Step Into the Spotlight
Dates: June 21-25
Location: Hagerstown Community College, east of Hagerstown
Ages: 4th-5th grade
Cost per child: $144
Phone: 301-790-2800, ext. 236
E-mail: learn@hagerstowncc.edu
Web: http://www.hagerstowncc.edu/kids
Contact: Anne Myers
Activities: Students will use pantomime, vocal technique and improvisation to free their creativity as a performer and develop technical skill for the stage. Class is from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Musical Theater Summer Camp
Dates: June 25-Aug. 13
Location: Walker Performing Arts Studios, Hagerstown
Ages: 3-18
Cost per child: $200-$400
Phone: 301-733-8261
E-mail:walkerarts@verizon.net
Web: http://www.mytheaterarts.com
Contact: Teri Walker
Activities: Hagerstown Children's Theater will offer four musical theater summer camps this summer: "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too," "Saturday Night Live" (middle school and high school students only), "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Fame." Each camp builds skills in acting, singing and dancing, and it ends in a performance on stage.
Step Into the Spotlight
Dates: June 28-July 2
Location: Hagerstown Community College, east of Hagerstown
Ages: 6th-8th grade
Cost per child: $144
Phone: 301-790-2800, ext. 236
E-mail: learn@hagerstowncc.edu
Web: http://www.hagerstowncc.edu/kids
Contact: Anne Myers
Activities: Students will use pantomime, vocal technique and improvisation to free their creativity as a performer and develop technical skill for the stage. Class is from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Discovering Shakespeare
Dates: July 6-9
Location: Hagerstown Community College, east of Hagerstown
Ages: 6th-8th grade
Cost per child: $125
Phone: 301-790-2800, ext. 236
E-mail: learn@hagerstowncc.edu
Web: http://www.hagerstowncc.edu/kids
Contact: Anne Myers
Activities: Students will learn about the life and times of one of the most influential English authors. Learn basic stage directions and put them to use in performing sections of some of Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies. Students will perform in a mock Shakespearean stage combat, study some of his sonnets and compose sonnets of their own. Class is from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CVSM Voice and Drama Camp: 'Seussical'
Dates: July 12-17
Location: Cumberland Valley School of Music, Chambersburg, Pa.
Ages: 4th-9th grade
Cost per child: $197
Phone: 717-261-1220
E-mail: emailus@cvsmusic.org
Web: http://www.cvsmusic.org
Contact: Andrew Sussman
Activities: Students will learn music, dance and scenes from the Broadway show "Seussical the Musical." Each camper is featured in a solo or group spot and receives two private voice lessons. Performance at The Capitol Theatre in Chambersburg, during Celebrate the Arts Day
CVSM Stage Odyssey: Rhythm of Life -- a journey in music
Dates: July 19-23
Location: Cumberland Valley School of Music, Chambersburg, Pa.
Ages: 2nd-4th grade
Cost per child: $132
Phone: 717-261-1220
E-mail: emailus@cvsmusic.org
Web: http://www.cvsmusic.org
Contact: Andrew Sussman
Activities: A relaxed and enjoyable environment for children to learn about music employing eurhythmics (a technique of learning music through movement). Campers will learn songs especially chosen for their age and learn about posture, expression and vocal projection. They will perform a concert on Friday.
CVSM Showstoppers Musical Theatre Camp
Dates: July 19-23
Location: Cumberland Valley School of Music, Chambersburg, Pa.
Ages: 13-18
Cost per child: $192
Phone: 717-261-1220
E-mail: emailus@cvsmusic.org
Web: http://www.cvsmusic.org
Contact: Andrew Sussman
Activities: Learn musical theater techniques such as vocal projection, diction, creative movement, acting and song presentation. Each camper will be featured in a musical selection or acting scene chosen specifically to showcase his or her talents. Performance on Friday evening.
In the Scene Shop: Taking a scene from page to performance
Dates: July 26-30
Location: Cumberland Valley School of Music, Chambersburg, Pa.
Ages: 13-18
Cost per child: $187
Phone: 717-261-1220
E-mail: emailus@cvsmusic.org
Web: http://www.cvsmusic.org
Contact: Andrew Sussman
Activities: Campers will learn basic acting techniques and apply those techniques to scenes from plays. Scenes range from Shakespeare to modern theater and from serious to comic.
Technical Theater Camp
Dates: July 26-Aug. 13
Location: Full Circle Theater Company, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
Ages: 10-18
Cost per child: $250
Phone: 304-268-7798
E-mail: info@fullcircletheaterco.org
Web: http://www.fullcircletheaterco.org
Contact: Laura Richards Bakin