Summer Stars Camp for the Performing arts

Website

www.summerstars.org

Overview of Idea

For 10 days in August Summer Stars brings economically disadvantaged children, ages 12-15, to attend our overnight camp in Massachusetts at no cost to their families. Summer Stars provides kids with the opportunity to discover themselves and their potential through the performing arts.

The Specifics: What will the $5,000 fund?

These funds will send 15 kids to Summer Stars to have a life changing experience! These are kids whose families do not have the financial resources for summer programs. As one camper wrote, “Summer Stars does not teach musicianship to create more musicians, Summer Stars taught me musicianship so that I might stumble upon something greater.”

Summer Stars encourages hard work, risk taking and the joy of performing through intensive workshops. Participants learn voice and diction, vocal production and vocal techniques for different styles of music, improvisational acting, acting exercises, dance styles and techniques. One thing we know for certain is that a ten-day program can be life changing.

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