Summer Music & Performing Arts Camp

Posted by Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School of Music on May 2, 2016

THE GEORGIA E. GREGORY INTERDENOMINATIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC

The Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School of Music Announces Plans For the 2016 Season of its Successful Summer Music & Performing Arts Camp Additional week added to camp season without rate increase

The Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School of Music has announced plans for the upcoming season, the 17th, of its successful Summer Music & Performing Arts Camp, and is celebrating the milestone by extending the camp season by a week, while maintaining costs at the same level as 2015.

The camp, conducted at the music school’s facilities in the underserved North Philadelphia community, provides children 6-13 years of age seven weeks of music instruction in keyboard, percussion, voice and dance as part of a complete camp experience.

The Summer Music & Performing Arts Camp is offered at the school, 1628 W. Allegheny Avenue, Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., for seven weeks, from June 20-August 5, 2016. Lunch and snacks are provided daily.

Music instruction is provided each morning, with weekly camper performances. Afternoons feature a range of educational, recreational and cultural activities that include chess, karate and Monopoly tournaments; swimming and trips. Campers are also encouraged to read books and develop computer skills.

A highlight of this year’s camp will be the opportunity for campers to perform at and help with production of the annual Allegheny Avenue Arts Fest™ – a day of fun, friends, family, food and entertainment, featuring talented youth from the Nicetown-Tioga community.

“These are at-risk and special-needs children who can flourish in this environment,” GEGISOM Founder and Executive Director Joyce Drayton explained. “Many of our campers’ parents asked us at the end of last season if there was a way to extend the experience and education their children received in our unique setting,” added Mrs. Drayton, who also serves as camp director, ”but to do it without adding to the $110.00 cost per week, which for many of our families already requires substantial sacrifice.

“We have found a way to make that happen,” she said, noting GEGSOM’s long history in the community. In addition, the camp’s $15.00 registration fee will be waived for early camp enrollees.

Scholarships are available for the camp. To apply, contact the camp at gegisom@aol.com or 215-430-0435.

The Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School of Music is a nonprofit, faith-based institution that provides affordable music and performing arts instruction to inner-city youth and families in the underserved North Philadelphia community and surrounding area.