2012 Winter Catalog for web.pdf - Green Valley Recreation

Write Your LifeLeave a living legacy of your life’s highlights for family andfriends. Share with others the stories of your childhood, yourwork, joys, challenges and successes. Construcve commentswill be offered by classmates. Bring wring to first class alongwith paper and pencil.Instructor: Ardyth GuestFee: Member $40/Non-member $50 Classes: 5CR# DATES DAY TIME LOCATION24155 1/2-30 M 9-11AM DH-RM A24156 1/3-31 Tu 9-11AM DH-RM A24157 2/3-3/2 F 9-11AM DH-RM A24158 2/6-3/5 M 9-11AM DH-RM A24159 2/7-3/6 Tu 9-11AM DH-RM A24160 3/12-4/9 M 9-11AM DH-RM A24161 3/13-4/10 Tu 9-11AM DH-RM AAnyone Can Have Fun WringThe aim is to encourage wring in the same spirit in whichyou might approach painng, singing, or modeling with clay:as something natural and recreaonal. The course includesstrategies and ps for wring smoothly, effecvely and happily;friendly discussion about its joys and difficules, and a chanceto share any wring on which you may have been working. Theinstructor is a former journalist, editor and English teacher. Bringto class: A pad or notebook with lined paper and either a pen ora couple of sharpened pencils.Instructor: Jay KoblerFee: Member $50/Non-member $60 Classes: 4CR# DATES DAY TIME LOCATION24675 1/11-2/1 W 1-3PM ABS-REC24676 2/15-3/7 W 1-3PM ABS-REC24677 3/21-4/11 W 1-3PM ABS-RECWring Your MemoirWe’re all storytellers-we take our life experience andstretch it into a story and make meaning from it. A memoir isa story from your life, not the story of your life. In this Fridayevening and all day Saturday workshop we will examine the callof our stories, how to capture ideas and get started. Themes,scenes and telling the truth will be covered as well as the keyelements to good wring. Balden is a teacher with 30 yearsexperience. Parcipants need to bring a journal and pens. Therewill be a lunch break on Saturday, bring a lunch and beverage.Instructor: Gail BaldenFee: Member $50/Non-member $60 Classes: 2CR# DATES DAY TIME LOCATION24961 2/10-11 F 6-8PM LC-IRWDSa 9AM-4PM LC-IRWDWrite from the HeartAll good wring comes from the heart and what we caremost about. This Friday evening and all day Saturday workshopwill include good advice, wring exercises and inspiraon forthose drawn to self-expression, whether in the form of journalsketches, essays, memoir, short ficon or poetry. Enliven yourlife by discovering what you think, feel and know through thepower of words. Balden is a teacher with 30 years experience.Parcipants need to bring a journal and pens. There will be alunch break on Saturday, bring a lunch and beverage.Instructor: Gail BaldenFee: Member $50/Non-member $60 Classes: 2CR# DATES DAY TIME LOCATION24962 3/2-3 F 6-8PM LC-IRWDSa 9AM-4PM LC-IRWDCreang an Illustrated JournalCreave spirits need a place to remember, doodle, drawand dream. Whether you create personal pages, travel journalsor nature journals, this Friday evening and all day Saturdayworkshop will focus on capturing your world on the page usinglanguage and imagery. See with new eyes and express yourobservaons, thoughts and feelings in an illustrated journal.Balden is a teacher with 30 years experience. Parcipants shouldbring a journal with sturdy blank pages on which to work andpreferred art supplies. There will be a lunch break on Saturday,bring a lunch and beverage.Instructor: Gail BaldenFee: Member $50/Non-member $60 Classes: 2CR# DATES DAY TIME LOCATION24963 3/23-24 F 6-8PM LC-IRWDSa 9AM-4PM LC-IRWDLapidaryPala Tourmaline Mines - RareUnderground Mine Tours and Fee Digfor GemsThe Pala Tourmaline Mines in Southern California are part ofAmerica’s history, having produced some incredible mineralspecimens that take center stage in Natural History Museumsacross the country. We recently had a rare twofold opportunityto visit 3 of these mines: the Pala Chief, the Oceanview andthe Stewart Lithia, located near the town of Pala, in San DiegoCounty. We went underground with a field trip organized by the2011 GIA Symposium, and also spent a day fee-digging for gemsat one of the mines. During this power-point slide presentaonyou will see a virtual photo tour of these mines and share thestories of the mine owners. We’ll then discuss our fee-dig dayat the Oceanview Mine, hunng for Tourmalines and Kunzite,and inform you of how to make a reservaon. We will also showphotos of the extraordinary specimens, gems and jewelry thatare on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum and theFallbrook Gem and Mineral Museum.Instructor: Helen Serras-HermanFee: Member $10/Non-member $20 Classes: 1CR# DATES DAY TIME LOCATION24637 1/12 Th 4-6PM LC-OCOTRegister online at www.gvrec.org or visit your nearest major social center office. 33