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Let Your Yoga Dance - Session II
with Ren Hawkes
Let Your Yoga Dance is a joy-based movement practice combining yoga and dance with music from around the world. Offered in a safe, kind, welcoming environment, it is a practice for all fitness levels and ages! No dance or yoga experience necessary. Join instructor, Ren Hawkes, to build your heart health, brain health and soul health and expand the joy and fun in your life. Ren Hawkes has been studying yoga and movement for over 20 years. A 200 hr. Yoga teacher, Ren is certified as a Let Your Yoga Dance instructor and is part of the Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher’s Association.
Session II: 5 classes, Thursdays, 3/16 - 4/13, 6:30pm-7:30pm, Village School Gym (12 Robie St., Door #4), $60
DROP-IN RATE: $15/PER CLASS
Ballroom Basics - Session II
with Elizabeth Converse

Learn the basic steps for two ballroom dances (foxtrot and east coast swing). Along with the steps, you will learn how to lead or follow, improve body awareness, work on non-verbal communication, and start to understand the music choices. This class is for beginners as well as advanced beginners that want to revisit the basics. No partner needed. Elizabeth Converse has been ballroom dancing since 2006 and has experience with both lead and follower. In 2019 she began teaching beginners ballroom. Her desire is to teach students to have correct movement and be good partners as much as having the right steps.
Session II, 6 classes, Thursdays, 3/30-5/11 (no class 4/13 & 4/20), 6:00pm-7:00pm, Village School Cafeteria (12 Robie St., Door #4), $85 per person
Drop in Rate: $14 per class.
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Line Dancing - Session II
with Melissa Willemse

Do you like to dance and have a good time? Come on out and give line dancing a try! This class is tons of fun and a great way to get some exercise without knowing it. We will learn choreographed dances to the newest music, some country and much more. Our class will start super simple and we will kick it up a small notch at the end for those who really like a challenge or have already done this before. No experience or partner necessary. Students are asked to wear shoes without grips on the bottom. Melissa Adams has been dancing for more than 25 years and began to teach five years ago to share her passion with others.
Session II, 7 classes, Tuesdays, 4/4 - 5/23 (no class on 4/18), 5:30-7:00pm, Village School Gym (12 Robie St., Door #4), $78
DROP-IN RATE: $12/PER CLASS
Ukulele for Beginners - Session VI
with Duncan Perry

Join the ukulele revolution! Here’s your chance to find out how to play this wonderfully versatile, go anywhere instrument in our no-stress program for beginners. There are four classes in all, one each week on Zoom. Bring a ukulele, your sense of humor, some passion for music and curiosity about playing. Once you master the basics, you won't want to stop. Will you be recruited to perform at Carnegie Hall? Well, not right away. But, as the saying goes, ‘The best player isn’t the person who can pick or strum the most notes. It isn’t the person with the greatest technical skill. It’s the person who can touch the most hearts.’ So grab a uke, you don’t need to read music - sign up, tune up and show up. If you don’t own a ukulele, please contact us for helpful information about buying one (uketime24@gmail.com). Let your musical journey begin! Duncan Perry, a multi-instrumentalist, has been playing ukulele for over 14 years. He is a popular and experienced teacher and performer who offers classes up and down the Southern coast of Maine.
Session VI, 4 classes, Tuesdays,4/4-4/25, 6:00pm-7:30pm, virtual, $79
Chords are Key to Piano
with Don Pride

In just a few hours you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give yourself years of musical enjoyment. How do we do it? While regular piano teachers teach note reading, piano professionals use chords. You can learn all the chords you will need to play any song in one session. Any song! Any style! Any key! Topics include: how chords work in a song, how to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it, how to form the three main types of chords, how to handle different keys and time signatures, how to avoid “counting” and how to simplify over 12,000 complex chords. Beginners can print out a free pamphlet on reading music by going online to http://www.pianofun.com/downloads/notes.html. Don Pride is a professional musician, teacher and composer who plays throughout the United States. He is a member of the Portland Jazz Orchestra and leads The Don Pride Band. Don teaches at the University of Southern Maine, St. Joseph’s College, the Portland Conservatory of Music and in his private studio.
Wed., 4/5/, 6:00pm-8:30pm, GMS, $59 (includes $29 book fee)
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Ukulele for Beginners - Session VII
with Duncan Perry

Join the ukulele revolution! Here’s your chance to find out how to play this wonderfully versatile, go anywhere instrument in our no-stress program for beginners. There are four classes in all, one each week on Zoom. Bring a ukulele, your sense of humor, some passion for music and curiosity about playing. Once you master the basics, you won't want to stop. Will you be recruited to perform at Carnegie Hall? Well, not right away. But, as the saying goes, ‘The best player isn’t the person who can pick or strum the most notes. It isn’t the person with the greatest technical skill. It’s the person who can touch the most hearts.’ So grab a uke, you don’t need to read music - sign up, tune up and show up. If you don’t own a ukulele, please contact us for helpful information about buying one (uketime24@gmail.com). Let your musical journey begin! Duncan Perry, a multi-instrumentalist, has been playing ukulele for over 14 years. He is a popular and experienced teacher and performer who offers classes up and down the Southern coast of Maine.
Session VII, 4 classes, Wednesdays, 4/5-4/26, 6:00pm-7:30pm, virtual, $79
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