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Heartsaver Basic First Aid & CPR Adult/Child/Infant Bundle (May)

with Sonia Groesbeck

May

3

May 3rd, 2024

$85 More Info

This is a bundled course with Basic First Aid in the morning and Heartsaver CPR Adult/Child/Infant in the afternoon, at a discounted price.

Basic First Aid certifies the student in several critical topics/skills needed to provide immediate lifesaving care for individuals who are dealing with a medical or injury emergency. It also covers environmental emergencies for the lay rescuer.

The CPR course certifies the student in cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills for adults, infants, and children, as well as choking protocols. It also teaches competency in both Automated External Defibrillator use and Narcan. This is an in-person class.

When you bundle a Basic First Aid course with Heartsaver CPR (scheduled on the same) you pay a total of $85, with a savings of $35. You also have the option to register for just Basic First Aid or just Heartsaver CPR Adult/Child/Infant elsewhere in this catalog.

Chair Yoga-A Morning Practice off the Mat (Apr)

with Michelle Spencer

Apr

25

April 25th to May 30th, 2024

$59 More Info

This morning class, practiced in a chair, offers mind and body benefits without having to get up and off the floor or even changing into yoga clothes! Enjoy a “pick me up” at home or at your office by using structural techniques to improve your range of motion, relax tight or overused muscles, and release tension from the mind. This is a live online class using ZOOM.

Michelle Spencer is a Certified Stroke and Brain Injury Fitness Instructor, Coach through WellPeer, and a survivor of a Stroke and Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation in 2014.

Hatha Yoga (Mar)

with Michelle Spencer

Mar

5

March 5th to April 9th, 2024

$59 More Info

This 60-minute Yoga class will provide sequences that calms the nervous system along with stretching/warming the muscles and preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice. This is a live online class using ZOOM.

Michelle Spencer is a Certified Stroke and Brain Injury Fitness Instructor, Coach through WellPeer, and a survivor of a Stroke and Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation in 2014.

Lighthouse Lovers Cruise at the Maine Maritime Museum

with Steve McGrath

Apr

24

April 24th, 2024

$180 More Info

If you’d like to capture the beauty of coastal Maine lighthouses, this might be just the course for you. You’ll start online focusing on camera settings that you may want to use out on the water. Then you’ll have the chance to experiment and take lots of photos using different settings and sharing techniques and approaches on the cruise. The final online session you share and learn from each others’ experience and photos. This workshop is for beginner and intermediate photographers. $180.00 does not include the $60 cruise ticket

Friday, 04/19/24 Online from 6:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday, 04/21/24 Lighthouse Lovers Cruise time TBD
Wednesday 04/24/24 Online Critique Class 6:00pm-8:00pm

See up to 10 of Maine’s most iconic lighthouses: Doubling Point Light, Kennebec Range Lights, Squirrel Point Light, Perkins Island Light, Pond Island Light, Seguin Island Light Station, Cuckolds Light, Ram Island Light, Burnt Island Light, and Hendricks Head Light (4 hours).

Cruise comfortably with plenty of space to move around the open upper deck and enclosed lower deck. All cruise fees include admission. In-person ticket sales end 20 minutes prior to departure; boarding begins 15 minutes prior to departure. Please plan your arrival accordingly.

For more information and tickets, contact Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530, Telephone: 207.443.1316

Acadian Arts Watercolor Retreat @ Harbor View House, Prospect Harbor (Apr 2024)

with Mary Laury

Apr

6

April 6th to 9th, 2024

$495 More Info

Your instructor, Mary Laury is an accomplished watercolorist and highly esteemed teacher. She encourages all her students to believe they can be successful. Painting is an exciting medium; it flows and moves and does beautiful things. If you have never painted in watercolors, we will start at the beginning. If you have painted before, you will pick up some new tips and tricks as well. We all learn together!

Escape to a Grand Victorian Inn, the Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor on the coast of Maine, with an intimate group of artist, cooks and creatives! All meals are included in the workshop fee plus special activities to extend your learning from the day’s workshops, including a private house concert by Grammy balloted sing-songwriter, storyteller, and author Gordon Ward.

We will be scheduling time to view the Solar Eclipse at Schoodic Point, with will reach 97% of totality there! We have special glasses for all of you. Fingers crossed for clear skies!

For more information about the workshop, call Mary at 207-632-2251. To book your stay at the inn, call 207-963-9122 or visit https://harborviewhousellc.com/.

Feedback from recent participants:

“Great instructor!-Mary acts as a guide to develop our own style.“ “Easy no stress instruction.”

Fly Fishing: An Introduction

with Kevin Tracewski

Apr

6

April 6th, 2024

$85 More Info

This course is designed to get you solidly grounded in the fundamentals needed to enjoy fly fishing. Topics covered include tackle selection and assembly, knots, fly casting, fish foods, artificial flies, fly fishing strategies, entomology, and wading safety.

After completing this course, you should have all the understanding and skills necessary to catch fish with a fly rod on your own.

This course will be taught in Orono by Kevin Tracewski, a registered Maine guide and author of the best selling book, A Fisherman’s Guide to Maine. This is an in-person class.

Makeup class, if needed, Sunday 04/07/24.