Old Saybrook kids arts summer camp taking applications

Submitted photo The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Community Music School will host an open house for Kate’s Camp for Kids April 28 in Old Saybrook. Submitted photo The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Community Music School will host an open house for Kate’s Camp for Kids April 28 in Old Saybrook. Photo: Journal Register Co. Photo: Journal Register Co. Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Old Saybrook kids arts summer camp taking applications 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

OLD SAYBROOK >> The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Community Music School will host an open house for Kate’s Camp for Kids, a performing arts summer camp program, April 28 from 3 to 5 p.m., at The Kate, 300 Main Street.

Launched in 2013, Kate’s Camp for Kids engages children ages 5 to 10 years old in the performing arts. Each weekly camp session features music, theater, dance and visual arts and culminates in a performance for family and friends at the end of the week.

At the open house, families can tour the education rooms and theater area, learn about the upcoming camp sessions, meet camp staff, and participate in an arts and crafts project. Registration is now open for the 2014 camp sessions, which include July 14-18: Broadway Beginners “How Does Your Garden Grow?”; July 21-25: Cool Cats! Jazz and All That; July 28 to Aug. 1: Broadway Beginners “Go Fish”; Aug. 4-8: Tell Me A Tale, The Art of Storytelling.

The camp director is Nancy Thomas, a more than 20-year member of the Community Music School faculty and certified Kindermusik educator. Tuition for each camp week is $250 and scholarships are available for families with a financial need.

Kate’s Camp is supported by grants from the Community Foundation of Middlesex County/River View Cemetery Fund, The Bauman Family Foundation, The Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, the Exchange Club of Old Saybrook/Westbrook, Rotary Club of Old Saybrook Foundation, and the Sallie and Robert Boody Fund. For information, including pricing schedules, call 860-767-0026.