Our Monday Creative Writing course (starting late September) will be taught by Glenn Clifton, professor of Creative Writing at Sheridan College. Glenn has taught with us for the past decade, at the Academy, and at Centauri Summer Arts Camp. Our Tuesday Acting Ensemble will once again be taught by Lauren Saunders, who has worked with [...]
Two days ago, we ran an exciting festival at Centauri which will now become an annual tradition. In an afternoon of ridiculous games and merriment, we challenged ourselves to attempt various records taken either from the Guinness Book of Records itself, or websites which document record-breaking attempts the world over. In the first heat – [...]
Each day, at a camp-wide meeting at the outdoor stage known as Flagpole, our campers can nominate one another for acts of kindness. Whoever is running flagpole reads the nominations, and campers are awarded with Meece, little fluffy souvenirs that have importance in our camp culture. Staff after often nominated, too, for their support and [...]
The weather was glorious yesterday as camp filled with our third session campers! We have a full camp again, and by mid afternoon all was peaceful, with dorm groups getting to know each other, and campers spending their first hours in their arts programs. We had a lively BBQ outdoors, our first flagpole of the [...]
Twice per session, our program directors take a day off, and we replace the regular schedule with something special. One festival each session is always arts-related, and that was the Classics Fest last week. The other festival is pure fun – and today that’s Westworld! Campers are spending the day in a wild-west themed amusement [...]
This morning, campers enjoyed a well-deserved sleep-in after an exciting Classics Fest yesterday. Today also marked the start of mini-sessions, where campers choose an afternoon arts elective that they will do for the next three days. Selections included creating a TV show pilot with Mandy, working on a Michael Jackson medley with Sarah-Jane, building marionettes [...]
We have a full camp this session so arrival day was busy!! At the same time as 100 families checked in at our welcome tent, we had a bus full of campers arriving from Toronto, and campers flying in from Korea, India, China, Switzerland, England and France – it was a busy day for us [...]
This morning started off gray and cool, but despite the weather, there was a palpable energy and excitement all around camp. That’s because today is Dress Rehearsal day, and all the campers and staff get to see and celebrate the culmination of everyone’s hard work. Performances began with Melissa’s Stage Combat program, who transported us [...]
In our experience, it is always helpful for families to be able to plan ahead! With this in mind, we have set our dates already for summer 2018. We won’t know for sure which programs will run in each session until early September, but for now, here are our session dates for next year: Session [...]
It is 1pm on a beautiful, sunny day at Centauri, and everyone is busy creating. I took a stroll around camp this morning to have a better look at everything going on in programs. I sat in the shade of the Poet Tree with Blair’s Screenwriting program, and listened to a lively discussion about the [...]