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August 2005 Camp Diary! |
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The whole camp at Holliston Middle School, Aug. 19, 2005. Thanks for another great year, everyone!
Monday, August 8
Tuesday, August 9
Thursday, August 11
Friday, August 12
Monday, August 15
Tuesday, August 16
Wednesday, August 17
Thursday, August 18
Friday, August 19
Congratulations! Everyone did a fantastic job! See you next year!
August 2005 staff: Camp Director: Roberta Weiner Senior Counselors: Laura Steele, Sarah Bassett, Emily Powers, Alisha Morana, Emma Madden, Julia Auster, Katie Raabe Junior Counselors/CITs: Dan Doane, Phil Bassett, Renee Signore, Laura Baker, Leah Rubin, Samantha Glynn, Suzanne Trainor, Nicole Smalley, Ben Rayner
Drew Madden,
tech director and director of counselor training
Check out August 2004 Camp Diary!
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First
day - So many great reunions and meeting new campers! Our
accompanist Joanne Hines, a popular Holliston piano teacher, spent the
morning teaching our show songs to all the groups. Each group also
enjoyed tie-dying, acting games, dress-up and skits, and outdoor lunch and
activities! Roberta taught yoga to red, green and purple. A
full camp guided relaxation by Roberta ended the day. 
All shows are cast! We think everyone got a great
part and is going to be terrific! Roberta blocked Do a Dear today
with Blue and Orange and they learned that putting on a play isn't as easy
as it looks! They did a fantastic job learning where to stand or sit, when
to move, and how to do it all so it looks natural and easy. Dayna
costumed the Green and Purple group and wait until you see those Pirates!
Our special guest teacher Tera Binding, an adult Prana Center student
recently certified in the YogaKids program, taught two yoga classes
(Blue/Orange and Yellow/Pink). Roberta keeps adding more dance moves
to Bye Bye Birdie and Red and Tie-Dye and the purple boys are up to the
challenge. Lots of water fun & games with Sarah & Phil.
Roberta
and Joanne cast the solos and duets for our Mary Poppins and Pirates of
Penzance groups (Yellow, Pink, Green and Purple). Everyone who tried out
got a part. We gave campers feedback on their projection and volume.
Speaking of projection, special guest teacher Sharon Broadley-Martin, a
Berklee School of Music Professor (who also happens to be mom of two
campers, not to mention the model in Prana's "Breathe" yoga video!) taught
voice projection techniques to Green, Purple and Tie-Die. Roberta
ran a meditation workshop for Pink, Green, Purple, Red & TD. Laura,
Laura & Drew solved some tricky choreography problems for our Bye Bye
Birdie featured dancers! And Phil taught the Red Group how to fall!
Sarah, Emily & Dan got soaking wet as usual! Dayna finished
costuming all the groups -- there are nearly 100 costumes in all!
Twenty
campers went through rigorous singing and dancing auditions for our full
camp song with Roberta, Joanne, Sarah and Suzanne! They did a great job
and all received a part and got feedback on their audition. Other
campers chose one of four fun workshops: Improv with Laura, Laura & Emma,
Acting Games with Julia, Phil & Leah, Hula Hoop Games with Alisha, Dan &
Ben, or Freeze Tag & Races with Emily, Nicole & Renee! After lunch, the
full camp practiced the song together -- great job everyone! It's been a
great week - see you Monday!
A
great rehearsal with our featured dancers for There's No Business!
(picture, left), as well as soloists. We worked on choreography for
Supercali. & With Catlike Tread. Renee & Suzanne taught yoga to blue,
orange and pink. We welcomed back counselor Joe Sirianni (from last
year), who is
joining us for the week. Joe is filling in with the pink group, as well as
helping with the musical numbers. Laura & Laura helped the Red group (and
purple boys) perfect "The Jerk" (it has to be seen to be believed!)
Just two more days at the church; then we move to the middle school!
We
ran through the entire show and everyone did a great job! Green,
Purple and TD took With Catlike Tread up to a whole new level! We
worked on projection, enunciation, facing the audience (!) and remembering
to stay in character even when you are not talking (much harder than it
looks!) Here's a photo of a few of our Mary Poppins cast!
Our
last day at the church! We had a great run-through in the morning with
Joanne. After a beautiful lunch in the leafy backyard of the church,
Roberta spent most of the afternoon with Yellow and Pink and Laura worked
with Green -- tweaking and improving. Everyone is doing great!
At the end of the day, Purple and some of Orange decided to get soaking
wet while the rest of the camp enjoyed a guided relaxation/visualization
led by Roberta. Here's Joanne at the piano!
Moving
into the middle school! Dress rehearsals all day (breaking for
lunch!). Everyone is doing great! Here are some of the
Pirates! We had fun doing yoga at the Prana Center this morning. 
Show
time! 
