Day 7 This morning we left Stratford by coach, travelling to London via Uffington. Our morning drive was longer than anticipated due to traffic volume, but we arrived at Uffington in time for lunch. Yesterday’s focus was Elizabethan and Jacobean drama: today, we took a step back at least 3,000 years further, to explore the [...]
Day 5 This morning was spent in the bus, wending our way firstly through lovely Yorkshire countryside, then onto the motorway where our campers had their first introduction to British traffic! After sitting in a traffic jam for an hour, we broke free, and found ourselves at the Edwardian house outside Stratford-Upon-Avon that is the [...]
Last night’s introduction to the Bronte family had piqued the interest of the group, and this morning we set off eagerly to walk down into Haworth. Our day began in the cemetery beside the isolated Parsonage where the famous sisters lived out most of their lives. We were fortunate to meet a local historian tending [...]
Day 1 We arrived at Manchester airport right on time, met a campers flight from France without any problems, connected with our driver, and by 10am, we were on the road, crossing from Manchester in the West to the gorgeous seaside town of Whitby with its 800 years of heritage, on the East coast. We [...]
Our Monday Creative Writing course (starting late September) will be taught by Glenn Clifton, professor of Creative Writing at Sheridan College. Glenn has taught with us for the past decade, at the Academy, and at Centauri Summer Arts Camp. Our Tuesday Acting Ensemble will once again be taught by Lauren Saunders, who has worked with [...]
Two days ago, we ran an exciting festival at Centauri which will now become an annual tradition. In an afternoon of ridiculous games and merriment, we challenged ourselves to attempt various records taken either from the Guinness Book of Records itself, or websites which document record-breaking attempts the world over. In the first heat – [...]
Each day, at a camp-wide meeting at the outdoor stage known as Flagpole, our campers can nominate one another for acts of kindness. Whoever is running flagpole reads the nominations, and campers are awarded with Meece, little fluffy souvenirs that have importance in our camp culture. Staff after often nominated, too, for their support and [...]
The weather was glorious yesterday as camp filled with our third session campers! We have a full camp again, and by mid afternoon all was peaceful, with dorm groups getting to know each other, and campers spending their first hours in their arts programs. We had a lively BBQ outdoors, our first flagpole of the [...]
Twice per session, our program directors take a day off, and we replace the regular schedule with something special. One festival each session is always arts-related, and that was the Classics Fest last week. The other festival is pure fun – and today that’s Westworld! Campers are spending the day in a wild-west themed amusement [...]
This morning, campers enjoyed a well-deserved sleep-in after an exciting Classics Fest yesterday. Today also marked the start of mini-sessions, where campers choose an afternoon arts elective that they will do for the next three days. Selections included creating a TV show pilot with Mandy, working on a Michael Jackson medley with Sarah-Jane, building marionettes [...]