Instructor/Guitarist Richard Hawthorne Lives His Dream—and Shares It

Our Guitar Instructor, Richard Hawthorne, was recently featured in an article in the Santa Clara Weekly:

What kid hasn't dreamed of playing the guitar?

Richard Hawthorne has been playing and teaching guitar in Santa Clara since 1991, living his boyhood dream. He is a Navy brat from Hawaii who has loved the guitar since he was eight and learned to play on a Sears guitar his parents bought him. After studying music at the University of Hawaii, he played in local bands that gigged around Oahu before coming to the mainland.

"I just love to play the guitar, and I've never lost the passion to be a better player and share my love for guitar with my students. I've explored many styles," says Hawthorne, who teaches everything from acoustic finger style to blues and rock on the electric guitar. Read the full article...

Rich will teach a beginning acoustic guitar course through Foothill-De Anza Community Education beginning in February. Students will be able to register online at the start of January.

Real Estate Instructor Hosts Long -Running Cable Access Show

Instructor, Pat Kapowich, hosts a real estate education show where he delves into the intricacies of real estate transactions with an attorney. He also teaches two real estate courses through our program in a similar format on a quarterly basis. These courses are Managing Risk: 21 Thing You Wish Your Real Estate Broker Had Told You and Buying & Selling Distressed Properties.

Join us for Pat's next course on Saturday, November 13th with Real Estate Attorney, Peter Brewer - Here's a taste of what students will learn:  Only prepared buyers and sellers should enter into transactions involving distressed properties. Short sales, pre-foreclosures and foreclosures are fraught with potential missteps and ramifications that are normally not found in an already stressful situation ~ the buying or selling of a home. Banks have become more aggressive toward buyers, sellers and their representative. Learning all sides of a transaction is paramount when negotiating, especially when the banks have loss mitigation departments that are overwhelmed and/or ill prepared. 

View a sample of Pat's show - Kapowich on Real Estate: