MONDAY

12 noon

Welcome to Camp!

Lunch

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Activities

Meet & Greet, Sports, Rock painting, and hourly water tank hike to welcome kids/parents.

Learn fun blues songs using the call and response style

Welcome to Camper!

Meeting Buddies, Forming Groups,

Introductions!

Campers & Staff

Ground Rules

Ground Rules and Safety

Camp Values

Responsibilities

Agreement

Afternoon Activities

Come up with group name

Make your t-shirt- put on logo and paint

Set Up Camp

Dinner

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Campfire

Special Guest - Kenny Camello, Jade Expert teaching campers the history of Big Sur Jade, where to find it and how to find it. 

Tell the story of the Blues

Fun Blues Sing-a-long

Learn to make & play traditional Kazoo's

Start making song for Camp Big Sur and each group name

Find out musical interests

Lights out Time

Get Campers settled in their tents

Goodnite.......

TUESDAY

Rise & Shine

Campers get cleaned up, dressed and clean up campsite

Breakfast

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Morning Activities

Hike to Sand Dollar Beach

Make a grass whistle

Jade hunting, rock percussion collection and stick collection

Find stick to use for making diddley bow

Survival basics

Guest speaker to talk about wildlife

Lunch

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Afternoon Activities

Blues for Kids Music Workshop/

Learn how to make and play Diddley Bow

Singing workshop with Valerie

Guitar workshop with Al

Learn 12 bar blues

Learn about playing electric guitar and acoustic guitar

Group activity – Song Writing

Practice new original songs, group songs and camp song (incorporating grass whistle and percussion rocks)

Dinner

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Campfire

New Sound Boogie Band performs for Campers

Special Guest -Kenny Camello, Jade Expert teaching campers the history of Big Sur Jade, where to find it and how to find it. 
Sing Group Songs and Camp apply what was learned in the

Blues Workshop

Record campfire songs & activites

Lights out Time

Get Campers settled in their tents

Goodnite.......

WEDNESDAY

Rise & Shine

Campers get cleaned up, dressed and clean up campsite

Breakfast

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Morning Activities

Hike to the Cabin

Acorn whistles

Scat sampling

Surviving in the wild- food and fire

Inspirational Speaker

Lunch

Cook Eat and Clean up

Afternoon Activities

Music Workshop/Band Practice/Free Time

Learn to play more primitive instruments used in the blues

Finish up Didley Bow

Start making a CD, making live recording, Design CD art

Guitar Didley Bow workshop with Al

Review (12 bar blues)

Integrate Blues with Rock and Roll

Explore rhythms and styles

Singing workshop with Valerie

Review breathing, sounds, phrasing

Vocal Tips & Using Improvization

Importance of Dynamics

Practice new original songs (incorporating primitve instruments used in blues and vocal vocal tips)

Dinner

Cook Eat and Clean up

Campfire

Campfire and songs

Special Guest

Songs around campfire

Incorporate:

primitive blues intruments

vocal tips in presentation

Guitar/Diddley Bow styles

Sing Group Songs and Camp apply what was learned in Blues Workshop

Record Campfire Songs and Activities

Lights out Time

Get Campers settled in their tents

Goodnite.......

THURSDAY

Rise & Shine

Campers get cleaned up, dressed and clean up campsite

Breakfast

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Morning Activities

Hike to Plasket Point

Seaweed flutes

First Aid and shelter basics- build your own shelter

Native American history and culture guest speaker

Lunch

Cook Eat and Clean up

Afternoon Activities

Music workshop/Band Practice/Free Time

Pick songs to perform for parents

Perform songs – “Show Off Show” getting ready for big performance next day

Al B. Blues helps stringed instrument kids with performing

Valerie Johnson helps singers performing.

Record Performances

Complete CD's

Finalize CD

Finalize Art

Reproduce CD's

Print CD Lables\

Put art on CD “clamshells”

Dinner

Cook Eat and Clean up

Campfire

Native American Stories

Special Guest Musician

Perform “Showcase”songs around campfire using all acoustic instruments

Sing Group Songs and Camp apply what was learned in Blues Workshop

Reflections

Get Ready for Camp Big Sur Showcase on Friday!!!!!

Lights out Time

Get Campers settled in their tents

Goodnite.......

FRIDAY

Camp Big Sur Showcase!

Rise & Shine

Campers get cleaned up, dressed and clean up campsite

Breakfast

Cook, Eat and Clean up

Morning Activities

Short walk and Camp clean up

Lunch

BBQ honoring Campers and Parents/Guardians

Afternoon

Camp Big Sur Musical Showcase for parents and the community

Stage setup and Roadie day

Kids will demonstrate each type of made instruments

Original songs performed

Groups will perform their group songs

Lead parents in Camp Song using call and response style

End of Camp

2:00 PM