{"id":7294,"date":"2016-08-03T02:37:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T07:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2016-08-04T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T13:07:19","slug":"diocesan-summer-music-campa-quality-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/diocesan-summer-music-campa-quality-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocesan Summer Music Camp\u2026A Quality Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The young percussionists perform a Mento Mix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Within hours of the start of the Diocesan Summer Music Camp at Christ Church, Vineyard Town, on July 11, 8 year-old Matthew Piper-Bennett complained that he was bored and wanted to go home. At the end of the first week, he was playing Alleluia on the organ at his home church \u2013 St. David\u2019s, Yallahs; and urging the organisers to add another week to the programme which was conducted over a fortnight.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The brainchild of Lord Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory, the Summer Music Camp was introduced in 2014; and it has grown, both in numbers and the enthusiasm of participants, some of whom have attended in all three years. From 18 students in the first year, registration for the Camp, which ended on July 22, increased to 50, including a five year-old camper and a visitor from Canada. The youngsters represented some 14 churches in the Corporate Area, as well as the Church of the Holy Spirit, Portmore; St. Dorothy\u2019s Church, Old Harbour; St. David\u2019s Church, Yallahs; All Saints\u2019 Church \u2013 The Abbey, St. Thomas; St. Mark\u2019s Church \u2013 Boston, Portland; and Church of the Transfiguration \u2013 Mount Grace, Westmoreland.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the expert guidance of Camp Director, Mr. Andre Adman \u2013 a tutor at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts \u2013 and his equally qualified Assistant, Miss Stephanie Williams, supported by other specialists, campers learned the basics of choral singing, sight-reading, and to play multiple instruments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Closing Concert allowed the eager youngsters to showcase their rich talent and skills on drums and percussion instruments, the recorder and steel pan; as well as guitar and the keyboard, which was added this year. The items featured church music in mento, soca, dancehall and classical genres. And soloists, Ahjnique Williams, Teisha Hall, Keira Brown and Justin Nicholson, enriched the choral presentations which opened and brought the curtain down on an afternoon of quality entertainment for an appreciative audience of parents and friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A satisfied parent, Miss Sonia Nicholson, mother of Justin, noted that participants had learned \u201cwith value-added,\u201d as the camp improved their interpersonal skills and fostered discipline in their approach to practice and their individual assignments. \u201cThe child I had last year is a different child. His confidence level has soared 360 degrees and this will help his academic performance. I am also happy that the camp is church-based, as the opportunity to pray and worship is valuable in today\u2019s society which has many distractions,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Special awardees included: Justin Nicholson, Most Improved Camper; Keira Brown, Outstanding Camper \u2013 first year; Ajhnique Williams and Kofi Nightingale, Outstanding Performers; Le\u2019Andre Saddler, Most Congenial Camper; and Haji Dixon, Most Punctual Camper.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Campers with Bishop Gregory (centre); Camp Director, Andre Adman (back row- far left); Assistant Director, Stephanie Williams ( second row- far right); and the Bishop’s Administrative Assistant; Rhena Williams (third row – far right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Satisfied parent, Sonia Nicholson; her son Justin, the Most Improved Camper; and Bishop Gregory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Rev. Melrose Wiggan presents a certificate to five-year old Asha Canaan, the youngest camper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within hours of the start of the Diocesan Summer Music Camp at Christ Church, Vineyard Town, on July 11, 8 year-old Matthew Piper-Bennett complained that he was bored and wanted to go home. At the end of the first week, he was playing Alleluia on the organ at his home church \u2013 St. David\u2019s, Yallahs;…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":7297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7517,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions\/7517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}