Lyme Community Foundation Events
September Events
If you do not want to pay online please email oakeslauraj@gmail to make other payment arrangements for classes or events.
Mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation
September 23rd at 11 am
$25 per person. There are two opportunities to take this 1 hour Zoom Class.
September 23 at 11 AM
Minimum number of students – 8 Maximum number of students - 25
Learn about mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation and how these practices can help with anxiety and calming your racing mind.
Instructor, Melissa Tuchman M.S.
Scarecrow Building Contest
Build a scarecrow and enter your creation into the Lyme Community Foundation Scarecrow Building Contest.
Children ages 3-12 can enter the “Just Planted” competition class and those ages 13 and up are eligible for the “Ready for Picking” class.
Scarecrows must be no larger than 4 feet high and be made using items found at home.
Bring your completed scarecrow to Copley House on September 26, between 10 AM and Noon for display and judging.
Prize ribbons go to winners in each of the classes in 3 categories, Most Classic Scarecrow, Most Creative Scarecrow and Best Use of Found Materials.
Scarecrows will be displayed at Copley House through October 3 when they can be picked up between 10 AM and Noon.
Enter here -
October Events
If you do not want to pay online please email oakeslauraj@gmail to make other payment arrangements for classes or events.
How to Build a Storybook: Theater class for Children Ages 5-7.
Tuesdays, (October 6th & 13th, 4:30-5:30)
$25 per student,
2 students minimum to hold this class.
In this two-consecutive Tuesday online Zoom class children learn how we create, tell & share stories with an emphasis on theatrical techniques - we will examine some of our favorite, most classic stories and adapt them to interactive “performance”
Buy one seat purchase for the two classes.
Youth Theater Classes
Ages 7-10: Never Never Land
Thursdays, (October 8th & 15th, 6:30-7:30)
$25 per student, 2 students minimum to hold class.
Students will examine & perform a short adaptation of Peter Pan. Sign Up ->
Ages 10-12: Never Never Land
Tuesdays, (October 20th & 27th, 6:30-7:30)
$25 per student, 2 students minimum to hold class.
Students will examine & perform a short adaptation of Peter Pan, more complex vocabulary & theatrical techniques for older students.
Sign up ->
Adult Seminar
Live Theater in the Age of COVID:
Adapt & Overcome
Thursday, October 22, 6:30-8:00)
$25 per attendee
A minimum of 2 attendees is needed to hold this seminar.
The instructor, Ashley DeMar, will lead a discussion on the history of theater adapting through periods of uncertainty & turmoil, culminating in the role of theater and performance in the COVID age, with emphasis on what it means to be “live”.
Register Here
Pumpkin Carving Contest
October 24 from 1 to 3 PM
Participants register then decorate or carve a pumpkin which must be brought to Copley House on the day of the event by 2:30 PM. Contest Classes include Age 3-5, Age 6-8, Age 9-12, Teen 13 - 17, and Adult 18 and up. Categories in each class include Scariest, Prettiest and Funniest. Refreshments and Children's Games will be offered at this free event. Prizes Awarded. once Judging is completed.
Complimentary pumpkins provided to those who register.
All About Blogging
with Rhonda Foote
Find your voice and start a blogging adventure. An online one-hour class via Zoom.
Blogging is one or the hottest trends today and subjects are varied and diverse including cooking, hobbies and everyday family life. This class will explore subjects such as Why blogging, How to, and Topics and interests explored as possibilities.
Class costs $10.
Register here ->
A minimum class number will be required to hold this class.