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COWAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Cowan Center for the Arts and Training Center
303 Montgomery St.
Cowan, TN 37318
931 962-2356
www.cowancenterforthearts.org

LECTURES in THEATER

Winchester History Comes to Cowan
Cowan Center for the Arts will host a History of Winchester presentation on Sunday, April 25th at 5:00 p.m.
Mrs. Joy Gallagher, a Winchester resident and historian will provide a slide presentation revealing the history and character of some of Winchester's most noteworthy buildings, houses and landmarks. She will also explain how the city was founded as the seat of Franklin County government.

CIVIL WAR LECTURE
Please join us at the Cowan Center for the Arts for a Civil War History Lecture given by Dr. Michael Bradley on Sunday, MAY 23rd, 5:00 p.m.
Michael R. Bradley is a native of the Tennessee-Alabama state line region near Fayetteville, Tennessee. He attended Samford University for his B. A., took a Masters of Divinity at New Orleans Seminary, and a M. A. and the Ph. D. from Vanderbilt University, graduating there in 1970.
For thirty six years Dr. Bradley taught United States History at Motlow College, a Tennessee Board of Regents junior college near Tullahoma. He retired in May 2006.
He has been pastor of two Presbyterian churches in Middle Tennessee, LaVergne Presbyterian from 1968 to 1976 and Clifton Presbyterian from 1977 to 2006. He served as Interim Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Manchester from January 2007 until June 2008.
During his teaching career Dr. Bradley received a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant and a National Sciences Foundation Grant. He also was made a Fellow of Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Bradley is the author of several books on the War Between the States period including Tullahoma: The 1863 Campaign; With Blood and Fire: Behind Union Lines in Middle Tennessee; Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Escort & Staff in War and Peace; It Happened in the Civil War; and Home Fires in the Line of Fire, published as part of an anthology titled Sister States/Enemy States about the war in Tennessee and Kentucky. Two recent articles have been published in North & South magazine; “Death Lists in Middle Tennessee,” and “In the Crosshairs: Confederate Civilians Targeted for Death by the United States Army.” He also writes on other topics including the Revolutionary War, the Great Smoky Mountains, and historical stories. Dr. Bradley has written for various reference works, including The Civil Rights Encyclopedia and The Tennessee Encyclopedia, and Sports Encyclopedia. Dr. Bradley continues to research and write on Civil War history. His current projects are a biography of David C. Kelley, a prominent Methodist minister who was a Colonel under Bedford Forrest, and a proposed volume which will give a short history of each regiment and artillery battery which served under Bedford Forrest.

Classes in Training Center

Chinese Language Class
Instructor – Amanda Wu
The Chinese language class is for beginners and will begin May 4th. You will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00am to 11:30am.
The class includes speaking (standard pronunciation / 5 level sounds), listening, easy conversation and basic writing.
Class fee $60.00 per person for 8 classes
To register for class or for more information call Amanda at 931-691-4401 or send email

CLOGGING – Virginia Sawyer and Ashlie Wells - instructors
Monday, MAY 3rd, class time 5:00pm-8:00pm
*Beginner* - The first hour of class is for beginners (child or adult). In this class you will be taught the 8 basic steps of clogging. Class fee $20.00 (4 weeks) paid with registration. This is an ongoing class with new students joining monthly.
*Intermediate* - The last half of class is for child or adult who know the 8 basic steps of clogging. Class fee $20.00 (4 weeks) paid with registration. This is an ongoing class with new students joining monthly. For information call Virginia 967-7519.

WATERCOLOR – NEW CLASS - Pat Underwood – instructor
THURSDAY, MAY 6th, 9:00 am - noon
Students will start from the beginning. You will learn about color, (primary, secondary, intermediate, tint, shade, and complimentary). During the 4 weeks we will cover materials, color mixing, composition, wet on wet, vignette, greeting cards, monochromatic, abstract, still
life, and more.
Class fee $40.00 (4 weeks) paid with registration. Call 962-2356 for a supply list.

For information about classes or if you would like to teach a class please call 931 962-2356

COMING SOON…
JUNIOR SCHOLARS ACADEMY begins JUNE 8th
PASTEL CLASS - Paula Ford
JEWELRY WIRE WRAPING – Amelia Roehm, instructor
BLACKSMITH WORKSHOP – KEN GOULD and BRUCE

For more information, please contact Pat Underwood at 931 962-2356