Before the accident, Sam was VERY active

Hip hop course teacher Sam Cawthorn, has been dancing since he was a “little kid” and has been professionally taught in hip hop and free styling.

Hip hop, salsa, sushi and sea kayaking are on offer in the State’s first summer Adult Education programme aimed at 16 to 25-year-olds.

Adult Education regional manager and Get Out! Programme coordinator Lynn Jarvis said that Adult Ed courses were traditionally popular with people aged over 30.

The two-week January programme in the North is a pilot with 12 courses aimed at a younger audience.

“We picked things that we thought would be of interest to them, such as hip hop and designing Web pages,” Ms Jarvis said.

“We’ve never really targeted this age group specifically.”

Ms Jarvis said that young people tended to see learning as something that happened in a formal classroom environment.

“Learning’s lots of other things as well,” she said.

Hip hop course teacher Sam Cawthorn, 24, has been dancing since he was a “little kid” and has been professionally taught in hip hop and freestyling.

He said that hip hop had become popular because of the freedom it allowed dancers.

“People are really wanting to dance properly and dance to impress,” he said.

“They will be learning rhythm; I’ll be requiring them to bring a lot of energy; they’ll be learning things about flexibility and keeping in time.

“It’s all about having fun in a positive atmosphere.”

Instructor Phil Barratt has been sea kayaking for 10 years and the two-day course will include a day training on the Trevallyn Dam and a day at Badger Head.

Courses will also be run in the mountain biking, producing music CDs, funky food fast, rock climbing, hair colouring basics, juggling and circus skills and nail art basics.