Coach Diane is doing a 8 week workshop, so NO BEGINNER'S will be on the courts with you.
BRING - The weather is warming up bring sunglasses, hats, sunscreen and water, paddle ball paddle. I will bring a cooler of iced down water too.
Call me with any questions. 561.262.2800 I'll likely be in CT the month of June and part of July.
Why is pickleball so addictive?
Pickleball is fun, which makes a pickleball addiction real for some people. Overdoing it can lead to disastrous results, and no one wants to spend time away from the courts. Significant changes come from small habits. If you're going to play better, pick one of these points, and make one small change starting TODAY!What is pickle ball and how is it played?
Pickleball is a simple paddle game played with a baseball-sized wiffleball over a tennis-type net on a Badminton-sized court. Only the serving team can score points. Points are scored by legally serving a ball that is not returned by the opponent or by winning the rally.5 Rules of Pickleball ~
If you want to learn the basic rules of pickleball, you have found the right article.- Rule #1: The ball must stay inbounds. ...
- Rule #2: There should be one bounce per side. ...
- Rule #3: Serving must be done at the baseline. ...
- Rule #4: The serve can't land in the no-volley zone. ...
- Rule #5: The game ends at 11 or 15 points.