Instructor: Eileen Sugars Learn to play Scruggs-Style 5-string banjo. Learn how to hold, tune, and pick your banjo. Also shopping for banjos and accessories, chords, practice methods, reading banjo tablature with eventual learning to play by ear, and some basic bluegrass tunes. Please bring a 5-string banjo in playable condition, 1 thumb pick and 2 finger picks.

Instructor: Jolane Sundstrom Safe, complete workout floors & pool. Peaceful, relaxed, yet vigorous workout. Feel your best! Great group of women! Bring a Yoga mat (or similar) for cafe floors.

Instructor: Bob King Want to learn more about what’s twinkling overhead at night? Get all the latest space news? Join us for four weeks of heaven as we survey the sky. We’ll use the planetarium to get better acquainted with the current constellations, planets and deep-sky objects. On clear nights after class, we’ll meet at Hawk Ridge to see these spectacular sights through a telescope. Class will be held in person at the UMD Marshall Alworth Planetarium. Please bring an additional $8.00 fee per person that will go toward supporting UMD planetarium programs, payable to UMD and given to the instructor the first night of class.

Instructor: Jorie Strunk This class is for beginners, ages 14 and up who are looking to start their underwater adventures. Online lessons and pool time will give you the knowledge and skills to make the open water dives required for certification. There is an additional equipment fee of $150 payable to the instructor which includes all scuba gear as well as materials. Participants will need their own mask, fins and snorkel. The four dives required for certification are not part of the class fee.