Valentine's Day: Senior Dances, Heart Healthy Dinner

By Charity Corkey (Contact)

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Let loose with your sweetheart to popular '40s, '50s and '60s hits during next week's Valentine balls at the Carver Center and Senior Center at Cascades.

The week also holds live afternoon music and refreshments at Sunset Hills Vineyard in Purcellville, and a health-centered Valentine's Day dinner and discussion at Hillsboro's Doukenie Winery.

Heart Healthy Dinner and Discussion

Enjoy a healthy five-course dinner at Doukenie Winery, paired with a cardiologist-led discussion on cardiovascular fitness and the benefits of red wine on your heart and blood pressure.

The 7 p.m. Valentine's Day dinner will commence with cream of brie and red pepper soup, followed by seared sea scallops, roasted breast of duck in fig port and an arugula salad with pine nuts. For dessert, guests will dine on a hazelnut cappuccino torte served with raspberry wine.

Admission is $95 per person. Purchase tickets by calling Doukenie Winery at 540-668-6464, extension 207.

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Celebrating the Things We Love

Sample fresh hot bread while listening to live guitar music from 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 at Sunset Hills Vineyard in Purcellville.

Celebrate the holiday and the vineyard's 100th day of business with glasses of Sunset Hill wine, including the Petite Verdot, a deep crimson wine aged in French and American oak, and crisp Chardonnay infused with apple and citrus blossom flavors.

A full list of the new vineyard's selections can be found online.

Senior Center at Cascades

The Valentine's Dance at the Senior Center at Cascades will feature waltzes and line dances, in addition to familiar tunes such as, "We are Family," said employee Erik Onate.

Slow dances, and big band music will also be played throughout the Feb. 11 event from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. In between songs, guests will be served an assortment of sweets and pastries.

To purchase tickets, contact the Senior Center at 703-430-2397. Entry is $3 for members, $5 for non-members and $5 at the door.

Carver Center

Dance instructor Carol Whitmer will offer swing and fox trot lessons during the Carver Center's 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Valentine dance on Feb. 13.

DJ Sky Dantinne will also play the electric slide and '50s favorites.

Tickets are $3, and can be purchased by calling the Carver Center at 571-258-3400.

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