What a star-spangled show!

Create Your Own

Thank you, Thomas and Mary, for the great performance shots!

Great show, campers!

WOW! What great shows! Check back later for photos from this weekend's performances. We are so proud of all our campers. Thanks for sharing your children with us!

Public service announcement

Saturday's performance was fantastic! If you missed it, you have just one more opportunity to see AmeriKids, this year's musical: 6 p.m. Sunday in the Family Center!

All participants with speaking parts need to report to the Café at 5:15. Everyone in the chorus needs to be in the Café by 5:30.

Things to know before the show

It's showtime! Here are the details for our performers:

What to wear

• Long denim BLUE jeans (no shorts, capris, skorts or shorts)
• Closed toe shoes (no flip flops or sandals and NO Heelies!)
  
• Camp T-shirt
• Girls are welcome to wear patriotic hair bands, bows, bandanas, etc. (no hats)

When to arrive

On Saturday:

• All ACTORS (those who have speaking parts) need to be in the Café by 5 p.m.
• The CHORUS needs to be in the Café by 5:15 p.m.
• We will be feeding all campers before Saturday's performance

On Sunday:

• All ACTORS (those who have speaking parts) need to be in the Café by 5:15 p.m.
• The CHORUS needs to be in the Café by 5:30 p.m.
• We will NOT be serving a meal on Sunday
• We will have a cast and crew party following Sunday's performance; all family and friends are invited to join us!

What we need

• Guys to help with the auditorium set up on Sunday after second service
• Parents to help with tear down Sunday evening after the performance

Don't forget

• The Saturday and Sunday performances begin at 6 p.m. in the Family Center.
  
• We would like to extend a special Yankee Doodle invitation to any friends or family members who have or are currently serving in the armed forces. We will be honoring these brave men and women during our performance of the Armed Forces Medley!

Fantastic Friday

Today's craft: decorating USA caps!





For today's afternoon activity, our campers played United States bingo and watched a movie.





While some watched the movie, others worked on their solos and speaking parts. Before we leave today, we'll have one more full run-through.

We can't wait for everyone to see what these kids can do!

Yippee! It's Friday!

We've already run through the first part of the musical, and now we're enjoying oranges and goldfish for our morning snack.

And in spite of all the hard work and end-of-the-week fatigue, we're all SMILING!

Jumping with the juniors

Not all of our volunteers' kids are old enough for Music Camp, so we have special childcare for these "junior campers." Today the junior campers got to enjoy the bounce house, and it's easy to see they were jumping for joy!

Thrilling Thursday

Don't let the lack of posting today fool you; it's certainly not because there wasn't anything to post! We've just been really busy getting ready for the big show. As our weekend performances near, we're trying to get everything together, from lyrics to choreography, from sets to props.

Of course, the campers have been hard at work nailing down their songs:


And they're working hard with their choreography:


They're even working hard making their crafts:


They've been playing hard, too! Today was kids' choice, and campers could play games or enjoy a "spa" with manicures, pedicures and hairstyling. Everybody got to take a turn in a bounce house, too!


We're so thankful for all of our super servants who have been working hard, too! It takes a lot of volunteers to make Music Camp happen, and we have been blessed with a bunch of great people willing to share their time and talents with our kids. Thanks, volunteers!

More Wednesday highlights

The rehearsals continue! Our campers have been working hard to learn the songs, the solos and their choreography.


After all that hard work, our kids were ready to get out in the sunshine to play games with Jamba.








Our junior campers really enjoyed their strawberries for today's afternoon snack!


What a busy day! With just two more camp days to go until our performances, everyone's getting excited!

Don't forget: The musical will be performed at 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Family Center. You won't believe how much these kids have learned this week!

Slip slidin' away

Today's big activity: Let's Jump!

Wonderful Wednesday

This morning has been busy with rehearsals, crafts, snacks and games.

Jamba greeted the campers with a story as we kicked off the day.


Then we had a run-through of the songs the kids have learned so far.

For today's craft, campers decorated crosses.


Campers also continued to write letters to some very special Americans: those who are serving in our military.

Today's big activity is one of our campers' perennial favorites. Check back for photos!

Magical moments

Our special activity today was a magic show! Local up-and-coming magician Michael Dimsdle performed twice, once in the morning for half of our kids and again in the afternoon for the other campers. Michael impressed the audience with his illusions, and he encouraged the kids to believe in their dreams and work to make them come true.























The magician, Michael Dimsdle, is available for parties and other gatherings. For booking info, you can contact him at Michael_Dimsdle@yahoo.com or call 817-503-0456.

Work and play

As Tuesday morning continued, our groups were busy rehearsing, learning choreography and working on today's craft: their own books!


By lunch time, we were all ready for a break.


We were ready for chicken nuggets, too!



After lunch our "junior campers" (volunteers' kids) played a game to release some energy.

Meanwhile, our older campers enjoyed some fresh air on the playground.

Terrific Tuesday

After our introductory activities this morning, our campers were assigned their spots on the risers.

Since we have 71 campers, this took a while, but the kids were very patient and well-behaved while we found a spot for everyone.

We've been so impressed with the campers' great attitudes!

Our props crew is already hard at work
getting ready for the show, too!

It's all smiles around here!

Reminders for parents

Be sure to check out the post below for information about this week's activities.