Summer 2008
Programs - Ages 9 to 13
Schedule of Workshops
Prices vary from $190 to $ 200 per week
All Camps M-F 9am to 3pm
with Extended Day available
Schedule of Workshops
Prices vary from $190 to $ 200 per week
with Extended Day available
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Workshops
Acoustic Adventure Chris Becom Sessions 4&5 • July 7-18* Ages 10-13 $400 per workshop
*two-week session
Find out how bluegrass and the folk tradition started in Appalachia. Find out why Raleigh is a “metal” town and Chapel Hill was known for “grunge” before there was a Seattle? Make the first steps to continuing the music tradition and becoming part of a new folklore. We’ll work with rock music, fiddle music, African percussion, etc. Musicians can create unique sounds with acoustic instruments and voice. We’ll include harmonica, conga drum, and banjo. Musical experience is welcomed but not a requirement.
Clothing Collage Jean Cerasani Session 7 • July 28-Aug. 1 FULL Ages 10-13 $195 per week
Ransack your closet or the thrift shop to find specialty garments, or take your favorite jeans and a T-shirt and transform them into a work of Art to Wear. Express YOURSELF artistically. We will use paints, dyes, needle and thread, anything to create an expressive piece of art that can be worn. Campers will contemplate who they are or wish to be and devise ways to express themselves through their wearable art. We will add a hat and stage a fashion show at the end of camp. This camp is an excellent way to gain the rudiments of costume making for theater and dance or to personalize your own clothing and make a statement.
Comic Design Jamie Charles Sessions 1-6 • June 16-July 25 (weekly) Ages 10-13 Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Few openings $195 per workshop
Are you addicted to comics? Do you doodle in class? Want to try your hand at creating your own comic book characters and stories? You need to bring creativity, imagination, motivation and a bit of discipline, along with the ability to put pencil to paper. You exchange ideas, receive input, and work on technique with a professional comic artist. We also have time for basketball, games, and Capture the Flag. Bring pencils, erasers, and favorite drawing pens (or we’ll provide them). Campers can take one session or multiple sessions.
CyberTech Antwanna Pegues Session 1 • June 16-20 4 spaces Ages 9-11 Session 8 • August 4-8 5 spaces $195 per week
Computer Crazies! It’s not just about video games! Get a jump and gain control of the machine…we will work on creating our own brochures, newsletters, flyers…use drawing tools and create our own watermarks. Learn how to make a table, use Excel to make pie charts, take photos and create a slide show using Powerpoint with music clips.
First, we will help you come up with an idea then create the projects. Maybe you want to create some flyers, make a scrapbook, write stories, sort and arrange a collection....or just get a better feel for using the computer as a tool to help you.
This is the first step to then getting into Web Design, creating movies, producing scripts and stories…we’ll help you expand what you already know and show you some new techniques. We’ll take some Capture the Flag breaks, foosball escapades, and catch the shows on Friday (Comedy, Masks and Puppets, Clay, etc). Stop just staring at the screen….use the machine! Come join us for a cyber tech tour.
DSI Improv DSI Improv Company Session 2 • June 23-27 Almost full Ages 10-12 Session 4 • July 7 – 11 Almost full $190 per week Session 5 • July 14 – 18 Almost full
The classic comedy offering, DSI Comedy Theater (www.dsicomedytheater.com) teaches the games played on ABC’s Whose Line it is Anyway? and ComedySportz® stages across the country. Comedy Camp improv comedians learn the fundamentals of improvisation by exploring creativity, teamwork, and agreement. Young actors build theater skills through scene and character work. An improv comedy performance for family and friends (and the whole CFS Summer Camp) is set for a Friday afternoon gig.
DSI Stand Up Comedy DSI Improv Company Session 8 • August 4-8 3 spaces Ages 11-13 $190 per week
The newest comedy offering from DSI. Comedians will learn how to develop a joke and write a punch line. You'll also learn how to take a true story and write a routine that will both engage and entertain an audience. Campers will enjoy a visit from local area standup comedians before preparing their own performance for a Friday afternoon performance.
Design Technology Michael Bonsignore Session 1 • June 16-20 FULL Ages 10-12 $250 per week
Design Technology is a workshop designed for students who like to build. In this camp we will learn about energy and ways of storing and using it. We will learn about and experiment with simple machine concepts and parts. We will build a number of artifacts requiring the students to design aspects of projects and use a variety of tools to build them. We will learn about and utilize electrical components such as motors, switches, capacitors, and diodes. Please call for availability as this camp fills quickly.
Drum Flow Scott Crews Session 6 • July 21-25 Some Openings Ages 9-13 $195 per week
Be a part of the groove with the Drum Flow squad. Explore the universal language of music through hand-drumming. Learn about musical conversation and why listening is the most important ingredient for a good jam. We’ll provide great beats for the hoop dancers in a collaborative effort with the Hoop Flow camp. The drummers and hoop-dancers will combine forces for a Friday performance. Bring a hand drum if you have one; we’ll also use a wide variety of other percussion instruments to add to our creations. Beginners encouraged and welcome!!
Fiber Arts Carol Marcus Session 3 • June 30-July 4 FULL Ages 10-13 $195 per week
Come experience a mix of fiber crafts. Choose from crafts such as macramé, quilting, beading, sewing....we’ll make wall hangings, quilted pillows, and sewing projects. Depending on individual interests, Carol will introduce you to a new craft or you may choose to work on a long term project of your own choosing. Fingers will fly as you transform fabric, yarn, string, beads into unique fiber creations. We will also include knitting and crochet as fiber craft options.
Guitar Camp with Hal Hal Engler Session 1 • June 16-20FULL Ages 9-13 Session 6 • July 21-25 FULL $200 per week
Beginners and intermediate players welcome! C’mon future singer songwriters, pickers and shredders! Learn the basics of guitar playing in a fun atmosphere. Learn chords, scales, strumming, picking, finger picking, and proper technique. Learn how to string and tune a guitar. We’ll write and record songs, listen to all kinds of guitar music and engage in solo, duet, and ensemble performances. Learn how to set up a basic PA system. Experience what it’s like to be on stage. Campers will create a music portfolio and a recorded CD. Campers must have a “playable” instrument. Nylon strings strongly recommended for beginners.
Hoop Flow Julia Hartsell Session 6 • July 21-25 FULL Ages 9-12 Session 7 • July 28-Aug. 1 FULL $195 per week
Experience the hoop movement that will engage your entire body while cultivating a connection with rhythm and creative expression. Hooping can be a form of exercise, meditation, an enchanting dance or simply good fun. You will craft your own hoops, learn lots of cool moves, explore dazzling effects (like black lights!) and combine forces with the drum camp (see above) for a rich rhythmic experience. We’ll take our hoops out into the community to inspire a little fun and get others moving. Hooping can make you smile, but beware: you just may fall in love with “the flow.”
Latin Flavors: Cooking !! Can take one week for $210 Rosa Pena Session 4 July 7-11FULL Ages 10-13 Session 5 July 14-18 FULL $400 per workshop
*two-week session
Sessions 6&7• July 21-Aug. 1* OPEN
Come learn, explore, make and taste the delicious flavors of the foods from Latin America. Learn how to make homemade corn tortillas, refried green and ripe plantains, flan, quesadillas, enchiladas, specialty salads, etc. We'll learn some basics about cooking: sauteeing, frying, marinating, dicing, mincing, etc. We'll also create our own cookbook to take our recipes homes and work on creating our own dishes.
Cool off and taste the delicious fruits and drinks of tamarind, sour sop, passion fruit, coconut, pineapples and mangoes. We'll make our own pops and some nutritious desserts. Take your stomach and your life to a new and wonderful level by exploring the rich and nutritious world of the Latin American cuisine. Can take one week only if space is available for $210.
Let's Rock Hal Engler Sessions 2&3 • June 23-July 4* Ages 9-13 Sessions 7&8 • July 28-Aug. 8*FULL $400 per workshop
*two-week session
Calling all rockers (boys and girls) ...bring in your instrument AND/OR YOUR VOICE and let’s have some fun! Campers will form bands, collaborate to write their own songs and/or learn cover tunes, and present a rock performance showcase on our last day. Along the road to our Friday performance, campers will learn some basic information about rock song writing, stage presence and attire, sound and light engineering, digital recording, rock history, and band promotion - all through a hands-on approach. Workshops for individual instruments and jam sessions will also be part of the “Let’s Rock” experience. Along with absorbing all the positive rock energy, campers should gain an increased level of confidence in stage performing as well as a true sense of how to successfully collaborate with other musicians. All instruments and all levels of proficiency are welcome and encouraged! VOICES needed too!
Masks & Puppets Donovan Zimmerman Session 1 • June 16-20 FULL Ages 9-12 $195 per week
Join local artist and puppet maestro of Paperhand Puppet Intervention for a week of full on creative immersion in the puppetry arts. Participants will be engaged and encouraged on many levels from conception to completion of a puppet show for all ages to enjoy at the end. This is a once a summer opportunity to have your child work and play with a seasoned art teacher and professional puppeteer. Don’t miss it!
Peace Makers Kerry Paksoy Session 8 • August 4-8 Ages 10-12 $190 per week
Are you interested in how the world works? Do you wonder what’s with the leaders in this world and wonder why they can’t get along? At Peace Makers, you will be up on your feet playing cooperativebasketball, Giants, Wizards and Elves, and other games. You will talk about working with others and how to talk to each other and get across what you’re trying to say. You will learn about how to understand what others are saying and why they are trying to say it. At Peace Makers, we will focus on leadership, teamwork and communicating this through discussion, games and activity.
Pop Up Pages! Heather Cramer Session 5 • July 14-18 Ages 10-13 Session 8 • August 4-8 $190 per week
Pop up story books are always a hit and here is an opportunity to create your own. We’ll learn different construction styles as we make a few greeting cards and other fun projects. Each camper will then write a story, or recreate a favorite one, and “publish” a complete book. We’ll use markers, watercolors, colored paper, etc. As our class project, each camper will work on one page to contribute to one big book to donate to a local children’s home. All you nimble fingered artists, bring a friend and come join us!
Pull Up A Chair Jean Cerasani Session 4 • July 7-11 FULL Megan Lucchesi Session 8 • August 4-8 FULL Ages 9-11 $195 per week
Give new life to the old.... worn and gently used wood furniture, decorations and knick-knacks. Start hunting now at thrift stores, yard sales even your local dump for pieces you would like to revive. Prepare to get dirty... sanding, painting and maybe knocking a few nails. Whatever you fancy, a tiger on a chair or a polka-dot frame. Together with acrylic paints and our imaginations, we can create new life into the old! Bring your vintage pieces to camp on the first day. We'll also have some pieces for you to work on, but your own additions of chairs, tables, candlesticks, picture frames, bookcases, desks, etc. are yours to take home.
Storytelling Troupe Rachel Galper Session 7 • July 28-Aug. 1 2 spaces Ages 10-13 $200 per week
Learn the basics of storytelling, find your special story voice, and take your tales on the road. Using our favorite fables, fairy tales, fantasies, poems, songs, and life experiences, we will create and share stories of our own to inspire and enchant the littler ones. We’ll explore techniques for collaborative and interactive storytelling using gesture, voice tone and pitch, and rhythm. Add in the costumes and props and we’re ready to take our show on the road! Traveling performances at local camps or centers involve minibus transportation.
Summer Clay Susan Wells Session 2 • June 23-27 2 spaces Ages 10-12 Session 3 • June 30-July 4 3 spaces $200 per week
It’s hot... it’s summer... and we’re going to make it Hotter! You clay aficionados love dirt, fire, and the magic they create together. So after creating our sculptures and decorative art, we’ll have a saw-dust firing on site. We will have plenty of freedom to explore clay on our own as well as work with suggested projects. In the afternoons, you will have the option of outdoor games or working on projects while listening to stories. Campers can sign up for one week or two weeks ($385). Taking both sessions gives two weeks which allows for more complex projects that can be glazed and fired.
Taste of Broadway Lauren King Sessions 1&2 • June 16-27 * FULL Ages 10-13 $395 per workshop
*two-week session
Here is your chance to showcase your abilities whether they be musical, choreographically, artistic, or dramatic. Over a course of two weeks, we will learn songs to classic Broadway hits and rewrite scenes to accompany each of the songs. At the end of the course (June 27), the group will conduct a performance complete with props, costumes, hair, and makeup for the other campers. You will want to be a part of the theatrical debut of A Taste of Broadway!
Video Production I Veda Renfrow Session 5 • July 14-18 FULL Ages 10-13 $195 per week
Make movies! Make media that matters! Express yourself with digital video making. From camera and shot basics to video editing, we’ll show you how to use a video camera, edit with the computer and create meaningful messages using images. You will be able to create a PSA (public service announcement) or make video art. Bring your imagination, favorite poem, video camera and videotapes.The type of video cameras that can be used are VHS, Mini DV, DV disk, and Hi8 or Digital 8. Everyone will be behind the camera, as well as in front of the camera, so bring your acting/improv skills too! And, because you will be working in pairs on editing projects, you don't even need to have your own camera. There are other options, such as working in front of the camera and editing the movie on the computer, to keep you busy. Editing computers and software will be available on site. Email Veda for more information.
Video Production II Veda Renfrow Session 7 • July 28-Aug. 1 1 space Ages 10-13 $195 per week
Everyone has a story to tell! What’s yours? With some basic understanding of the camera, shots and editing, we will expand on this knowledge by creating a documentary (with video, photos, music) to tell interesting stories about people. Bring your ideas about your story to tell, as well as your video camera and videotapes. The type of video cameras that can be used are VHS, Mini DV, DV disk, and Hi8 or Digital 8. You will be working in pairs on editing projects so if you don't have your own camera, don't worry. There are other options, such as working in front of the camera and editing the movie on the computer, to keep you busy. Editing computers and software will be available on site. Students will have the opportunity to use professional equipment at the discretion of the instructor. Email Veda for more information.
*Pre-requisite for this class is Video Production I or working knowledge of the camera and video editing.
Watercolor & Drawing Jean Cerasani Session 1 • June 16-20 2 spaces Ages 10-13 Session 8 • August 4-8FULL $195 per week
Get ready to limber up with some fluid drawing work, and learn the basics of handling watercolors - washes, glazes, dry brush, resist and lots more fun ways to move the color on paper. We’ll learn how to adapt our drawings and how to set up and plan a painting. Weather permitting, campers can do some pleine aire painting à la French Impressionists. Plenty of inspirational material will be available to stimulate creative thoughts and experimentation is definitely encouraged. A Friday afternoon show caps off the week.
Web Design I Julie Bailey Session 2 • June 23-27 FULL Ages 10-13 Session 6 • July 21-25 FULL $195 per week
Want to create a really cool website with pictures, graphics and favorite links? You’ll discover how to make websites using Adobe Dreamweaver and how to use Adobe Fireworks for web page images. We’ll concentrate on the basics of web page design, as well as creating graphics and editing pictures. This camp is for students who are comfortable working with PC computers. Any previous knowledge of building websites is helpful but not required. Any appreciation of drawing, art and graphic design is always a plus. You can plan on a few projects with opportunities to learn to create a variety of websites.
Web Design II Julie Bailey Session 3 • June 30-July 4 OPEN Ages 10-13 Session 4 • July 7-11 3 spaces $195 per week
Are you ready to learn even more about Adobe’s Dreamweaver, Fireworks and even Flash? Improve those web design skills with a week of creating websites using tables, forms and layers. We’ll even spice things up with some cool graphics and animations created in Fireworks and Flash. We’ll learn the HTML and Javascript programming behind the scenes for a more complete understanding of web page development. Knowledge of how to create and manage a website with Dreamweaver, as well as how to add basic tables, links and graphics is important.
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