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	KATHERINE MCLEOD (Canada) Creative Director, Storyteller, Drummer, Writer, Illustrator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 SOLSTICE CREW - 2013 Camp Magic all started 13 years ago in an emptied out school classroom filled with paints, costumes, re-cycled junk, drums, puppets and 15 excited and enthusiastic children! Today, Camp Magic is thriving in Singapore with over 150 children per week in our June/July program. Due to the success of this program, and amazing feedback from both children and parents, Katherine started up Camp Magic Solstice in December 2010, and in Melbourne (July 2010) and Mumbai (in January 2011).A true traveler at heart, Katherine has spent the past 20 years on the road. She thrives on meeting different people and experiencing their cultures through language, food, and stories. Camp Magic is a celebration of this amazing world community we share. By giving children the opportunity to connect through stories, Katherine believes that the imagination can be further ripened and revealed to the listener. The story is the "jumping off point" for all the discovery that our Camp Magic programs bring.Please see her website www.katherinemcleod.com for more information on her performances, workshops, and background.

	BRUCE HOME (Canada) Director of Camp Operations, Art Program Director, Storyteller RODEO CREW - 2013 SOLSTICE CREW – December 2013 Bruce has been helping out with Camp Magic from the very earliest days. He organizes the bus service in Singapore each year, oversees camp operations, and has helped to develop the unique story-art program that is offered at all camps.Bruce is originally from Quebec, Canada. His earliest dream was to be a fireman! He also enjoyed painting as a young boy. Bruce returned to that early love of the canvas 10 years ago. After studying with Australia's Tony Griffiths, the colours began to dance off the brush, swirling and creating beautiful abstract pieces.When it came time to choose a career, he got serious and joined the Toronto Stock Exchange after graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration. After wearing a suit and tie for two years, Bruce began to exchange his belongings, instead of commodities on the world exchange. He traded his suit for a bike, packed up his apartment and bought a one-way ticket to Amsterdam. Although he visits his Canadian homeland at every opportunity, Bruce has lived overseas for the past 20 years. His passions are storytelling, education (he has worked as both teacher and primary principal at international schools for 14 years!), running, gardening and spending time with his family. He spins tales for children and teachers at schools in Asia and Australia, for his children at home, and each week at Camp Magic.Bruce is a funny, fun, and very helpful person. We love that he helps us to run each program throughout the year. Thank you, Bruce!

	JOHNNY GILLETT (United Kingdom) Personnel Director, Performance Director, Storyteller, Mime Artist RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 SOLSTICE CREW - 2013 Johnny has been performing and working with children for over twenty years. Originally trained in Mime, Theatre, and Dance, Johnny now celebrates his passion for performance and learning through travelling near and far as The Journey Man. He tells stories to everyone he meets, including the very young and the very old. He sings, dances (mainly traditional Indian dance), plays guitar and drums, teaches drama, plus enjoys painting pictures!Johnny has worked in youth theatre now for several years, directing and coaching older children and teens as they find their own voices through theatre and storytelling. He has also worked at Julia Gabriel with younger children (nearly ten years ago now) and is excited to come back to Singapore to work after living in the UK for the past 8 years.Johnny's passion for stories started with his Mum and Dad, who used to read to him every night. Being the oldest of five boys, he in turn told tales to his brothers. This then grew into telling stories to other people. Sharing stories grew into his passion.He says: "I always wanted to travel. Perhaps being part of a big family in a small house- I wanted to get out and find some space! I originally wanted to be a zoologist- studying animals in the rainforests of the world. But I am more of a performer, so instead I tell stories from rainforests, and deserts, and snow, and woodland, and hilltops..." It sure sounds to us like Johnny gets to travel to many different places.Johnny now works at Camp Magic throughout the year - helping us with program development, hiring new crew, and of course directing staff and working with children in all of our programs. We look forward to seeing Johnny again in Singapore this June/July for his fifth Camp Magic!

	BROOKE CLUNIE (Australia) Ceramic Artist, Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 Brooke Clunie is an exceptionally talented ceramic artist. She is filled with warmth, generosity, and a desire to share her passion of working with clay. We are delighted to have Brooke back again with us at the Rodeo of Fun. To hold a piece of Brooke's work is pure magic. The colours dance off of her hand thrown pieces, each one remarkable and unique. When asked about her earliest tendencies towards colour and art, Brooke replied "I used to love colouring in as a child. I could spend hours and hours colouring- giving the pictures different shades and hues."Although Brooke's arts degree focused on Near Eastern Archeology, she returned to her earlier passion, clay. Spending her last two years of high school being mentored by her high school art teacher, she took to the wheel again after returning from her travels in Europe.Her most recent mentor has been Jock Schimeld. Brooke claims that much of what she has learned as a ceramic artist has been through watching Jock at work. "He's a beautiful thrower" Brooke states clearly.This year at Camp Magic Brooke will be brining some Clay Magic to the 5-12 year old. Each child enrolled in the clay program will have a go at the pottery wheel, creating bowls, and then painting glazes and "story art" as a finishing touch.Please see Brooke's website: www.brookeclunie.com to view her work. If your child is interested in adding a bit of Clay Magic to their Camp Magic experience, please contact us to pre-register. Cost is additional, and spaces are offered on a first-come first-serve basis.

	CORRY MORIARTY (Canada) Musician, Singer, Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 Corry Moriarty is a woman of adventure. Throughout her career as a Music and Drama teacher, Corry has travelled to Hong Kong, Tanzania, Alberta and British Columbia (Canada), Tanganyika, and most recently, Saudi Arabia.She is also a true cowgirl at heart, after growing up on the prairies in Saskatchewan, Canada. Corry claims that some of her happiest childhood memories were being on a farm with her aunts, uncles, and cousins singing and playing country music until "all hours of the night"!Corry has also enjoyed the vast world of make believe since childhood. She told us the story of how she would line up her collection of 16 or more stuffed animals at the foot of her bed, "directing them in song before going to sleep!".When we asked Corry about what she was most looking forward to about her first Camp Magic experience, this is what she shared: "I can see bursts of colour, juggling balls whirling, clowns dancing, and story-tellers sweeping their arms across a stage!... Laughter, children singing, drums beating, wind chimes tinkling, and birds chirping... Acting, creating, sharing, and learning. I can't wait".Thank you Corry. And we can't wait to see you at the Camp Magic Rodeo of Fun... Let's pull foot (get ready) for some real cowgirl fun!

	ALBERTO MARTINEZ (Spain) Actor, Stilt and Flag Trainer, Assistant Performance Director RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 MUMBAI CREW - June 2013 SOLSTICE CREW - 2013 When Alberto was a little boy, he couldn't hear enough bedtime stories from his father. The joy of listening to tales, hearing his father's voice, and entering into the story spaces that were created. His father is a self-taught musician, and as Alberto got older, he began to tell the stories himself, whilst his father played the flute!When it came to deciding what he wanted to do as an adult, there were so many things he enjoyed... it was so hard to decide. Why not become an actor, where you could be all the things you wanted to be, never having to choose one, but allowing yourself the freedom to be all?Alberto left his homeland, Spain, and studied at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Liege, Belgium for 3 years. Since finishing his degree he has worked in both classical and contemporary theatre. More recently, Alberto has started mixing dance, theatre, and music together. He is passionate about exploring different cultures and their forms of performance, always merging what he has learned into his new work projects.We have enjoyed the skills and talent Alberto brought to our last three Solstice programs. His caring and creativeness with the 3-4year olds, soap box stories, and careful direction of flag formations at each performance, Alberto always gives the children and crew 100%. We look forward to welcoming Alberto this year to our June/July program! Here he will be helping to direct the shows at Mini Magic, working with Cinzia in further developing our street theatre program, plus facilitating our youngest groups.Let's get on those horses Alberto, and get ready for another wonderful ride!

	MONICA DEIOANNI (Italy/Scotland) Dance Artist, Puppeteer, Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 Monica was born in Italy, and currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Withan extensive dance and theatre training background, it is no wonder that her skills are in demand throughout Europe. Here Monica has worked as a dancer, actress, puppeteer, choreographer, and dance/theatre facilitator.She has also worked as an Art-Science Communicator in Primary Education. Through games, arts, and crafts children are given the opportunity to stimulate their learning about the solar system, gravity, and aerodynamics.Monicas is a richly talented individual. She is constantly out in the world- learning and developing herself as an artist. Not surprisingly, Monica also spent over three years working towards her PhD in Enviromental Science! She worked on the Biochemical study of Oak trees.Her connection to nature is continuously apparent in the work she does with both children and adults. Her movements and thoughts are always in direct connection with the world surrounding her.We thank Monica for her incredible commitment to help start up our Rainbow Lotus Project at Bangli Orphanage in Bali three years ago. She will continue her work with this project in August, 2013. Monica returns to Camp Magic for a second time this June/July as our resident dancer. We can't wait to kick up our heels with you and have some fun... Yee haw!

	SHERMAN ANTHONEY (Singapore) Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Facilitator RODEO CREW – June/July 2013 Sherman Anthoney comes to us with an incredible range of experiences with both children and adults in the world of music. He plays the keyboard, piano, drums, guitar, bass guitar, and ukulele. He has an amazing passion to work with others, and create. And of course, he truly enjoys projects that involves singing, teaching, and song writing with children.When we asked Sherman to explain some of his earlier experiences from childhood, we were delighted with the imaginative responses, and can't wait to see how this will unfold in his work at Camp Magic.Sherman states: "As a child, I wanted to either a pilot or rock star. And then I had this fantasy of being a king! I was 4 years old and remember asking Dad, 'Do kings get in trouble?' (I was secretly wondering, does he get in trouble with his mum and dad?) And Dad said, 'Boy - No. A king is a king. He never gets in trouble!' I just thought that was awesome and I wanted so bad to be a king."When we asked Sherman what he was most excited about coming to work for Camp Magic, he said- "The music. The kids. The new musicians. And the chance at creating new stuff on the fly. Camp Magic just sounds like a whole lot of fun."Well Sherman, we give you a big Camp Magic welcome to this years Rodeo of Fun!

	ROSIE MORRISON (United Kingdom) Circus Performer, Circus Faciliator, Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 Rosie Morrison is a multi-skilled, multi-talented woman. She has spent her life either dreaming about being part of the circus, or actually being IN the circus!From an early age, Rosie was fascinated with the big top. After seeing the circus that came to her small town, she wanted to run away and join them... Years later, she finally did! In her teens, Rosie began to ravenously gobble up all kinds of circus tricks and stunts. Her skills include trapeze, aerial (silks, cords, bungees, hoop, web rope, rigger), acrobats (trampoline, pyramids, tumbling, vault), equilibristic (stilts, tight wire, beam, rolla bolla), plus an assortment of spinning and swinging manipulation techniques! To top it all off, Rosie is fluent in Spanish, dances the Salsa, does a bit of ballet and tango, plus break dancing, costume creating AND plays the flute!!! What does Rosie not do, you may ask?!We are delighted to have her skills set this year as we kick off our new program for 8-12's- Rock My World. Here Rosie will share with the older children many of her talents, and bubbly, enthusiastic personality. She says, "I am so happy to be coming to join Camp Magic in Singapore. This is an exciting, awe-inspiring opportunity to explore the integration of art, theatre and circus with a wide age range of young people and creative practitioners."Welcome Rosie! And maybe on your way home after Camp Magic you can stop in India to learn the Dance of Shiva- one of the many features on your long list of things you would still love to learn.

	KEVIN HESS (United States) Musician, Singer, Junior Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 We are delighted to have Kevin Hess back to Camp Magic for a third time round! Kevin is one of our Junior Facilitators who has a long history of musical inspiration and exploration.Hailing from a family with a Choir Master Mother and Jazz Musician Father, Kevin experienced music at every turn as a child. His mother always gave him the freedom to explore the musical instruments and sounds that interested him. Kevin fondly remembers: "At 10 years old I was bored of piano and wanted to be a rock drummer. My mom just said 'Okay, let's get you some drum lessons'. The next year I decided to be a jazz pianist. My mom looked a little confused but then said 'Okay, let's get you some jazz piano lessons'." Needless to say, the year following jazz piano, Kevin started saxaphone lessons!What he strongly feels is that his mother helped him to understand that music wasn't something you pass or fail... it was simply a pure form of expression. And Kevin, as you have now learned, is a very expressive person!Kevin can't wait to come back to work with us this year. He claims that working at Camp Magic is the "most amazing experience I have ever had. I loved the opportunity to work alongside and learn from such amazing storytellers, musicians, dancers and performers... but most of all, I loved getting to watch the children grow throughout the week."Welcome back Kevin! Your enthusiasm inspires us all.

	BUNNY "HOOP" STAR (Australia) Hoop Artist and Dancer, Choreographer, Facilitator RODEO CREW – June/July 2013 Bunny is a very talented hoop artist hailing from Sydney, Australia. She has almost single handedly brought the art of Hula Hooping to the vast land down under. Bunny has shared that her favourite place to hoop dance is in the Australian Desert! Amazing. She is the founder and Creative Director of Australia's first hula hoop business, the Sydney based Hoop Empire. Plus she is the founding Creative Director, Program Writer, and Coordinator of Hoopy Time. In addition to this great work experience, Bunny is Hoop Empire's Creative and Managing Director, lead performer, instructor, program writer and hoop manufacturer since 2005.Aside from her work in Australia, Bunny also has worked extensively overseas in Bali, Japan, the US, and New Zealand, taking her skills as hoop artist on the road, and sharing and teaching others. And finally, with a degree in Creative Writing and History, Bunny has a passion for "creating vibrant projects that result in healthy and inspiring social outcomes". For the past three years Camp Magic has been creating more and more happy hoopy experiences for both children and parents. With Bunny's expertise at the Rodeo of Fun, we look forward to deepening the hoop experience for children, crew, and parents, activating and re-activating circular, swirly, spectacular performances for our end-of-week shows.Bunny is thrilled to be coming to Singapore this July, as she heads up hoop classes each day, finding new and interesting ways of injecting this stunning art form into the story scapes created throughout the week.Welcome, Bunny Hoop Star! We can't wait to swirl into intergalactic hoopy happy fun with you.

	GEMIA FOO (Singapore) Actress, Theatre Practitioner, Facilitator RODEO CREW – June/July 2013 Gemia Foo is a dedicated Drama and Theatre practitioner. She graduated over 10 years ago from La Salle College of the Arts, and has regularly attended training seminars in both Singapore and abroad (including travel to Sydney to study at the Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art - NIDA).With a host of work experiences with different drama and theatre companies around Singapore, we are truly fortunate to have the skills and talents that Gemia will share with the children.A bubbly and friendly person, Gemia shared with us some of her earliest storytelling experiences being at the wet markets in Singapore! Here she would travel alongside her mother, and listen carefully to all the adult conversation surrounding her... The story of the seller who "cheated their money because the fish and vegetables should have cost ten cents less than what they paid", people who had moved away, people who were moving in, someone who was sick, another person who had recovered.When it comes to working at Camp Magic, Gemia can't wait to experience how the children experience stories. She enjoys hearing how a story unfolds in each child's mind so differently, and opens them up to a whole new world of possibilities.We are looking forward to working with you, Gemia, and enjoying your enthusiasm with the children and crew!

	STEPHEN CHEONG (Malaysia) Musician, Ukulele Master, Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 Stephen Cheong began his career 15 years ago in London, England as an architect! After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Architecture, and whetting his appetite for learning, Stephen then trained to become an ESL teacher. For a number of years he taught English in colleges, both in Malaysia and Singapore... but then discovered THE UKE! The Ukulele awakened an amazing musical passion in Stephen 5 years ago. He not only plays the Uke in a band, but teaches the instrument to both children and adults full time. What Stephen loves most about teaching the Ukulele is that it's a fantastic entry level instrument, that is both fun and accessible to children. He enjoys witnessing, over and over again, the quick connections his students make learning simple chords, that later inspires them to continue their musical education.This is Stephen's second Camp Magic! He also joined us this past December at our Singapore Solstice Program. Here Stephen taught Ukulele to our 5-12 year olds, helped us create songs with guitar for our end of week performances, plus delighted in watching the children learn new circus skills! He claims that "Camp Magic gives children a place to learn so many new skills... I just love being there to see and be a part of their excitement".Welcome back Stephen. We can't wait for more of your Ukulele Magic!

	LUCY SPIELBERG (United Kingdom) Circus Performer, Clown, Balloon Artist, Facilitator RODEO CREW – June/July 2013 Apparently when Lucy's Mum asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said "a peach". We think there can be nothing peachier than turning yourself into a peach... or an apple, or a pear... or anything for that matter!!Camp Magic is about endless possibilities for fun and creating, and these are two things that score big in Lucy's priorities.She has been working with the circus for the past 12 years…developing her own skills in stilt walking, physical theatre, clown performance, poi, balloon sculpture, and juggling. Lucy is a self-employed children's entertainer, who has worked in different countries and venues, spreading her joy around the globe.Recently she completed her degree in Circus and Physical Theatre from Circomedia in the UK. Lucy equally enjoys both performance and teaching, and eagerly anticipates the opportunities to do both at Camp Magic this year at the Rodeo of Fun. Giddy up Lucy! We look forward to seein' ya real soon.

	LIAM BAKER (United Kingdom/Scotland) Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Facilitator RODEO CREW – June/July 2013 Liam Baker has a Masters in English and Philosophy and is a Master Musician. He writes, he sings, he plays the guitar. Liam loves to create. When he was a little boy his dream was to be a performer. He claims, "As a child I would often dream of performing in front of a theatre audience. In my attic I drew a white circle on the ground which was supposed to represent the spotlight!"He has recently started working as a theatre musician, and looks forward to the performance creating with children at Camp Magic each week. "I am always inspired by the imagination and the spontaneity of children", Liam says, "it is this child-like honesty which the adult artist must retain for his art to be truly expressive".What most interests Liam is songwriting with children at Camp Magic. Knowing that a big part of what we do is co-creating songs and performances with the children, Liam is excited to enter into that amazing world with our groups and other facilitators. When asked what his earliest experiences with music were, Liam says that he remembers long car drives in the Scottish Highlands... and the beautiful landscape, accompanied by the music coming from the car speakers. Well Liam, let's get on that horse, and imagine the cowboy landscape, as we travel from place to place, creating song to song! A big Camp Magic welcome to you.

	JEN MEDAK (Canada) Storytelling Yoga Facilitator, Facilitator- Mini Magic RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 Jen comes to Camp Magic with a vast amount of experience in the world of Early Childhood Education. On top of training and receiving her degree in ECE, she has dedicated the past twenty years to working with young children.As the director of a Pre-School in Vancouver, Canada for over 10 years, Jen dedicated much of her time and energy to creating programs for children with a solid arts base. She believes that merging story, music, art, movement, yoga, and song is so natural to the young child. Jen loves nothing more than lending herself to these spaces, and entering into these magical places with children.More recently Jen has received her Yoga Teacher Training, and is looking forward to introducing Storytelling Yoga to our 3 and 4 year olds at Mini Magic.On top of her enthusiasm about working at her very first Camp Magic, Jen is also looking forward to joining us in Bali this March at the Balispirit Festival! Thank you Jen for your generosity.

	LOUIS LEGAULT (Canada) Circus Skills Crew Trainer, Juggler, Unicyclist, Poi and Diabolo expert, Facilitator RODEO CREW - June/July 2013 Louis Legault loves to make the impossible possible! He'll never forget the first time he learned to juggle. That feeling of seeing something that seemed to him impossible to do, become a possibility, gave him such satisfaction, he has made it his mission to bring circus skills to as many children as possible!Born into a large family in rural Quebec, Canada, Louis enjoys living now in Singapore where he works at United World College (UWC) teaching Physical Education and Circus Skills to primary aged children at the East campus. Louis believes that many children these days do not have the opportunity to develop their upper body. Circus skills like juggling, poi, and plate spinning not only develop incredible hand/eye co-ordination, but work on those upper body muscles. Unicycling works on core strength in older children, which is also essential in our body's development.We are thankful to have Louis joining our crews. His positive energy and incredible generosity have been hugely beneficial whilst training our Felucca and Sombrero Crews to develop their own circus skills. We can't wait to have Louis join us again this year to train our Rodeo Crew!

	CINZIA CIARAMICOLI (Italy) Actress, Facilitator, Street Theatre Director CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 When Cinzia was little, she wanted to fly. She used to try all kinds of tricks, including flapping her arms with big leaves from the garden. One day she discovered the secret and special dust of a butterfly's wings, and knew that she had found the perfect solution. Gently wiping the dust from the wings and rubbing it onto herself, she, well, she's still trying fly!Aside from her childhood flight endeavours, Cinzia spent much time in the world of story. Listening to her grandmother spin tales on the balcony overlooking the piazza, or telling her own as a teenager. This led her to working with the Abraxa theatre company in her native Italy. The company specialized in theatre on stilts. After some time she created her own company, Qabaloqua, with colleagues from South America. They also used stilts in their performances, along with Kathakali Indian Dance movements they had trained for.After some time, Cinzia finally discovered the form with which she could fully apply her incredible imagination. She traveled to Denmark, and here trained with the Odin Theatre, where she learned to use her whole body to tell a story.Cinzia was a big help in both our Singapore and Melbourne camps last year. She is an engaging, fun, lively facilitator, who has an incredible understanding of children. This gives her an enormous ability to seek out each child's strengths and work with them in creating beautiful performance pieces.We are delighted that Cinzia will be joining us for our next Camp Magic Productions Performance, Dahya's Gift. The dates and times for these shows will be announced later in 2013.

	SHANTHINI VENUGOPAL (Malaysia) Actress, Singer, Puppeteer, Facilitator CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 After working in our Solstice program this past December, Shanthini really enjoyed her experience with both children and crew. She is excited about working with us on our next Camp Magic Production Performance - Dahya's Gift.With over 20 years in the theatre industry, Shanthini comes to us with a wealth of experience and knowledge. She is a singer, actor, director, and teacher. Shanthini has free-lanced as a producer, stage manager, and props and front of house for various theatre companies in Malaysia since 1981.Shanthini always has a vast number of performance projects and workshops on the go. She is one of the founding members of Kuala Lumpur's very successful children's theatre company, The Jumping Jellybeans (co-created with Cinzia Ciaramicoli). The company has performed extensively throughout Malaysia, England, Denmark, Australia and has participated in International Children's Theatre festivals in Iran, Singapore, India and Germany. All the best Shanthini with the multiple projects you have over these next few months, and we look forward to creating a unique and exciting interactive storytelling theatre performance with you later in the year.

	LINDEN FURNELL (Australia) Chief Musician, Singer, Facilitator CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER – 2013 Born into a family of musicians, Linden has been playing guitar and piano from a young age. Growing up in a home with an opera singer mother, and classical pianist/composer father, studying music was a natural choice. At home on the stage, Linden has played for an acclaimed rock band, Olivine, at the Sydney Opera House. He also loves to sing, dance, and compose his own songs.Linden has recently graduated from La Salle College of the Arts in Singapore. Since his final set of exams and papers in early May, 2012 Linden has been in constant demand as an actor and musician. His first post school show was La Cage Aux Folles at The Esplanade, followed by Singapore Repertory Theatre's production of The Cat in the Hat. After his appearance in our Camp Magic Production of My Forest Room at The Esplanade, Linden quickly started rehearsals for another show at SRT. He has had a steady and wonderful flow of work since graduation.Originally from the Blue Mountains, Australia, Linden has that special ability to infuse a room with excitement and of course, a connection to music. We can't wait for him to infuse us with some more amazing guitar and singing in our future Camp Magic Productions.

	LES MONARDEZ (Chile) Actress, Latin Dancer, Singer, Facilitator INTERNATIONAL CREW Les Monardez was born in the desert of Chile. The small mining town of Chuquicamata was filled with rich experiences. Les loved the isolation and space, as it presented many opportunities to ripen her imagination. A place to create and re-create stories.Most of Les' first experiences with story came through summers that she would spend in southern Chile with her grandfather. She would board a bus, taking her on a 23 hour journey from the North to the South of this very long country. Here Les was surrounded by cousins and family. They would spend their days wandering throughout the farm fields. It was here that her Grandfather would take her away with stories of Les, his princess, and he the king. In this world, anything was possible. A place where chicken feed became tiny seeds of gold, where horses could fly.It is with this wondrous excitement with her South American landscape and love of working with children, dance, and stories that Les arrives at the Camp Magic Sombrero of Fun last June/July. Her childhood experiences, combined with her education (Les has a Masters in Education in Theatre Pedagogy) and work as an actress and teacher made her a wonderful candidate to facilitate this program. We look forward to welcoming Les back to Camp Magic later this year in our Solstice program.

	JAKE HOME (Canada) Camp Photographer, Poi trainer, Guitar Player RODEO CREW – June/July 2013 MUMBAI CREW - June 2013 Jake is our Camp Photographer Extraordinaire, Poi trainer in both India and Singapore, he plays the guitar, leads the lunch-time soccer, plus assists in the art room! Since he was 4 years old Jake has been participating in Camp Magic, and has enjoyed growing into the position of Crew.

	AMANDA SANDOVAL (Philippines/France) Actress, Imaginator, Story Movement Artist, Poi Trainer, Facilitator CAMP MAGIC PERFORMER From a young age, Amanda enjoyed making up her own stories, and re-creating the characters through voice and movement. Parting with this love of stories, role play and her dreams of stage stardom, Amanda studied business management. Shortly after receiving her degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, she re-connected with her earliest passion. This was ignited partly through the memories of seeing her uncle on stage when she was very young. Knowing that a career as a stage actress was indeed possible, Amanda began working towards her Masters of Theatre Arts at the Universite Catholique de Louvain. She is now happy to say that she has completed her Masters Degree!Amanda dedicated three wonderful years to working with Camp Magic, both in our June/July and December programs, plus performing in our last Camp Magic Production of My Forest Room.For now she is dedicating her time to developing a theatre company based in Paris, France. We wish Amanda the very best, and look forward to working with her again in the future.

	WILLY BADGER (Canada) Unicycle and Juggling Coach, Facilitator INTERNATIONAL CREW Willy has joined us at Camp Magic for the past two years. Always patient, perky, and friendly, Willy is the ultimate team player who is there to serve and help the children wherever needed.The call to adventure for Willy Badger all started when he was working as a clown in Vancouver, Canada. It was there that he was recruited to perform at a Scottish Castle in Japan!However, he claims it all really began when he was the class clown in primary school. One of his earliest stage appearances was in grade 5. His teacher gave him the role of Prince Charming in Sleeping Beauty. Willy arrived on stage with his modified tricycle horse, purposefully tipping it over. The audience roared with laughter, and Willy's career as clown was well and truly born.After receiving his BA in Drama from Bishop's University in Quebec, Willy taught drama for three years, then moved out to western Canada. Here he joined a traveling performance troupe. It was during this time that he began working at the Scottish-Japanese Castle. An award winning, multi-lingual performer, The Willy Show has been featured at many different venues throughout Japan and Canada.Willy is currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is doing what he does best- being a clown, performing around the province, and developing new and amazing programs for children.