Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Summit County Events This Week

Free Bike Fitting/Injury Prevention Seminar tonight at 5 in Frisco

Learn how to prevent common orthopaedic injuries with proper bike fitting at a seminar at 5 tonight at Avalanche Physical Therapy, 360 Peak One Drive, Suite 190 in Frisco. Bring pencil and paper, but no bikes. Presented by Dr. Paul Abbott of Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Erin Kneedler Jones, DPT of Avalanche Physical Therapy. Free to the public.

Summit Foundation seeks volunteers for golf tourney

The Summit Foundation is seeking volunteers for its annual Grand Lodge on Peak 7 Golf Tournament. Proceeds directly benefit the foundation and help the foundation continue its contributions to the community. The tournament will be held on June 12 at the Breckenridge

Golf Club. Most volunteer opportunities will be available all-day long. If interested, contact Jennifer Stein by calling (970) 453-5970 or emailing Jennifer@summitfoundation.org.

The Summit Community Orchestra presents summer music camps

Scale the Summit Exploration music camp is a four-day, hands-on exploratory of the flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin and harp. Students will learn the basic playing positions, fingerings and simple songs for each of these instruments. This session runs June 13-16 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Warren Station in Keystone and is under the guidance of Don Hilsberg, a veteran music educator. For more info, call Janet Harriman at (970) 468-0110

New this summer is Guitars on the Summit. This camp will be accepting guitar students to work on technique, improvisation and song-writing skills with legendary folk/rock guitarist Willy Porter. This session runs July 25-29. Scale the Summit Chamber music camp is for kids of all ages and abilities is open to strings, woodwinds, piano, guitar and harp. There will be two sessions July 25-29 and Aug 1-6. This camp will teach students about instrumental and ensemble playing, listening and leadership skills under the guidance of Chas Wetherbee, Keystone resident and first violin of the Carpe Diem String Quartet.

Summit Concert Band has opening for new musicians

The band is a community-based group focused on providing quality entertainment at events throughout Summit and the central mountain region. Visitors and part-time residents, as well as full-time residents of the area are welcome to participate in rehearsals and concerts. The band rehearses on most Thursdays from 7-9 p.m.; rehearsal location is normally the SHS band room. For more info, visit http://www.summitconcertband.org/ or send an email to info@summitconcertband.org.

SPA looking for volunteers to sell produce

Summit Prevention Alliance is looking for volunteers to sell produce that it is growing. In exchange for your three-hour commitment, we will provide you with produce. We need help on Mondays from noon to 2 p.m. at the Dillon Thrift and Treasure, Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m. at Dillon Valley Elementary and Wednesdays at the community and senior center from noon to 2 p.m. If interested, contact Jannine at (970) 453-9333 until June 1, after 6/1 call (970) 668-2077.

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