Free flu shots available
AmeriCares and Walgreens will offer free flu shots for the uninsured in Danbury from 3 to 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at Boehringer Ingelheim AmeriCares Free Clinic, 76 West St.
Flu shots will be available at no cost for eligible residents age 18 and older without health insurance. The walk-in clinic will offer immunizations on a first-come, first-served basis and administered by a Walgreens pharmacist. Participants cannot have any health insurance, including Medicaid.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone 6 months of age and older get vaccinated by October. The flu vaccine prevented about 7.2 million illnesses and 90,000 flu-related hospitalizations in the 2013-14 flu season, according to the CDC.
For more information about the flu clinic, call 203-658-9500 or visit americaresfreeclinics.org.
Starting Tuesday, September 8, the Danbury Music Centre will offer “Discovering Musical Concepts Band:” a weekly beginner band for adults. The new ensemble, for adults starting wind, brass, or percussion instruments for the first time, will meet each Tuesday at noon. Albert Montecalvo will lead the ensemble in weekly rehearsals at the Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main Street, Danbury, CT, 06810.
Tuition is $240 for the semester (September through December). Students will need to rent or purchase an instrument, as well as the book Essential Elements Comprehensive Band Method, Book 1, published by Hal Leonard. Adults interested in participating should contact the Danbury Music Centre at 203-748-1716 and/or pre-register online at www.danburymusiccentre.org.
This band will be an ideal opportunity for adults who have no prior experience playing an instrument – particularly those who wish they had had the chance earlier in life, and would like to make up for lost time by starting now in a friendly, group setting.
Director Albert Montecalvo says, “It will be a very relaxed atmosphere where people can come in, give it a try, and see how it works for them. We will offer all of the band instruments: flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, any of the saxophones; trumpet, trombone, French horn, baritone horn, tuba, percussion.”
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