 There will be breadmaking from each country every week at the Felucca of Fun. Camp is inspired by children who come to drumming classes throughout the year. Linden's learning new songs, and getting ready to head up our Music Program this June/July. Jowey the Web Woman. Friendly Starbucks Staff who always remember it's a grande latte EXTRA hot! Katherine cutting and creating new designs. |
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IDEAOur program themes begin with an idea. The Felucca of Fun grew from a conversation Katherine McLeod had with her brother over twenty years ago! (see the Theme section for more information).
Camp Magic's June/July program is about a journey. This journey begins with a story from a place, and builds into many amazing adventures through painting, playing, moving, singing, dancing... even stilt walking and uniclying! |
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| CONCEPTThis idea became a Concept.A concept takes root like a seed planted in a garden. Once a seed is planted, it needs certain things to grow... |
Sunshine... these are the bright thoughts and imagination following the idea.
Rain... is part of the food that helps a seed to grow. All the incredible information about the countries the Felucca will travel this year, the stories from those places….the handicrafts, breads, and animals. These fed the concept, allowing it to breathe and take shape.
Weeding... this is when we edit out all the information and try and finalize what we will be working with.
And a whole lot of Love... this is the passion in the work that a concept needs to grow! |
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ACTION PLANWith all of these ingredients, a concept becomes an
Action Plan.
The action plan is all the hard work, the sticking your nose to the grind, getting your head out of those beautiful clouds of concepts, and digging your heels in. |
The Action plan is when your web designer says to you...
"Please, I need all your artwork and text by next Friday at the very latest!"
The Action plan is when your printer says to you...
"If you want to have your brochures and advertisements out by next Friday, please make sure all the content is in by this Friday."
(Friday seems to be a popular day for Action Plans!) |
And while all the printed material and art work is being prepared for Thomas and Jowey, the entire program for the summer is being created. Katherine works with the staff who live both in town and overseas. This year, we have Louise Legault from Canada, who is bringing lots of fun new ideas for the outdoor program!
The Action Plan is when you have amazing people like MJ who help to sew pillow cases and beautiful flags that add colour to each camp room.
The Action Plan is the team of coffee baristas at Starbucks, who smile when you go to do your work in a noisy corner of their café, just to get a bit of inspiration from all the coffee fumes, and chatty wonderful customers.
The Action Plan is children who volunteer to paint stilts, getting them ready for the Camp Magic season.
The Action Plan is Katherine cutting fabrics, designing new and fun things for the children and staff.
The Action Plan is staff coming to studio inthegroove or chatting on skype, discussing parts of the program they will take care of, and all the wonderful things they would like to contribute. |
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ADMINISTRATINGOnce the program is created, brochures and website is up and running, we then start what is called Administrating.
This is when we get to chat with parents through e-mails and the telephone. Often people have questions if they haven't sent their children to the camp before, or perhaps they are returning customers who just want to say "Hello! My son/daughter can't wait to come back to Camp Magic again this year!" We love answering questions and discussing what we do each year, because everyone who works at Camp Magic does it for one very simple reason... WE LOVE IT!
And of course after all of this is done, our plant has now grown into an entire garden, and we are ready to harvest all the fruits of our labour, and have loads and loads of fun with the children. |
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 We often spend time walking in nature. This inspires the process of creating too. Fresh flowers in each room is one of our final preparations before beginning each week at Camp Magic. MJ is our Camp Magic seamstress. Thomas the Patient Printer. Children at studio inthegroove helped to paint and prepare new stilts. Billie, our camp mascot, preparing her imagination to take flight in the Felucca of Fun. |
