Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Summer camps are busting out all over

By LINDSAY BIANCHI
lbianchi@thecitizennews.com

The school halls are about to empty and kids everywhere are looking forward to getting a break from homework and report cards. Teachers get a brea,k too, but summertime has something else in store for the student body.

Many different types of activities are being offered at summer camps in Fayette, Coweta and Fulton counties. Everything from archery and swimming to painting and piano. Whatever your young ones are into, there’s a special place for them to express themselves and have fun this summer.

Fayette-Coweta Family Theatre, Inc. offers their very popular Summer Theatre Production Camp for the fifth summer in a row. This week-long day camp will immerse campers in all things theatrical as they prepare to present a 35-minute musical production of “Pocahontas” at the conclusion of the camp to a public audience. Campers will experience auditioning for roles, singing, dancing, designing costumes and sets and theatre games. The camp will run July 24 - 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day with no camp July 25. “Pocahontas” productions will be at 2 and 3 p.m. July 31. Camp will be held at St. Paul Lutheran School at 700 Ardenlee Parkway in Peachtree City. The fee is $250 and includes all materials, pizza cast party and camp tee shirt. Space is limited to twenty campers. To register call 770-251-7611 or visit www.fcft.net/SummerCamp2004.

Summer is approaching and Peachtree City's Camp McIntosh is filling up fast. Camp McIntosh is an Adventure Day Camp which meets at Huddleston Elementary School on McIntosh Trail. ÊThe club swims at Clover Reach Pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ÊOther activities include Art Craft projects, Team sports fun group games, themed activities, special guests and awesome trips. ÊCamp runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and has four, two week sessions. ÊThe sessions and themes for this year are: Session I- Journey Into the Congo Basin June 7 - June 18. Trips include: Wild Animal Safari, Fernbank IMAX Chimpanzee Adventure and Six Flags. Cost is $175; Session II- Watermania- June 21- July 2. Trips include: ÊSun Valley Beach, Whitewater, "The Beach" Clayton County and Lake Lanier. Cost is $175; Session III- Salute to America's Theme Parks - July 6 - July 16. Trips Include: Stone Mountain, American Adventures and Six Flags. Cost $150; Session IV- There's No Business Like Show Business July 19 - July 30. Trips Include: CNN Tour, Fox Theater, Six Flags, Rock Climbing Wall and A Special Talent Show for the Parents. Cost is $175.

Visit www.CampMcIntosh.com or call the Peachtree City Parks and Recreation Department at (770) 631-2542 for more information. ÊYou must register in person at the Recreation Administration Building on 191 McIntosh Trail in Peachtree City or at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center, 202 Kedron Drive.

Girls this summer have the opportunity to participate in activities that will carry them back to days of old--writing in calligraphy, making bonnets, "taking tea," and learning the "Language of the Fan" at a unique day camp in downtown Fayetteville. This exciting camp is called Victorian Adventures Day Camp and will be held at Southern Oaks, a restored turn-of-the-century house on Jeff Davis Drive. It is available to girls ages 8Ð12. One week for teenagers only will be offered as well.

There will be several themes this summer—Victorian camp, which depicts the 1800s, and Colonial camp, in which girls will learn about the early American settlers of the 1700s. The teen camp, called “Ladies Through Time,” will present 3 time-periods—the Victorian, Colonial, and Edwardian Eras. At each camp session, campers experience a glimpse of what it was like to live back in time-- dressing in hoop skirts and making their own hats each day, learning about the daily lives of ladies of that era, including fashions, needlework, and customs of the period. One of the highlights of each camp day is to participate in old-fashioned dancing.

The campers present a program and “tea” for their families on Friday evening of each camp week where they present some of what they’ve learned during the week, including several dances that they've mastered. Victorian Adventures Camp is held in one-week sessions, from 9am to 3pm each day. A Registration Day will be held on Saturday, May 29, from 9 Ð 2. Campers may register then or any time before or after by calling Michele Cox, camp director, at 770-460-0890 or check the website: www.VictorianAdventures.com.

Harvest Rain Church International Summer Camp begins June 1-August 2, 2004 from 6:30am-6:00pm. Cost is $80.00 a week for ages 5-12years. Cost includes lunch, field trips, daily activities, enrichment classes and much more! Limited space available. Phone 770-969-2040 for more information

The Fayette County Parks and Recreation Department is offering summer camps

for children ages 6-11. Camp will begin June 1 and continue through August 6. With an unbeatable price of $55-$60 per person/per week (depending on the camp) this is a bargain you can't afford to miss. New this summer is a program called Camp PLUS+, which will extend your day camp hours. To be eligible for Camp PLUS+, you must be registered in the day camp of the same week.

Fine Art Camps, "Learn to Paint the Masters" are June 7 - 11, June 14-18 and June 21-25. Camps will be held Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Learn to paint in the style of such famous artists as Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci. The medium will be acrylic on canvas. Each camp will focus on a different art period (Renaissance, Impressionist, and Modern). Camps are for youth and teens age 8-15 and cost $120 per week. Supplies and a drink are included.

Phone 770-461-9714 for registration information. Call 770-461-9714 or visit the Activities House at the corner of Old Senoia Road and Redwine Road. Office hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday. The entire Summer Program brochure is available online at www.fayettecountyga.gov

Fayette Family YMCA Camp Deer Point , 215 Huiet Road in Fayetteville is having their summer sessions from June 1 - August 6 for ages 5 - 15. New sessions begin every Monday. Activities include archery, riflery, swimming, sports, petting zoo, fort building, creative arts, nature studios, character values and more. Outdoor Adventure Camp and Movin’ On Travel Camp are for ages 11-13. Leaders-in-Training and Councellors-inTraining programs available for teens. For more information phone 770-719-9622.

KidsCamp at Newnan Theatre Company is a one-week drama camp for kids ages 6-12, held at the Newnan Theatre Company, 24 First Avenue in Newnan. It runs Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. throughout July, with a performance on Saturday at 10 a.m. There are four weeks to choose from, so you can plan around family vacations -- July 5-10, July 12-17, July 19-24, and July 26-31. Laurel Alford of Newnan Theatre Company will direct the camp. She asks that children be on time every day and don’t skip any days. “We start every day at 9am exactly,” she says. “And every day is important in the process.”

The camp will emphasize: creating performance pieces from different media; traditional theatre exercises and games; and designing and creating set, lights, costumes, props and special effects. The cost of the camp is $80 for one week, each additional week or additional child, only $60. For a registration form or more info, call Laurel Alford at 770-251-9847 or 678-677-1510 (cell) or e-mail her at turtlehouse1@yahoo. For more information about Newnan Theatre Company, call 770-683-6282 or visit www.newnantheatre.com.

Fulton County Parks and Recreation Department offers several summer playground programs and camps. Supervised recreation for ages 6-12 runs from May 24 - July 23 at Burdett, Creel, Hammond, Sandown, Rico and Welcome All Parks and at Woodland, Evoline C. West and Findlay Oaks Elementary Schools. Children, ages 13-15 can attend Cliftondale Park’s Summer Playground. All summer playground programs are Monday -Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Camp MOVE for ages 14-18 is being held Monday - Friday at Clark Atlanta University, June 1- July 2 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. For more information on these summer activities, phone 404-730-6200.