Small Group Classical Guitar Lessons
Location: The Station on American Ave Oracle
Tuesdays, 2007, 4:30 - 5 pm, 5 - 5:50 pm
Instructor: James Stevens of Allegro Guitar School
Cost: $65 for 4-week group class, scholarships & private lessons available
Contact: Maggie Miller at 896-2088

T'ai Chi Class
Location: The Station on American Ave Oracle
Saturdays, 2007, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Instructor: Steve Weber of Aikido Academy
Cost: $40-60 per month based on enrollment
Contact: Contact Steve Weber @ Aikido Academy, 825-8500

Open Studio: Fire & Mud Ceramics Class
Location: The Station on American Ave Oracle
Sunday afternoons from 1-3 pm
Instructor: Jim Beavers
Cost: Cost: $100 for 6 classes -- includes clay and firings. Class is ongoing -- you may come to any six classes you want. Materials list provided upon registration
Contact: Jim Beavers at 730-6795, or see Jim Beavers

Conversational Spanish I
Location: The Station
1395 W American Ave Oracle
Wednesday evenings: January 9 onward, 2008, 6-8 pm
Instructor: Judy Freeman, 520-818-2256
Cost $120

Conversational Spanish II
Location: The Station
1395 W American Ave Oracle
Monday evenings: January 7 onward, 2008, 6-8 pm
Instructor: Judy Freeman, 520-818-2256
Cost $120

Conversational Spanish III
Location: The Station
1395 W American Ave Oracle
Tuesday evenings: January 8 onward, 2008, 6-8 pm
Instructor: Judy Freeman, 520-818-2256
Cost $120

Tango for Beginners taught by Hector and Lidia Legrand
Learn the basic steps of Argentine tango in this mini-course for beginners. Gain the dance skills to continue on to Classic Argentine Tango.
Location: Mt. Vista School
Sunday, January 20 and 27, 2008, 6:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $25 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

Zumba Fitness led by Pat Dolan
Zumba fuses Latin and International dance music in an exciting and effective fitness system. It mixes body-sculpting movements with easy-to-follow dance steps.
Location: Mt. Vista School
8 Tuesdays beginning Jan 22, 2008, 5:30-6:30 pm
Cost: $28.50 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

Central Arizona College (CAC) - Violin for Adults
If you play a little already, this class is for you. Work on improving your intonation, bowing, and sight-reading skills; explore folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and blues styles; and practice solo and ensemble playing, as well as improvisation.
Location: Mt Vista School, Oracle
8 Thursdays, starting January 24, 2008, 6:30-8:30 pm
Instructor: Jim Hewitt 896-3325
Cost: $57 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

Classic Argentine Tango taught by Hector and Lidia Legrand
Learn classic Argentine tango along with some bits and pieces of the history and culture of tango, and have fun dancing in a relaxed environment. This class is for those with some basic knowledge of tango dancing.
Location: Mt. Vista School
12 Sunday evenings, beginning February 3, 2008, 6:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $71.25 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

Prehistoric Oracle: Ballcourts, Ruins, Rock Art taught by Sarah Luchetta
Join archaeologist Sarah Luchetta for this series of lectures and field trips and learn why Oracle was an important region within the prehistoric southwest. We will visit Hohokam sites in the Black Mountains west of Oracle, the Romero Ruins at Catalina State Park, and the Baby Jesus Rock Art Site at the base of the Catalinas.
Location: Oracle State Park
3 Wednesday evenings, February 6 and 20; March 5, 2008, 6:30-8:00
3 Saturday field trips, February 9 and 23; March 8, 2008, 9:00-2:00 pm
Cost: $75 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

Geologic Highlights along the Gila River with Bob Scarborough
We'll explore westward to the Kelvin-Ray area and see the first highway bridge over the Gila River (still in use), and review how the town got to be named for Lord Kelvin, and mention the Apache Kid mystery. We'll view a massive though confusing landslide from antiquity, then search for Permian-age fossils in the Black Prince limestone. Lunch along the river, hopefully with water. Then upriver into copper country around the Christmas mine, where we'll find an amazing volcanic dike filled with hornblende and evidence for mass Laramide volcanism. With time, we may drive up the Dripping Spring Valley and its great river terraces, to an overview in the Mescals of the most amazing bed of all, fifty feet of sands deposited at the time of the "Cambrian Explosion" of life. Participants should bring a sack lunch and are responsible for carpooling.
Bob Scarborough, M.S., has worked as a geologic and hydrologic consultant for the state of Arizona. For several years he was geologist for the Desert Museum, where he continues to run geology field trips.
A one-day trip, Saturday, April 12, 2008
Cost: $30 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

The Clovis Site at Murray Springs with Bob Scarborough
A trip to Murray Springs, east of Sierra Vista--a major Clovis-age mammoth-kill site dug by Vance Haynes, U. of A. geologist, in the late 1960s, the final report issued just last year. We will explore the place and talk about a strange new piece of science related to this site and the mass animal extinction which is evident here. A quick stop at Kartchner Caverns to point out a major geologic enigma associated with this cave. Lunch at Murray Springs in the midst of one of two Clovis-age village sites known in the United States. Scarborough will discuss different ideas presented about the origin of the Clovis people. Participants should bring a sack lunch and are responsible for carpooling.
A one-day trip, Saturday, May 3, 2008
Cost: $30 (AZ residents)
For information or to register: Priscilla Barton (CAC): 520-357-2817

Spanish Summer Classes
Location: The Station
1395 W American Ave Oracle
Call or email instructor for information
Instructor: Judy Freeman, 520-818-2256, jayfree@earthlink.net

Central Arizona College (CAC) - GED (General Equivalency Diploma)
Location: Mountain Vista School, Oracle
Starting Mid-August
Instructor: Nancy Barry
Cost: free
Contact Nancy Barry at 896-9501 for details