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Adult Coed Volleyball
with Dick Watson
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!
with Adult Ed Staff
"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
with Alice Bean Andrenyak
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!
with Duncan Perry
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
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!!
with Karen Dube-Harriman
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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Administrating an Estate
with Daniel Eccher, Esq.
Administrating an Estate
Are you nominated to serve as the “Personal Representative” (f.k.a., “Executor”) of an estate? Are you a trustee of a trust? If so, perhaps you want a basic introduction to what administering an estate and/or trust entails. Come find out more in this interactive class with a local expert in the field.
Presenter: Daniel Eccher, Esq.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Time: 6-8 pm
Location: Maranacook Community High School
Registration: $15
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Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
with Craig Coffman
Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano the way professionals do-using chords. Since this class is being held online with Zoom, you will be able to sit at your piano or keyboard at home and take this course with no pressure at all. And since this course includes an online book and online follow up video lessons, you will be able to continue your practice and study on your own.
An optional periodic online question and answer session is also included. A recording of the class is included as well.
The course is partly lecture/demonstration and partly han instruction.
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”
- How to simplify over 12,000 complex chords
Instructor: Craig Coffman
Monday, March 25, 2024
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: Online Live via Zoom
Registration: $59
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