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Rock
Listed on January 19, 2017 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesClassic songs from the '60s to '90s. Tunes galore. For details and Course Overviews please contact Ronnie on info@guitarweekends.co.uk or have a chat on 0844 272 4433There is an Early Bird Offer on until midnight of the 6th ofJanuary on all residential courses of £25 discount. Vouchers are available for anyone who wants to come on...
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Performance
Listed on January 19, 2017 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesHow to prepare for a deliver a solo, duet and band performance. For details and Course Overviews please contact Ronnie on info@guitarweekends.co.uk or have a chat on 0844 272 4433There is an Early Bird Offer on until midnight of the 6th ofJanuary on all residential courses of £25 discount. Vouchers are available for anyone who wants...
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Americana/Bluegrass
Listed on January 19, 2017 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesCountry/Rock techniques, licks, riffs and grooves. For details and Course Overviews please contact Ronnie on info@guitarweekends.co.uk or have a chat on 0844 272 4433There is an Early Bird Offer on until midnight of the 6th ofJanuary on all residential courses of £25 discount. Vouchers are available for anyone who wants to come on a course but...
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Improvisation
Listed on January 19, 2017 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesIntroduction level; escape out of the pentatonic minor scale. For details and Course Overviews please contact Ronnie on info@guitarweekends.co.uk or have a chat on 0844 272 4433There is an Early Bird Offer on until midnight of the 6th ofJanuary on all residential courses of £25 discount. Vouchers are available for anyone who wants to come on...
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Rhythm
Listed on January 19, 2017 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesEvery aspect of Rhythm: Blues, Bossa, Funk and much more. For details and Course Overviews please contact Ronnie on info@guitarweekends.co.uk or have a chat on 0844 272 4433There is an Early Bird Offer on until midnight of the 6th ofJanuary on all residential courses of £25 discount. Vouchers are available for anyone who wants to come...
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Build a Boat – Initial Set-up
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesSet up building frames and construct the backbone for modern and traditional wooden boats. Produce the stem, keel, hog and transom for a small dinghy and fit the components together to form the backbone. Also covers the theory of setting up for cold moulded, strip planked and carvel builds and includes a workshop tour of...
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Introduction to Boat Building
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesEver wondered what thwarts or cold moulding are? This ‘boat building beginners’ course looks at how different boats are shaped and why, terminology, construction methods, materials, propulsion, sails and rigs and rigging. Unusually for the Academy this is a classroom based course, but workshop walkabouts and strolls to the harbour and Cornish Pilot Gig shed...
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Furniture Making
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesImprove your woodworking skills using bandsaw, router and biscuit jointer to make one of three pieces (chair, side or wine table) to take home. Expert designer/maker Mark Ripley instructs on design principles and ergonomics before you make joints, assemble, sand and wax your piece. You need some woodworking experience to join this course.
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Basic Woodworking 3
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesLearn basic routing and wood bending and expand your dovetailing skills. You will make a curved, dovetailed box to take home. To join you should be practically minded with a little woodworking experience. This course builds on skills learned in ‘Basic Woodworking 1 and 2’.
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Basic Woodworking 2
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesImpress your friends with the beauty of your lapped and through dovetail joints. Using your new skills you will make a simple dovetail box with a lid to take home. The course follows on from ‘Basic Woodworking 1’, but is also suitable for people with other basic woodworking experience. Contact us to find out if...
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Basic Woodworking 1
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesSet solid foundations in tool sharpening and maintenance, wood selection and preparation. Make basic joints including framing and lengthening joints. An intensive four day course suitable for beginners as well as those with a little (perhaps school day) experience. You will make a bespoke picture frame to take away with you.
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Introduction to Woodwork
Listed on January 13, 2017 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesAn absolute beginner’s introduction to the hand and power tools and materials used by boat builders and furniture makers. This is a classroom-based course with some very simple bench work.
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Faust and the Devil
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesThe legend of Dr Faustus has fascinated writers and musicians since the sixteenth century. Faustus, intelligent, restless, self-deluding, has inspired the most intense and tender of compositions, and shocking scenes in drama and fiction. We will explore Renaissance, Romantic and twentieth-century approaches to this disturbing and resonant tale. Bartley Lodge is a splendid Grade II listed...
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Bookbinding – Progressing with
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured CoursesA course designed for those with some bookbinding skills who would like to learn a few different binding styles.
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Bookbinding for Beginners
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured CoursesAn introductory course for those who would like to learn the skills of traditional bookbinding. Complete beginners welcome.
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Letterpress Printing for All
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured CoursesAn introductory course for those who would like to learn the skills of letterpress printing. Complete beginners welcome.
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Yoga
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Featured Courses, Fitness & WellbeingA yoga retreat led by Kim Rossi.
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Letterpress Printing for All
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured Courses, Learning for LeisureAn introductory course for those who would like to learn the skills of letterpress printing. Complete beginners welcome.
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Bookbinding – Limp Vellum
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured Courses, Learning for LeisureA chance to learn the skills of limp vellum bookbinding. Beginners welcome.
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Paper Marbling
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured CoursesAn introductory course for those who would like to learn the skills of traditional paper marbling. Complete beginners welcome.
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Letterpress Printing for All
Listed on December 12, 2016 by The Grange in Crafts & Textiles, Featured CoursesAn introductory course for those who would like to learn the skills of letterpress printing. Complete beginners welcome.
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Systemic Constellations
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesUncover hidden dynamics in your relationships, family or organisation in order to release potential and find new ways forward.
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Running with the Mind of Meditation
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesEnjoy a weekend improving your running techniques with guided mindfulness/awareness meditation, group discussions and a one-to-one with the tutors
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Pillars of Strength Salon 3
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesThis salon will focus on the virtues of Contentment, Patience and Clarity
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The F.M Alexander Technique
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesLearn how to relieve pain, improve posture and breathing, and relieve tension and stress.
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Introduction to Ayurveda
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesWe will cover Ayruvedic philosophy; the basics of anatomy, physiology and constitution; diagnosing with pulses; de-toxing, diet, herbs and lifestyle.
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Pillars of Strength Salon 2
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesThis salon will focus on the virtues of Selflessness, Compassion and Courtesy
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Nature Consciousness and Personal Transformation
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesThis fascinating course will reveal how you can live with meaning and purpose in co-operation with nature spirits and the natural world.
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Esoteric Philosophy
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesLearn about the profound implications of modern spiritual development and the means to express the soul more effectively in the outer world.
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Our Intelligent Body
Listed on December 12, 2016 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesCultivating body-mind awareness through movement
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