Regarding Vacations

We've had a lot of questions about whether kids can still come to camp, even if they cannot be in the final show, so I thought I would address this. This camp is an educational experience, it's not just about the show. We're here to teach skills and help foster young performers. Yes, we do focus a lot on the show because it's important for us to give our parents the best show possible at the end of camp, but this camp is about helping our performers grow and learn in a safe and friendly atmosphere.

If you will be on vacation the week of the shows, your child is still welcome to attend camp. We have a performance July 4th that they can still be a part of and we have some other opportunities in the works that they could still take advantage of. So please do not keep your child from camp just because they can't be in the show in July. We can work around that and still give them the full camp experience. 

Let me also add that all of our teachers and high school helpers do this completely voluntarily. The money goes to the program, not to our paychecks. We simply love helping young performers and sharing our love of the arts. That's the thing about us artists/performers: we'd do it for free and very often do. 

To this end, we're not about exclusivity or having the kids meet certain requirements. We're about sharing and creating together, which can happen without a show. We do the show at the end of camp so that our parents have a way to see how their children have grown and learned over the summer. But the camp is not about the show. The camp is about the kids. So we welcome anyone and everyone, regardless of talent level, demographic, vacation schedule, or other issues. The only thing we care about is that the kids are as enthusiastic about the arts as we are! :-)