Badminton And Music Events‏

Smashville Arts and Badminton, Grand Opening Music, Dance, Food and of course Badminton After 2 years of renovation, we are pleased to announce our 3 court badminton center is open. We want to celebrate with you!We’ll have a stage with Eric and Lynn Miller and friends playing live music, lots of space to dance and of course we’ll play badminton. Saturday, March 12 310 E. High Street, Pottstown PA 3rd floor 5pm Contribution: $20. or Bring a potluck $10.

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Music for People Satellite Workshop Facilitated by Lynn Miller, Mary Knysh and Ron Kravitz Have an adventure in exploring improvisation music at Ron’s studio. He has an array of fun percussion instruments from around the world and back again. Of course bring your own instrument. We invite all styles of music, all instruments and all levels of experience. Through simple structures we will play music in the moment, and develop skills in playing authentically from the heart.  Join us, it’s fun!! This workshop is an opportunity to work with faculty from Music for People in a small intimate setting. (limited to 19). Saturday, March 19, 2016 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. $80.00/workshop registration by 3/13 / $10.00 for show $110.00 / workshop after 3/13 / $20 for show 1012 E Southampton Ave. Wyndmoor, Pa 19038 There will be a concert afterward, Ron’s Underground -an eclectic performance by Music for People staff and friends.

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Saturday, March 19, 2016 7 – 7:50 pm Community Drum Circle & Potluck 8 – 9:30 pm Show Ron’s basement is transformed into a theater that seats about 70 people. A pre-concert jam session and potluck brings the community together to make music, and get to know the performers. featuring Lynn Miller – vocals, guitar, zen harp Lesley Tao Mowat – guitar, ukulele, percussion Mary Knysh – flutes, percussion Michael London – guitar, vocals Mostafa Mouhib – percussion Ron Kravitz – percussion, vocals 1012 E Southampton Ave. Wyndmoor, Pa 19038 Suggested donation: $20. at the door

Music for People Satellite SpiritArts, Transformation through music and dance Improvisation   May 20-22 2016 Eric and Lynn Miller welcome you to their studios. Friday and Sunday the topic will be music and well being. Participants will experience Lynn’s sound-bed (massage table with 50 strings underneath). Saturday, Eric invites you to his new 3,000 square foot facility lots of room for music & movement including celebration Sat night! 7pm Friday-(wine and cheese reception)- Healing Arts Studio-Soundbed 10-5pm Sat.-Smashville, Music for People forms and recording- lot’s of playing! 7-9pm Music and dance celebration (community invited to dance) Sunday 10-1pm Sound Healing techniques-Healing Arts studio location: Smashville-Pottstown, PA /Healing Arts Studio, Phoenixville, PA $89.00/workshop registration by 5/06 $99.00 / workshop after 5/03     includes entire weekend! $20 Saturday night Community dance only  *   $40. Sunday Sound Healing only register at SpiritArts.us

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MCCC Pilot ‘Start-Up Accelerator Fund’ Provides Cash Awards For Aspiring Entrepreneurs‏

Blue Bell, Pa.—This spring, the Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) Foundation and the College’s Division of Business and Entrepreneurial Initiatives will pilot an exciting program designed to support and mentor aspiring entrepreneurs.

The Karen A. Stout Start-Up Accelerator Fund, named after MCCC President Emerita Karen Stout, will allow qualifying entrepreneurs to compete for cash awards to help them launch or grow their business ventures. The pilot is funded by a generous, anonymous donation up to $100,000, which will be used to fund cash awards in May and October.

“The Start-Up Accelerator Fund is designed to assist those entrepreneurs who are ready to launch their ventures, but who don’t have viable access to other funding sources,” explained Philip Needles, interim vice president of student affairs, who is overseeing the program. “It’s open to all entrepreneurs in the region, and we especially invite military veterans and participants from MCCC’s Women-Owned Business Network and Certificate in Entrepreneurship program to apply.”

Interested entrepreneurs should submit their business plans online at mc3.edu/startup by March 30, 2016. Qualifying applicants will then be invited pitch their business concepts to a review team at MCCC’s Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, in May.

Select entrepreneurs will be awarded between $1,000 and $20,000 to help launch their business ventures. Those recipients will work with MCCC’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and community mentors to set key milestones and deliverables and to monitor progress and outcomes.

MCCC will offer second round of funding in October to complete the pilot year. For information, visit mc3.edu/startup.

MCCC Offers Hybrid Anesthesia Course For Certified Dental Hygienists‏

Blue Bell, Pa.—This spring, the Dental Hygiene program at Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) will offer a hybrid course to train licensed dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia.

The course, “Local Anesthesia for Dental Hygienists,” begins March 25. It is approved for dental hygienists licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey per each state’s Board of Dentistry.

According to Jenny Sheaffer, director of Dental Hygiene at MCCC, the anesthesia course benefits practicing dental hygienists in their current jobs and better positions them for the future.

“Being able to administer anesthesia increases the scope of practice for a dental hygienist and enables dental offices to be more efficient,” explained Sheaffer. “Dental hygienists who obtain their local anesthesia certification will continue to be competitive in the job market, since dental hygiene programs currently include this course as part the curriculum.”

The 33-hour hybrid course includes six online modules and three laboratory sessions in Blue Bell. Online topics include anatomy, mechanism of action, local anesthetic agents and vasoconstrictors, patient evaluation, local and systemic effects, complications and reversal agents.

During the clinical sessions, which are held in the Dental Hygiene Clinic at MCCC’s Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, participants will perform safe and effective local anesthesia administration on clinical partners under the supervision of certified faculty and a licensed dentist.

To enroll in this course, students must have basic computer skills and must provide proof of liability insurance and copies of their dental hygiene license and their current CPR certification.

For more information, call 215-641-6623 or email jsheaffe@mc3.edu.

MCCC’s Dental Hygiene Program is an accredited, 70-credit hour Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) program that prepares students to perform dental hygiene procedures in a variety of dental hygiene practice settings. Graduates are also prepared to transfer to a four-year institution to continue their studies. To learn more, visit http://www.mc3.edu/academics and select Areas of Study, Health Sciences, then Dental Hygiene.