A Note from the Camp Director |
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Dear Camp Levine Families,
Thank you for Rockin’ the Red Carpet with Camp Levine! We were thrilled to have your children with us this summer.
Artwork, medication, or lost & found left behind? Please call the Camp Levine office at 202-686-8000 x1041 or x1042. Artwork and lost & found will be held for two weeks before being donated or recycled.
Performance Videos - Camp Levine will share a performance video available for download. All camp families will be emailed a link to their site & session's performance video as soon as it is available.
Photos & Social Media – We want to keep camp memories rolling all year long! Look out for snapshots of your camper’s experience and make sure to follow us on our Facebook! Later in the Autumn we will also announce Summer 2023’s camp dates and theme.
Next Steps - If the Camp Levine experience has revealed a budding musician, I hope you will consider Levine’s many ‘school year’ opportunities. Whether you’re interested in private lessons or a group learning experience, I’m sure Levine has something for your child. And maybe for you, too, since many of our students are adults! I have added direct links for camper aged options on the parent portal under “next steps.”
As always, we appreciate your commitment to Camp Levine and hope to see you and your talented children again next summer!
Happy weekend,
Mary Cat Gill
Site Director of Camp Levine
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This week in the Stars class we made creative art with our under the sea theme and had fun learning the Gruffalo song. We also had some good times on the playground, playing the Gruffalo game and using the tire swing.
-Alex H. and Opal
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The film reels have been an energetic bunch to work with over the past two and a half weeks. We’ve been working on creating props for our final performance piece and finalizing our work. Recently we went outside to play with bubbles for a while and all the campers loved it. We played with the big ones where you run and bubbles shoot out from them! The reels were mesmerized by the sights they were facing. We hope to have more fun like that, finishing our final days of camp.
-Anya and Selah
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The popcorns have had positive and enthusiastic mindsets driving into our last week. In art they’ve been making fun together, laughing and talking. The campers love creating conversation about movies they enjoy. This week, the topics of The Wizard of Oz, and superheroes have been talked about the most. Ms. Cierra brought her recorder to show her students, and they loved the experience! This week we also had games day! The popcorns had lots of fun playing hopscotch and running around with a parachute. They are working hard on their final performance and love the superhero theme! They are all participating when it comes time to sing and, overall, are enjoying themselves a lot! The popcorns had an eventful final week.
-Theo and Maya
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In our last week with the Candies we have continued to pull things from our magic box. We have pulled butterflies, toothbrushes, drums, and jump ropes. The Candies enjoyed revisiting instruments from other weeks such as the piano and flute. We’ve learned so many words from our daily word spotlight. We’ve learned about drama, comedy, and action. Crafts from this week have included our walk of fame. I can’t wait for the Candies to make more music.
-Lily L., Lily M.
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We have been having lots of fun these last few weeks but sadly camp is coming to an end. This week we had lots of fun making rain sticks and playing sharks and minnows. We also have been practicing our do re mi song.
-Katherine, Sara, and Nico
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Comedy Corner
This Week's Theme-Movie Snacks!
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What kind of dance do popcorn do?
-Hip Pop
What kind of music do popcorn listen to?
-Pop
What are popcorn's favorite candy?
-A Lollipop
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This week the kids have shown so much growth and had a lot of fun. In music they continued perfecting the do re mi song and played a lot of fun music related games and learned some new songs. In Art we made cool cement print hands and decorated them with marbles, they also got to free draw and show off there artistic skills. In Instrument Building they made really cool rain sticks out of a tube and popcorn cereals and nails and decorated them with paper clips. In sampler the kids got to learn the last 3 instruments they hadn’t and have accomplished all the sampler interments so well. In Games the kids got chances playing sharks and minos, soccer and got to free play with different balls and some kids did gymnastics too. They also are working really hard to put the final show together. We have had so much fun with them and are so proud to see them grow over the past 3 weeks!
This week in the Lights, we practiced our "My Favorite Things" dance, and matching rhythm stick choreography with the Cameras. We also made cement handprints, played fun games and activities, and enjoyed playing fun games in music class with Mr. Caleb. Through the ups and the downs, we had an awesome time at camp this session!
-Emily and Klementyna
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Week three is when camp starts rapping up. The production is closer than ever and the fun is ending with a Big Bang for session one. The campers have made a lot of art throughout the session and for this week they have made windows, puppets, and are currently working on their box guitars. Today they painted their guitars and will finish them next class. So far in dance, they have made progress on their dances for the production and have made their dance’s moves flawless. In drama, they learned the art of improv and have used their imagination to come up with things and used actions to describe them. In games, they have played red light green light, sharks and minos, and different games to their preferences. That’s the update for Cameras.
-Nathaniel
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This week, VHS had lots of fun in Art making handprints in concrete and decorating it with glass gems. They also decorated glittery stars for their very own Hollywood Walk of Fame. In Instrument Building, VHS finished painting and constucting their box guitars.
Our campers especially enjoyed being able to practice their skills on their instruments and learn new pieces. In Music, our campers continued to perfect the song "Happy" by Pharell Williams on the xylophone and other instruments. We are so proud to see how much our campers have grown over the weeks!
- Alex A & Vivian
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The Emmys closed out the third week marvelously! They finished up their Hamilton dance, constructed handprints in art made from cement, and the campers finalized their focus instrument performances. We are super excited to watch them perform! The campers also completed their box guitars in instrument building, and gave them a shiny new coat of paint. From us TAs, it really was a pleasure to have the Emmys as our campers this year, and we cannot wait for next year.
-Noelle and Noam
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After spending the week painting our guitars in instrument building and finalizing the smallest of details on our final performance, we are ready for Friday! We spent our class periods listening to our favorite musicals and singing along, and we're all so excited to perform for you!
-Paloma and Gus
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These kids are so creative! They do many art projects, including making little octopuses and miniature cars. In their free time they like to draw and play with toys, We have had no major behavioral issues with them this week so far. For the final performance they are going to be doing the gruffalo song.
-Theo and Selah
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We enjoyed dancing quite a bit! Sometimes we were a little bit homesick. We were always excited to tell everyone at home about our day! We saw the guitar, saxophone, and much more during visiting instrument. We had no issues learning our dance and we were overall very respectful and super creative during art!
-Opal and Maya
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This was an especially silly week for the Popcorns, who enjoyed playing fun games like freeze dance and red light green light for a good portion of the week. Our campers are definitely being themselves more and more every day and it's such a pleasure to see these guys bloom! It's looking like a great end of a great few weeks at camp!
-Alex H. and Anya
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We have been enjoying learning different things about different things about the stage and music. We had lots of fun making 3D movies glasses.
-Shiloh and Katherine
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In our final week, 1A learned the dance for We’ve Got Magic to Do and more choreography for This is Me. In Puppetry and Magic we finished out magic carpets and also made puppets using brown paper bags, markers, and googley eyes. In dance we learned our positions and how to exit for the final performance. We also made paper chains with velvet paper.
-Lily M., Lily L., Nico
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This week has been so much fun for the group, 2A. So far we have danced and danced ( etc.) and everything we worked for will pay off. Anyways, art has always been a joy. We have made cement handprints and have made wands to cast magic spells. Btw, they can’t get enough of it. So that’s the blurb for week three of session one.
-Ella
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This week at camp we did so many fun things and we had so much fun this week at camp! In puppetry they wrote with white crayons and then colored on top of it with water colors to see the magic. In drama we improvised and worked on there play fighting and acting. In music/ choir we kept practicing and nailing A Million Dreams, My Shot, this is me and magic to do while also getting chances to get solos and parts in the play. In dance we kept learning more parts to My Shot and learned about the spacing. We also paired up with 3B to work hard to master the singing, dancing, different individual parts and spacing to the final performance. It is so exciting to see the show coming together! We have had so much fun with them and are so proud to see them grow over the past 3 weeks!
-Phoebe and Vivian
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This week, the 3B group finalized their drama performance, and we are so excited for you to see it! We’ve also been hard at work on our choreography for "It's Me" from The Greatest Showman, and we are so glad for all our campers hard work.
Thank you all so much for an amazing camp session, and we hope to see you again next year!
-Alex A. and Noam
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Next Steps at Levine Music |
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Looking for more Levine programs after camp? We have several more Levine summer experiences for campers ages 8-13 at our NW DC campus from August 8 – 19.
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Budding actors will love Levine Music Theatre’s LMT Experience! This is a two-week day camp where campers will explore dance, music, and acting in an ensemble setting and create a final showcase. Please contact swilliams@levinemusic.org for information.
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The Youth Jazz Ensemble will explore elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, structure, and expression through the standard jazz repertoire. No previous experience jazz is necessary, making this class perfect not only for beginning jazz musicians looking to improve their skills, but also classical and contemporary musicians wishing to branch out into new musical territory. For more information, please contact JCastillo@levinemusic.org
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Levine Music offers private lessons, group classes, ensembles, music theatre, and more. I hope you explore the wide and wonderful options at Levine for children and adults year round.
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