The Prairie Arts Council is pleased to announce registration for the Thirteenth Annual Children'\;s Summer Drama Camp for children entering 2nd-9th grades. Camp runs for three hours\, Monday -Friday\, for two weeks. Camp will run June 8-19\, with one session from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and an afternoon camp from 2-5 PM. The camp cost is $85 with special rates for siblings. Need-based scholarships are also available upon request for those who meet the criteria.
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\n\nEach camp session culminates in the performance (12 PM \; and 5:PM on June 19) of an original play written specifically for the campers and\, to a large extent\, tailored to the needs and abilities of the campers. \; Campers in each session of camp name their own production. Children get the hands on experience of creating a show\, from set and light work to costuming to performing. \;
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\n\nPast theater-learning topics have included theatrical accents\, sets\, Shakespeare\, costuming\, stage make-up\, mime\, choreography for the stage\, stage lighting and design\, musical theater and opera. Camp activities also include theater and improvisational games like you might see on the television show "\;Whose Line Is It Anyway?"\; and good\, old fashioned "\;camp"\; games like Telephone. Snacks are served daily.
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\n\nChildren'\;s theater programming at PAC has always been about more than just theater skills. We strive to offer a safe\, wholesome environment in which children can learn\, grow\, and have fun. Over the many years that we have run the summer drama camps as well as other children'\;s drama programming\, we have been privileged to witness the transformation of many of our children from ducklings to beautiful\, talented swans. Fostering the growth of our community'\;s children is the greatest benefit of PAC children'\;s theater programming.
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\n\nTo register\, please contact camp director Rachel Gorenz at \;815-876-6284 \;or \; \;hildigard@hotmail.com \;. Payment is expected by June 1. Please make checks payable to The Prairie Arts Council. \; A phone call or email must be made in order the register (please do not send a check and registration form without calling or emailing first). \; Checks and registration forms (available at the PAC website: <\;www.theprairieartscouncil.org>\;) can be returned to: \;
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