Category: KATA! Summer 2019

Boy did we work today!  In the morning, both groups worked some spots and then came together for a run through.  After our morning, we were treated to a pizza party by our lovely hosts at Zion Lutheran Church.  There was tons of pizza and juice for us all to enjoy together.  Then in the afternoon, both groups did another run through.  The Kids are very excited to present, Into The Woods… 2!, which features music from Into The Woods and Gypsy!  The Teens are proud to present The Play That Went OOF!, which features music from The Frogs, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Forum, and Gypsy!

Wow was today a great day!  Today was Tony Awards Day and we all came to camp dressed to impress, and ready to accept our very own Tony Awards!  In the morning, each group did a full run of their show with music!  After lunch, we ventured out beyond Zion and attended the matinee of Hansel and Gretel.  Which runs until August 10th, so make sure you get your tickets now!  It was an exciting and hysterical change to our daily schedule!  Tomorrow, we will be rehearsing and rehearsing and rehearsing!

Today was our popsicle day!  And it was a double popsicle day!  After we gave out our popsicles, we were visited by the Copsicle Truck!  So everyone got to have two popsicles!  It was a great way to cool off on this HOT day.  Boy we were thankful to go back inside and cool off!  With both shows finished, we spent most of our day inside refining and working on what we haven’t perfected yet.  The Kids worked hard on their intro and the Teens had a stumble through.  Tomorrow is Tony Awards Day and we cannot wait to see everyone in their Tony Awards finest!

We are back from the weekend and boy did we do a lot of work today.  We actually, decided to change things up today!  Both groups devised in the morning.  Both shows are finished!  That mean the rest of this week will be revising, editing, and tons of rehearsal!  The Teens learned and finished choreography for Comedy Tonight.  The Kids learned and finished choreography for Ever After!  In the afternoon, both groups had music where they did run throughs of all of their music to learn the order of their shows.  We have a huge week coming our way of rehearsals, and everyone is very excited!

Today was super eventful!  The morning was pretty normal.  Each group worked incredibly hard on their shows!  We also caught up all the people who had been out sick!  Then it was water day!  So at lunch, we all put on our swimsuits and headed out for a nice cool down at the water feature!  We even had an extra special treat!  A water balloon fight!  Everyone had the chance to throw a few water balloons around!  We ended the day with our talent share, and we saw everything from the violin to baking!  It was a really fun and unique talent share.

Oh what a day!  The Kids kept working hard on Together Wherever We Go, Ever After, and started learned Everything is Coming Up Roses.  The Teens continued to perfect their songs, and are working on some featured lines in The Invocation.  They are also working hard on their tapping!  Except, they don’t have tap shoes!  So it’s a soft shoe!  In the afternoon, both groups set to devising.  The Teens wrote three more scenes for their show, one of which has some stage combat elements!  The Kids worked on three scenes, one of which features some Ninjas making prank calls.  Tomorrow is water day, and talent day so it should be very full!

Today was Fairy Tale Day, inspired by the Sondheim classic Into the Woods, which was just on the Barrington Boyd-Quinson Mainstage!  We all dressed in Fairy Tale inspired outfits.  We had Fairies, wizards, and even Elton John.  He is his own kind of fairy tale creature!  In the morning, the Teens learned the lyrics to Broadway, reviewed the combo they learned yesterday, and had a Tap Class!  We might see some Soft Shoe in their show!  The Kids began to learn Ever After from Into The Woods, and continued their choreography for Together Wherever We Go!  At lunch, we were visited by the Copsicle Truck!  Officer Derby stopped by and gave us all popsicles, which was a welcome surprise!  In the afternoon, both groups set their minds to devising.  The Teens began to work on a crazy audition scene full of wacky characters.  The Kids are continuing to work with the idea of a magical wood full of some crazy characters.

Today was a super busy day!  In the morning, the Teens began to learn the Invocation from The Frogs in music.  In Dance, they learned a combination set to Broadway from Gypsy.  Then they rounded out the morning with some improv games.  The Kids began to choreograph Together Wherever We Go and continued to learn the words in Music.  The Kids also worked on some Ensemble Building with Sophie.  In the afternoon, both groups set to devising.  The Kids created short scenes about people trying to leave the woods.  The Teens played around with power dynamics and created short scenes based around power dynamics in relationships.  Tomorrow we will continue to build on what we’ve started.

Session 3 is underway and we are all about Sondheim!  I know what you must be thinking, “You’re all crazy! Sondheim is so hard”  Well, these kids are taking the bull by the horns!  Today, we started the day off by getting to know each other!  It is a brand new session after all.  In music, the Kids began to learn Together Wherever We Go from Gypsy!  The Teens began to learn Comedy Tonight!  The Kids started Dance class today with Eden and came up with some super cool handshakes.  The Teens had a super productive Ensemble Building session with Sophie!  During lunch, we had a super fun lip sync battle because we couldn’t go outside.  Everyone who participated gave an awesome performance.  At the end of the day, each group go the chance to improvise some scenes around some Sondheim lyrics and we had everything from Aliens to Werewolves!

Today was a full day straight through of rehearsals.  It was also pizza day!  At lunch ew all enjoyed some delicious pizza from Big Y.  The Kids are very excited to present The Case of the Missing Bride!  The Teens are very excited to present The Spoon: Dun Dun Dun!  Tomorrow will be an exciting day for all!