Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland
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Ballroom Dancing

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 8:30 PM - Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 9:30 PM

Come learn how to dance! We will be working on new material that targets having fun, feeling comfortable, and feeling confident out on the dance floor. Student ...

All That Jazz

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:00 PM

Learn Broadway-style jazz dance through center excercises, across the floor movement, and energetic dance combinations.

Teen/Adult Intermediate Tap

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 8:15 PM - Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 9:15 PM

Move even faster than in the beginner class - work more intricate footwork and technique. Get ready to burn up the floor!

Teen/Adult Beginning Tap

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 7:15 PM - Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 8:15 PM

Burn off energy and have fun while exploring the basics of tap dance and technique. We will work on various rhythms and combinations using a wide variety of mus...

Beginner/Intermediate Technique

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 6:30 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:30 PM

Advance your ballet technique and terminology with longer barre excercises, center floor adagios, and grand allergo combinations. Upon completion, some students...

Beginner's Pointe

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 7:30 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:15 PM

Strenthen your feet, focusing on barre excercises, and gradually build to basic pointe excercises on the center floor. For students with at least two consecutiv...

Ballet/Modern Dance

Saturday, January 02, 2010 @ 10:30 AM - Wednesday, November 00, 2012

Children explore movement concepts while learning ballet and modern dance skills and terminolgy. A variety of music and props provides a rich environment for bo...

Bethesda Literary Festival Youth Writing Contest

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 5:00 PM

Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Magazine have partnered to honor youth writers at the Bethesda Literary Festival. Young writers grades K-8 can express t...

Tuned In: Montgomery County's Place in Musical History

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - Saturday, April 03, 2010

Tuned In explores the importance of music in the lives of Montgomery County residents in the from the 19th-21st centuries. From community bands to church choirs...

The Suburban Ideal- Domestic Architecture in Montgomery County, 1870-2010

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - Saturday, June 26, 2010

Examining the wide range of architectural styles found in suburban homes built in Montgomery County neighborhoods from 1890-2919. Enjoy historic photographs, m...

Guitar Song Workshop

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 8:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:00 PM

Expand your technique and repertoire by playing songs you love. Learn or improve your strumming and add some melody to your playing in this fun workshop. Bring ...

Beginning Guitar

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 6:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

Learn chords, chord progressions, and basic strumming patterns as you play favorite songs.

Intermediate Guitar

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:00 PM

Shake off the rust and get back in tune - or, continue your work from Beginining Guitar. You'll learn more chords and techniques that will make your playing mor...

Advanced Beginning Guitar

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 5:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:00 PM

Expand your repertoire and technique. More chords, strums and songs in this fun-filled class.

Beginning Guitar

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 4:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 5:00 PM

Learn chords, chord progressions, and basic strumming patterns as you play favorite songs.

Hands-On Art

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 5:30 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:30 PM

Get messy and explore oil pastels, charcoal, paint and other art media to create big and small art with big and small movements - improve all your motor skills.

Art Expressions

Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:45 AM

Enjoy a fun-filled child and caregiver class where little hands explore texture, shape and color through a variety of materials and techniques. Each class is ti...

Spotlight

Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 7:00 PM - Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:00 PM

Grow in skill and confidence through group coaching sessions that include ensemble singing, solos and duets. Individual vocal and musical concerns will be met t...

Singing for Musical Theatre

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:30 PM

Devolp your vocal technique while gaining stage presence as you prepare solo and ensemble musical numbers. The class will utilize videotape critique. A final cl...

Singing for Musical Theatre

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:30 PM

Devolp your vocal technique while gaining stage presence as you prepare solo and ensemble musical numbers. The class will utilize videotape critique. A final cl...

Musical Theater: Stage Two

Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 6:00 PM - Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

Sharpen skills, learn fresh repertoire and staging while enjoying opportunities for solo singing. Songs, taken from stage and screen, will reflect a theme and c...

Musical Theater Adventures

Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 5:00 PM - Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:00 PM

Have fun with your friends and make new ones, singing and moving to hits from the musical stage and screen. Students will build confidence as they sing song (co...

Center Stage Acting

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 6:30 PM - Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 8:00 PM

Calling all actors! Let's take a script and create a simple but polished show to be presented for an audience of friends and families. Students will perform a p...

Beginning Acting Part 2

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 6:00 PM - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

Learn the fundamentals of acting and character building as you work from plays, television and movie scripts. Through the use of excercise, scene work and prepa...

From Page to Stage

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 05:30 AM - Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 06:30 AM

Create believable characters in believable places doing believable things. By performing short scenes, students turn the script into stage magic as they learn c...

Drama Kids

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 4:30 PM - Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 5:30 PM

Perform stories through the tools of dramatic play - props, music, costumes and imagination. Students create different characters as they travel to the bottom o...

Senior BlackRock Singers

Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 1:00 PM - Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:30 PM

Remember back in the days in glee club or chorus ... all those great tunes you sang? Here's a chance to do it again, with friends new and old in an ensemble as ...

Senior Creative Studio: Self Expression Through Mixed Media

Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Allowing our inner landscape to guide us, our emotions and dreams and visions can be tapped during the creative process. Come and work on your own projects with...

Sandy Spring Museum Art Exhibit

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 - Sunday, March 28, 2010

Maryland Art League Multi Media Art Exhibit and the Montgomery Potters Meet the Artist at a reception on Sunday Jan 10 from 2-4 pm; live music and light refre...

Social Dances at Glen Echo Park

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 6:00 PM - Monday, May 31, 2010

Join us for one of our many social dances at Glen Echo Park! Styles range from blues, to swing, to salsa and everything in between! Dances run every weeke...

BALLET CLASSES AT MYB

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - Friday, June 11, 2010

Early Dance Division Classes: ages 2 to 4 years. Intro Division Classes: ages 5 to 7 years. Academy Divison Classes: ages 8 to 19 years. ADULT drop in classe...