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It is week 3! Currently I can hear the sound of drum rolls, camper conversations at the art table, made up songs in the hall about snack time, and all around there are final preparations being made for the Thursday performance recording. Camp is on full tilt right now! I’ve had the opportunity to sit in with the Guitar students and play music with them. They taught me their language of finger placement on the elementary level as I taught them the language of “Evil” metronome mwahaha! Let’s say that their introduction was not smooth, but by the 3rd day they could already hear the improvement in their playing. The metronome is used to help us keep steady beat. Sometimes when we perform, our feelings cause us to slow down or speed up. The metronome keeps us accountable to the beat regardless of how we feel…
Kind of like how the sun that rises and sets every day in its own time. We shared an Iroquois folk tale during Snack Time this week about the Chipmunk & the Bear. In the “ancient world” the two animals were good friends. One day, Chipmunk convinced Bear to try to keep the sun from rising, then made fun of Bear when he couldn’t do it. When Bear was angry he chased Chipmunk and left scratch marks on Chipmunk’s back before he escaped. These scratch marks are now the stripes on every Chipmunk’s back and serve as a reminder to be nice to your friends.
Jonathan Hamilton
Site Director
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Notes 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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In the stars group, we have been having lots of fun! On Tuesday, we painted ladybugs on rocks, and on Monday we made paper plate lions. Another thing the kids love doing is playing with our giant rainbow parachute and they have a had a lot of fun with that. We have also continued to work on our song So Long, Farewell, from the Sound of Music, and we can’t wait for you to see a video of our performance! -Ms. Victoria, Sophie, and Summer |
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This past week, the Spotlights and Emmys have been working hard preparing for our performance, especially in Dance and Vocal/Choral where we are learning the dances and lyrics. We are performing Try Everything, Everything is Awesome, Happy, Happiness, which includes solos, and a favorite, Bare Necessities.
They are also having lots of fun in art, making watercolor pictures, tissue paper paint collages, and posters for the musical. They are learning so much in their samplers, like rhythms in percussion, Do-Re-Mi in piano, and getting familiar with the guitar and violin.
In Music+, they are learning We Will Rock You on the xylophones, working with the percussion focus students.
In Sports and Games, they have played Sharks and Minnows, Four Corners, Musical Chairs, and A Castle Game.
And in Drama, we are exploring acting as different characters through games including Poison Frog.
-Marek, Caitlin, and Brianna
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In the Tonys we have been polishing our focus pieces. In games we played castle ball and sharks and minnows. In music plus we learned the melody and harmonies for Lion Sleeps tonight. In art we made friendship bracelets, posters, and tissue paper collages. We learned our lines for the musical theater performance. In dance we learned a new part of try everything from Zootopia, and we are in the process of putting together a full camp musical theater performance. I have loved working with the Tonys for these three weeks and we have made a lot of good memories!
-Lily and Noe
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Violin Sampler + Focus Group- The violin focus students have been practicing and rehearsing the Trolley Song with our piano focus group. The campers are learning to play with others, and making beautiful music together!
Percussion Focus + Sampler Group- As we close in on the final performance, the percussion Focus Group for honing their rudiments, they're listening skills and drum set exploration. I'm very proud of what they have accomplished!
Piano Focus- Musicians are on a mission to see how much fun we can cram into a rehearsal! We are moving to the music and playing games while learning about music and piano. We’re so excited about our performance—we’re unstoppable and nothing is impossible!
Sports & Games- Sports and Games have been working on team building. Students have been playing games that encourage students to work together to achieve a common goal.
Art- This week in art, campers have been letting their creativity shine through. They have made beautiful watercolor “Singing in the Rain” artwork. Then they showed their excitement for their performance by creating colorful, sparkly, and even feathery, posters about the performance. They’ll be creating even more this week with a fun “tissue paper painting” activity, bracelet making and more!
Music + We have been excitedly preparing our final performance pieces to record and cannot wait to share them with you!
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Dance- This week the campers have been working hard to prepare for their dance performances. They’ve shown amazing memory skills by memorizing so many dances! I am so impressed by these campers. They are incredible at working with each other and going with the flow to work in any last minute changes to dance choreography to make sure the show will look awesome.
Drama- This week we are focusing on combining all that we have learned in drama, music, and singing class which is culminating in the performance of the musical “ROCK THE RET CARPET: MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES”. We have scripted 7 scenes with the musical play theme being based on an award show. The musical is original and fully scripted. The students play audience members, dancers, singers actors/actresses, celebrities, and camera men/women. We hope you truly enjoy, we certainly have in class :)
Vocal+Choral- This week we have combined many times with dance and drama to put all of the pieces of the musical together. The campers have done great job learning the dances and music with such enthusiasm! They can be proud of what they have accomplished!
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