Camp will be run by Head Coach Doug Jacobs. Doug has been arranging fights for professional and amateur theatre for about 20 years. Campers will learn the subtle art of kicking, punching, throat slashing, disemboweling, cutting, stabbing, pummeling, etc., in such a way as to thrill an audience, and to have all the actors live to tell about it. The class day will comprise safety, drills, safety, movies, safety, lunch, safety, practical work, safety, acting tips, and just to be safe: more safety.

The concept for our camps is that the campers make and star in their own swashbuckling movie! Each day, to give the campers a sense of what we are trying to achieve, they watch one classic swashbuckler movie all the way through. They spend time learning how to safely perform stage fighting. The campers, with assistance from the coach, develop their own fights. In addition to the one big movie, during the course of each day Doug shows many clips from the club's extensive movie collection in order to illustrate particular styles, techniques, or even things to avoid (or simply to amuse the campers). The campers also help to build dramatic sets because at the end of the week, we have a local film-maker come in to make an original film starring the campers. All campers receive a copy of the movie after we show it at the premier gala.

There will be two groups of campers:  Actors and Crew. 
     Actors will spend the bulk of their time working on skills that will serve them in front of the camera: working on lines, working on fights, working on acting skills.
     Crew will spend the bulk of their time working on skills that will serve them behind the camera: Set building/decoration, boom operation, script supervisor, dolly grip, make-up, and other tasks that are the nuts and bolts of making a movie.
     All campers may be asked to help with any of the above mentioned tasks but will spend most of their time in their area of concentration.
     Registration will be limited to 7 Actors and 3 Crew.  Campers may also specify that they are willing to be either actor or crew which will increase our flexibility.

Sign up here for the Summer Vacation Swashbuckler Camp:
This will run from July 25th through 31st.

Tuition is $425.

Pay only $375 before February 28th
Pay only $400 if by April 25th
Pay full tuition $425 until June 13th.

* * * * * *  Registration closes June 13th!   * * * * * *

After you sign up for camp, the club will send information and release forms to fill-out and sign.

Extra
Early-Bird Rate in Effect.

$375 through
February 28th

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