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in Personal Enrichment

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UKULELE PLAYERS: SONGS OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON!

with Duncan Perry

Nov
11

Next session: November 11th to 18th, 2021

$49 More Info

UKULELE PLAYERS: SONGS OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON!

Music of the Christmas season is well loved and great fun to play on the ukulele! Are you ready to Rock Around the Christmas Tree, Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, and Have a Holly Jolly Christmas? Duncan Perry, our popular ukulele instructor, has designed this program for ukulele players to learn to play well loved favorites. In this online program you’ll begin by reviewing strumming and chording basics then move on to easy-to-play carols and tunes. To get the most out of this program, you should know how to comfortably play the ukulele using chords in the Keys of C and G learned in Duncan’s Ukulele for Beginner's classes and be familiar with basic strumming styles. Finger picking skills are a plus!In addition to the songs already mentioned, here are some others you’ll explore are: We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Joy to the World, Silent Night, Frosty the Snow Man,  The Little Drummer Boy, Walkin’ In a Winter Wonderland, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Do You Hear What I Hear, We Three Kings and more! You’ll come away with a lot of music and great ideas for how to play it! Register now!Get ready to grab your uke and share the joy!

If you have questions about the program, Duncan will be happy to chat with you. Send us your contact information and put you in touch!

Thursdays, November 11, and 18, 6:00-7:30pm

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Learning Italian through Music

with Rich Balano

$55 More Info

Drawing from a variety of artists in pop and folk music learn Italian in a fun way through its music and melody. We will listen to songs, read lyrics, work on translations together, with explanations of pronunciation, grammar, and meaning, while repeating or singing phrases from the songs. We'll also apply words and phrases to common travel situations building a vocabulary that might inspire a future trip to Italy when the EU opens back up. Some prior Italian instruction is helpful, but not required for a motivated learner who has an Italian/English dictionary or access to a smart phone using WordReference or Google Translate.  Rich first learned Italian in Kittery Adult Ed. and continued through Italian books, movies, music, and travel across Italy.

6 Tuesday Sessions

Oct. 12- Nov. 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Course Fee: $55

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Ukulele for Beginners

with Duncan Perry

$79 More Info

NEW START DAY/DATE

This instrument is versatile and a blast to play. On it you can knock out folk tunes, rock, samba, blues, pop, country, and classical music. You do not need to know how to read music.  However, you must have a playable soprano, concert or tenor size ukulele (no baritones please) and an electronic tuner or tuning app on you iPhone or iPad.  If you don’t own a ukulele, please contact the Kittery Adult Education Office for helpful information about buying one. Duncan is a multi-instrumentalist who has been playing ukulele for 13 years. This is a virtual only class. Upon registration, you will receive a link to attend virtually using Zoom.

4  Thursday sessions

Oct. 7-28, 6-7:30 p.m.

Course Fee: $79

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