Beginning Hand-Quilting
Instructor: Amy Berringer

Ages: 14 & up
Day: Tuesdays
Duration: 5 Sessions
Dates: Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 & Oct. 5
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Cost: $150.00 per student
Materials Fee: $50.00 payable in class

This class is designed for beginner quilters. We will be piecing a simple wall hanging in which you will learn how to select fabric, cut fabric with a rotary cutter, piece with a sewing machine and quilt by hand. Requirements: Students need to have a sewing machine they can bring to class.

Amy Berringer been quilting for 20 years. Her quilts have received awards and praise. She has taught many family members and friends to quilt over the years all whom have become successful quilters. Amy is passionate about keeping the art alive and passing down the skills from generation to generation.

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Beginning Pottery
Instructor: Sandi Fanning

Ages: 16 & up
Spaces Available: Limited
Duration: 8 Sessions
Day: Mondays
Dates: Session begins September 20
Time:10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $200.00 + $25.00 Materials

Beginning pottery students will learn the basics of pottery, classroom safety, clay properties, cutting, wedging and centering on the pottery wheel and how to make a basic cylinder.

Sandi Fanning is the instructor for these classes. Sandi has been a potter for seven years with several years training in advanced pottery. She owns and operates the Red Deer Pottery studio located near Bluemont, Virginia. Sandi is a member of the Shenandoah Potter's Guild.

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Beginning Hand-building
Instructor: Amy Manson

Ages: 16 & up
Duration: 8 Sessions
Day: Wednesdays
Dates: Begins September 15
Time:10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $200.00 per student
Materials:$35.00 payable in class
Course Description:
The possibilities are endless! Come and check out what you can do with a few simple handbuilding techniques. Learn the most current and creative ways of working with slabs, coils and pinching to create virtually any form you can dream up. Experiment with a wide range of color and texture using slips, stains and glazes on your functional or sculptural artworks. Individual and group discussions will help guide you as you develop your ideas. This class is appropriate for all skill levels.

Taught by Ceramic Artist, Amy Manson who has worked with and taught Handbuilding in both North and South Carolina for the last 8 years. She has studied Handbuiling at Penland School of Craft and Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts and cannot wait to share her unique handbuilding projects with the class.

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Intermediate Pottery
Instructor: Sandi Fanning

Ages: 16 & up
Spaces Available: Limited
Duration: 8 Sessions
Day: Tuesdays
Dates: Session begins September 7, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Cost: $200.00 + $25 materials fee

Intermediate students will be presented more challenging lessons, pitcher spouts, handling and altering form. Students will learn various technique for glazing bisque pots. Training slab work and decoration of pots.

Sandi Fanning is the instructor for these classes. Sandi has been a potter for seven years with several years training in advanced pottery. She owns and operates the Red Deer Pottery studio located near Bluemont, Virginia. Sandi is a member of the Shenandoah Potter's Guild.

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Introduction to Folksong
Lory Darnell-Gustafson

Ages: All
Duration: 6 sessions
Day: Wednesdays
Start Date: September 8
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Price: $125.00 per student
Materials: Songbook
Course Description:
A course designed to get you strumming AND singing! Starting with a few basic chords, we will learn strumming and picking technique. We will apply our first chords to a Bob Dylan song that everyone can sing. It has sixteen verses, so all will have a solo and we'll not quit playing till the song is over! At the end of six weeks, we will have added three other songs to our repetoire and gotten off to a great start! Folksong Two will continue where we left off, with other songs of the sixties.

Prerequisite: Bring your own guitar. *Instructor has made special arrangments with local music store to discount you nylon string class guitar should you need to purchase.

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Folksong Workshop
Lory Darnell-Gustafson

Ages: All
Duration: 1 session
Day: Saturday
Date: September 11, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Price: $35.00 per student
Course Description:
Bring your guitar and join the group in learning a classic folksong. No experience necessary. We will work on "Blowin In The Wind" by Bob Dylan, and master the three chords and sing too. Good introduction to Folksong.

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Singing Studio
Lory Darnell-Gustafson

Ages: All
Duration: 6 sessions
Day: Wednesdays
Start Date: September 8, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Price: $150.00 includes choral notebook and music
Course Description:
If you like to sing and are interested in improving your vocal instrument, my gentle vocal exercises and breathing technique will enable you to sing better and with added confidence. Main goal: learn how to get a "singers breath", support your voice and stop singing in the throat. Each participant will receive a friendly analysis of their instrument, participate in group and solo vocal exercises and learn the song of their choice or teacher recommendation, to present at the end of course recital. (Participation in recital is by choice and not mandatory!)

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Creative Writing for Kids
Bobbi Carducci

Ages: 8-12
Duration: 6 sessions
Day: Thursdays
Dates: Oct. 7, 14 & 28, Nov. 4, 11 & 18
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Price: $140.00
Materials: Paper, pens or pencils
Course Description: Write Away! Beginning Writing for Creative Kids. Learn to create stories with vivid characters and put them into all kinds of tricky situations before leading them on to victory (or a really oogy and tragic end). Just a few examples of where imagination may take us:

What would happen on the strangest day ever? Write about life on a planet where teddy bears are feared and vampire bats smell like cinnamon.Create a world just the way YOU would like it to be.

Anything is possible as we Write Away! in this fun and imaginative creative writing class.

Bobbi Carducci is a freelance writer and columnist. She wrote her first short story at the age of eight and never stopped. Her short stories continue to win awards. Her monthly column, Buy the Book appears in print and online by in About Families Publications.

Bobbi is the President of Community Voice Media, LLC, publisher of "Young Voices of Loudoun County" and "Young Voices -The Stories Begin", including short stories written by Loudoun County students, published in 2006 and 2007.

She is the Executive Director of the Young Voices Foundation, a 501 c 3 educational nonprofit established to mentor young writers across the United States.

Young Voices Foundation sponsors continuous no fee writing contests open to students in grades K-12. Winning stories are published on the Young Voices Foundation website. www.youngvoicesfoundation.org. Young Voices Foundation sponsors the Young Voices Awards honoring books that inspire, mentor, and/or educate readers of all ages. www.youngvoicesawards.com

Her first book for young readers is scheduled for publication later this year.

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Knitting Workshops
Victoria Christie-Healy

Ages: 12 and Up
Duration: 4-hour sessions
Days: Saturdays
Workshop I: October 9
Workshop II: October 23
Workshop III: November 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Price: $40.00 per workshop
Materials Fee: Extra - List will be provided for registered students.
Course Description:

Workshop I: Knitting for Beginners
In this class you will learn the basics of the cast-on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, the bind off. We will make a small scarf which will be completed in the class.

Workshop II. Knitting for Intermediates - Part 1
By now you know how to do the basics and you are ready for some new skills. We will make a small hat in the class which will teach knitting in the round by using a circular needle and double pointed needles. We will also learn how to decrease and how to make an "I" cord. This project will be completed in the class.

Workshop III. Knitting for Intermediates - Part 2
In this class we will perfect our knitting-in-the-round-techniques, learn ribbing, and simple increasing as we make a pair of mittens for a child. At least one mitten should be completed in the class.

Victoria Christie Healy has been knitting for over 30 years. She currently teaches several knitting classes for Fairfax County at the Reston Community Center. She is a member of the Loudoun Valley Sheep Producers Association where she is active participant in the Wool Shop.

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Workshop I: October 9