Friday
July 12, 2019

Here is a reminder of Saturday's concerts.
Here is another reminder: Saturday morning is a regular schedule.

Dr. Teweleit, who is the marching band conductor at WT, an assistant camp director, and conducting the high school symphonic band this week, sent us some pictures. Here is the balloon game at the 3 pm high school assembly in Northen Recital Hall.

Here are some pictures from the T*E*X*A*S trip on Tuesday.

This is the 1:45 high school percussion III class with Mr. Mears.

Jazz improvisation I.

Mr. Perry with the junior high school percussion ensemble II.

Theory II with Mrs. Brooks. They must be taking a test of some kind (and they don't look like they're happy about it).

Junior high school horn ensemble.

Dr. Brooks with theory I.

Mrs. Henson and the high school flute ensemble II.

Mr. Freeman with the junior saxophone ensemble.

Back to a 3 pm high school assembly. (Surely they're using new, fresh sticky notes and not the ones recycled and dried out from the junior high assembly a couple of days ago.)

Now we're at Friday morning. We'll start with first-period classes. I stumbled into the concert band bassoons by accident.

Dr. Tariq is working with the symphonic band campers on the practice pads. She was talking to them about a technique with their hands that they learned with the keyboard instruments the last couple of days. (I didn't understand any of it.)

This is the brass and percussion concert band sectional. Mr. Shaw is working with them. Mr. Allred is their other conductor this week, but I caught the beginning of the period.

Dr. Takacs was doing long tones with the symphonic band trumpets in the art lecture room.

I got a single picture of Mrs. McMillan and the junior honor band oboes. They only allowed me one picture, so I moved on.

Second period. We'll start with the maroon band clarinets and Mrs. Traughber.

Mrs. Casso and the junior honor band horns.

Mr. Doggett had the junior honor band trumpets working the valves with their left hand. Now that's a challenge I would not want to take on. I have enough trouble taking pictures with both hands.

Mrs. Anderson was hosting the maroon band oboes during the second hour.

This was a photo reshoot from Wednesday. This time both were present!

It's 1:45, so let's check out some of those classes. Our first stop is the bassoon reed making class. Look at the young lady in blue. She has dots all over her. It's not measles, but it could be a sticky note outbreak of some kind.

Dr. Carpenter is showing the students something (wire cutting) on the big screen.

Conducting class with Mr. Rivera. This was interesting. The students wrote out a rhythm then conducted it. The other students were calling out the emphases. When the measures were finished, Mr. Rivera asked "Did we count what you had written?" That gave him an opportunity to show beat patterns that would get the correct response from the band.

Mr. Worosello is rehearsing the woodwind choir, which will perform on Wednesday, July 17, at 7 pm in Northen Recital Hall.

This year there are a good number of visiting directors (15-20 ?) observing at the camp. From 1:30 until 3:30 they have a round table discussion (with square tables) and also invite other guests to present topics.

The high school clarinet ensemble, 45 strong, under the leadership of Mrs. DuBois.

Oops! I lost focus again.

This year rhythmic reading is dividing up into groups of two or three students supervised by other of the camp directors. Here are some examples. The School of Music has Wenger practice rooms in the Fine Arts Complex. (The students are not being held against their will, in case that's what it looks like to you. THEY'RE IN A REALLY NICE, AIR-CONDITIONED PRACTICE ROOM.)

Three o'clock assembly in the Branding Iron Theatre was a relay-type race. The group on the left had to dress Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head on the right. The first time over was a bear crawl; second, hop on one foot; third, crab walk; and fourth run. Each time there was a different object placed on Potato Head. First, hat; second, glasses; third, ears; fourth, gloves. It all went too fast for me to keep up with all the rules.

There are intramurals in the Activities Center beginning at 4:30. Bands earn points for spectators and participants. Or they can do free sports, like raquetball.

Line twirling is one of the optional 4:30 classes, so Mrs. Johnson is working with one of the twirlers.

Today the band competition for junior high bands is knockout.

On the next court is a volleyball game.

High above is a walking/running track. (This is used more during the university's academic year. The community can also buy passes to use the facilities.)

Some more knockout.

The AC also has a pool that has a slide, ...

a lazy river...

a younger children's play area...

and a open space with swimming lanes. This is a fun venue for the community.

Downstairs is a bowling alley for open recreation (for a nominal fee) and for the WT bowling team.

I also stopped by the cafeteria to show you what the campers have for an evening meal. Again, campers can have any of the items and can come for seconds on anything. This first station is a sandwich place. There are several kinds of meats, cheese, fixin's (lettuce, pickles, onions for a traditional sandwich or you can have a toasted sandwich), green beans. [The breakfast cereals are still availble, but you've already seen that.]

This is the hot station: hamburgers, hot dogs, potato cubes, rice, fries (under the dome), chili, cheese sauce (to take fries to the next level), and then the toppings. Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise are also avaliable. I didn't take a picture because you might already know what those look like.

Too much flaskback on this, but there's a pizza area. Two pepperoni pizzas in the first picture and cheese and [I don't remember} on the second. I really like their pizza (if anyone cares).

Too much flaskback on this, but there's a pizza area. Two pepperoni pizzas in the first picture and cheese and [I don't remember} on the second. I really like their pizza (if anyone cares).

The salad bar. I usually start with the toppings so I don't have to take any lettuce. Let's work our way around the horn, right to left.

You're on your own for these next two pictures. These are vegetables, so I'm not as familiar with them. I do know the dressings, however. Boy, do I know the dressings! If I ever have to eat a cucumber, for example--I don't know why I should--I smother it in ranch dressing and put it in my mouth as fast as I can before any green is exposed and before anyone catches a glimpse of me eating fruit of any kind.

YIKES! Lettuce and tomatoes!

From left to right: salsa, shredded cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese.

The dessert station. (I like to spend some extra time at this station.) At the front, where the sandwich station is located, campers can get an ice cream item (sandwich, drumstick, etc.) All of this is included in the meal card. [I'm not showing you the drink area, since you've already seen that.]

I'll add the 7 pm talent show to tomorrow's post. That concludes today.