Cornstalk Camps will be held at the Brule School in Brule, NE. The NEW owners of the Brule School are hosting the camps, and, hosting new and exciting ongoing classes open to the general public. To learn more about the Brule School, visit www.BruleSchool.com. To learn more about Cornstalk Camps... read on! Contact: Cornstalk Camps via Brule School: 308-287-2595 or email: camp@conrstalkonline.com. Available CampsJunkyard Band Students will use “junk” in creative ways to make different types of instruments. Students will learn about stringed instruments, wind instruments, rhythm instruments and more. They will also learn how to use the instruments they creative to work together musically. Age: 6 - 8 years Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (mountain) Dates: Monday, May 26th through Thursday, May 29th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Theatre Room Beginning Martial Arts Camp Students will learn the fundamentals of using martial arts for self-defense, including spacing, circling, shuffling, and evading. Students will learn how to make themselves ready for an attack, how to position their bodies to remain balanced and protected, and how to block and counter a simple attack. This class is appropriate for both boys and girls! Age: 9 - 12 years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, May 26th through Thursday, May 29th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 2nd Floor Martial Arts Room Junkyard Band Students will use “junk” in creative ways to make different types of instruments and learn about collaborating musically with others in a “jam session”. Students will learn about stringed instruments, wind instruments, rhythm instruments and more. Students will also learn how to use their feet, hands, and voices to make different sounds that sound like different “instruments”. Age: 9 - 12 years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 9th through Thursday, June 12th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Theatre Room Little Lions Martial Arts Class Campers will learn about Stranger Danger as well as how to deal with bullying without getting hurt and without hurting others. Students will use their imaginations to get a taste of what it would be like to have been a ninja or a samurai warrior. Students will work with padded nunchuks and learn basic self-defense movements and tactics. Age: 6 - 8 years 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Monday, June 9th through Thursday, June 12th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 2nd Floor Martial Arts Room Set Design Students will spend a day working together on designs for the Haunted Barnyard and then work together the rest of the week to develop props and set elements to actually be used in the haunt in October. Students will learn about lighting and sound effects while they develop their concept. Students will then spend 2 days working on their set design at Cornstalk Farms. Age: 9+ years Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 16th through Thursday, June 19th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Art Room/Cornstalk Farms Create Your Own Play Students will work together to create a play by creatively coming up with a plot, characters, and a setting for their play. Students will learn the basics of storytelling through their experiences at this camp, while working on cooperation and communication with fellow students. Age: 6 - 8 years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, May 26th through Thursday, May 29th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Theatre Room Martial Arts Intensive This camp is appropriate to students who are entirely new to martial arts as well as students who have previous experience in martial arts. This camp is designed to condition students to perform evasive movements as well as sweeps and jumps. Basic blocking, punching, and kicking will also be addressed. This camp will help students develop speed, coordination, balance and awareness. Age: 13 + Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 23rd through Thursday, June 26th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 2nd Floor Martial Arts Room Fun 101 Juggle, make balloon animals, walk on stilts, play hacky sack, learn a few dance moves, and more. This camp is all about teaching students how to entertain themselves AND others just by having fun! Age: 9-12 years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Date: Monday, June 30th through Thursday, July 3rd Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Theatre Room Tai Chi for Kids What is Tai Chi? Tai Chi is a style of Kung Fu that combines some imagination with self-defense techniques, which is perfect for kids! Tai Chi is said to have miraculous healing benefits for people who use it daily. Kids will use Tai Chi to tell a story, while learning powerful self-defense techniques, developing balance, coordination, concentration, and flexibility. This is a great introductory class for kids interested in learning Kung Fu or Tae Kwondo! Age: 6-10 years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 30th through Thursday, July 3rd Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 2nd Floor Martial Arts Room Making Mosaics Students will learn about all different kinds of mosaics that they can make using a variety of different materials in a variety of different projects appropriate to their age. Students will be encouraged to “think differently” about materials and resources that they can use to produce works or art as artists. Age: 7+ years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 7th through Thursday, July 10th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Art Room Martial Arts Special Topics Camp This camp will explore weaponry common to a variety of martial arts, exercises in flexibility and balance, as well as exercises in awareness. Students will practice forward rolls as well as backward and side rolls, cartwheels, handstands, and other special techniques used particularly in the Chinese Martial Art form known as Wu Shu. Age: 7+ years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 7th through Thursday, July 10th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 2nd Floor Tumbling Room Three Dimensional Art Students will learn about materials they’ve likely never worked with before, such as latex, epoxy, spray foam, chicken wire, and cement as well as clay and plaster of paris to create an artistic piece in three dimensions. Students will do a mask-making project, a set-design project, a lawn ornament, and more in this camp. Age: 12 + years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 14th through Thursday, July 17th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 3rd Floor Art Room Introduction to Tai Chi for Teens Students will learn the fundamentals of this unique style of Kung Fu which utilizes extremely slow movement, a focus on breath, eye movement, and overall physical coordination, balance, strength, and flexibility Age: 13+ years Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Dates: Monday, June 14th through Thursday, July 17th Cost: $93.60; $46.80 due upon registering Location: 2nd Floor Martial Arts Room |