Johnson Hall

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Summer Shenanigans Visual and Performing Arts Camp at Johnson Hall Summer 2010 Schedule and new age groupings: (For registration brochure, click here .) Session I, June 28-July 2, is a half-day, 9 am-noon, for kids entering grades K-1. Session II, July 12-16, 9 am-4 pm, for kids entering grades 2-4. Session III, July 19-23, 9 am-4 pm, for kids entering grades 5-6. Session IV, July 26-30, 9 am-4 pm, for kids entering grades 7-9. Teen Job Application form click here Summer Shenanigans is an unusual theater and art camp, because kids create and perform a play, from A to Z, based on their own ideas. ANYTHING can happen when they create a play! At the beginning of the week, they decide what character they want to be, and they develop the locations and plot as a group. They learn how to make the audience believe they're someone else: travelers from another country, a flying asteroid, a slippery shadow or maybe a giant grasshopper! They learn stage directions and acting techniques, and they make their own props, costumes, and sets. At the end of the week, campers' family and friends come and watch the performance, which is sure to be fun and amazing! Summer Shenanigans Visual and Performing Arts Day Camp incorporates both the visual and the performing arts. Our staff is made up of artists and performers experienced in teaching children of all ages. Our goal is to provide developmentally- appropriate, stimulating artistic experiences that are FUN! Performing Arts instruction will incorporate character building, improvisation, creative movement and story-telling skills. Visual arts instruction will include a variety of possible media, ranging from painting through clay sculpture, fiber art, print or mask making, simple set and props construction. What is a week at Summer Shenanigans like? Campers spend their time with a minimum of two adult staff members and one teen intern at all times. On the first morning of each session, the Performing Arts Instructors will use structured, age-appropriate activities to help the campers use their imagination to develop a story they can tell together through performance. The Visual Arts Instructors will join the group during the morning to help decide which media and activities will match the play that has been born. From then on, instructors and campers will spend half of each day on performing arts, half on visual arts. On Friday, they present a show for parents and also have artwork to take home. Campers need to provide their own bag lunches for sessions II, III, and IV and a snack for Session I. To get some fresh air, campers spend time outside in the mini-park next to Johnson Hall, and also occasionally go to the Common or the riverfront. They visit the Gardiner Public Library to learn how to use the library and to get resources for developing their characters and ideas for sets and costumes. Tuition is charged for this day camp. Scholarships are available, sponsored by Bank of America. STAFF Kathleen Nation, Theater Director, Sessions 2-4 and Upstage Youth Company Kathleen trained at USM, Roehampton Institute in London, New Playwright's Theater in Denver and Orange Coast College in California.

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