[blindkid] Fwd: Opportunity for Blind and Low Vision Musicians: Enchanted Hills Camp

Wed May 27 03:03:00 UTC 2015

Luc goes to the STEM camp at Enchanted Hills and has the time of his life.  For all parents: the camp is in Napa , so there is plenty of adult fun close by. 

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> On May 26, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Debby B via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Winona attended this last summer. Terrific experience!
>  Debby
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
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> ~"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."~Mark Twain
>      From: Carol Castellano via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org 
> Cc: Carol Castellano <carol.joyce.castellano at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 12:06 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] Fwd: Opportunity for Blind and Low Vision Musicians: Enchanted Hills Camp
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> Here is information about a music camp in 
> California for BVI musicians ages 14 - 25.
> Carol
> 
> Carol Castellano
> Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> Director of Programs
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> 973-377-0976
> carol_castellano at verizon.net
> www.blindchildren.org
> www.nopbc.org
> 
>> Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:47:34 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: William R McCann <admin at dancingdots.com>
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>> To: carol.joyce.castellano at gmail.com
>> Subject: Opportunity for Blind and Low Vision Musicians: Enchanted Hills
>>   Camp
>> 
>> Dancing Dots
>> 
>> 
>> Passing on the following message from the 
>> Director of Enchanted Hills Camp and his 
>> staff.  Please forward to anyone who might 
>> benefit from participation. It's definitely time to make your summer plans.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Do you know a young blind or low vision 
>> musician?  Are you one  yourself? Find out what 
>> it means to be a blind musician at Enchanted 
>> Hills Camp's Music Academy, August 3 to 9!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This session will be led by some of our nation's 
>> best teachers. Singers as well as those who play 
>> instruments are welcome at our summer Music Academy at Enchanted Hills.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> After a hugely successful debut in 2014, the 
>> LightHouse will partner for a second year with 
>> Dancing Dots, the world's leading provider of 
>> accessible music technology for the blind, to 
>> bring our summertime Music Academy back to the 
>> redwoods. The Academy is open to young, 
>> motivated blind and low vision musicians from 
>> around the nation who are 14 to 25 years old.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bill McCann, President and Founder of Dancing 
>> Dots, will spend the entire week with the 
>> aspiring musicians. McCann, blind himself, will 
>> lead a team of four blind instructors and 
>> technicians to teach the latest and greatest 
>> techniques for blind and low vision students. 
>> Also returning is former camper and current EHC staff member Shane
>> 
>> Dittmar, who will bring his energy and talent to teaching what he loves most.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Each day, small groups of 4 or 5 campers will 
>> rotate through sessions with instructors in a 
>> few key areas. The groups will meet to hone 
>> their skills in reading music in braille or 
>> magnified print, learning how to use accessible 
>> music technology to enter, revise, and print or 
>> braile out their musical ideas, and getting a 
>> solid introduction to producing multi-track 
>> sound recordings independently. We'll form a 
>> chorus to apply the skill of reading music while 
>> singing. Of course, there will also be time each 
>> day to take a swim or explore the lovely grounds 
>> of the Enchanted Hills Camp, join in informal 
>> jam sessions with fellow campers and staff, and 
>> take part in after-dinner listening sessions.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Featuring Special Guests
>> 
>> Special guest musicians and presenters from Napa 
>> and the Bay Area will come in to share their 
>> experience and expertise. And you will have the 
>> opportunity to perform on our new Redwood Grove 
>> Theater Stage in our closing concert.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> When: Monday, August 3 through Sunday, August 9
>> 
>> Where: Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind, Napa
>> 
>> Cost for the week,
>> 
>> all-inclusive: $300 (If the registration fee is 
>> a barrier, let us know; some scholarships will be available.)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To sign up, contact 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r2EnL_AmjO0tlJ3tgN39VLo0pjcwCfv_o7Jp7tep5aSfXWAzazK8d8ROOFNWPFCUG1sWnr74V1qxTZvccJrW_X46_dieA9QERrAIhsbBOGLia6-SLXTu9fL3GEFkzuhNg3Kg4W39XEAdqVXsCnRul6uoqvkfAEIFn2Ac6h_MTXN7vCDFC5X6Ug==&c=86_qgd2YR817yRAOk5Xqgpdsx6U0-OOihUCu3YDeRNNEWZpFaIuAaQ==&ch=HRbHhHMUao6S6vk5LEbCbCv_pkk91rt3xZsOy8fcFZVmO7AumyJzxQ==>Taccarra 
>> Burrell at 415-694-7318 or
>> 
>>   or go to the 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r2EnL_AmjO0tlJ3tgN39VLo0pjcwCfv_o7Jp7tep5aSfXWAzazK8d8ROOFNWPFCU4KkAXiyx9BBYrYU-cQBrjPIW9tjsDuMY66gv8P-Z76nCDRISUQKYgmx0HGyB2BauDImOeLstxrX4vcGRuyqyHydEfe0oSxqvPRxKR62Qc3vfE5is996lK6KX3u4eU9JvzizcWJsNghqNBUj9ynzbEg==&c=86_qgd2YR817yRAOk5Xqgpdsx6U0-OOihUCu3YDeRNNEWZpFaIuAaQ==&ch=HRbHhHMUao6S6vk5LEbCbCv_pkk91rt3xZsOy8fcFZVmO7AumyJzxQ==>Enchanted 
>> Hills page on our website.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Staff and campers EHC 2014
>> 
>> Staff and campers EHC 2014
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> Founder & President
>> 
>> Dancing Dots
>> 
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