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1720 Keller Springs Road
Carrollton, TX 75006
Phone: 972-466-4850
Fax: 972-466-4854

Hours

Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 8 am to 5 pm
Tuesday - 8 am to 7:30 pm
Thursday - 8 am to 9:30 pm
Saturday - 9 am to 1 pm
Sunday - Closed

General Information

click on photo for larger viewThe Carrollton Senior Center is located at 1720 Keller Springs Road, just west of Josey Lane. This 17,300 square-foot facility consists of a large ballroom with a wood dance floor, meeting, exercise and fitness rooms, boardwalk piers on the lake, a hiking/biking trail, picture windows overlooking the lake and wetlands, full-service kitchen, and administrative offices.

The Center offers a variety of weekly leisure activities and monthly programs for senior adults ages 50+, including senior athletic opportunities, educational classes and seminars, and monthly luncheons. Most activities and programs are free or have a minimal charge.

Fees -  Annual memberships are valid one year from purchase date. One membership is required for each person. Proof of residency and age is required. Farmers Branch residents are same price as Carrollton residents. Farmers Branch Senior Center treats Carrollton citizens as residents. Click here for membership packet.   

Facility Use Card

Ages 12 month 3 month

Replacement
Card

Resident senior

50-59

$25

$9

$5

Non-Resident Senior 50-59

$40

$15

$5

Resident Senior 60-69

$15

6

$5

Non-Resident Senior

60-69

$30

$11

$5

Resident Senior 70+

$10 *

N/A

$5

Non-Resident Senior 70+

$25 *

N/A

$5

* Seniors 70+ one-time fee.

Daily/Guest Fees: Daily admission will be granted to residents (proof of residency required) and non-residents, and allows access to the entire facility for the day purchased. Guest passes are for first time visitors only, applicable upon their first visit. 

Guest Passes

Daily Passes

Fees

First Time Visit is FREE Resident Senior 50+

$2

First Time Visit is FREE Non-Resident Senior 50+

$5

Weekly Activities

Dominoes, Ukulele, Hand & Foot Canasta, Party Bridge, Ping Pong, Pinochle, Bunka Embroidery, Ceramics, Dances, Close Knit and Billiards

Monthly Activities

Monthly luncheons are held on the third Thursday every month at 11 am, $4 per person.

Free Monthly Movie is usually held the third Monday of each month. Popcorn and refreshments are served.

Join "TNT"(Travelin' N Texas) to discover the exciting places Carrollton and the State of Texas have to offer. Outings always include much laughter, a stop for lunch and occasionally an overnight stay.

Travel with the "Lunch Bunch" for outings to a new restaurant the second Friday each month for only $3 plus your meal.

The Senior Advisory Council sponsors a Hot Dog Day the second Wednesday of each month. $2 buys a hot dog with all the fixins', chips, drink and dessert.

Click on photo for larger view.Thursday Night Dances

7 to 9:30 pm, $5 per person
Dance class 6:05 to 6:55 pm, FREE with paid admission
Live band each week
Free refreshments served during break
Must be 50+ or accompanied by 50+

Click here to view dance photos.

Dance Schedule 

DATE BAND DANCE STYLE

NOTES

Dave Power,

dance instructor

June 13  Southern Pride  Country & Western  Father's Day - all gentlemen
admitted FREE
East Coast Swing
June 20 Ronnie Martin  Ballroom   East Coast Swing
June 27 High Caliber  Country & Western  East Coast Swing
July 4 No Dance  Closed for Independence Day 
July 11  Southern Pride  Country & Western   Waltz 
July 18  Ronnie Martin  Ballroom   Waltz 
July 25  High Caliber Country & Western   Waltz 
August 1  Gary Lee  Ballroom   Fox Trot 
August 8  Southern Pride  Country & Western   Fox Trot 
August 15  Ronnie Martin Ballroom   Fox Trot 
August 22  High Caliber Country & Western   Fox Trot 
August 29  Dallas City Limits  Country & Western   Fox Trot 
September 5  Gary Lee  Ballroom   ChaCha 
September 12  Southern Pride  Country & Western   ChaCha 
September 19  Ronnie Martin  Ballroom   ChaCha 
September 26  High Caliber  Country & Western   ChaCha 



Dance Club Officers

President - Bobbi McDaniel
Vice-president - Sally Hafner
Secretary - Roberta Hendrickson
Treasurer - Matt Karimi

Health & Fitness

Enjoy Yoga and Body Blast Core strengthening, walking, Tai Chi classes, stretch and aerobic classes, six treadmills, five recumbent bicycles, three elliptical trainers, a rowing machine and weight machines for all the muscle groups, including free weights. Be sure to check out our newly expanded fitness rooms! Click on this link for Senior Softball.

Personal Trainer Info

Senior Sampler

Helpful Information

Senior Advisory Council

Senior Advisory Council members are Gerry Lalima-President, Charles Smith-Vice President, Tina Hager-Secretary, Soon Miller-Treasurer, Casey Childs, Carol Blase, Welba Keetch and Peter Rourke.

The Senior Advisory Council meets the first Tuesday of each month at 11 am. The purpose of this Council is:

  • To act in an advisory capacity to the City of Carrollton Parks and Recreation Department and the Leisure Services staff
  • To work toward improvement of the senior facilities and services such as the Senior Center, transportation, senior contact and assistance and other items of senior interest
  • To encourage cooperation and interaction with other senior organizations
  • To act as a forum for the discussion of issues raised by seniors
  • To encourage all seniors to take an active interest and to participate in the programs and activities of the center
  • To make the center a place of learning, activity, friendship and entertainment
  • To publicize the activities of the center and aggressively recruit and welcome all eligible citizens of the community to the center

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Well Curb Installation - click on photos for larger views.

A local piece of history found a new home July 14, 2011, in the curve of the driveway between the Senior Center and the Josey Ranch Library. The well curb has been part of Carrollton for many years and was donated by the Blanton family. Recommendations were made by the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee, the Library Board, the Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee and the Senior Advisory Council. City Council approved the decision to accept the well curb. The best location was determined and Councilmember and local business man, Terry Simons, donated the equipment and manpower to move the heavy concrete structure.

Interview with Marian Blanton, August 6, 2009. The well was located on the Glidewell farm, which was onclick on photo for larger view the corner of Belt Line and Nix, where the Daimler/Chrysler building is. There were originally two identical well curbs* - one by the house and one by the barn. When Marian Good Blanton was born (September 1921), her family lived on the farm next to the Glidewells. When she was a girl of about 12, she remembers being able to hear every time the bucket was raised in the well and always thought it was a pleasant sound. The Glidewells sold the farm. When demolition began, Heavy McInnish (McInnish Park) took the well curb by the house and moved it to property out of the metroplex. Jack Blanton moved the other one to 1501 Francis in approximately 1960. Booker Jackson, who worked for Blanton Grain Company, helped in relocating it, using equipment from the grain company.

* Marian Blanton recalls her father saying the well curbs were poured by a traveling salesman who had that one mold and poured the curbs across the country.

Dance Photos - click on photos for larger view.

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