Summer program registration to begin

By Melissa Muntz
Community Reporter

Shrewsbury - Registration for the Parks and Recreation Summer Program will begin Saturday May 10 at 8 a.m.

Adult programs offered this season include golf lessons, Jazzercise and tennis lessons.

New for summer is Adult Recreational Sculling, which will take place at the Donahue Rowing Center under the direction of WPI Women’s Rowing Team head coach Jason Steele.

Different sessions will be held for beginner, intermediate and advanced rowers, and the program requires that all participants be able to swim.

Teens will have access to beginner and intermediate tennis lessons, volleyball lessons,  the Babysitter’s Training Course and Learn-To-Row, which offers  beginner, intermediate, and advanced Sweep Rowing as well as Intro to Sculling.

Youth Programs for summer include daytime or evening tennis lessons, the Rich Gedman Baseball Clinic, a basketball clinic hosted by Quinsigamond Community College girls head coach Lars Farnham and assistant coach Najee Muhammad.

Summer golf classes, fourthand fifth-grade basketball, and sixth- through eighth-grade basketball will also be offered.

A PlaySoccer Tots Clinic will be open to kids 4 to 6, and will teach children the simple skills needed to play in a non-competitve setting.

Tots Summer Fun includes daily arts and crafts projects,  story time, games, and outdoor time.

Summer swimming lessons are available for all residents 3 and older, and will be held at the Sunset Beach Club at Lake Quinsigamond.

Children can attend a series of Friday Fun Trips, which will include trips to the New England Aquarium, Southwick’s Zoo, Canobie Lake Amusement Park and the Boston Science Museum. The cost of each tripis $30 per child.

There are also several single-day events that will be held this summer.

Kid’s Equipment Day will be held Saturday May 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the South Street Municipal Garage.

The Shrewsbury Community Summer Concert Band will perform at the Dean Park Bandstand Wednesday July 9 and Wednesday July 23 at 7 p.m.

The Fourth of July Community Day will be held at Dean Park from 12 to 4 p.m. and will include food, a doll and carriage parade, a disc jockey, a game show, and inflatable games for kids.

There is a town-organized trip to Nantucket planned for Saturday Aug. 2. A bus leaving Shrewsbury at 7 a.m. will deliver people to Hyannis, where they will hop the ferry to the island. The trip will allow for shopping, exploration of the island’s art galleries and beaches before returning back to Hyannis at 4 p.m., arriving in Shrewsbury by 7:30. The cost of the trip is $64 for residents, $74 for nonresidents. Children under 18 are allowed with parents only.

Tennis permits may be purchased for $30, which allows you to reserve 90-minute play periods at Dean Park. The courts will remain open to the public free of charge, as space is available; however these players must yield to permit holders.

Permit holders may reserve space online; however, only two reservations may be open at any given time. There is a limit of one permit per family, and only one playing time per day may be scheduled.

Any one who donates to a summer scholarship fund will be entered to win a chance for early registration. A $5 donation will purchase two chances and a $10 donation will purchase five chances.

Winners will be announced Tuesday May 6, and will be able to register prior to May 10.