Last week, a new camp parent called to ask us a few additional questions about Centauri. One of her questions was: do all your campers want to be arts professionals when they leave school? I told her no, this was absolutely not the case. Many of our campers do go on to successful arts careers, [...]
This was our first opportunity to film, and the campers took shots of each character wandering the beach. We had the area to ourselves the entire time. Our movie is called 'Hiraeth' - a Welsh word, for which there is no English equivalent. It means a longing for home so great that the person suffering from it can even sicken or die. We wrote the word in pebbles on the beach, then filmed it as the sun set over the sea. We always hope for a spectacular sunset on every tour, but rarely have we seen one as stunning as this. It was a magical, mystical end to a wonder-filled day.
Every once in a while, something happens at camp that, quite literally, makes dreams come true. Several campers told us their dreams came true two nights ago when we transformed Centauri to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The other day camp had a wonderful surprise. Julie spilled the beans at lunch on Day 3 that Centauri was welcoming back some very special guests. Excitement spread like wildfire as campers and staff alike remembered back four years ago to our very first music festival when the final act of the night had been an up and coming folk duo from Scarborough Ontario. Dala, which is made up of Amanda Walther (the “Da”) and Sheila Carabine (the “la”) brought their unique brand of folk music to Centauri for a second time the other night, singing songs from their new album Best Day and having a great time joking around on stage.
Byng ‘n’ Band Day! Yesterday was our Midsummer Celebration – a chance to relax, take a day off from arts programs, and enjoy something a little different!
Yesterday camp was buzzing with energy. We had our annual Play in a Day festival where campers were challenged to create and stage four original plays in twenty-four hours. The festival officially began on the fourth of July when the writers were given their opening line and began writing the plays.
We have made a few changes to Hunter’s Session One Stage Combat program… widening the appeal to include fight sequences from movies, and opening the program to 13 year olds!
If you love to write, finding a summer program to suit your needs can be a tough call for a parent. There is very little out there, and as writing is such a solitary interest, if this is what you love to do, you might well find yourself spending summer alone, indoors and in front of a computer.
For our staff, camp is not just a job, it’s a vocation. With their personalities and skills, it’s a place they truly belong. When you meet them outside of camp, they truly are the same exceptional human beings. Centauri could not be the place it is, without them.
Well, a few weeks ago, we had the exciting opportunity to participate in a TedX conference! Julie was asked to prepare a talk entitled: ‘How to do Business Like an Artist’