Lots going on here for Summer 2015. For the first time our Thrive City String Boot Camp will be a full overnight camp at Hatzic Lake. We are excited by this and as well we will doing lots of fundraising over the next few months as our goal is to get at full financial support for at least 10 students to attend.

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Why should we be doing this you might ask?  Well, for our camp director John Littlejohn this is all about “giving back”. We are remembering back to our own childhood and development and what it was like to not be able to partake in opportunities like the one we are offering here.  World class excellence in instruction should not just be confined to the affluent who can afford it. Around the world programs such as the highly popular “El Sistima ” program in Argentina are proving much to the contrary; giving an arts education to those who can least afford it might be the best investment one can ever make.

Indeed a summer program like the one we are offering maybe the turning point in some child’s life.  Our program now in its fifth year has been making a difference to many students from a wide variety of backgrounds.

This will the first year that the program is offered outside of Delta. As a non-profit arts group we must remind ourselves that we are here for everybody, not just the privileged few.  Hopefully we can raise enough funds to make this work.

 

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Our Music Therapy  program in conjunction with the Stroke Recovery Association – Delta, will be starting again in a 12 week session starting Thursday January 9th at 10:30 am . For more information and registration please contact 604-946-2731 or the email address in the above notice.

Special thanks to the Province of BC Gaming Branch for making this program possible.

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In this week long camp, students will have the opportunity to receive private vocal instruction on a song of their choice, ensemble singing experience, performance coaching and will work on rhythm, harmony and sight reading skills in a fun and interactive way. Students will share their week’s work in a final celebration and will experience the joy of singing with others.

Sign up for either or both weeks of the Vocal workshop. Each week also features an additional guest vocal instructor who will be working with Tracy.

 

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  • Week 2 – August  7th –10th 
    UPDATE:  Our Summer program has been CANCELLED due to lack of enrollment.
  • featuring Tracy with Mackenzie Peters – assistant coach –  Mackenzie is a local singer-songwriter and recent star of South Delta Secondary School’s musical the Sound of Music.

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  • Open to students ages 10 – 16 years
  • program runs at Delta Community Music School – 9:30am – 3:30pm
  • Fees:  Week 1:  $250 :  Week 2 (August): $200.
  • Registration: Download our Sounds of Summer Vocal Camp Registration form

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