Class Acts

The following is a list of ongoing classes in Loudoun County. The list includes everything from dance to needlework classes.

 

Speech, hearing The Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing Center is offering the following Lunch and Learn classes:

All classes are at noon at 19465 Deerfield Ave., Suite 201, in Lansdowne. A light lunch is provided. Admission is free and child care is available. Space is limited. Registration is required. For more information, call the Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing Center at 703-858-7620.



Visual arts

Plein aire painting. Watercolor artist Catherine Hillis is offering a four-series class in plein aire painting. Classes suitable for all instructional levels will be scheduled at outdoor locations in May and June. Students will be taught how to compose a landscape and develop it into a painting. Hillis also will be teaching traditional and contemporary watercolor techniques in her studio at 107 E. Main St., #4D, in Purcellville. 703-431-6877, chhillis@aol.com, www.catherinehillis.com.


KidzArt. Guided creativity curriculum for kids meets after school on Thursdays at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 37018 Glendale St., Purcellville. Classes are divided into three age groups: ages 3-5 at 2 p.m., and ages 5-7 and 8-11 at 3 p.m. 703-669-3772 or info@kidzart.com.


Theater


"Creating Characters." Musical theater workshop by the Growing Stage Theatre Company. May 24. Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road. $50. Ages 15 and older explore the world of crafting original characters through exercises, interactive in-class writing assignments and exploration of acting techniques. Visit www.growingstage.org .


Music


Piano and voice. The Lil' Bethoven Music Studio in Leesburg is offering classes in beginning piano and voice. The studio is at 314 Rock Spring Drive. The cost for lessons is $15 per half-hour or $30 per hour. For more information, call 703-669-2295 or visit www.lilbethoven.com.

Music Together. The Claude Moore Community Center, at 46111 Loudoun Park Lane, Sterling, is offering Music Together classes for parents, children and primary caregivers. Call 571-258-3500.



Dance


Hip-Hop/Break/Jazz workshop. June 23-27, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; also July 28-Aug. 1. Creative Dance Center, Ashburn. For ages 10-15. Jazz shoes required. Bring snack. $150. Contact Douglass Community Center, 703-771-5913 or dcc@loudoun.gov.


Dance Foundations. Aug. 4-8, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Creative Dance Center, Ashburn. Incorporates jazz, lyrical and ballet techniques for ages 11 and older. Ballet or jazz shoes required. Bring snack. $150. Contact Douglass Community Center, 703-771-5913 or dcc@loudoun.gov.


Dance tech. Aug. 4-8, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Creative Dance Center, Ashburn. Dance-intensive workshop for ages 7-11 on ballet, jazz and lyrical technique with turns and leaps. Ballet or jazz shoes required. $150. Contact Douglass Community Center, 703-771-5913 or dcc@loudoun.gov.


Clogging. The Blue Ridge Thunder Cloggers are offering beginner clogging lessons for adults and children 10 and older. $25 per month. Classes meet in a converted barn at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 287 near Purcellville. 540-882-4917 or brtcloggers@aol.com.


Irish dance. Footloose Dance and Fitness Studio, at 739 E. Main St., Purcellville, is offering Irish step dance for beginners and intermediates at 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. 540-338-3668 or www.footloosestudio.com.


Scottish dance. Catherine Davidson Fisher, founder of the Davidson School of Highland Dance, is teaching Scottish Highland dance classes at the Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. Classes are Mondays for children 4 and older. 301-865-4546.


Senior dance classes. The Leesburg Senior Activity Center offers square dance classes for beginners on Mondays, 7-10 p.m.; line-dancing lessons on Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m.; and tap-dance lessons on Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. The center is at 215 Depot Court S.E. Free. Call to register, 703-737-8039.


Needlework

Children's needlework seminar. June 23-27, 9 a.m.-noon. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 605 W. Market St. in Leesburg. The Loudoun Museum's 13th annual children's needlework seminar. For ages 8 through high school. $100 per child (discounted for museum members); snacks and materials provided. To register, call the Loudoun Museum at 703-777-7427, or send e-mail to education@loudounmuseum.org.


Nature


"Snakes: Local & Exotic." Saturday, May 24, 1-2:30 p.m. Smithsonian Naturalist Center, 741 Miller Drive, Suite G-2, Leesburg. Zoologist George Zug, former curator of herpetology at the National Museum of Natural History and co-author of "Snakes: Smithsonian Answer Book," discusses snake anatomy and biology and snake-human interactions. No children younger than 10. 703-779-9712.


Language

English. Offered by the Loudoun Literacy Council with ongoing registration. 703-777-2205.

Beginning Spanish. Tuesdays at Leesburg Senior Activity Center, 215 Depot Court S.E. Cost for 13 weeks is $7. 703-737-8039.

ESL. Evening classes on English as a Second Language. Christ Our Savior Church, 46611 Jefferson Drive, Sterling. $20 for materials. 703-433-1500.

English. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, near Briar Patch Park in Sterling. Call for times and details. 703-421-7086.