GUITAR LESSONS
Winter is an excellent time to get started playing the guitar. Start now with Beginning Guitar Lessons. Instructor Quinn Fitzpatrick is a thorough, encouraging and patient instructor. Location: SWPRD Rec Center
Beginning Guitar Lessons
Have fun while learning how to play acoustic guitar! Gain a solid foundation and the tools to play thousands of songs using traditional and contemporary sources, in folk, country, gospel, blues and rock styles. Learn fundamental chords, progressions, strums and fingerpicking. By the end of this course, you will have the resources to play many songs in different styles. Loaner guitars available, reserve one prior to the first class.
Date: Thu, Jan 19 - Mar 15 (no class Feb 23)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Adults and youth 16+
Fee: $115
Blues and Jazz Guitar
Learn the basics of Blues and Jazz guitar:
chords, scales and rhythms. Learn how to navigate up the fretboard,
chord melody, fingerstyle, funk, uptown blues and bossa nova. We’ll
cover standards and popular tunes. No note reading required but
helpful. Music will be written in tablature and standard notation.
Please bring an acoustic guitar. This class will take your playing to the next level!
Date: Thu, Jan 19 - Mar 15 (no class Feb 23)
Time:
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Ages: Adults and youth 16+
Fee:
$115
Creating with Clay
Learn the qualities of clay through hand constructed forms and sculptural art and clay forming techniques. The 3-D nature of clay forces children to think about structure and form, and gives them creative problem-solving skills, a sense of accomplishment, and a creative place to learn. Students will create/design work each weeek which will be fired and glazed. Instructor will meet SWES students at the SW Elementary School flagpole right after school to escort children to the Rec Center. Materials include clay, glaze & snack.
Grades K - 5: Wed, Jan 11 - Feb 29; 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Grades 6 - 8: Wed, Jan 11 - Feb 29; 2:30pm - 3:45pm
Location: SWPRD Rec Center
Instructor: Katja Fritzsche & Sarah Sterling
Fee: $100 plus a $25 materials fee paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class. Siblings may participate for $80/each
Martial Arts - What's Real and What's Movie?
Learn why flying
across rooftops (Crouching Tiger Hidden
Dragon) may be more likely than flying
triple jump kicks (Mortal Kombat). Martial
arts permeates our culture through various
media. We draw inspiration for insight into
the balance between mind, body and spirit.
Their origins mean that they are avenues for
understanding East Asian philosophies and
cultures. Some see them for exercise, others
for combat, others for business strategies,
and others for emulating their actor/heroes.
The history of the martial arts and their
diversity are far richer and more complex
than the movies can portray. Understand
the difference and maybe learn which, if
any, martial art is right for you.
Date: TBA
Ages: Adults & Youth 14+
Location: SWPRD Rec Center
