
Updates
Hello BFDC Latin American Culture and Dance Campers and Families,
We can't wait to see you on Monday! I just want to share a few reminders for camp:
1) Arrival: You can drop off your kids up to 15 minutes early every day so we can get everyone checked in and start on time. Please park in the south parking lot of Puente de Hozho School (3401 N. 4th St.). Look for our yellow Ballet Folklórico de Colores sign. Go to the back door by the playground and come in that back door to room 28.2) Please have your child bring a reusable water bottle labeled with their name everyday. (a.m. session: 9:00-12:00, p.m. session 1:00-4:00)
2) Face masks: welcomed and optional.
3) Spanish: Our camp will be conducted mostly in Spanish. Don't worry if your child doesn't know Spanish. We have made all the learning very visual so your child can understand a lot of what is going on. Your child can still speak to us in English, if needed, and we will encourage them to use any Spanish they can. It will be a fun, language learning experience. If this will be your child's first Spanish language immersion experience, you might just want to talk to him/her about coming with an open mind and positive attitude. You will be amazed with how much Spanish your child can learn in a week! We promise to not make it scary!
4) Camp is 3 hours. The first 2 hours will be dedicated to learning about a new country everyday, including an introduction to the country, a song, some crafts and of course, food! The last hour will be a dance class with Ballet Folklórico de Colores' dance instructor, the fabulous, Sergio Padilla. We will be learning some dances from México and Nicaragua this year.
5) Friday night family potluck and performance: We will have an end of program family potluck on Friday at 5:00 pm at Puente de Hozho playground. First, we will have the kids perform the songs and dances they learned at camp on the Sport Court. (Sergio has to run off to a Quinceañera so we have to do this first.) We will then have our potluck. Please bring a latin inspired dish to share . If you are not comfortable with a potluck, please bring a picnic for your family. Please also bring a blanket for your family to sit on the grass on the field. We will also have a small market with some items for sale.
6) The schedule for the week:
México: (Monday-June 20th)
Teacher: Micaela Valdez
Activity/ craft: Sol Azteca
Food: Sopes, Fresas con crema
Song: De colores
Dance class with Sergio
Perú (Tuesday-June 21st)
Teacher: Rossio de Pilar Sheets
Activity/ craft: make leather bracelets with llama accent, photos with llama
Food: empanadas peruanas, galletas: Cua Cua, Inca Kola
Game: El lobo
Dance Class with Sergio
Nicaragua (Wednesday-June 22nd)
Teacher: Daniela Webb
Activities: Make güegúense masks of el macho ratón, learn the history and prepare to perform a Gúegüense play for Friday’s performance
Food: fresh coconut, ranitas, plátanos maduros
Dance Class with Sergio
Panamá (Thursday, June 23rd)
Teacher: Leyda Abbott
Activity: Color pages: pollera y montuno, Paint guacamayas, bird whistles
Song: Aves
Food: arroz con coco y gandules, chicha naranja
Dance Class with Sergio
Chile (Friday, June 24th
Teacher: Luis Melo
Activity: Make guirnaldas for Independence Day (Chile and the U.S. have the same flag colors.) Games with Mr. Melo
Food: Completos chilenos
Dance Class with Sergio
7) Ballet Folklórico de Colores offers Mexican Folk dance classes year round and performs all around Northern Arizona. If your child would like to take classes with us, our campers can receive a 50% discount off the first month. Ask Jessica or Sergio for more information.
We can't wait to share this amazing week of language, culture and dance with your child and family. See you on. Monday!
Thanks,