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CASC Specialty Camps were designed to offer camp families additional options to experience throughout the summer. Most specialty camps run 9:00 a.m. – 4:00p.m. (unless otherwise noted) and will include a morning snack and a hot lunch in our spacious, air-conditioned dining hall. Every day, campers will have an optional free swim and a camp activity in addition to their specialty areas of concentration.
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Arts Camps
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Woodshop Camp
July 19 – 23, August 9 – 13
Girls and Boys ages 10 – 14 • Cost: $550
Do you love to work with your hands and use your imagination? How about building projects from scratch? Then join us for Woodshop Camp. Participants will choose from beginner to advanced projects, including audio-visual cubes, wall shelves, furniture, and more. All projects will involve measuring, cutting, drilling, sanding, and nailing. Campers will learn the proper use of tools, and then will use them under the close supervision of our woodshop director, Warner “Woody” Wood, who has been teaching woodworking for over a decade. Each day our young carpenters will receive handouts explaining various tools that will be used, as well as woodworking methods and practices. At the end of the week, campers will be able to bring their projects home and show them off with pride. No experience is necessary – just a willingness to learn and have fun. Very experienced? Choose one of the more advanced projects and you will be challenged as well.
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Art Camp
July 12 – 16
Girls and Boys entering grades 4 – 8 • Cost: $550
So you have an interest in art? Then join us for an exciting art program that will encourage you to explore new avenues for your talent! Concord Academy Summer Arts Camp is a one-week program where participants spend time learning and creating with various art mediums in CA’s state-of-the-art ceramics, wood, and art studios. Classes emphasize creativity as an integral part of the art process for both beginners and more advanced artists. Campers also learn the importance of art as a means of personal expression. Our talented and experienced staff will lead morning and afternoon blocks where campers will explore their creativity through the use of clay, wood, fiber, canvas, and more. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to learn and have FUN!
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Dance Camp
August 2 – 6 (Advanced Week), August 9-13
Cost: $550
Concord Academy Summer Camp and Summer Stages Dance have joined forces to provide a FUN and exciting dance program for young dancers between the ages of 8-12! The program will include classes in contemporary dance including Jazz, Modern, Ballet and Hip Hop. Joanne Gervais will be back again to lead the dancers in all classes with the help of the skilled CA Summer Camp Dance counselors. All classes will take place in the state-of-the-art dance facility at Concord Academy. The first week will focus on advanced technique, while the second week will be for all levels. Dancers must have previous dance experience for the advanced technique week, and must be motivated to take their dance to the next level. During each week, we will focus on fun and learning, while coming together as a team. We will perform at the end of the week for the entire camp and every day the dancers get a swim period and a camp choice activity.
Joanne Gervais has been teaching and mentoring young dancers and dance teachers since 1997. Joanne is a former visiting artist in Jazz Dance for the Five Colleges, and Mount Hoyoke College. Joanne is excited to be back at CA for another exciting summer of dance fun.
For more advanced training for dancers 12 years and older, please visit www.summerstagesdance.org and click on the Workshops for Young Dancers link.
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Drama Camp
July 26 – August 6 (two-week session)
Girls and Boys entering grades 5 – 9 • Cost: $1100
In our air-conditioned 400-seat theatre, campers will learn how
to produce a Broadway show from start to finish. Campers will
learn all aspects of theatre production, from auditioning and casting the roles to making and assembling their costumes to creating the set…and more! Campers will perform their own show on Thursday, August 5 with an evening performance for parents, family, and friends. No theatre experience is necessary – just a willingness to learn and have fun!
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Circus Arts
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Simply Circus - Circus Arts Camp
Pre-Camp – Week 7
Boys and Girls entering grades 3 - 12
Cost: $600
CASC has once again teamed with Simply Circus to bring the highest quality Circus Arts camp to the area. This year we will be offering 8 one-week sessions of Circus Arts Camp, including a week of aerial dance and a week of circus tumbling.
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Circus Weeks
No matter what skills you have coming in to camp, we will challenge you to learn a variety of new skills, and to take your existing skills as far as you can. Whether this is your first experience with circus, or you're looking for advanced level training, you will find it in our programs. Our day consists of classes focused on a specific circus arts, such as acrobatics, stilt walking, wire walking, juggling Aerial Fabrics, clowning, and physical comedy. Campers also have a swim time, and some time for regular camp activities.
Aerial Dance Week: July 26-30
Calling all dancers! During this very special week of circus camp, Simply Circus staff will be teaching the art of Aerial Dance, with a focus on dancing with Aerial Fabrics! Throughout the day, students will also take classes in more traditional dance styles (such as ballet, jazz and modern dance), as well as classes on lifts and counterbalances.
Circus Tumbling Week: August 2-6
Attention tumblers! Want to get that elusive back handspring/tuck/layout? Would you like to get more power in your tumbling passes? Let us help you! During this week of circus camp, our focus will be on tumbling, and tumbling related acts. We will have classes in areas such as power tumbling, handstand and hand balancing technique, back handspring clinics, injury prevention, partner acrobatics and more! While you do not need to be an active tumbler to enroll in this camp, if you are an active tumbler, this is a camp you don’t want to miss!
Circus arts campers should wear a unitard or biketard and bring a bathing suit, towel, water bottle, and change of clothes with them everyday. Each camper will also receive a detailed handbook allowing them to continue practicing their skills outside of camp.
For more information about the Simply Circus curriculum, please contact us (info@simplycircus.com) or visit our website www.simplycircus.com. Simply Circus staff will be available at all of our open houses (see page 1) to discuss the circus curriculum. For a more hands-on demonstration of their programming, Simply Circus will be hosting a special open house at their year-round facility (86 Los Angeles St. Newton, MA) on Saturday, March 6, 4:30-6:00pm.
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