In one of the more dangerous classes, Teri Oughton (left) of East Hardwick practices cutting a board as instructor Patti Garbeck guides her along during the Intro to the Circular Saw course for Hardwick State. Garbeck of Woodbury has been a carpenter for 40 years. photo by Vanessa Fournier
HARDWICK – Fourteen venues hosted a wide range of classes in Hardwick, led by community members during The Civic Standard’s Hardwick State weekend, April 12 and 13.
Instructor Jeanne Miller (second from left) gives fiddle lessons to violin players (from left) Gannon Walsh of Craftsbury, Eileen Green of East Hardwick and Nicole Valcour of Wolcott during the Hardwick State course held Saturday. Miller has been playing the violin for 45 years and teaching it for 25 years. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Some people began the day joining Social Belly Dance with Alia Thabit at G.R.A.C.E. Others took fiddle lessons with Jeanne Segretto Miller at the American Legion while others engaged in a more serious pursuit, learning about Hardwick’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative with Neighbor-to-Neighbor in the Memorial Building.
Sixteen people attend Jan Mueller’s Hardwick State Juggling class. Learning to juggle are (from left) Charlie Volk of Hardwick, Liz Hatch of Greensboro and Maeva Porter of Glover. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Emily Lanxner (left) of Hardwick and Gudrun Ulmann-Hawk (center) of Walden, social belly dance with instructor Alia Thabit. Thabit has been dancing for 50 years and teaching for 43 years. Six people took the Hardwick State class. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Karen Hall (second from left) of Glover, Nancy Nottermann of East Hardwick and Kathleen Sampson of Hardwick listen as Hardwick Historical Society President Elizabeth Dow (left) shows them some old pictures of Hardwick and the history behind them. Four people took the Becoming a Guide at the Hardwick Historical Society course. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Classes and workshops were being offered over the course of the weekend in two morning and two afternoon sessions daily. A mix of sessions drew a wide range of area residents. People in a Saturday morning tai chi class and an afternoon color wheel class commented on how enjoyable it was to have young and old joining in side-by-side.
Josh Peets of the Center for an Agricultural Economy led a Grow Your Own microgreens workshop for 14 people on cultivating seven different varieties in the hoop house at Atkins Field Saturday as part of the Hardwick State courses. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Forty-five people attended the Hardwick Emergency Preparedness Initiative with Neighbor-to-Neighbor held in the Memorial Building April 12. Speaking are Regina Wdowiak (left) on the Emergency Communications Committee and Cynthia Stuart (right), consultant, whose work is supported through the Vermont Council on Rural Development. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Twenty-five people attended the Hardwick State Blueberry Pruning course on Atkins Field led by Zach Leonard of High Hopes Orchard in Westfield. photo by Vanessa Fournier
A small group joined the flower basket’s Nora Lakhani at Front Seat Coffee for a hands-on class to learn about the dynamic color wheel, Saturday afternoon, April 12. Participants at The Civic Standard’s Hardwick State event painted color wheels, then cut them up to make designs, with no two alike, as they experimented with chromatography and diffraction to break pigments and light into their component colors. photo by Paul Fixx
Helen Sher, coordinating logistics for the events, said over 200 class registrations had been received before classes began on Saturday. Asked about the difficulty of handling the 60 sessions that volunteers had signed up to teach without any arm twisting, and far exceeding the organization’s expectations, she said, “I love my spreadsheets.” Seeing it come together, she said it was thrilling and exciting.
Still Life Acrylic Painting instructor Julian Jimenez (left) examines the work of Sarah Cannon of Montpelier during a Hardwick State course, Saturday in the Memorial Building with seven students. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Justin Lander, Head of Design for the Civic Standard, said he’d had no idea what to expect, and “the feeling in town is what I’d hoped it would be.”
A Honky Tonk band with dancing at the American Legion Saturday evening was well-attended.
The Civic Standard’s Rose Friedman said one of her goals is seeing that people are crossing paths. “I wish it was like this every weekend,” she said.
A Sunday afternoon graduation ceremony topped off the weekend.
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EDITOR Paul Fixx
ADVERTISING Sandy Atkins, Raymonda Parchment, Dawn Gustafson, Paul Fixx
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REPORTER Raymonda Parchment
SPORTS WRITERS Ken Brown Eric Hanson
WEATHER REPORTER Tyler Molleur
PHOTOGRAPHER Vanessa Fournier
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