Campers on our leadership programs face a number of challenges each summer, one of the most daunting being the ‘Inspiration Challenge’. This is a speech to be given in front of the entire camp during lunch or flagpole, which inspires all other campers to think about something important and take action in some way. It’s [...]
Creating a bonded community at Centauri is as important to us as the arts programs we are known for. Young people flourish when they have a sense of belonging – the feeling that they matter to others, and their contribution is valued; the knowledge that they can be who they truly are, and that person [...]
The last three days of each session are a crazy, magical, busy, wild and incredible time at Centauri. In programs, campers are busy with tech rehearsals, and setting up for gallery openings. It feels as if everything goes into overdrive, as campers experience all the things they love for what might be the last time [...]
Twice per session (once in session 4) we have a festival day at Centauri. All regular programs are suspended, and instead, campers have the opportunity to do something different – to take part in a day of themed fun and festivities that builds community, solidifies friendships and often uses the arts in a whole new [...]
All our specialist programs are now underway for session 1, and there are incredible things happening all over camp. Yesterday, a camper explained to me with enthusiasm the challenge they had been given in Film Production. They watched movie clips in which a character’s emotion was conveyed through the way a scene was shot, while [...]
Session One began yesterday – on Canada Day – as we waited excitedly for 130 new and returning campers! We picked up a record number of campers from the airport, flying in from China, Mexico, France, Spain, UAE, Belgium, Singapore and many other countries. Within an hour, all our arrivals were settled in their dorms [...]
Camp is over, we’re back from the international tour, lost property is sorted and all our arts supplies have been stored away until the following June. Now it’s time for us to relax, right? Wrong! 2018 Camp Brochure Fall is one of our busiest times of year at Centauri. September is spent taking [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]