Youth & Teen Programs

YOUTH & TEEN

Please enroll early. Whether or not a class runs is determined within 24 hours prior to the start of the class/activity. All classes/activities have minimum and maximum enrollment limits.

NC = No class. • = residents only • We require all youth participants to be escorted into their programs by an adult R

Food Explorers

Join Food Explorers for a morning of holiday recipes!

You’ll learn how to make a tasty Peppermint Bark Dip and Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberry Santas, plus you’ll play some fun games and activities about food. Each child will make their own individual portion. All recipes are nut free but do contain dairy.

Tuesday, December 28th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Grades 2-5 Resident fee: $44 Non-resident fee: $49

Join Food Explorers for some winter cooking!

You’ll make warm and delicious Banana Bread Cake Pops (with chocolate chips, of course!) and Broccoli Cheese Quesadillas for lunch, plus you’ll play some fun games and activities about food. Each child will make their own individual portion. All recipes are nut free but do contain dairy

Thursday, February 17th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Grades 2-5 Resident fee: $44 Non-resident fee: $49

Join Food Explorers to create some famous Tik Tok recipes!

Have you ever heard of Apple Pie Quesadillas or Pancake Cereal? We’re making both in this class, as well as learning all about food. Each child will make their own individual portion. All recipes are nut free but do contain dairy.

Tuesday, March 15th from 9 a.m.– 12 p.m. Grades 2-5 Resident fee: $44 Non-resident fee: $49 Learn to Skate Program Learn to Skate is a beginning ice skating program that is challenging and rewarding - but most of all, fun. Participation in the program will enable beginning skaters of all ages and abilities to learn the fundamentals of ice skating while teaching them the necessary skills that are used for their further skating advancement. Skate Rentals available for an additional $10 for each 4 week session, you must provide your own helmet.

Fridays, 6:40 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. December 3, 10 and 17* January 7, 14, 21 and 28 February 4, 11, 18 and 25 March 4, 11, 18 and 25 Residents: $80 Non-residents: $90 *December fee (3 classes): $65/$75 Location: South Windsor Arena Instructor: South Windsor Arena Staff

Abrakadoodle’s Doodle Art Studio

Virtual or In Person Options

We experience art from the tops of our heads to the tips of our toes. We learn about Israeli artist Gil Sadeh who creates lip, eye and nose sculptures. We'll use Model Magic to create a mouth with expression! The work of fingerprint artist Chuck Close will be explored while we create interesting landscapes using our hands and fingertips. Hands, feet, forearms, lips and even bones help us learn about a variety of artistic styles and create an interesting body of art!!!

Thursdays January 6th – February 10th Twoosy: 9:30am Mini Doodler: 10:30am Doodler: 4:15pm

Resident: $75 Non-resident: $85

All Supplies are included

Jukido Jujitsu (Ages 6+) Jukido is a traditional Japanese Jujitsu class teaching realistic self-defense. The techniques that a student will learn includes throws, takedowns, arm locks, pressure points and strikes. Jukido stresses the seven codes of bushido: justice, courage, benevolence, politeness, truth, honor and loyalty. Safety and doing one's best are always emphasized in class. Trial classes are available and uniforms are not mandatory. For more information, please visit the IKA website www.kokondo.org

Wednesdays 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm December – March Location: Wapping Activity room 37 Instructor: Paul Ward Residents: $30 Non-residents: $35

Sundays 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. December – March (n/c 12/26) Location: Wapping Parks & Recreation Facility Gym Instructor: Paul Ward Residents: $30/ month Non-residents: $35/ month

More programs are available teenagers 15+ in the Adult section. Abrakadoodle: Castles to Cartoons!

Virtual or In Person Options

Castles to cartoons and lots of fun in between. Learn about the use of real gold in manuscript illumination during the Middle Ages. Zoom forward six hundred years to the present and practice creating cartoon drawings like professional animators such as Azulejos. Ikebana sculptures take us from Portugal to Japan. Try a hand at stippling flowers and designing a logo with our names.

Thursdays February 24th – March 31st Twoosy: 9:30am Mini Doodler: 10:30am Doodler: 4:15pm Resident: $75 Non-resident: $85 All supplies are included

Children’s Musical – Tut,Tut!

(Ages 7-12)

TUT, TUT! is inspired by the life of “King Tut” (the 10-year old who became King of Egypt) with a touch of Mark Twain’s “The Prince and the Pauper”. The story begins with a young Prince Tut who is bored of the royal life, so he wanders into the streets of the city looking for adventure. Suddenly he meets a peasant who looks just like him! They concoct a plan to trade places for three days. But when the King dies and Prince Tut must ascend the throne, their plan goes terribly awry.

This year we plan to perform live! (If circumstances change, the performance will be live-streamed and recorded). Visit www.ctperformingarts.com or email support@ctperformingarts.com for more info.

CASTING SESSIONS:

12/10, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 12/11, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 12/14, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 1/5 – 3/31 (NC 2/17) Dress Rehearsals: Friday, 3/25, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday, 3/26, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 4/2, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Thursday, 4/7, 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, 4/8, 7:00 p.m. & Saturday, 4/9, 7:00 p.m. Fee: $200 Location: CT Performing Arts Center (869 Sullivan Ave, Suite 9) *Dress Rehearsals and performances to be held at Timothy Edwards Middle School (100 Arnold Way) Instructors: CT Performing Arts Center Staff