Camp Shenanigans

Performing arts programs on Capitol Hill (DCPS days off). Follow us as we document where we are, what we're up to, and what the kids have to say about it.

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Important Announcement for Our Community! - https://t.co/9eat0tE8xZ

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Exciting News! - https://t.co/VjiXFkVRxW

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Just 2 days away: Creating voices for characters!!! - https://t.co/VuoJlQnbYa

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CHARACTER VOICES! - Next week! - https://t.co/nP7wcbK0bA

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/iNiQ4dNoAG

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MUSICAL in a WEEK - Next week! - https://t.co/C4m2csPbbf

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Morning! Action words! Climb, dance, drink, stand, act, talk, sleep, paint, point. First with our bodies....and then with our puppets!

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Once again, #Grover is helping us understand important puppetry concepts! Near and far (CLASSIC) https://t.co/DLFcNTvrgB and how to enter from all 4 areas (top, bottom, side, side) https://t.co/TThTa15iJX

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Last we are each performing 1 word, and giving positive feedback!

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Good morning! Today we are giving 3 words apiece: Action word: model walk, fly, fall, eat, swim, float, draw, scream, skydive, dig, get dressed, flee

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What areas do the kids already understand about cheating to the camera/audience and where they need support? It seems they get the camera, but they need to put the faces down. They also need work on entrances/exits-- this will strengthen their confidence and performance!

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"Make sure not to use tape because of the science of physics - the puppets are fuzzy and won't stick."

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Today we did our first art critique about our solver puppets, with positive words and thoughts: "I love the way she did the ears. They really stand up!!"

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"I think it was really creative that she found other ways to make her puppet pieces look like a fairy!

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Every character needs a name: "Her name is Lydia, that I got from a Jane Austen Novel."

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Solver characters have been established! Iceberg the Penguin (good jumper, creative), Katie the Bobcat (good runner, climber, creative), Lydia the Fey (bow and arrow skills, good at problem solving)

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We talked about since it's a puppet show, we can be more than one character easily

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We've put all these ideas together to make one big world. in this world, there is a bad guy who wants everyone to look like them! (Spoiler, @shannonbdunne is apparently the bad guy LOL)
Today we all want to work on solving, and so each child is making a "solver" character

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Zoe: "this is the best idea I've had, a world called Realm of the Fey", little houses made of mushrooms, and really big flowers, a magical world, everything is based off of fantasy (elves, fairies, super tough fairies, hero from far lands

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SETTING IDEAS:
Nadia: Jumprope Jungle City: there's a lake, a bamboo forest, different places for jungle animals. The animals can talk, there's no magic powers (but there is some fantasy)

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Mikey: Really cold place, because penguins live in it. It's a community of penguins, the penguins can talk. There's an igloo, mountains.