Arts-X-press is a summer arts immersion program for 7th and 8th grade students created by the Pacific Symphony in celebration of Cole Carsan St.Clair. 150 students are nominated by teachers throughout Orange County to come together for 5 days of creative exploration each summer. The program has two goals: 1) To expose students to all 5 performing and visual arts; and 2) To foster respect for and interest in each student’s individuality, talents, interests, and background.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

week two day four.

what a sad sad day. we just finished our last full day together and everyone is asleep. first off. i just want to thank all of you parents for allowing your kids to come here. every year we are able to give them the arts-x-press experience but also every year we continue to learn something from them. this is why a lot of the staff continue to come back. and well we just wanted to say thanks.

well today started like every other. some loud wake ups. a quick breakfast. and then we were on our way. in creative expression the kids finished up their creative expression projects. we then headed on over to our last arts workshop classes. we then headed to lunch where we were joined by three pacific symphony members!

after lunch we were able to have a spotlight workshop with the pacific symphony orchestra members. we learned about various instruments and even had the honor of hearing them play. our vocal instructor leslie then lead us in a short vocal workshop where we learned about posture. breath. and vowels. we then headed to the gym and were able to take part in a dance spotlight workshop. we warmed up by doing some simple moves and some light jogging. we then learned how to swing dance. and yes. some boys danced with girls!

from there we went to our last dinner where we were able to eat with our arts workshops so we could prepare for the parent presentation. which i hope you were all able to go see! so after the parent presentation we had our own talent show where everyone was able to go preform a talent including the counselors. we ended the night with a party and some cake! yay!

once again. thank you. stephanie and i are glad that we could spend our last summer as counselors with your kids.

goodnight.
garret.

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