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Fall 2009 Bengal YOU Course Listing Please complete the Bengal You Registration Form to register for the following courses. Beginning Conversational Spanish This course is designed to introduce novices to the Spanish language through the use of basic concepts and phrases in everyday situations. Digital Photography: Four Weeks to Creating Better Pictures Learn how you can immediately get better photos while improving your shooting technique. In this exciting four-week class, you'll learn how to see the way the camera does and utilize various rules of composition for best results. There will be tips and techniques throughout this course that will assist with your photography. Requires a digital camera of any make or model. This is not a class on how to use your camera. Jewelry Made Easy The class will consist of two parts: hands-on and lecture. Hands-on will consist of making jewelry (such as bracelets, necklaces, and earrings) using various beads, wire, and chain. Lecture will include information on how to spot fake and mis-marked jewelry, types of beads and gems (including precious and semi-precious, natural, enhanced, and manufactured), metal clay and lost wax casting, and various manufacturing techniques. Introduction to Basic Genealogy Tracing your ancestors as far back as possible can bring great satisfaction and pleasure. Discovering and documenting one's family is like solving a giant puzzle. Each relative previously unknown and genealogically discovered is its own special thrill. No less thrilling is the discovery of records rich with information which would have never come to light unless you had gotten caught up in the lure of genealogy. Come learn how to start your personal quest to learn your family history. This class will help you learn how to trace your family's ancestry, conduct research, and document and build a family tree. Start putting the pieces of your ancestry together now. Rummaging Old Records: Finding Genealogical and Historical Records at Your Local Courthouse If you are interested in your family history but do not know how to begin your research, this class will introduce you to the various local governmental records deposited at your local courthouse. This class will cover local history and primary genealogical resources. Parish historical sources will be discussed and explained. In addition, there will be a section devoted to preservation of old documents and photographs. The course will conclude with a tour of the Saint Landry Parish Clerk of Court Archives at the courthouse in Opelousas. Writing Your Family History Develop your autobiographical writing skills by focusing on family stories and family history. You will follow step-by-step writing exercises based on your family history. In addition, you will use simple writing techniques such as dialogue, character description and character analysis used in conjunction with your family history and knowledge of historical events, culminating in a family history narrative. Fun, hands-on activities will help you record your individual genealogy in narrative form. Louisiana Jitterbug Dance Louisiana Jitterbug is what everybody's dancing, on every dance floor, everywhere you go. And now, you can too. Come with little or no experience and master basic steps and turns in this FUN 4-week course. Class music will feature Louisiana artists. Certified dance instructor Paula Lafleur will help you learn cool and popular jitterbug moves to make you a more skilled dance partner, have more confidence on the dance floor, and let YOU have more fun, too! Zydeco Dance "Let's go! Zydeco!" Come join the fun and learn basic steps and turns of this popular dance in a fun-filled 4-week course. Leave your wallflower days behind! Your instructor, Paula Lafleur, is a certified dance instructor with more than 25 years' experience teaching adults to dance. Don't be shy-put your shoutin' shoes on and "Let's go Zydeco!" Belly Dance Level 1 Come learn about this beautiful Middle Eastern Dance form, and get some exercise at the same time! This class is taught by Holly Bell and Amy Bell. Holly Bell was the 1st place winner of the Baton Rouge Belly Dance Festival Choreography contest in 2008. She has taught private Belly Dancing lessons in several styles for 1 ½ years and is a member of three performing dance troupes in the area. Belly Dance Level 2 In this class, we will build on the moves learned in Belly Dance Level 1 and expand our dance vocabulary with new and challenging moves. We will practice combining these moves into fun combinations which will put you well on your way to freestyle and choreography. Prerequisite: Belly Dance Level 1. Belly Dance Level 3 In Belly Dance Level 3, we will take all the moves learned in Levels 1 and 2 and put them into simple choreographies. Each week we will focus on a different routine. You will learn to put the moves together into dances and make progress toward freestyling. Prerequisite: Belly Dance Level 2. Water Aerobics Come enjoy an hour with friends while you improve your cardiovascular fitness, strength, stamina, and flexibility. Exercise in the water also helps increase joint movement and reduce stress. You will use a noodle and flat boards for your workout. The class is taught by Mrs. Lisa Ardoin. Mrs. Ardoin has a B.S. in Health and Human Performance, and has taught water aerobics for three years. |
