As always, we have some terrific festivals in the works for this summer. Campers joining us for Session 4 will have the chance to participate in Amazing Race Centauri, a blockbuster event that will run from lunchtime until the Grand Finale just before bed. We're also planning a festival based on elements from Gravity Falls, [...]
Still considering camp for this summer? Or registered already, and hoping to meet the directors? Then join us for our… Spring Information Session When? Saturday 29 April, starting 1.30pm Where? Centauri Arts Academy, Studio 218A, 2323 Bloor Street West, Toronto (close to Runnymede subway station) What? A slide show, a talk by the [...]
Our Medieval Festival Two days ago, we held our final festival of the summer- a medieval celebration! Centauri became the village of Centaurby in the North of England, in the year 1218. With King John only two years dead and the French forces in retreat, our village recently petitioned the young King Henry to hold [...]
This annual festival is one of the most-anticipated of our summer camp calendar, and this year it was held in session 3. Campers are arranged into theatre troupes, with everyone choosing whether they act, write, direct, design, dance, choreograph, sing, write music or play instruments. The entire day is led by our campers with staff [...]
Tonight had a wonderful feel here at Centauri Arts Camp as we celebrated nature and wildlife! At dinner, all dorms dressed as different creatures – everything from a baboon to a praying mantis – and had to ‘track’ other creatures (including appropriately dressed kitchen staff!) by learning their various calls. Dinner was somewhat relaxed, with [...]
How is it time moves so quickly at camp? Before we know it, a session filled with so many memorable activities is already drawing to a close. ‘Camp Presentation Day’ at Centauri always happens on the last full day of camp, and is a flurry of activity. Presentations began this session at 10.30am with our [...]
As we move ever-closer to our twenty-first fabulous summer at Centauri Arts Camp, many of us are engaged in training events in order to make this summer the best yet! This began last weekend, when our camp nurse and health care assistant attended a training workshop for camp nurses across Ontario run by our very [...]
Magical Moments at Centauri Summer Arts Camp - Part Five This past summer, we challenged our counsellors to find ways to incorporate magical moments into all their camp activities. At the end of the summer, we asked about some of the specific things they had done with their dorms as a result. Here, in a [...]
Magical Moments at Centauri Arts Camp - Part Four This past summer, we challenged our counsellors to find ways to incorporate magical moments into all their camp activities. At the end of the summer, we asked about some of the specific things they had done with their dorms as a result. Here are some of [...]
Magical Moments at Centauri - Part Three This past summer, we challenged our counsellors to find ways to incorporate magical moments into all their camp activities. At the end of the summer, we asked about some of the specific things they had done with their dorms as a result. Here are a few of their [...]