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A note from Lady Carol

33 Years and Counting!

CEO Lady Grace joins me in sending Hearty Greetings and Salutations in this eagerly anticipated 2016 Season of Shakespeare for Kids that runs July 11-22; 9:30a-12:30p, including a never fail tasty lunch, provided by Lady Becky, Lord Farmer Al and their celebrated Frog Hollow Organic Farm in Brentwood.

The Board of Trustees is meeting this Friday to plan new and exciting learning experiences to incorporate into this year’s summer camp. Look for lots of fun music as we take on a couple of scenes from Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate,” based on “The Taming of the Shrew.” This foray will be in addition to our traditional study of select plays in the categories of Comedy, Tragedy and History, with related activities of jousting, juggling, dancing, fight choreography, emoting and blocking play actions.

Our Queen Elizabeth, Master Musician and The Bard himself are all on board for a merry romp come July 22 @7:00pm, our festive, final eve of colorful Tudor Faire, Feast and Play Production! Please mark your calendars! 😄😄😄😄😄😄

I’m thrilled to report we have many returning and some new students, Counselors, Student Directors and of course our Artistic Director, Windy.

Austin is excavating in Dubai, but he will return home in time to join Poma and the happy Gang of S4K.

Cheerio for now!

Lady Carol

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FINAL DAY IS HERE!

Practice, Practice, Practice….

Blocking, Props, Lights…Camera….Action!

The Nurse Scene from Romeo and Juliet

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The Argument Scene from The Taming of the Shrew

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Caliban scene from The Tempest

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Dividing the Land scene in King Lear
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Scenes from Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Day 4 by Jack and Skye

July 9, 2015

 

Today we started off juggling and jousting with the President of England (a.k.a Poma). After that, we played “word ping pong” and tried to CONQUER the other opponent. The President of England won the first two rounds as usual (how did he manage to become the President of England, otherwise?)

After the game, we got into our song lines and sang to that guy who trims the trees! Which means, we sang loud enough to sing over the gardener next door. After that, we went outside and danced in the yard that smelled like frogs. Afterwards, we came inside to get some refreshments and to put the delicious snacks in our mouths. After the snack feast from Frog Hollow Organic Farms, we came in to play some more games.

We learned about the Greensleeves song from Lady Heather…as we sang along with a live stand up bass and TWO guitars.

The counselors acted out Julius Caesar for our “play of the day”. We participated in yet another GRAND feast by Lady Becky the Baker of Frog Hollow Organic Farms. And that was our Thursday adventure!!

-By Jack and Skye

Day 3 by Camille and Jessie

July 8, 2015

Today was another AWESOME day at Shakespeare for Kids! We started off the day with a warm-up game called, “Energy Ball”. Then we practiced our Shakespeare flower quotations on stage. After we sang our traditional Shakespeare songs (Heigh Ho, Tame Crane, Come Follow, and Barley Mow). Then we had an AMAZING snack from the organic Frog Hollow Farm. After we had our “junior” Olympics. Featuring shot put, discus, hurdles and standing long jump. A special guest came to this event, 2004 and 2008 Olympian, Grace Upshaw Tyler. She is currently our CEO for Shakespeare for Kids. We came inside and played our party guessing game. After, we had an awesome lunch…. Spaghetti! During lunch, our Artistic Director, Windy Margerum, called each student aside to ask them which character they’d like to be in the final night’s performance. It was another GREAT day at Shakespeare for Kids!

By Camille and Jessie

A Note from Lady Carol!

2015 Hale and Hearty Greetings to All our New AND Returning young lords and ladies in this Summer Season of
Shakespeare for Kids!

The raised stage is set with new lights awaiting action in song, drama, stage combat (remember your tricks+learn new ones with fight choreography as well.

Lively Counselors Austin, Poma, Ruby and Artistic Director Windy are planning a great season of fun and frolic while learning about the Bard.
We will share our Renaissance Picnic and Cal Shakes tour and stage coaching with the Fab Artistic Director, Jonathan Moscone.
Susan Rode Morris will be teaching us additional upbeat Shakespearean songs, and James Gillerman with pipe dancing tunes from his recorders.
Lady Becky C will be graciously offering her delicious food preps from their Family’s Frog Hollow Organic Farm, while Lady Becky O is ever so delighted to be our costumer for the full season now that daughter Erica, former S4K Student, Counselor and Artistic Director, has completed her PhD and graduated from England’s University of Bristol!
Our loyal Queen sends word that she “looks forward to participating in The Final Night’s Festivities including Faire, Feast and outstanding performances, always.”
The fabulous evening takes place
July 17, 2015!

Come ONE, come ALL for a grand night of Celebrating our  young lords and ladies who will be filled with delight at entertaining you!

With Great Cheer ~
Lady Carol, Founder S4K

A Note from Lady Carol!

Greetings and Salutations!

Could there possibly be more excitement and sustained joy than celebrating 30 years of Shakespeare for Kids’ consistent fun and frolic in study immersion?

The answer lies in the spirited participation of our student campers, guest faculty, volunteers, staff, widening donor base and enthusiasm of young leaders emerging to sustain their informed and worthwhile knowledge of S4K dynamics to pass on to their friends and developing families in yet another generation. Thus we are on a steady roll of endurance through intergenerational strength, and our future is bright with much excitement to embrace new decades of Shakespeare for Kids.

It gives me great pleasure to announce the ascendancy of an alumna in our program to the position of CEO…drum roll~Ta Dah!

Grace Upshaw Tyler rose from Student to Jr Counselor, Counselor, Student Director, Artistic Director, Webmaster, Media Director and now CEO.

Between Artistic Director and Webmaster days, she graduated from UCBerkeley and became a USA Track & Field Olympian in both Athens and Beijing.

We have yet another emerging leader in Windy Margerum, experienced 9 year Student, Jr Counselor, Counselor and Student Director, now assuming the mantle of Artistic Director.

Windy succeeds Holly Dethero, Ophelia Turner, Alexandra Sheldon, Erica O’Brien, Grace Upshaw and yours truly, now all Emerita!

This year’s program runs from July 6-17, with our authentic Tudor Faire, Feast & Drama Production @7pm on Friday July 17th.

On that night the Queen, Bard and Renaissance Musician reign in full regalia to complement costumes of our young lords and ladies!

All the other details remain the same: boys and girls ages 6-14; 9:30a-12:30p, including lunch so graciously provided by our dear friends from Frog Hollow Organic Farms;  tuition $600. with $50. discount for each sibling.

London’s Globe Theater staged “The Taming of the Shrew” during my visit this past June. They sent discounted educational books, rulers and cards to our S4K campers. I also had the pleasure of viewing the Council Room of St John’s Gate. It was in that room that Shakespeare by law sought the approval of his plays from The Master of the Revels.

At a Council Room Reception I also met new Trustees of the renown Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, who sent prizes from Stratford-upon-Avon for our 2014 season: hangars that read, “Do Not Disturb The Star”; T shirts that read, “Though she be but little she is fierce” and “We Know What We Are” …All well suited to our fine fanciers of words!

Our Staff, Counselors and Student Directors are all eagerly looking forward to greeting both former treasured students AND soon to be treasured new students.

Be sure to let us know you’re coming. We can save your place till May 10, time of 50% camp fee deposit.

Remember it’s 20 max  enrollments since our venue is a private garden and home that houses Alltheworldsa Stage in Renaissance Hall, with reserved space for 80 guests at Friday night’s anticipated Production ;-))

Welcome Back!
Welcome Anew!
With open arms we greet U!

Here’s wishing you Good Cheer in our 31st Year!

~Lady Carol

A note from Lady Carol!

Hale and Hearty Greetings!

Today is packed with excitement as the Shakespeare for Kids’ Stage and Pillars were brought out of storage and are now in place for our fabulous 30th Year of fun and frolic in our summer adventures, including our field trip to Cal Shakes to meet with Jonathan Moscone and his upbeat staff of Theatre Kin!
The Queen and Master Musician already phoned in to RSVP their invitation for our Final Night Faire, Feast and Drama on July 19!!!

 

We’d better get ready!

Get ready to splash into the swim of Shakespeare studies, spy more London Times’ Art Competition winning character portraits from the Bard’s plays, mounted on every wall throughout Renaissance Hall!
Back by popular demand is Holly, our Collegiate Artistic Director in charge of games, poetry and drama videos, and student productions!
She brings with her the special stable of Fun friends, who are sure to please, including Windy, promoted to Counselor this year!
Windy’s Mum, Lady Joy, serves as our Artistic Advisor and is planning to do her artistic Calligraphy lesson and S4K shirts in bright colors this year!
Maddie and Millie are bringing their Fab Chef Mum from their organic Frog Hollow Farm. You will find Lady Becky C cooking up treats for us to learn about and share in happy tummy appreciation!
Our Costumer, Lady Becky O’Brien, is in London visiting her daughter, Erica, our S4K graduate, now a candidate for her PhD in Medieval Art at the University of Bristol. I plan to meet them for a private viewing of a Caravaggio painting at the St John Museum. Then we may travel on to The Globe Theatre to meet the Director and, of course, see a Shakespearean play with British friends + gather game prizes and souvenirs for our young lords and ladies, who are coming to camp this year!

As always, we are welcoming both returning AND new students this special year!

I’ll greet you with open arms and much cheer in this 30th Anniversary year!

Sign up now! Only a few spots and scholarships left!

See you July 8 at 9:30am~

Happy hugs all around~

Lady Carol 😉

A note from Lady Carol!

March was an exciting month of planning for our 2012 Shakespeare for Kids camp! Over dinner at Chow’s, Lady Becky of Frog Hollow Organic Farms, said she was planning our various lunch menus, with both Maddie and Millie looking forward to our summer FUN.

During a trip to Washington DC, I had the pleasure of presenting, with photo op, our newly formated S4K DVD to Dr Stephen Enniss, Head Librarian of The Folger Shakespeare Library. After a tasty luncheon at Sonoma Restaurant that he so kindly hosted, lively with our animated conversation, he presented our program with a Fab book entitled, “Shakespeare’s Sisters,” a scholarly complement to the ongoing exhibit in the FSL Grand Hall.

During the 2012 Women of Courage Awards at the State Department, I had the honor and privilege of presenting our Shakespeare for Kids DVD to both our Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and our First Lady Michelle Obama.

On the home front, Grace is adding photos and videos to our website, so please keep checking in on our news!

Cheerio for now!

Lady Carol and our S4K Staff