BP MARKOWITZ TO JOIN ENTERTAINER BEN VEREEN AT "LIGHTEN UP BROOKLYN" DAY OF EVENTS JULY 19
Activities include dancing for older adults led by Mark Morris Dance Center; IntenSati workout; Zumba for youth; power walk; yoga; and capoeira
11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
BP MARKOWITZ PRESS CONFERENCE AT NOON
THURSDAY, JULY 19
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL PLAZA
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT AND ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Thursday, July 19, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join entertainer Ben Vereen, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for a day of events at Borough Hall as part of the 2012 "Lighten Up Brooklyn" campaign, an anti-obesity and healthy lifestyle initiative launched by BP Markowitz eleven years ago.
Schedule of events:
11:00am
Restorative Movement: Dance for Older Adults led by the Mark Morris Dance Center
11:30am
Zumba for youth led by Body Sculpt of New York
Noon
Press conference and Power Walk! led by BP Markowitz and Brooklyn Borough Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey
12:30pm
IntenSati workout with Shape Up NYC
1:00pm
Yoga led by Dodge YMCA
1:30pm
Zumba led by Sessions by Sara
2:00pm
Capoeira led by Raizes do Brasil Capoeira Brooklyn
For more information on Lighten Up Brooklyn, visit www.brooklyn-usa.org or call 718-802-3530.