Thanks!
Our first annual youth camp was a great success thanks to our 47 wonderful students, their parents, and our volunteers and staff! Everyone seemed to have fun, and many new friendships were made. We eagerly await feedback from parents and students as to what we can do to make the camp better next year. We will soon be sending families an email containing a link to an online survey which we hope they will complete. We're excited that the camp went so well, but we know that we can improve it and want as much input as possible.
Special thanks goes to Gordon McLeod who directed the camp. He brought together an exceptional team of teachers that helped make the camp educational but fun. He and the other staff can be satisfied that their hard work produced a successful event and fulfilled an important mission for the Traditional Irish Music Education Society (TIMES) by teaching young people Irish music. Congratulations Gordon!
A few items for our students:
Each of our students received an instructional CD. For those interested in having the sheet music for the tunes on the CD, here are several options for downloading the music:
Youth Camp Instructional CD -- PDF Format OR ABCs
The only lost & found item recovered was a Kyser silver-colored guitar capo. Send us an email and we will put it in the mail to you.
SEND US YOUR PHOTOS -- If you took photos at the camp, please send copies to us via email (or mail) so we can set up a photo gallery for your to view online and to download photos you would like to have. Send them to info@oflahertyretreat.org. Once we have something prepared, we will notify everyone.
If there is anything that you would like to discuss with us about this year's camp, you can send us an email at youthcamp@oflahertyretreat.org or call Gordon McLeod at (972) 530-0757.