EDGE Summer Camps
EDGE SUMMER CAMPS ARE COMING!
Starting June 17 camps will be ready for kids to have fun. Join us here at The Reach Center for The EDGE Summer Camp!
There are a variety of weekly themes to choose from:
- Make Believe
- Sensational Sports
- Fantastic Fairy Tales and Folklore
- Exceptional Earth
- Beach Weeks
- Amazing Animals
- Amazing Automobiles
More details at The EDGE Website! Or call now: 541-342-2859
Zumba at The Reach!
Sauni Saucedo is bringing the Latin-Inspired, easy-to-follow, calorie-burning, dance-fitness party to The Reach Center. Feel the music and let loose! Zumba!
I invite you all to join the fitness crave. Zumba is hot, hot, HOT! And so will you be, after you get hooked on this dance workout, packed full of cardio, toning and fun. Zumba is derived from latin-based movements, and style, that fit everyone! Once you start, you'll want more. And once you realize you're exercising and not just having a good time, I doubt you'll find another way to satisfy the fitness craving.
Incubator Kitchen at Stellaria Building
Neighbor, and former long-time Sundance employee, Ron Leppert has started a very interesting business that we think some of our neighbors, and/or someone you know, will be interested in hearing about.
Have you ever entertained the idea of starting your own food business based on your secret brownie recipe or jalapeno/tofu/magic spread, but the cost of building a legal commercial kitchen kept that from happening? Here's your answer: the beautiful kitchen you need, only when you need it, at a price you can probably afford.
"The Incubator Kitchen at Stellaria is designed to support small scale food producers in offering a product to the marketplace without having to invest in the required commercial kitchen setting at start-up or as they are growing larger. The emphasis for this Incubator Kitchen is on food businesses that emphasize local, organic and nutritionally valuable foods."
The Stellaria Building, "a place for sustainable businesses in Eugene", was created by the folks at Hummingbird Wholesale. "The concept behind the remodel was to provide a collaborative and functional space for businesses and organizations who are working toward sustainability and health. We wanted a vibrant, warm working environment full of natural light. We wanted to encourage interaction among the tenants and to meet the needs of the tenants through common means."
Ron Leppert is building on their efforts. (Please bring your brownies for taste-testing at the Reach Center. High-quality feedback guaranteed!) Contact Ron to set up a tour of the kitchen: ron@hummingbirdwholesale.com, 541-686-0921.
Greenhouse--March 2013
We finally got the greenhouse under construction! This has been on the wishlist since we bought the building. Now our gardening season will be almost year-round. We're inviting neighbors without good spring sun to get your starts going here, so come talk to Geni sometime.
There's already a little sitting area, and we're planning to have fixed planters, a mini-pond, and room for potting and growing starts. There will be lemon, lime, grapefruit and banana trees . . . if we can keep them alive. The lemon and limes will probably do fine. Bananas? We'll find out.
We've got some water drums to extend the day's warmth deep into the night. Charlie wants more drums, Geni wants fewer, everybody else says "Huh?"
All that's left is to build a new front door, and fill in the air gaps along the foundation. Thanks much to Mike Fero, Nathan Wollin, and Cole Ferguson for helping build the greenhouse and put up with Charlie.
Garden--March 2013
Erik Muller has been here several days a week, composting, building planting beds, planting, and just messing about. The garden wouldn't be nearly this green without his work. His great sense of humor is a bonus.
A new friend, Cole Ferguson, installed one of his plant towers in the garden. You should come check it out. It looks like a great way to get garden space in a small area. Basically, it's a ring of wire lined with straw, then filled with compost and soil. The black pipe travels done the center and brings water into the lower levels of soil. He'll be happy to build one for you, 541-285-4236.
Cuban Salsa Dancing!
This class is an introductory-level, non-partnered, Cuban salsa dance class known as “suelta.” We’ll be focusing on Cuban-style salsa movements and footwork patterns. We will play with specific styling for men and women, improvisation, and timing…and get a good workout too! Come ready to isolate muscles you didn’t know you had and to enjoy Cuban music that will make you want to move!
Pronto Spanish
Beginning Spanish class. A quick approach to basic conversation, pronunciation and reading. Come and Try!
Freedom Arts -- Fun Art Classes for Kids!
Fun Art classes will be taught by Ms. Gena in splatter art, nature art, sensory art, story book art, water color, paint, drawing with chalk, color pencils, pastels, gluing and paper mache, stamping, sponge art, found (recycled) art and more! Learn different styles of art, art history, shapes, color, texture and technique.
FLEX Studios at Reach!
Flex Studios will teach classes and camps at Reach this summer!
Sign up for these Camps:
July 16-20, 12-3 pm: Paper Crowns (ages 5-8)
August 20-24, 12-3 pm: Flexin' Freestylers (ages 8-12)
Visit http://www.flexstudios.org for a full schedule of and to register for our summer classes!
Pilobolus-style Dance Partnering Workshop
Partnering Workshop with Darryl Thomas, former Pilobolus dancer and current Dance Faculty at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon
Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 2 - 4 PM at The Reach Center
Fee: $15 per person
Darryl Thomas, is Co-Artistic Director of Rainbow Dance Theatre along with his wife Valerie Bergman. Darryl and Valerie have been artistic collaborators for over twenty years and perform throughout the US and internationally. Darryl currently serves as Professor of Dance on Faculty at Western Oregon University.
SIGN UP FOR SUMMER CAMPS NOW AT REACH!
SUMMER CAMP OFFERINGS:
For 5 to 7 yr olds:
July 23 - 27, Monday - Friday, 9 am to noon
Enjoy Creative Dance & Rhythms ~ Art ~ Intro to Tumbling
Cost: $150 per student
SUMMER WITH THE EDGE
This summer The EDGE offers three 3 week session on Thursdays:
Session I: June 7, 14, 21, Session II: July 5, 12, 19, Session III: August 2, 9, 16
Pre-EDGE I, Pre-EDGE II, Beginning I - 10:30 - 11:30 am
Beginning II, Advanced Beginning, Intermediate - 11:30 - 12:30 pm
Cost per 3 week session is $25 - Drop in rate is $9
EDGE Performance Groups - 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Cost per 3 week session is $40 - Drop in rate is $14
Transformation Arts offers Tai Chi Fundamentals and Yijinjing Fundamentals at Reach
Beginning May 21, join Transformation Arts Senior Instructor Mchael Vasquez on Monday and Wednesday mornings at 8 AM in The Loft for Yijinjing Fundamentals, and Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6:30 - 8:00 PM in The Loft for Tai Chi Fundamentals.
SOMATICS/BODYWORKS CLASS & JAM
BEGINNING APRIL 28: Saturdays from 4 - 7 pm in the Loft
Somatics/Bodyworks Class begins April 28, and runs Saturdays from 4pm to 5pm in The Reach Center Loft (upstairs), followed by open Jam from 5pm to 7pm. Explore a variety of somatics and bodywork modalities to prepare for dance movement in contact improvisation, such as Thai Massage, Breema, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, Yoga, BodyMind Centering, and Meditation. Interact in a guided exchange where contributions from community members are welcomed. Cost: $5-$10 donation suggested. For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/ripedancejam or http://ripedance.wordpress.com .
Strechoga at the Reach Center!
Wednesdays at 6 PM
Strechoga is a fusion of numerous forms of Yoga, Taichi, Chigong, and movement therapy. It is one free flowing art of the body. No matter what your age or physical capability, Stretchoga can benefit you. It is great for rehabbing an injury, training for sports, or simply taking your mind off everything else in life.
The EDGE is open for the 2011/2012 season
Come join the fun!
Exciting new classes, exciting new teachers and, of course, most of the same great staff from last year.
An update on two former EDGE instructors:
Breakdancer extraordinaire J.T. Magee has moved on to San Diego to pursue a teaching career in dance. Good luck, J.T.! Julia Gingerich has relocated to Astoria, Oregon with her husband Julian. We congratulate the two of them as they wait the arrival of their new baby.
Call now or stop by to register and be sure to check the website for details: www.edgedancing.com
DoRePlay presents Music Together!
Music and movement classes for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and the grownups who love them. Our mixed-age classes create a family environment where children engage and gain basic musical competence through play. Parents will learn how to model and encourage musical development at home. In a culture that focuses on consuming music, we encourage active participation in making music. Making music together builds stronger families and stronger communities. So come sing, clap, chant, dance, and jam Thursdays at at 11:00 am through August 16!
Building Soil for the Garden
Perhaps you've noticed that the yard in front is no longer a yard and well on it's way to becoming a neighborhood garden. With the help of neighbors Sherry Wellborn (a force of nature in her own right), David Stucky, and Erik Muller among others, we've layered cardboard, leaves, manure and compost to get our garden started. There will be vegetable beds, flower beds, berry bushes, dwarf fruit trees, honeybees, compost piles, and a greenhouse!
Our plan is to share this "urban farm" with our neighbors. Perhaps you'd like to get an early start with veggies in the greenhouse. Perhaps you'd like the taste of local honey. Perhaps a blueberry pie is in your future. Or perhaps you'll just want to come sit on one of the many benches we'll scatter around the garden. We won't be charging anything for sharing this resource with our neighborhood . . . but we'd sure appreciate a bit of physical labor, and maybe an occasional donation to help pay the water bill. Come check it out!
