Rock Star Camp Day 5: Performance

Posted in Music, Studio Life, Teachers by Cait (The Dance Buzz)

See more about our camps here – Rock Star Theme Camp.

Day #5 Set List

Warm-Up: Creative Movement in center & across the floor
Class Time: Practice all dances
Craft Time: Giant Tickets / Programs
Snack
Class Time: Dress Rehearsal
Performance!

On the last day of camp we put on an impromptu performance in the studio for family and friends. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera for the final day of camp, but I will try to describe everything as best I can.

Main Craft: Giant Ticket / Programs
You Will Need:
– 11 x 14 Construction Paper
– Crayons

We cut out rounded shapes in the corners to make the tickets look more “ticket-ty”. The dancers decorated them for their audience.

Ideas for what to put on tickets: “Admit One” “Dance Camp” “Rock Star Camp”
Ideas for back of ticket (program): Cast list, show order, message to audience

As our audience members came into the studio, our dancers went out and presented them with their ticket / programs.

Showtime Playlist!
We ended up with a great group of students who were hungry for choreography and learning, so we learned eight little combinations, which was so much fun! We started off with our four tap songs and then took a quick break to change our shoes. Then we finished up the show with our jazz & creative movement routines.

Rock This Town by Stray Cats
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Hailey & The Comets
We Built This City by Starship

QUICK BREAK

Baby I’m a Star by Prince

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah by Paula Abdul

Itsy Bitsy Spider by Little Richard

Rock Star by Hannah Montana

We had a great week and I hope you enjoyed coming along with us!

5Jul2012

Rock Star Camp Day 4: Bling Bling

Posted in Studio Life, Teachers by Cait (The Dance Buzz)

Read more about our camp here!

Day #4 Set List

Warm-Up: Jazz warm-up and across the floor progressions
Class Time: Jazz class – learn dance #3
Craft Time: Sunglasses & Necklaces
Snack
Class Time: Tap class – learn dance #3
Fun Time: Relay Races

Playlist

On Day 4, we learned our final dances to “We Built This City”

by Starship and Hannah Montana’s “Rock Star”

.Since we needed more time to practice our dances, we kept craft time shorter than the other days.

Craft #1: Blinged-Out Sunnies
Supplies: Cardstock or Folders, Gem Rhinestones, Glue, Paintbrushes

Teacher Prep: Cut out glasses from cardstock.

Using glue and plastic gems, decorate glasses.

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4Jul2012

Rock Star Camp Day 3: Glitter, Glitter, Everywhere

Posted in Studio Life, Teachers by Cait (The Dance Buzz)

Read more about our camp here!

Day #3 Set List

Warm-Up: Jazz warm-up and across the floor progressions
Class Time: Jazz class – learn dance #3
Craft Time: Microphones, Picture Frames, Stars
Snack
Class Time: Tap class – learn dance #3
Fun Time: Alphadance

Playlist

For Day 3, we lip-synced with our microphones to “Rock Around The Clock”

and did a fun jazz dance to Little Richard’s rockin’ version of “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Main Craft: Glittered Microphone Heads
Supplies Needed: Styrofoam balls, glue, paintbrushes, glitter, hot glue, painted tube from Day 2

1) Apply glue to styrofoam balls with paintbrushes (we put the balls on a fork to make “glitterizing” easier).

2) Dip in glitter and repeat until covered. Set aside to dry.

3) *Teacher Step* Hot glue glittered styrofoam to painted tube (from yesterday’s step).

Microphones and guitar necks drying.

Our forks wouldn’t fit in the small tubes so we let them

dry in the guitar necks.

Craft #2: Picture Frames
Supplies: foam sheets, foam stickers, hot glue, photos

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3Jul2012

Rock Star Camp Day 2: Rockin’ Guitars & Hats

Posted in Studio Life, Teachers by Cait (The Dance Buzz)

See more about our camps here – Rock Star Theme Camp.

Day #2 Set List

Warm-Up: Jazz warm-up and across the floor progressions
Class Time: Jazz class – learn dance #2
Craft Time: Guitars, Hats, Microphones
Snack
Class Time: Tap class – learn dance #2
Fun Time: Limbo & Beanbag pass

Microphone bases (left) and guitar necks (right)

Main Craft: Guitars

You Will Need:
– Various cardboard boxes (tissue boxes, shoe boxes, pasta boxes, etc) – 1 per guitar
– 1-foot piece of cardboard tube (wrapping paper or paper towel tube) – 1 per guitar
– Construction or contact paper to cover box
– Rubber bands (6 per guitar)
– Crayons (2 per guitar)
– Paint & paint brushes
– Hot glue gun
– Glue sticks for glue gun

1. Paint cardboard tube. Set aside to dry.

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2Jul2012

Rock Star Camp Day 1: Tie-Dye

Posted in Studio Life, Teachers by Cait (The Dance Buzz)

.See more about our camps here – Rock Star Theme Camp.

Day #1 Set List

Warm-Up: Creative Movement in center & across the floor
Jazz Class: Learn Jazz Dance #1
Craft Time: Tie-Dye T-Shirts & VIP Passes
Snack
Tap Class: Learn Tap Dance #1
Game Time: Obstacle Course & Freeze Dance

Main Craft: Tie-Dye T-shirts
You Will Need:
– T-Shirts
– Fabric Dye (pink, yellow, blue, purple)
– Buckets
– Rubberbands

We keep it basic and mix up 4 or 5 different buckets of fabric dye outside the studio (we have a sidewalk with a faucet, which works perfectly). The kids design the t-shirts inside with rubberbands. If you want design ideas, here are a few good tutorials.

We skip the soda ash step and just let the kids dip in the buckets. The shirts end up pastel, but it works for us and keeps it simple. Once the kids are done dipping, we rinse the shirts out under the outside faucet, unwrap them and hang them up to dry.

Tip #1: Some kids will want to use one or two colors, others will need to dip in every bucket. For this reason, avoid darker colors like maroon, navy blue and hunter green – mixing will result in a brown t-shirt! I recommend at least getting red, yellow, purple and bright blue.

Tip #2: The tie-dye will stain skin and dancewear / shoes. Our kids bring smocks, but inevitably someone splashes and ends up with polka-dot tights. In our welcome letter I let parents know we will be tie-dying on the first day in case they don’t want to wear their “fancy outfit”. We tie-dye in bare feet and with our smocks on to avoid most of the mess.

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29Jun2012

Dance Camp: Rock Star Theme

Posted in Studio Life by Cait (The Dance Buzz)

What a great week of camp at the studio!

Our studio offers two types of camp: 5-day “Dance Camp” for ages 6-10 and 4-day “Princess Camp” for ages 4-6. For both camps, the students come each day for three hours from 9am – noon and we dance and do arts and crafts. It’s a lot of fun and we’ve run both programs successfully for a few years (we’ve been doing Dance Camp for more than 10 years… Princess Camp we just started last year).

Each year we do a different theme and base the week’s lessons around that theme. We hold an impromptu little “show” on the last day of camp for family and friends.

This year, the older kids’ camp theme was “Rock Stars”, which was a blast to plan and to do. I wanted to share our week with you and hopefully it will give you some ideas for your camp or even just some fun crafts to do at home this summer!

Our Rock Star Camp Schedule
Day 1: Totally Tie-Dye
Day 2: Rockin’ Guitars
Day 3: Glitter, Glitter, Everywhere!
Day 4: Stars, Frames & Bling
Day 5: Performance Day

This coming week, look for a new post every day with a breakdown of what we did, craft ideas and song suggestions for a rockin’ week of camp!

Do you have camp at your studio? What’s the format? Is it successful? Comment below!