Session 1 - Volume 3 | July 16, 2022
A Note from Staff
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.
 
Camp-related inquiries - please contact the general camp e-mail account at camp@levinemusic.org. 

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.”

Parent Surveys – Your insight is important to us! It is helpful to know what worked and what operations and programming can be improved. Feel free to share your thoughts with us though this survey: https://levine.formstack.com/forms/parentsurvey2022

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
Notes from Ellison
As you and the campers will be able to hear in the 3rd verse of the Camp Levine song, the campers were sad to see their time at camp end!

This week, campers rehearsed for their final performance. While singing songs they learned from morning sing and practicing pieces on their instruments, campers shared a passion for art and music with each other, all of them making new friends in the process.

Our musical theatre teachers worked hard this week to put together an incredible show for everyone, spending extra time after the end of camp to make sure the show would be great. Campers rehearsed lines and memorized choreography to create a show that will surely leave their audience starstruck.

Ellison
Assistant to the Site Director
Camp Group Updates
Stars & Spotlights
The Stars and Spotlights began rehearsing their part of the show with each other this week and are having so much fun. The spotlights have also been creating different props they may use during the show so be on the lookout for custom made guitars and other colorful creations! Our youngest campers have also been enjoying their last few days with the teachers coming to their class for visiting instruments, giving each of them an early opportunity to find their interests.
Awards
The Awards have been enjoying their last few days of sampler, giving them the chance to play each instrument offered at THEARC. Whenever they were not spending their time learning how to play the different instruments, they spent time crafting their very own puppets. We are so very proud of them and hope their art will make an appearance in the final show!
Scores
Even though they are a small group, the Scores are still enjoying camp to the fullest! Often, you can find them outside enjoying the sun playing games with Mr. Nathan Nichipor. Other than this, they have begun to finalize their script and play in drama class with Mrs. Charmaine Crowell-White. From what we have been seeing, they may be leading towards scenes from the Wizard of Oz, but that is all we can say for now! 

For our themes, they have really enjoyed dance class this week with Ms. Emm. They want to dance so much that if they get to class early then they will still practice the dance routines with each other anyway! Each camper is enthusiastic all throughout the class, which means each camper makes every move as expressive as possible. Practice will definitely make perfect for the final performance!
Themes
The Themes have continued to dance with the energy of true Broadway performers! Along with their props and costumes, their routine continues to improve for their soon to be audience. Like the scores, the awards have been enjoying their last days with their focus instrument and we hope they continue with playing after camp!
Soundtracks
The Soundtracks have been drilling in their scripts and rehearsing their movements/placements for the play. We can already tell their performance will be worthy of a very long standing ovation! To give our young actors a break, we make sure they play outside and enjoy a snack afterwards. This way we know we will be getting their best performance!
Teen Apprentices
While the Teen Apprentices enjoyed looking after the campers this week, a few moments of their time were spent rehearsing for their surprise dance during the all-camp performance. Though they had a blast, the last week of camp was a bittersweet experience for our teens. While supporting the campers in classes, the teens have created some wonderful bonds with them. The teens have become fantastic role models for our campers!
We would like to give a special shout out to Derek Chang, our newest teen apprentice who joined us for this last week. He oversees the Themes and is already so well liked by all of them. We are so grateful to him and each of our teen apprentices!
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