What to do at camp...?

Everything we do at camp we try to have revolve around music.  Sometimes it can be difficult!!

For Games: we have changed Red Light Green Light to Largo Presto - as the week goes on and kids learn more tempo markings, we add those in.  Duck Duck Goose/Grey Duck will probably become Bach Bach Beethoven.  But we can't play only these games everyday!!

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Crafts are easier for ideas, but harder because of the age spread!  At least one day of crafts will be devoted to props for each groups presentation.  Another day will be for the camp bandana or t-shirt (we haven't decided yet!).  The first day will be Paint the Music--we play a piece, have the kids listen with their eyes closed and then paint the shapes and colours, etc. they see.

And all of this has to fit our budget (although we have some leftover from last year)--so hopefully we'll find out soon if we have enough campers to start buying supplies!


If you are interested in camp (if you're in the Rochester area) visit our Facebook page or the Bethel CYF site.

Many of our plans that we got from the internets are on my Camp Board on Pintrest

Camp Again?...YES!

This year we are not able to run a full-day camp like last year, so we had originally decided to skip this year.  

However, SO many kids and parents were asking if it was happening again that we've settled for the half days! (We've been volunteering at VBS at our church - where most of our campers came from - and they asked us when they saw us.  Not to mention all of the emails we've been receiving from curious parents!)

The theme we've chosen is Music From Around the World--and we have a few ideas!  One is to put together a scenes from different musicals and movies that represent different parts of the world.  Some possibilities include: My Fair Lady, The King & I, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Aladdin, musicals based on mythological & Biblical stories, and Mulan.

Hopefully we can get this together as well as last year with such a short time to plan - 7 weeks!! eek! - volunteers are always one of the most difficult things to get and a lot of them from last year are off at college now!

As we get more info up, it will be posted to our Facebook page and the Bethel Lutheran site (specific menu to follow).  If you have any questions, you can either leave them on our Facebook page or email us at bethelmusiccamp@gmail.com.  EDIT: visit our Bethel Lutheran Church CYF site!

We're super excited! :)

Bethel Music Camp - Under the Sea

It is over, and it was AMAZING!

we ended up with 24 campers (with limited staff, we probably couldn't have handled anymore)

we divided them into 3 groups & each group produced a music video and a skit for the Thursday Night parents' program.
SO many of the parents are already asking when camp will be next year!  Right now, Angie & I don't even know if there will be a camp because we have no idea what's going on next summer!!

Anyway, it was a lot of work, but it was fun while it lasted

Planning Camp...

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so i am the camp director for a music camp at my church for this summer...there is a lot of stuff to be done.

for the next 2ish months:

• volunteer application creation
• assigning camp prep activities
• advertising

after that:

• finish the daily plan
• assign volunteer positions
• get donations for supplies & snacks/drinks
• put together camper registrations
• volunteer orientation
• find music to work on
• get craft supplies ready
• and some other stuff that i haven't thought of right now

I'm busy busy busy balancing school

and organising aspects of camp!

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Bethel Music Camp – “Under the Sea”

Come join in the musical fun August 8^th – 11^th!  Camp activities will include a wide variety of musical “need-to-knows”, such as reading clefs, some music theory, ear training & aural skills, and exposure to conducting, piano, chimes & handbells, and various other instruments.  A family potluck and program will be held in the evening on the last day of camp.  Camp is open to all children 7 & up (or completing the 1^st grade in June). 

Dates: Monday, August 8^th – Tuesday, August 11^th, 8am – 4:45pm*

Registration due July 31^st (but please return as soon as possible!) Camp Fee: $12

Registration Forms are available in the Bethel Office and on the
music concert/events page (http://www.bethellutheran.com/music/schedules.htm)

For more information, please contact:

 Chrissy Misso, Camp Director, or Angie Misso, Assistant Director
 (bethelmusiccamp@gmail.com) or Gary Thorn (thorn@bethellutheran.com)

* We can make arrangements to watch your child for some time before or after camp if necessary,

please indicate such needs when you submit your child’s registration.

**Parents & High-School Students (& older): Please contact us if you would like

to volunteer your time and/or efforts to  Bethel Music Camp

 

Christmas Eve Performance

 I will be performing at the Candlelight Service (11pm) at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, MN on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24th)!

I have been rehearsing with my accompanist (my mom) at least once everyday since last Friday.  We practised in the sanctuary for the first time on Sunday...such amazing acoustics, but I'm not sure how it will work with the mics.

O Holy Night, in F, makes that high note at the end a high C (C6 to be exact!) but that's not a hard note for me to reach.

I haven't quite figured out if I'm going to be nervous or not - I know my mom is getting nervous, and it's only Tuesday!!

We're going to rehearse again tomorrow in the sanctuary.  It's kinda funny to watch the people who come in and out of the church look through the glass windows at the back as we're rehearsing.

Maybe I'll see you there...?

Happy Christmas!