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August 2006 Diary! |
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Monday, July 31 (first day of August
camp is in July?)
Tuesday, Aug. 1 Wednesday, Aug. 2
Thursday, Aug. 3
Of course, more water games (I admit, this photo was staged by the girls!) Friday, Aug. 4
Monday, Aug. 7
Tuesday, Aug. 8 W Wednesday, Aug. 9
Tomorrow: costume parade and two dress rehearsals! 8 a.m. Yoga is at the Prana Center. Thursday, Aug. 10
Showtime tomorrow 1:30. Doors open 1:15. Can't wait!
Friday, Aug. 11
Showtime!
Great job, everyone! We got rave reviews! See you for
Pirates of Penzance in October! Show photos, August 11, 2006, Holliston Middle School
August staff: Camp Director: Roberta Weiner
Assistant Camp Director: Drew Madden Senior Counselors: Sarah Bassett, Alisha Morana, Emily Powers, Julia Auster, Joe Sirianni, Katie Raabe, Kim Foskett Junior Counselors/CITs: Laura Baker, Phil Bassett, Erik Bachrach, Leah Rubin, Renee Signore, Carol Emerson, Ben Rayner, Andrea Weidknecht Tech Counselors: Dan Doane, Kelsey KokKennan
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First day of camp! Great to see everyone and meet new friends!
We're thrilled to have musician Sharon Broadlee-Martin, a Berklee School
of Music professor, helping us teach the music this year. Sharon
worked with tie-dye, red, pink, blue and orange on vocal technique and breathwork.
The wonderful Joanne Hines returns as accompanist. Everyone tie-dyed, read their plays and played acting
games! An impromptu relaxation at the end of the day for purple and
red with Roberta 
Water games and
singing and dancing in the A/C to cool down! Most groups had
auditions and everyone got a great part. Drew led a fun dance
workshop where groups made up their own dances to Broadway songs, and then
presented for each other. (see photo)
We managed to beat the heat!
Choreographer Mike B. worked with tie-dye and red. Campers from
green, purple and red (and yellow boys) auditioned for solos in the full
camp song (other campers have solos in their own groups). We picked
solos and then blocked out the full camp song. Lots of water games!
(yellow group, photo)
Blocking has begun and some groups
are fully blocked! (Actors learning where to stand and move on stage
for their scene.) Mike B. was back and the dancers are looking hot!
Sharon and Joanne have been busy adapting music for the children's voices
and adding in harmonies and featured parts. 
What
a fun first week of camp! We ended the day with partner massage led
by Suzanne and sharing our favorite moments of the week. Earlier,
Sharon and Joanne worked with pink, yellow, tie-dye, red, orange,
blue and full camp soloists. All the groups worked hard on their
scenes and songs. Guest teacher Ellen Freedman taught a mask-making
and acting workshop to green, purple, pink and yellow (see photo).
Julia led a choreography workshop and Katie led write-your-own-scene!
Have a great weekend and see you Monday!
The
full camp got together this morning and the big number is lookin' good!
After pouring rain this morning, lunchtime was beautiful in the church's
lovely backyard - here's a little after-lunch photo. Our featured
dancers worked with the choreographer today and harmony singers and
soloists just keep getting better. Tech campers joined us today!
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ran and worked the entire show today! Orange and blue made a crazy
fun substance out of corn starch, water and food dye! One camper (no
kidding) said of the project "this is the most fun thing I've ever done in
my entire life!" so that sounds like a huge success. Run-throughs
ended at 2, and Mike B. came in for some dancing and Roberta did yoga with
blue and orange at the end of the day. Joanne and
Roberta did an audition workshop for Pirates of Penzance and about 20
campers attended, learning two songs. The rest of the camp did an
outdoor sing-along.
After a quick dance rehearsal, we
ran straight through the entire show today - everyone did a great job!
Tech campers took notes on lighting, sound effects, props and costumes.
Today was our last day at the church - off to the middle school tomorrow
and Friday. Roberta did partner yoga with everyone this afternoon,
divided into two sessions. One session also did a "conscious
listening" exercise and shared their thoughts after. 
Two dress rehearsals in one
day! This picture says it all (our accompanist, Joanne, the only one
on the job every second of the day!)
