Connri Music Camp 2006
Sorry, I have been away so long. I have kind of had writer's block. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, Elaine and Samantha went to Camp Connri for Music Camp. Elaine is fairly musical, much more so than I am, and Samantha went as a camper/staff brat. More of that to follow!
Elaine taught Timbrels, played in the Band, sang in Chorus, and taught Sign Language. All of her presentations were great. Samantha majored in Sacred Dance, and took "learn a horn" for her elective. For the festival, when her elective group played, she sat up nice when her instructor, Mike Wood raised his baton. After that, she sat back in her chair, and swang her legs as she played, "little robin red breast." As a parent I was very impressed how well she did at the age of 6. We are talking about giving her lessons.
Her heart however is in Sacred Dance. For the past couple of years, Samantha has enjoyed dancing, and I am starting to believe she has a gift. Major Janet Munn (a specialist in sacred dance) has noticed in the past how well she does for her age, and encouraged us to get her involved in dance. She moves so graceful, and likes to listen to music, and make her own dance moves. She did as well as the older kids in her Sacred dance group.
As far as camper/staff brat story...here goes. Samantha was registered as a camper, did things with her cabin, but in the evening slept in mom's room in the lodge. I can't say I blame her. I would prefer an air conditioned room in a heat wave over a musty wooden cabin!
Tonight Samantha goes to her first cheerleading practice. Jay however is looking forward to joining a Karate Dojo, and beginning Karate. If you see me in a knee brace, you will know why!
Elaine taught Timbrels, played in the Band, sang in Chorus, and taught Sign Language. All of her presentations were great. Samantha majored in Sacred Dance, and took "learn a horn" for her elective. For the festival, when her elective group played, she sat up nice when her instructor, Mike Wood raised his baton. After that, she sat back in her chair, and swang her legs as she played, "little robin red breast." As a parent I was very impressed how well she did at the age of 6. We are talking about giving her lessons.
Her heart however is in Sacred Dance. For the past couple of years, Samantha has enjoyed dancing, and I am starting to believe she has a gift. Major Janet Munn (a specialist in sacred dance) has noticed in the past how well she does for her age, and encouraged us to get her involved in dance. She moves so graceful, and likes to listen to music, and make her own dance moves. She did as well as the older kids in her Sacred dance group.
As far as camper/staff brat story...here goes. Samantha was registered as a camper, did things with her cabin, but in the evening slept in mom's room in the lodge. I can't say I blame her. I would prefer an air conditioned room in a heat wave over a musty wooden cabin!
Tonight Samantha goes to her first cheerleading practice. Jay however is looking forward to joining a Karate Dojo, and beginning Karate. If you see me in a knee brace, you will know why!
posted by Christian at
8/01/2006 03:00:00 PM
2 Comments:
I have wonderful memories of music camps at Ladore and Star Lake. It's exciting to see how much more creative the programs are now than they were when I was a kid.
Encourage Samantha to develop her gift for dance. I envy her as I've got two left feet! I'm glad The Salvation Army is getting over it's phobia about dancing. We used to put on musicals that featured terrible "choreography" rather than dance.
Jonathan just got back from the southern Territorial Music Institute (TMI) yesterday. He was the principal cornetist in the TMI band. He also won the cornet achievement award. And he got some one-on-one tutoring in compostion from Robert Redhead. What a wonderful experience he had!
Joshua will be going to marching band camp in two weeks. It's quite different from Salvation Army music camps, but it's still a good week for him and his friends.
Three cheers for music camps everywhere!
I can definitely picture Sammi going to TAM when she's old enough. Wow, I'll feel old when that happens!
Jay and karate. I still say that's a dangerous mix. Get him in t-ball. He's pretty good at hitting off that batting tee we got him, and Dad was working with him on how to catch the ball. And besides...baseball players have way better uniforms than karate guys do...
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