Learning the fun things of Life at Super Saturday
By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer
 | | FRANK BRADLEY/Sentinel photo At left: Hope Lockaby of Hiwassee Dam and Beth Burns of Hayesville Elementary learn the technique of breaking a choke hold in the Martial Arts Class from instructor Karley Ashe. Sixteen kids were in the second class session, nine of them girls and seven guys. |
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On Saturday, Tri-County Community College was awash with kids in yellow T-shirts who were participating in some hands-on-learning. It was Super Saturday time, the first of three week-end sessions giving Cherokee and Clay county kids a chance to learn some new skills which they wouldn't ordinarily get attending their regular school.
Dr. Brian Mitchell, one of the volunteer coordinators of the program, said there were 240 kids signed up to take two each of the 27 courses offered this year. Not all of the kids made it this week-end. Mitchell said some had come down with flu or chicken pox, but for those who did they were having a chance to learn some really neat things.
This year, many of the popular courses from previous times were being taught including, rocketry, chess, origami, super science, fly-tying, guitar, computer graphics, art, sewing, as well as CSI-Murphy, which teaches the concepts and techniques of crime scene investigation and forensics from law enforcement professionals. Also, firefighting, emergencyfirst aid and martial arts were back as popular courses. And there was even Hip-Hop Dance for those kids who want to learn the latest moves and be ready for the next school dance. New courses added this year included: jewelry making, enameling and a class in learning to sing some Broadway songs along with instruction in reading music and harmony.
 | | FRANK BRADLEY/Sentinel photo In the Fly-Tying Class, the instructor teaches the students how to measure the amount of Ostrich tail to put on the hook. "The tail should be the same length as the hook," he says. "Pinch down the tail and lay it on top of your hook." |
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Classes resume next Saturday and the following week, when on March 15 at noon, parents of the enrolled kids are invited to attend Showtime to see their kids perform and or display items they have made or things they have learned to do. Food will be served at the Showtime event.
 | | FRANK BRADLEY/Sentinel photo In Kitchen Magic, Carla Owen shows her class how to make cinnamon swirls. Here Mackenzie Mirandi and Emily Beaster are busy patting down the dough. |
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