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Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People 3.31.25

$79

with Craig Coffman, Central Lincoln County Adult Education

Calendar Mar 31, 2025 at 6:30 pm
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. The chord method is LOTS of fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture demonstration. Ages 13+

Piano for Hopelessly Busy People

$49

with Craig Coffman, MSAD 53 Adult and Community Education

Calendar Mar 31, 2025 at 6:30 pm

In just a few hours, Craig Coffman, an experienced piano teacher, can teach you enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment.  These are zoom classes.

Ballroom Basics Session II

$90

with Elizabeth Converse, Gorham Adult Education

Calendar Mar 31, 2025 at 6:45 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Learn the basics of ballroom dances (foxtrot, east coast swing, waltz, and salsa). Along with the steps, you will learn how to lead or follow, improve body awareness, work on non-verbal communication, and start to understand the music choices. This class is for beginners and advanced beginners who want to revisit the basics. No partner is needed.  Elizabeth Converse has been ballroom dancing since 2006 and has experience as both a lead and a follower. In 2019, she began teaching beginners ballroom. She desires to teach students correct movement and to be good partners as much as proper steps. 

Session II (Waltz and East Coast Swing):  6 classes, Mondays, 3/31-5/12  (no class 4/21), 6:45pm-7:45pm, GMS Cafeteria, $90

Quickbooks: Basic Accounting Principles and QB Online (Apr)

$89

with Val Landry, Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative

Calendar Apr 1, 2025

Basic Accounting Principles and Quickbooks Online During these three sessions, you will learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization. The design of the course is that you'll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning. For this workshop, you have the option to receive a yearlong subscription to QB online. Upon registration, the survey provided will provide information about this opportunity. This is a live online class using ZOOM. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions. There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) use two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting.

Basic Accounting and Quickbooks

$89

with Val Landry, York Adult Education

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 8:30 am, runs for 3 weeks
1 additional session

During these three sessions you will learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization. The design of the course is that you'll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning.For this workshop, you have the option to receive a yearlong subscription to QB online. Upon registration, the survey provided will provide information about this opportunity. This is a live online class using ZOOM. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions. There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) use two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting.  Instructor: Val Landry

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Basic Accounting Principles & QuickBooks

$89

with Val Landry, RSU 19 Adult Education

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 8:30 am

In 3 weeks, learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization. The design of the course is that you’ll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning. For this workshop, you have the option to receive a yearlong subscription to QB online. Upon registration, the survey provided will provide information about this opportunity. This is a live online class via ZOOM.

Quickbooks: Basic Accounting Principles and QB Online

$89

with Val Landry, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 8:30 am, runs for 3 weeks

During these three sessions, you will learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization.   The design of the course is that you'll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning. For this workshop, you have the option to receive a yearlong subscription to QB online.  Upon registration, the survey provided will provide information about this opportunity.  This is a live online class using ZOOM.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. 

You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions.  There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) use two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting.  

Val is a lifelong business educator and academic advisor focused on helping enrich and enhance students' educational and life purposes. He is experienced in college management and, as an adult educator, having taught at the Mid-State College and Kennebec Valley Community College. His teaching experience covers over 45 years in the areas of computer applications, accounting, and Quickbooks training workshops.

Drawing with Suzette Spring 2025

$40

with Suzette East, Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 9 am

Explore the beauty and complexity of the wolf through art! This immersive workshop delves into the skeletal and muscular structures of canines, focusing on how these elements influence the creature’s form, movement, and interaction with light. Through a series of exercises in mixed media, we’ll study the wolf’s features in detail, from its powerful limbs to its expressive face. Participants will also create a final artwork adorned with unique “track” embellishments, celebrating the spirit of this magnificent animal. Supplies Needed: 2h, 4h graphite pencils, assorted watercolors pencils, water colors, permanent fine line drawing pens (black, brown or sepia are preferred), liner brush, small short round, lg watercolor brush (ETC), waterbin, odorless turp. tortillions, kneaded eraser, 9x12 – or larger smooth bristol or mixed media pad.





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