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Our friend, Steve Traudt, is a wonderful teacher that is offering classes in Ouray via Weehawken Ceative Arts.  You can learn more about Steve at www.synvis.com.

Using Your Digital SLR Camera. Saturday, March 14, 2009. 9 am – 4:30 pm. Instruction & inspiration! Sign up by March 1 for $118 (Weehawken members) or $130. After March 1, $130/$145. Held at Ouray School, 5th ST & 7th Ave. One hour lunch, on your own. See  www.weehawkenarts.org for more details. A packed day, filled with information thru a series of presentations which give you the tools needed to help your photography achieve the next level. Steve’s trademark energy and enthusiasm will truly have you rediscovering the joy of photography! Programs include: Composition; Depth of Field; Shutter peeds; Histograms; RAW; Flash and more. Class is for users of digital SLR cameras. Same classes Steve presents at national seminars. Don’t miss this chance to learn from a pro! Bring your camera and instruction book.
Photoshop Elements 6/7 WOW. Saturday, April 25, 2009. 9 am – 4:30 pm. Sign up by April 11 for $126 for Weehawken members or $140. After April 11, $140/$154. An updated, hands-on training class for users of  photoshop Elements! We will be using Photoshop Elements 6.0/7.0, an incredible program for working with your digital photographs. Bring your laptop computer (PC or Mac) with either Elements 6.0 or 7.0 installed (be
sure to bring an external mouse, mouse pad and your AC adapter too). This class features the best exercises from my Elements classes. We take you thru the process of optimizing your images, learning how to enhance
and correct your photos. Many more topics including the power of layers; retouching and restoring old photos are covered. We’ll also learn many creative and exciting techniques. Class includes an assistant to keep you on track. Steve will draw on his years of teaching Photoshop and show you many great secrets.   You receive a notebook and CD with the class images for later reference. You NEED to have a basic working understanding of Elements. Steve’s easy going style will have you up and running in no time.
Don’t miss it! After taking this class, you will say, “Wow!” . See www.weehawkenarts.org for more details.  Held at Ouray School, 5th ST & 7th Ave. One hour lunch, on your own.

Weehawken dance is sponsoring dance-a-grams that can be purchased as a fundraiser for $20. The girls are trying to raise money for a trip to Denver for a dance convention! We have 5 senior company members and 5 junior company members from Ouray, Ridgway and Montrose. Senior company Santas are Abby Purcell, Sydnee Kimmel, Natasha Hill, Conor Keenan. Junior company reindeer are Hunter Clapsadl, Mackenzie Gibbsm, Jordan Leo, Abigail Link, Nisha Sprowls. They dance their way around town to local businesses and restaurants. Dance-a-gram can be purchased for any occasion.

Steve and I were lucky enough to have our local dancers stop by and show off their talents. I must admit that I was a bit late in grabbing the camera and only captured a bit of the High Schoolers….