Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Mr. Jim Lewis – Mr. Lewis currently teaches science and engineering classes at John Dickinson High School. His degrees are in Physics and Earth Science and Astronomy. Research projects include topics in Astronomy, Nuclear Physics, Education, and Chemistry.
Join us as we investigate Earth’s Marine Environment and man’s exploration of the oceans. This one week camp will include topics covering marine vessels, weather, oceanography, and navigation on the high seas. Share on Facebook
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Categories: High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22), Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29), Week 3 (7/2-7/6), Week 4 (7/9-7/13), Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27), Week 7 (7/30-8/3)
- Instructor: Mitch Goldfarb - A Creative Director and a Designer at New Ride Design, a professional marketing solutions firm, specializing in websites and e-commerce. http://newridedesign.com/ Mitch is also a professor at West Chester University.
- Class schedule and notes: This camp runs each week of CabSummer... sign-up for one, two or even all seven weeks!
Whether you sign-up for one week or all seven… this camp teaches you how to build a professional website “Live” on the Internet. Show family and friends. Set up colors, patterns and textures. Tweak images and text. Create a Lightbox and Image Gallery. Add Photos, Blogs, Animated Images, Newsletters and more. A website is a [...]
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Categories: Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Ed Schone - A Former math teacher and current science teacher, Ed Schone was a scientific illustrator before entering the education profession. A lifelong passion for astronomy led to an undergraduate major in physics at Rutgers University. After operating two illustration/design businesses, Ed obtained a masters degree in physical science education.
It’s a Crime Scene Investigation and an Art Museum Thriller! Mystery, mayhem and murder shake the international art community. Follow the trail of a master art thief who will stop at nothing to procure great masterpieces from some of the world’s most prominent museums. Collect the evidence, analyze the clues, and construct a profile to nab [...]
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Categories: Dance, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Mrs Shayna Petruccelli
In this camp participants will learn how to show casting agents and directors what they can really do! We will cover what they are looking for in your resume, headshots, and performance during your audition, and we will prepare you not only for dance calls, but those ever so scary “dancers who can sing” and [...]
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Categories: General Music, Recording Studio, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Mr David Allen - A 2011 graduate of the Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Stage
Technology. Along with over five years of experience working technical theatre both in
community theaters, and professionally, he also holds positions as a sound and
recording engineer. As a musician, David has been studying both privately and
independently for over 10 years, ranging in instruments of study from piano, to alto
saxophone, to voice. Along with extensive musical theatre and vocal jazz experience,
David has performed solo and in groups across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
New York. Currently David is working on his Bachelor in Music for Sound Recording
Technology at Ithaca College located in Ithaca, New York.
For the aspiring musician hoping to learn more about recording and how it applies specifically to music. We will learn how to use studio grade equipment as well as addressing specific scenarios helping you to get the best sound out of a limited recording space(Such as home recording!). We will learn about acoustics, basic sound [...]
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Categories: Middle School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Ms. Barbara Winkler
Hope you are familiar with the mind-blowing winding staircases, goggle-eyed fish and interlocking patterns and puzzles of Dutch artist M.C. Escher… because in this camp you will create your own “Tessellation Tee Shirt” using Escher’s printmaking and drawing techniques. Share on Facebook
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Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Middle School Kids, Theatre, Week 6 (7/23-7/27), Week 7 (7/30-8/3)
- Instructor: Director/Music Director: Mr. Gabriel Di Gennaro
Choreographer:, ***This camp WILL NOT go to the PA Renaissance Faire the 7th week l!!***
The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge–not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces [...]
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Categories: Fashion, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Colleen Moretz - Has taught Fashion Design, Merchandising, Illustration, Advertising and Fashion Presentations at the University of Delaware in their Fashion Design and Apparel Department. She is now teaching in the Fashion Department at Immaculata University.
She has her MFA in Illustration with a concentration in Graphic Design. This has enabled Colleen to integrated multimedia digital technology into her fashion courses. Her students produce podcasts, photo stories and video casts to develop experience in media literacy.
Colleen is currently taking courses at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City to further her knowledge of technology in the world of fashion.
Explore how technology has influenced fashion Develop computer skills: to create fashion pages and photo stories Create a Cab Summer Fashion Page: design layout Become a reporter: Interview others at camp for story ideas Share on Facebook
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Categories: High School Kids, Theatre, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Eva Hiott (’09 CCSA Graduate)
Come learn how to be absurd! And learn why being absurd every once in a while is important. In this one week camp you will be introduced to the theatre of the absurd; a very important movement of theatre from the mid 20th century. Each day we will read a new play, learn about that [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Steven Field - Cab Calloway School of the Arts, David Kook -
Come to camp and explore the sights and sounds of music and theater through hands-on experiments and activities. Find out how your favorite instrument works. Play a glass harmonica! Invent a new instrument. Project an image with only a magnifying glass. Put a spotlight on stage or hear sounds that are far away. Add and subtract color! There [...]
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Categories: Elementary School Kids, General Music, Middle School Kids, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Jane Monari- I have a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from the Juilliard School, and I am currently a graduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
- We will look at how music is constructed – both by studying pieces and writing our own – The elements of music and how they are manipulated – Form, Melody, Harmony, Rhythm etc – how different styles of music use these techniques in different ways (what makes you categorize a piece in a certain [...]
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Categories: Elementary School Kids, Instrumental, Middle School Kids, Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27), Week 7 (7/30-8/3)
- Instructor: Daniel Melbourne - Strings Instructor Cab Calloway School of the Arts
- Class schedule and notes: This is a 3 week camp requires that the student have a minimum of 2 to 3 years of experience.
This three week camp will let students with string instrument experience play and have fun in a summertime orchestra. This camp gives students who take private lessons and/or are involved in their school’s orchestra a chance to improve their musical skills during the summer. Students will receive both individual and group instruction in preparation for [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Visual Arts, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Erin McNichol - Art Instructor at Ursuline Academy
This class is designed for and will provide rules and guidelines on how to be smart in the digital age that we live in! The class is structured like a story book that will gradually unfold throughout the week, with, of course, a happy ending! Involving both computers and hands on fun… create a collage of [...]
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Categories: Middle School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Lindsey Ostafy
We will be experimenting with metal wire sculptures and creating a plaster head that goes along with the theme “what’s in your head.” Share on Facebook
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Ms. Kim Fabian
Nature is all around us, and this week we will learn about our own world in many different ways. From the mathematics of fractals and the Fibonacci sequence to the literature of haikus and ancient indigenous legends, from the science of global warming and cell biology to the art of nature photography and music, we [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Christopher Kramer - Currently a computer science teacher at the
Charter School of Wilmington. He teaches an introductory freshman
course, AP computer science, and a variety of electives. Before
becoming a teacher, he was a volunteer with the Peace Corps in Namibia
from 2007 - 2009, teaching computer literacy at a youth center near the Angolan and Zambian border.
- Class schedule and notes: This two week course is only being offered to students that will be starting the 8th grade this fall thru 12th grade.
This 2-week course will guide students in learning programming concepts through the creation of video games. (please see grade requirements above) This course will use the Java programming language with the Greenfoot API. No previous programming experience is necessary, but a talent for logic and abstract problem-solving will serve the student well. The course will [...]
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Categories: Elementary School Kids, General Music, Instrumental, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
Well of course it’s green…. it’s CabSumer! This camp is not to be missed!!! We will include building a “Drumbone” and creating rhythmic patterns to be performed on it. This class will be broken up into teams of students and they will be required to prepare one strictly rhythmic song and one rhythmic accompaniment to [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: David J. Santer
Become a student “Rocketeer”. You will construct a bottle rocket and an Estes Alpha Rocket. Learn the principles of rocket design, rocket stability, fin design, engine mount, parachute recovery, and nose cone. Your rocket creations will be launched. You will acquire skills in modeling, experience teamwork and practice safety from production, through the launch, and [...]
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Categories: High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Robotics, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Shawn Bowser- Engineering of Robotics Teacher at John Dickinson High School- His robotics program a t Dickinson is an integral part of establishing the STEM Academy and will connect with the Process of Design & Engineering pathway.
Use your robot to create an original piece of Art… using a paint bush or marker and have the robot write, draw, or paint a picture. Pictures can be clean (only lines or marks from the brush or marker) or allow the robot run through the drawn or painted marks to add depth and the [...]
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Categories: Dance, Elementary School Kids, Fashion, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Nisha Punjabi, Vivek Shah
- Class schedule and notes: This is a two week camp only
This year we are combining 2 camps to give a new and unique experience for our students. This combination camp is a 2 week only camp! What is Bollywood Dance? Bollywood is a dance style from India. Dancers learn a blend of the 3 dance styles of India: The Classical, The Folk, with a blend of [...]
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