Climb on board and explore the music of the stars, moon, sun, planets and even aliens! From old favorites like “When You Wish Upon a Star” and “You Are My Sunshine” to such classics as "Dancing On The Moon", "It's Only A Paper Moon", and "Swing On A Star" and more, learn to make out-of-this-world music! In addition to great songs, campers will hear how stargazing worked its way into American Folktales and traditional dances. They’ll even perform a final show with the songs, dances, and crafts they create!
Dancing On The Moon is the 1st of 4 summer camps offer by The Shedd Institute as a part of its 2017
Summer SongFest program for kids.
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Each morning begins with a “warm up”, followed by learning the songs for the week’s theme. They will then get to learn about and play an instrument that has to do with the week’s theme. After a snack the campers will either get a chance to make their very own instrument or get dance instruction based on the theme. The campers end the day with a song circle to prepare them for their performance on Friday:
| 9:00 | – | 9:15 am | Arrive and warm-up |
| 9:15 | – | 10:00 am | Song Circle |
| 10:00 | – | 10:30 am | Instrument/Bucket Band |
| 10:30 | – | 10:45 am | -- Snack -- |
| 10:45 | – | 11:30 pm | Arts and Crafts |
| 11:30 am | – | 12:00 pm | Song Circle |
| 12:00 | – | 12:30 pm | -- Lunch Break -- |
| 12:30 | – | 12:45 pm | Story |
| 12:45 | – | 1:30 pm | Instrument/Bucket Band |
| 1:30 | – | 2:00 pm | Arts and Crafts |
| 2:00 | – | 2:30 pm | Mural |
| 2:30 | – | 2:45 pm | Song Circle |
| 2:45 | – | 3:00 pm | Clean-up |