Adult and Community Education of Martha's Vineyard

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Adult and Community Education, and the Cultural Festival Planning Committee, many thanks to generous supporters of the fall Cultural Festival. Your generosity helped create an amazing evening celebrating Island diversity and culture and supports the new Winter/Spring ’12 catalog of courses now available online and in print December 15^th.

Special thanks: MCC/Local Cultural Council, Rudy Construction - Rodolfo Fernandez, P.O box 1440, VH http://web.me.com/mvrudyconstruction/MV/Home.html, Daniel Vignolo, Island Copper, Architectural Copper Flashing, Rubber Roofs, Gutters, Water Proofing, Kemper System, mvislandcopper.com, Billy Meleady, interior house painting 774-563-9205, Cape Air, Steamship Authority, The Yard, MVFF & Cinema Circus, Vineyard Gazette, Steve and Ellie Levine, Dr. Lorna Andrade; to Silent Auction contributors: African Artists' Community Development Project, A.E. Kirkpatrick, Above Ground Records, Alley's General Store, Almora Cosmetics, Dr. Lorna Andrade, Backwater Trading Co, Bayside Resort in West Yarmouth, The Beach House, Harvey John Beth photography, Bramhall & Dunn, Brickman's, Brush by Daisy Lifton, Bryn Walker, Cape Air, Celtic Ceramics Mad Potter Bill O'Callaghan, Center for Therapeutic Massage, Chrysal Parrot, Claire Murray, Claudia, Craftworks, Cronig's Market, DaRosa's, Donna Hoffman, East Chop Sleep Shop, Edgartown Cinemas, Educomp, Farm Neck Golf Club, The Frame Shop, Fresh Produce, FunHunters, Galadriel's Mirror, Inc, Shari Geistfeld, Glimpse of Tibet, Haitian Peace Quilt, Hy-Line Cruises, Island Alpaca, Island Entertainment, Island Fashion, Paul Karasik, Katy Did, L.A. Brown Photography, Laughing Bear, Washington Ledesma Pottery, Joanie Lelacheur jewelry, Maggie's Salon, The Mansion House, Menemsha Fish Market, Michael Ditchfield, MV Florist, MV Mac/PC Sales & Service, MV Shipyard, Myrtle Case Seamstress, MV Wedding Studio, Net Result, NRO, Our Market, the Peking Palace in Falmouth, Perceptions, Phillip's Hardware, Rainy Day, Rocco's Pizzaria, Sanctuary, Seniel's Circuit Style Salon, Sharky's/MV Chowder Co., Shiela Allen-Styles, Shirley's Hardware, Sioux Eagle, Something Nice from MV, Spanky's Clam Shack in Hyannis, Stop & Shop, Susan Strane, Third World Trading, Timeless, Tisbury Printer, Town Provision Company, The Toy Box, Traveling Tailor Studio/Workroom of Brookline, Vineyard Holiday Gift Shop/Vineyard Pottery, Vineyard Vines, The Yard, The Zion Heritage Museum in Hyannis.

Also many thanks to the following people who made the ACE Cultural Festival such fun. Thanks to Festival Committee members: Lorna Andrade, Harvey Beth, Sterling Bishop, Lynn Ditchfield, Shari Geistfeld, Katharine Kavanagh, Kelly McElhinney, India Rose, Susan Strane, JoAnna Sullivan; to the talented performers: Black Brook Singers: Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal members Christopher Belain, Thomas Fantasia, William Mayberry, Durwood Vanderhoop, Tobias Vanderhoop; Capoeira artists: Nilda Monteiro & Gunga’s group, Leandro Lemos Angola Capoeira group and guest African dancer “Cacao;” Cinema Circus films; Irish musicians Gregg Harcourt & Mary Wolverton & Billy Meleady; Jesse Keller of the Yard; Island Salsa with Saskia Vanderhoop: Kathleen Ebert, Michael Goldsmith, Janet Holladay, Annie Parr, Steven Schwab, Carlos Stevenson, David Vanderhoop, Nanauwe Vanderhoop; La Eskuelita Candombe of Boston; Corinne de Langavant; Sabrina Luening & Don Groover; R&B Entertainment Sterling Bishop & Donald Rose; Elizabeth Straton; Vineyard Bellydance & Revue: Rhonda Backus, Amy Fournier, Jamie O'Gorman, Sheila Rayyan, Betsy Smith, Pat Szucs; technology Chris Mara; to volunteers: Marie Araujo, Gary Cogley, Ronni Deluz, Nan Doty, Greg Hines, Julie Hitchings, Janet Holladay, Zen Hughes, Jakki Hunt, Jewel Middleton, Joyce Rickson, Alassane Sow; to food donations from: Chilmark Chocolates, Deon’s Restaurant and Danny Chang, Thai Food from Sai Mai at the Ritz in OB, Silly Prints, Something Sweet, Tropical Restaurant of VH, Vineyard Bottled Water, Vineyard Grocer; to local media for coverage: Yoojin Cho, Eleni, Whit Griswald, and Gwyn McAllister of the MV Times; Daniel Adams, Michelle Vivian and William Waterway of MVTV; local papers, town columns, calendars and radio stations.

FREE CHILDCARE for all Thursday evening ACE winter/spring '12 classes at MVRHS provided by the Martha's Vineyard Family Center of Community Services. Interested parents must pre-register for childcare after registering for the class by email: lynn@acemv.org or phone 774-310-1131 or 508 693 7900 ext 288. The number will be limited so call as soon as you have registered for your class to assure a spot.

WAYS TO REGISTER:

➊ Register now ONLINE at www.acemv.org

➋ Register by mail with checks to ACE MV for each class – forms and address online at www.acemv.org - mail check (separate one for each class) made out to ACE MV (name of class in memo) to: ACE MV c/o Ditchfield, 80 Chase Road, RR#1 Box 354, Edgartown, MA 02539

➌ Next session - winter/spring - Sprinter Session begins in January!

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO MAIL CHECKS A WEEK IN ADVANCE OF CLASS. There is a $10 late fee to sign up the day of the course and always a risk that a course may be too full or under-subscribed.

*Atria Restaurant, 137 Main Street, Edgartown, MA 508 627-5850, www.atriamv.com/

*Featherstone Center for the Arts, 480 Barnes Road, OB, 508 693 1850, www.featherstoneart.org/

*MVPCS (MV Public Charter School), 424 State Rd, WT, www.mvpcs.org

*MVRHS (MV Regional HS), 100 Edgartown Rd, OB, www.mvrhs.org

*McIntosh Motors, 519 W.Tisbury Rd., Edg., 508 627-8141

*OM of Motion, 505 State Road W. Tisbury, http://www.omofmotion.com