February 2011 Continuing Education Classes

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:32:48 -0500
From: Margaret Zwilling
Subject: February Continuing Education Classes.

CCCC February listings for our Continuing Education classes.

Personal Enrichment
Monday, February 7 – Virgil Chadwick,  Planning Your Retirement.  This
course is part of CCCC’s Creative Retirement program and is designed for
retirees and those within one year of retirement to learn how to achieve
a stable, steady income that can help you live the kind of retirement
lifestyle you desire. For your convenience this class will be held at
two different times:  1-3:00 pm; 6:30-8:30 pm. Class is free.
Wednesday, February 9-April 27 –  Patty Strother, Tai Chi for Health.
Patty will once again lead this popular class and teach the correct form
and sequence of beginner and intermediate level Sun Style Tai Chi
movements. 6:30-7:45 pm. Cost: $60.

Monday, February 21 – Virgil Chadick, Estate Planning. This course is
part of CCCC’s Creative Retirement Program and is designed to help
people better understand the basics of estate planning so they can
choose the options that make most sense for the specific situations. For
your convenience this class will be held at two different times: 1-3:00
pm; 6:30-8:30. Class is free.

**New Class** Tuesday, February 22-April 19.  Beginning Guitar. We are
happy to announce that well known musician John Westmoreland will lead
this class designed for beginning students. Student will learn the
anatomy of the guitar, to tune, to read tablature and chord charts;  IV
V chord progressions. Students will also start to build a repertoire.
6:30-8:30 pm. Cost: $110.

Creative Writing Classes.
Tuesday, February 8-March 15 – Thomas Dow, Poetry Workshop: Energizing
Your Short Poem.  Students will learn to develop individual writing
skills including voice, editing, critique and freshness as reflected in
current narrative poetry.  6-9 pm. Cost: $120.

Saturday, February 12 – Marjorie Hudson will lead this one day
workshop, Strategies for the Writing Life: Part I. Writers will learn to
creative a strategy for achieving their goals; create a support system
for their writing life; communicate with family about their needs;
strategize about problem solving; and handle the business side of the
writing life. Writers also learn to focus on the joys of creative work
as a form of sustenance for their lives. 10-4:30.  $65.

Saturday, February 19 – John Bemis, Unlock Your Imagination: Writing
Wildly Creative Stories. This workshop is designed to teach writers
exercises that will help with the generation of creative ideas for
imaginative fiction. 10-4:30. $60.

To register and for more information, please call 545.2044