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Adult Coed Volleyball

Free

with Dick Watson

Calendar Jan 7, 2024 at 4 pm, runs for 12 weeks

Adult Coed Volleyball

Please join us for coed volleyball from early January through April.  No skill required, just come out and have fun on Sunday afternoons from 4-6.  We range in age from 18-72.

Please contact Dick Watson at 293-2857 for details.

Walk With us at MCS!

Free

with Adult Ed Staff

Calendar Jan 8, 2024 at 3:30 pm

"New Year Resolution Solution" at Maranacook High School!

Start your new year of healthy living by walking with us in the warm halls at Maranacook! 

Join us Monday-Thursday 3:30-8:30 pm.

Please register online at https://maranacook.maineadulted.org/classes/, or email susan_simons@maranacook.com.

WALK INS are welcome!

Come in Monday-Thursday 3:30-8:30 pm and see one of our office staff to sign up. The Maranacook adult education office is located in the main office of Maranacook HS. 

The best part: registered walkers are entered into a $25 monthly gift certificate drawing by walking a minimum of 5 miles a week!

Hope to see you this winter!

Note about schedule: No classes during Winter Break (Feb. 19-23) or Spring Break (April 15-19) 

 

 

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Registered Maine Guide Training

$500

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Jan 23, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 10 weeks

REGISTERED MAINE GUIDE TRAINING     

Train to become a working Registered Maine Guide not just a test taker. Learn the skills that guides use daily including: map & compass, coastal navigation, shelter building, separated client searches, cooking, canoeing, snowshoeing, SUP’ng, plus specialty skills for recreation, sea kayaking, tide-water fishing, inland fishing, and hunting future guides.

This ten-session hybrid program includes Zoom, optional all-day skill workshops, and homework assignments. Optional skills workshops are at an additional cost. Those thinking of becoming a Registered Maine Guide will need to take a first aid and CPR course, not included. 

Live online by Zoom

Time: 6-9 pm

10 Tuesdays starting January 23, 2024 – April 2, 2024. (No class on 2/20/24.) 

Registration: $500 (Plus optional workshops)

 

From your Instructor:

I am a Master Maine Guide who has been guiding for over 40 years, running my own full year guiding business (Alice's Awesome Adventures), former Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Guides Board Examiner, and 1:1 trainer. Many current Registered Maine Guides trained with me. I  have been a teacher in public education, adult education, online education, and for non-profit organizations since 1968.

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Play the Ukulele, Your Journey Begins Here!

$79

with Duncan Perry

Calendar Jan 31, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Play the Ukulele, Your Journey Begins Here! 

Session 4

Wednesday, January 31, February 7, 14, 21

Session 5

Tuesday, February 27, March 5, 12, 19

 Session 6

Wednesday, March 27, April 3, 10, 17

Session 7

Tuesday, April 23, 30, May 7, 14

Please specify the session when registering.

Class meets Live Online via Zoom

Learn to play the ukulele! It has never been more popular and you don't even have to know how to read music! On the uke you can knock out folk music, rock, blues, jazz, pop, country, tunes old and new -- even classical music. Duncan Perry, who has taught more than 700 students of all ages, will introduce you to essential chords and playing techniques using commonly known songs. Oh, and there are lots of laughs along the way. And, learning to play an instrument is good for your brain! You will need a playable ukulele and an electronic tuner or a tuner app. And when folks hear you play this happy instrument, well, they just have to smile! If you don’t own a ukulele, please contact your instructor, Duncan (at uketime24@gmail.com) for guidance about buying one.

. What are you waiting for? Grab a uke and get ready for a musical adventure, then spread the joy!

 

Instructor: Duncan Perry 

4 weeks, 6-7:30 pm

Registration Fee: $79

Biography Duncan is an experienced multi-instrumentalist who has been performing and teaching folks how play the ukulele for the last 14 years. Having served as a volunteer music therapist in medical and hospice settings, he quickly came to understand that music is medicine and that learning to play an instrument not only sharpens the brain but helps reduce stress. It also brings joy to those who play the uke and to their audiences. Duncan has taught in a variety of Maine communities and did not let the COVID-19 epidemic stop him. He simply moved from teaching in person to an online format and now reaches students all over Maine, New Hampshire and beyond

Introduction to Chair Caning
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Introduction to Chair Caning

$59

with Glen Hawes

Introduction to Chair Caning

This class is intended to introduce students to materials, tools, and techniques for restoring and re-caning old chairs and broken seats. All participants will come away with the basic knowledge to pursue more skilled caning on your own. Please bring to class: bucket, 10 clothespins, 10 golf tees, an awl, spray bottle, craft scissors, and a sponge. Caning reed may be purchased from instructor (approximately $25.)

Note: This is not a weaving class; the chair you want to restore must have holes.

Instructor: Glen Hawes

5 Wednesdays,  6-8:30 pm

Begins: March 6, 2024  

Location: Maranacook Community High School

Registration:  $59

 

Zumba (in person) or Zoom Zumba!!

$39

with Karen Dube-Harriman

Calendar Mar 7, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 6 weeks

When you sign up for Karen's Zumba Class, you’ll have the option of coming in person to the Readfield Elementary School gym or staying home and joining from your living room via Zoom! This time of year it’s very dark at night and weather can be unpredictable. So we'll be offering Zoom Zumba! Those who sign up for class this session will get a Zoom link every week and you can choose whether to come in person or Zumba with us from the comfort of your own home. So, let’s stay fit together no matter the weather!

Zumba is a Latin inspired dance fitness class that is good for all ages and experience levels.  You don't have to know how to dance to do Zumba.  For one hour a week the only thing you have to focus on is dancing and having fun.   Come dance your day's stress away to upbeat Latin and American Music!  Wear comfortable clothes and sneakers with as little tread on the bottoms as possible so as not to tweak your knees.  

Instructor: Karen Dube-Harriman

6 Thursdays, 6-7 pm

Begins: March 7, 2024

Location: Readfield Elementary School Gym

Registration: $39

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Map & Compass Level 1

$50

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Apr 1, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 2 weeks

MAP AND COMPASS LEVEL 1    

Hike, snowshoe, geocache, hunt, and enjoy the woods and fields of Maine with confidence that you can read a topographic map, understand the symbols, know which way a river flows, plot a course bearing, use online resources, and how to get to safety.  Familiarization to using a compass and map outdoors included. Students must have a DeLorme Maine Gazetteer, and a 2-degree baseplate compass.

Class meets Live Online by Zoom

Instructor: Alice Bean Andrenyak

2  Mondays, 5:30-8:30 pm

April 1 & 8, 2024

Registration: $50

From your Instructor:

I am a Master Maine Guide who has been guiding for over 40 years, running my own full year guiding business (Alice's Awesome Adventures), former Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Guides Board Examiner, and 1:1 trainer. Many current Registered Maine Guides trained with me. I  have been a teacher in public education, adult education, online education, and for non-profit organizations since 1968.

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Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat

$495

with Chris Toy

Calendar Apr 6, 2024

Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat at Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor, Maine

with Chris Toy

April 6-9, 2024

$495

Your instructor, Chris Toy is the author of 6 popular cookbooks, a private chef, and has taught Asian-fusion cooking for several Maine community education programs. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created.

Escape to a Victorian Inn, the Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor on the coast of Maine, with an intimate group of artist, cooks and creatives! All meals are included in the workshop fee plus special activities to extend your learning from the day’s workshops, including a private house concert by Grammy balloted sing-songwriter, storyteller, and author Gordan Ward. For more information about the workshop, call Mary at 207-632-2251. To book your stay at the inn call 207-963-9122 or visit https://harborviewhousellc.com/.  

Feedback from recent participants: 

“I learned so much from Chris that I can use immediately at home in my own kitchen.”  “Great kitchen hints!”





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