Plans are underway for Youth Summer Camps at Good Neighbors Theatre. First will be the Vocal/Choral Camp for ages 6 – 18/Grades 1 – 12.

The annual music camp program will again be under the direction of Janice Hay Warhurst of Albany, Kentucky, who has been instructor for the music camp since its beginning in 2010. Dates for the music camp are June 27 – July 1 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Registration fee is $70 per student and the Registration Deadline is June 17. Call Erica at 931-284-7968 to sign-up your child.

The week will include instruction in Vocal and Choral Technique, note reading, rhythms, sight singing, ear training, musical terms and signs, reading a score and intervallic singing.

Parents and all interested in attending will enjoy a performance to see what the participants have learned on Friday, July 1 at 2:00 PM.

Warhurst is a nationally certified teacher of music with a degree in music education and operates The Music Studio in Clinton County. Her students take classical piano, classical voice, and choral music and include pre-school through adults. She is a frequent competition and workshop judge in addition to teaching her own students.

Involving children and youth in the performing arts is important at Good Neighbors Theatre as they strive to expose the aspects of live theater to young persons in the area. Youth appreciation of the arts is the entire focus of the summer at GNT and prepares the young people to be interested in attending and participating in future productions, especially the annual play featuring children. Many who take part have gotten their start in theater by participating in summer camps at GNT.

The summer drama camp follows for students having completed grades1 through 12. Dates are July 11 – July 15 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 p.m.. A showcase performance will be held Friday, July 15 at 6:30 pm on stage at Good Neighbors Theatre.

The drama camp is a great opportunity for kids to learn about acting and theater through acting exercises and scene work with a live performance of what they have learned at the end of the week.

Registration for the Summer Drama Camp is $60.00. Deadline is July 1. The drama camp will be led by Nicholas Kidd, a student at University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky where he minors in theatre.

He has years of theatre experience working with Somerset Community College in Somerset, Kentucky–both as an actor, assistant, and director. In addition, he has worked with several other drama camps–most notably the Shakespeare Camp for Children at SCC.

Nicholas is a graduate of Wayne County High School and was kind enough to step in at the last minute to fill the role of Lysander from A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the GNT stage when the original cast member had to miss a performance.

For registration and any questions, feel free to contact Erica at 931-284-7968.