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Spring is not just for cleaning.

Souhegan High School is offering fun and interesting classes through its Evening Enrichment Courses & Workshops to give your brain a refresher to start of the season. Learn anything from yoga postures, pottery, Zumba and more.

To register, call 673-9940 ext “5317” during school hours or email mpaul@sprise.com. Course size is limited to space available. The courses will be filled with the first registered and payments before the first class will secure your seat. 

The cost of the course is based on the number of weeks the course meets and residence in the SHS School District. 

All courses and workshops meet in Souhegan High School at 412 Boston Post Rd. Amherst, NH 03031.

Monday

Yoga: Moving Into Peace

Teacher: John Silva
Dates: Monday March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 30 and May 7
Times: 7:00 – 8:30-pm
Cost: $50.00 for residents, $60.00 for non-residents

We will focus primarily on yoga postures and breath work, with some seated meditation and occasional free-form movement. Each week we will emphasize one or two postures in detail. We will empower body, mind, and spirit toward peace. Each class will last 90 minutes, the last part of which will be a relaxation period. This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, especially beginners. Participants should bring a yoga mat or large towel, a cushion or yoga wedge, and throw or blanket for relaxation.

Great Simple Meals!

Teacher: Elizabeth Skipper
Dates: Monday March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 30 and May 7
Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm.
Cost: $100.00 for residents, $110.00 for non-residents plus a lab fee for ingredients. Enrollment limited to 12 students.

Understand what you're doing, and cooking becomes less mysterious and more fun!  This class is for newbies in the kitchen and folks who want to brush up on their cooking skills.  We'll start with knife skills, including the basic knives you need(it's fewer than you think),how to sharpen them, and how to use them. You'll learn classic cooking techniques by preparing simple,delicious meals, and enjoy them with your classmates.  We'll make dishes like potato leek soup, pan-broiled steak with red wine-shallot sauce, chicken fricassee, rice pilaf, potato gratin, mixed green salad with vinaigrette, and some simple desserts.  Each dish is carefully chosen to illustrate a particular cooking technique and lay the foundation for future kitchen successes.

The instructor is Elizabeth Skipper, an accomplished personal chef and culinary teacher, of The Everyday Epicure in Amherst. www.TheEverydayEpicure.com  

Tuesday

Watercolor Painting

Teacher: Kevin Dadoly
Dates: Tuesday  March 27, April 3, 10, 17, May 1 and 8
Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm
Cost: $70.00 for residents and $80.00 for non-residents 

Join Kevin Dadoly as he instructs this popular studio course designed to enhance and challenge all levels of watercolor artists from the beginner to the exhibiting artist! Expect to explore all types of painting techniques, and subject matter, in an enjoyable and positive environment. 

Genealogy for Beginner and Intermediate Researchers

Teacher: Jackie Marshall
Dates: Tuesday  March 27, April 3, 10, 17, May 1 and 8
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents 

Whether you are just getting started on your family history, or have been at it a couple of years, come learn how to avoid pitfalls and move beyond the basic family tree online.  We will discuss how to locate primary records, how to use census information effectively, and what to do when you hit that brick wall.  Students will have their own computer to work on in the class.

Gluten Free Baking & Cooking with Oonagh 

Teacher: Oonagh Williams
Dates: Tuesday  3/27, 4/3, 10, 17,5/1, 8
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm.
Cost: $70.00 for Amherst residents, $80.00 for non-residents
Lab fee to be determined by the chosen menu

Join Chef Oonagh for a gluten free cooking/baking class. These classes may be helpful to parents of autistic children. Since the kitchen at Souhegan is not a gluten free facility, Chef Oonagh will bring her own equipment and all the ingredients. In the first class the participants will decide on the recipes for the series: previous recipes have included gluten free pumpkin roll, English hobnob cookies, various chocolate cookies, chicken marsala, beef stroganoff and chicken soup. Students will eat all the dishes prepared in the class.

British born, Independent, Award Winning, Chef Ooangh has a culinary arts degree and trained in London and Switzerland. Chef Oonagh gives presentations and classes on gluten free cooking and living, consults and guides people in adapting to a gluten free lifestyle, caters gluten free dinner parties and is finalizing a gluten free cookbook.

Glass Creations - Panels and Mosaics

Teacher: Susanna Ries
Dates: Tuesday March 27, April 3,10,17, May 1 and 8
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Cost: $80.00 for residents and $90.00 for non-residents Materials list available. 

Using stained glass, come make a mosaic piece or a stained glass window panel.  We will be exploring all kinds of processes for both mosaics and statined glass.  Tools and grout will be supplied.  Students will need to purchase their own glass. 

Susanna Ries has been creating original stained glass for 21 years.
Her passion for glass began when she took classes at Renaissance Glassworks in Nashua NH. She has been showing her artwork at two local galleries, East Colony Fine Art in Manchester and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Store in Concord. Susanna’s background is in Fine Art - she earned a BA Degree in Art from Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire.

Conversational German for Beginners I 

Teacher: Susi Ehrenstein
Dates: Tuesday 
Times: 6:00 – 7:30pm.
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents
Are you planning on going on a vacation to Germany or are you frequently travelling there on business and would like to be able to order in a “Gasthof” or converse in your “Gästehaus”?
Then sign up for this 6-week-introductory class! Lesson content will cover:

1. Pronunciation Guide
2. Basic Expressions and Greetings
3. Ordering in a “Gasthof”
4. Days of the week and telling time
5. Seasons and Months of the year
6. Numbers from 1-1000

The book required for this course must be ordered online before class starts:  German A Self-Teaching Guide by Taylor/Haas  ISBN 0-471-15704

 Zumba – Ditch the Workout…Join the Party!! 

Teacher: Cammie Opre
Dates: Tuesday March 27, April 3,10,17, May 1 and 8
Times: 6:00 – 7:00pm.
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents 

So what’s Zumba? It’s both Latin-inspired dance-fitness and a world-wide sensation; but mostly it’s an hour of fantastic music, addictive rhythms and a time to dance for the sheer joy of it! Cammie’s class is low impact and the intensity is totally up to you. Students love Cammie’s smile, her enthusiasm and her “real body” type so drop your cares at the door and join the fun! 
What to wear/bring: Stretchy comfortable clothes that move with you and sneakers. Court shoes and cross trainers are preferable to running shoes (since these are designed for forward motion only). Remember your water bottle! 

Wednesday

Make Your Own Dairy Products at Home

Teacher:  Kathie Nunley
Dates:  Wednesday  March 28, April 4, 11, 18, May 2, 9
Time:  7:00 - 8:45pm
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents

This class will cover the dairy processes our great grandmothers all knew.  It's not hard to make your own dairy products - but the information has been lost over the past few generations.  You will learn how to handle and process un-pasteurized milk to make sweet-cream butter, cultured butter, buttermilk sour cream, yogurt, whey, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, feta, farmers cheese and clabber.

Beginning Hoopdance

Teacher: Kate Walsh
Day: Wednesday January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, March 7
Time: 6:30-7:30pm
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents

We're trying something different! This is a hybrid class for new and returning hoopers. The first 1/2 hour is dedicated to new students who'd like to learn basic hooping (hip hooping, halos, passing, etc.) and to practice their skills. At 6:45 the "experienced" hoopers will join the class and I'll teach some of the more advanced moves (thigh hooping, double corkscrews, etc.). There will be 1 1/2 hours allotted for each group to practice, laugh, and learn. If you are new to hooping or want to get better at the techniques you know, come on out and share the fun. It's a great way to beat the winter blahs!

Introduction to Quilting

Teacher: Jean Cannon 
Dates: Wednesday March 28, April 4, 11, 18, May 2 and 9
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Cost: $70.00 for residents and $80.00 for non-residents 

Come learn the basics of quilting including design, color theory, cutting/piecing techniques, and finishing a small quilted project.  This will be a hands on class with homework (sewing) each week.

You will need a portable sewing machine in good working order, basic sewing supplies, and other fabric requirements, tools, and supplies will be discussed at the first class.

Conversational Italian for Beginners

Teacher: Susi Ehrenstein
Dates: Wednesday March 28, April 4, 11, 18, May 2 and 9
Times: 6:00 – 7:30pm.
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents
Are you planning on going on a vacation to Italy or are you frequently travelling there on business and you would like to be able to order in a “Ristorante” or converse with people in your “albergo”? 
Then sign up for this 6-week-introductory course
Lesson content will cover

1. Pronunciation Guide
2. Basic Expressions and Greetings
3. Ordering in a “Ristorante”
4. Days of the week and telling time
5. Seasons and Months of the Year
6. Numbers from 1-1000

The required book for this course can be ordered online before our first class:
Italian A Self-Teaching Guide by Edoardo Lebano ISBN 0-471-35961-0 

Gluten Free Baking & Cooking with Oonagh

Teacher: Oonagh Williams
Dates: Wednesday 
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm.
Cost: $70.00 for Amherst residents, $80.00 for non-residents
Lab fee to be determined by the chosen menu

Join Chef Oonagh for a gluten free cooking/baking class. These classes may be helpful to parents of autistic children. Since the kitchen at Souhegan is not a gluten free facility, Chef Oonagh will bring her own equipment and all the ingredients. In the first class the participants will decide on the recipes for the series: previous recipes have included gluten free pumpkin roll, English hobnob cookies, various chocolate cookies, chicken marsala, beef stroganoff and chicken soup. Students will eat all the dishes prepared in the class.

British born, Independent, Award Winning, Chef Ooangh has a culinary arts degree and trained in London and Switzerland. Chef Oonagh gives presentations and classes on gluten free cooking and living, consults and guides people in adapting to a gluten free lifestyle, caters gluten free dinner parties and is finalizing a gluten free cookbook.

Pottery Studio

Teacher: Mary Salmon 
Dates: Wednesday March 28, April 4, 11, 18, May 2 and 9
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Cost: $70.00 for residents and $80.00 for non-residents $20.00 lab fee for supplies.
6 Weeks of studio experience creating with clay. Pinch, coil, and slab construction as well as wheel throwing. Decorative glaze and texturing techniques will be explored.

Thursday

Colorful Copper, Whimsical Wire

Teacher: Karen Mitchell
Dates: Thursday  March 29, April 5, 12, 19, May 3 and 10
Times: 6:00-8:30pm
Cost: $80.00 for residents, $90.00 for non-residents

Copper comes in many forms, like wire in multitude of colors and sheet as thin as foil. Using simple tools, we will cut and bend, hammer and stamp, twist, coil knit and crochet our way to fun and funky jewelry. We will add color with colored copper wire with heat and with resin inlay. We’ll use pebbles beads and our imaginations. It is easier than you think!

Crazy Quilting and Hand Embroidery Class

Teacher: Joan Poltack
Dates: Thursday January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 8
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Cost: $70.00 for residents, $80.00 for non-residents

Explore your creativity while learning crazy quilt techniques and a variety of hand stitches for embellishment. Starting with fabric selection and piecing techniques, we will create the fabric base, either by hand or sewing machine. Your results can be modern or traditional. You will learn a variety of decorative embroidery stitches and silk ribbon embroidery, and can go as “crazy” with this as you wish! The final project may be a case for cell phone, iPad, ebook reader, sunglasses, or whatever you like. Fabrics will be provided. Bringing your own sewing machine is optional.
Joan Poltack has a degree in Design from UCLA and several decades of sewing experience.

Zumba – Ditch the Workout…Join the Party!!

Teacher: Cammie Opre
Dates: Thursday March 29, April 5, 12, 19, May 3, and 10
Times: 6:00 – 7:00pm.
Cost: $50.00 for residents and $60.00 for non-residents

So what’s Zumba? It’s both Latin-inspired dance-fitness and a world-wide sensation; but mostly it’s an hour of fantastic music, addictive rhythms and a time to dance for the sheer joy of it! Cammie’s class is low impact and the intensity is totally up to you. Students love Cammie’s smile, her enthusiasm and her “real body” type so drop your cares at the door and join the fun! 
What to wear/bring: Stretchy comfortable clothes that move with you and sneakers. Court shoes and cross trainers are preferable to running shoes (since these are designed for forward motion only). Remember your water bottle!