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Festival 2024 (Part 3)
After a long and emotional Festival day, final moments were spent in the Summer Theatre as the cast of this session’s musical, Urinetown, performed for camp. This show was made possible through the work of campers and staff in Theatre, Lighting, Sound, Costumes, Set, and MuShed. After the show, MANY tears were shed as it was time for all campers to say goodbye to their friends and the place that they’ve spent all summer growing.
Thank you to all for making this summer so wonderful and magical, and keeping the Buck’s Rock spirit alive. It has been such an honor to document this summer in the place that means so much to me and this community. There is truly nothing like this place, all because of the people that fill it. Much love and see you all next year! - Olivia from Marketing
Festival 2024 (Part 2)
In the afternoon at the Dance Studio, this session’s dancers performed some highlights from the two shows over the summer to guests in the audience.
Festival 2024 (Part 1)
WAAAAAHOOOOOOO HAPPY FESTIVAL!!!! Friends, family, and alumni came together to reminisce and celebrate on the final day of camp. Campers reunited with their loved ones and brought home at the end of the day. Our summer 2024 chapter ended with a beautifully long day that began with our Alumni Coffee Club. Old Buck’s Rockers told stories of the past and brought the audience back in time. The memories all came back as tears of nostalgia were shed. Campers and CITs showed off and collected the artwork they made this year as staff sold theirs at Staff Works in the dining hall! At 1pm, the talented cast of this years Festival day show debuted all the hard work and passion they put into Master Pathelin down at the Summer Theatre!
August 16th, 2024
The last full day of camp before Festival was full of finishing last projects, packing up, and bittersweet reflections on the summer. The morning consisted of a marble run over at Wood, where campers built a track for marbles from the shop to the gong. The Film shop went around recording interviews of everyone’s favorite summer memories as campers wrote final letters to home and helped their favorite shops with cleanup. The P.A.S.S. shop spent all day making this year’s official camp shirts, made by a P.A.S.S. CIT. In the evening, all campers received their summer yearbooks made by campers and staff in the Pub Shop and the very last softball game was played on the feilds, hosted with commentary by Clowns of Buck’s Rock past! What an amazing summer, see you at Festival!
August 15th, 2024
In the final days of camp, spirits are high and so much art has been completed. The musical rehearses down at the summer theatre in preparation for their show on festival night! Final glass lessons were taught and final touches were put on the camp mural down at Painting. The Pub shop has completed the camp yearbook, which mean ice cream for all!!! Campers, CITs and Staff worked endlessly for the completion of this project, and we can’t wait to see the work they’ve put in when campers get their yearbook tomorrow. The day ended up at the Actor’s Studio with the incredible performers in Beat Box; A Hip Hop Show, where campers displayed a staff-made play after only a week of rehearsal.
August 14th, 2024
Projects are being finished in shops as the days tick down in our final week. Everyone is feeling sentimental and bittersweet, but that doesn’t stop the grind. Urinetown rehearsals take the stage and the Actor’s Studio prepares for Thursday' night’s Hip-Hop showcase. Campers show off their favorite fiished projects in Weaving, Sewing, Puppetry, Metals, and more! The day ended with a glorious performance from our amazing musicians down at Rock Cafe, where campers, staff, and CITs came together in bands to perform the songs they’ve been working on all summer. (Rock Cafe photos slightly out of order due to website issue, keep clicking through to find your favorite performance!)
August 13th, 2024
Everyone is working hard to finish projects and enjoy final rehearsals! Campers prepare for Rock Cafe in rock band rehearsals, wood projects are being sanded and finished, batiks are being washed out, and the cast of the Festival musical learns some dance. The Ceramics shop took a trip to Sheffield Pottery, where they learned how clay is mined and mixed into the clay they use in their projects. Visiting artist Myq Kaplan led a stand-up comedy writing workshop in Clown. And the mural is being filled in by our incredibly talented campers! Everyone is in denial about the end of camp being so close, so the energy is high and delightful.
August 12th, 2024
The final week of camp is busy as ever! There were rehearsals for Rock Cafe this Wednesday, the Hip-Hop showcase this Thursday, and the musical on Saturday! At computers campers were making wooden molds using a CNC router over at the fabrication lab! Lessons happened at Glass as campers at Painting are finishing up the camp portrait. P.A.S.S. held a workshop with the Garden using the cyanotype proccess to make prints of sillouettes from nature. In the evening, the Clown Shop held it’s final Monday Clown Cafe, where campers and CITs performed improv for an audience!
August 11th, 2024
Today shops were full and rehearsals were ongoing. Ealking through camp, you could hear the sounds of power tools at Sculpture, music from each shop airing Radio’s shows, musicians practicing for Rock Cafe, and the sitzprobe for this sessions musical, Urinetown which will take the stage on Festival night (this Saturday!). Sitzprobe is a rehearsal where the orchestra and singing cast perform the songs from the show with eachother for the first time. Excitment is in the air, with a bit of bittersweetness. The final week of the summer is here, and everyone is making the most of the time they have at this special place.
August 10th, 2024 (Part 2)
The evening activity for the 10th was the second session Dance Show, Arcade. This incredible cast came together after many hours of rehearsal for a one-night-only performance with 17 dances in total and talent from not only campers in Dance, but L.S.D., Costume, and Set Design.
August 10th, 2024 (Part 1)
Vibrant day at camp as everyone is finishing up their projects for the summer. Some were in rehearsals for this session’s Clown Show on Sunday and Rock Cafe on Wednesday, while others gathered in shops to play the final round of trivia from our favorite staff and campers over at Radio! The Bronze Pour at sculpture happened, where bronze is melted and poured into molds made by campers. Film came around to shops, recording bits for our camp-wide memories video.
August 9th, 2024
Fun day at camp as campers enter the last week! Final projects are being made and campers are entering shops they’ve never been to. Campers completed projects in sewing and started projects in Batik. Book Arts held a workshop in collaboration with Metals where they dipped wire into Abaca solution to make paper jewelry and sculptures. Culinary held it’s annual burger competition! Campers came together to create unique burgers and competed for a winner!
August 8th, 2024
Today at camp, shops were full and rehearsals were running as campers grind projects and prepare for this session’s dance show on Saturday. Dancing campers spent the afternoon at run-through for the show at the summer theatre, where the entire cast gets to perform and see each others dances for the first time on stage. Radio shows were hosted, flowers were pressed in Book Arts, and a visiting artist hosted a Haiku poetry workshop. At night, MuShed hosted it’s final music recital where campers and staff performed what they’ve been working on all summer! AHhhh Buck’s Rock magic is in the air!
August 7th, 2024
Today at camp, everyone all in on their projects this summer. Glass lessons, graphic design, and wood working all while other campers cook and dance. In Painting, campers are collaborating on our next camp mural! Our final Actor’s Studio play of the summer premiered tonight, with all of the incredible work from our campers not only in the cast, but behind the scenes in Set, LSD (Lighting and Sound Design), and Costumes. This talented cast performed Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream after a summer of hard work in rehearsals!
August 6th, 2024
Another rainy day at Buck’s Rock as campers sculpt clay in Ceramics, print on shirts in P.A.S.S., paint portraits of their loved ones, dye in Batik, host Radio shows, weld in Scuplture, solder in Metals, and sooo much more. Dancers rehearse for this Saturday’s dance show, actor’s held a dress rehearsal for tomorrow’s play in the Actor’s studio, and Studio 59 holds a DJing workshop where campers are taught how to mix and master music. Staff, Campers, and CITs join for the tradition of guitar snack with shredding and singing up at the pavilion. The Set shop prepares for the upcoming play in the Actor’s Studio as campers practice their lines.
August 5th, 2024
Busy day at Buck’s Rock as campers cook dumplings from scratch at Culinary, work hard on the summer’s yearbook at Pub, and collage at Painting. Choreographers are just finishing up their dances in rehearsals for the upcoming dance show this Saturday! Studio 59 held a workshop hosted by a visiting artist where campers collaborated to write and record a song together. Film stopped by and recorded a music video for the song that was written. Over at the Garden, the P.A.S.S. shop held a workshop using the cyanotype technique, which is a process where objects are laid on paper and coated with a solution of iron salts and exposed to UV light to create silhouettes on the print.
August 4th, 2024
Happy visiting day!!! Friends and family came to visit their loved ones this Sunday and got to see the projects they’ve been working on and listen to how their summer’s been going. Alumni reunited with eachother and all the memories came flooding back. Families picniced on the lawn while parents watch their kids take a glassblowing lesson. CIT works was open all day for guests and fellow campers to see the incredible work the CITs have created over the summer. After guests left, campers prepared for a Drag Night by doing eachother’s makeup and preparing their outfits. They lip-synced a musical number for their friends and showed off their amazing drag creations!
August 3rd, 2024
Tribute Show!!!!!! <3
August 2nd, 2024
Today was a busy day as Tribute Show rehearsals wrap up for the show on Saturday and campers work hard on their projects. Computers held a rocket launch in the softball fields with “rockets” synthisized by campers. Others created all day in preparation for the Cosplay Competition at night. everyone came together to share their best attempts at mimicking their favorite characters with materials found at camp. Yay!
August 1st, 2024
Another epic day at Buck’s Rock as campers paint, weave, make music, and more! Rehearsals are happening left and right, not only for theatre, dance, clown, and Rock Cafe, but for the upcoming Tribute Show this Saturday! Six-weekers are feeling bittersweet as they spend their final days finishing up projects and spending time with friends. The night ended with a performance from our musically talented campers over at the MuShed.
July 31st, 2024
Today was full of starting projects, finishing projects, and lots of rehearsal! Campers and staff are practicing their peices for not only the plays, musical, Rock Cafe, clown and dance show, but this Saturday’s Tribute Show! Their rehearsals can be heard echoing through the camp while other campers blow glass, paint, weave, and more. This evening the incredibly talented cast of The Curious Savage performed their play after only 8 days of rehearsal!
July 30th, 2024
Camp was abuzz with projects and workshops and fun galore! Computers launched a bottle rocket workshop, Painting was filled with campers working on our new mural, and everywhere else campers simply enjoyed life. The day ended with our epic Carnival, a huge party complete with inflatables, face painting, dancing, and more! It was truly a wonderful way to say goodbye to July!
July 29th, 2024
We are in depths of second session as projects are being started and finished left and right. Campers painted, dyed fabric in Batik, binded books, used hand tools in Wood, and hopped on the wheel in Ceramics. The fabrication lab worked together with the Glass shop to design wooden molds for glass to be blown into it. The workshop went amazing as campers worked with a visiting artist to complete the project. The night ended with a perfomance from the improv groups over at Clown for Monday night Clown Cafe, and karaoke in the pavillion.
July 28th, 2024
Another day of creativity here at Buck’s as campers try new things and work hard on their projects. In Painting, campers could be found working on Sumi-e, which is a Japanese style of ink painting. Ceramics held a collaborative workshop with Metals, making ceramic jewelry. Book Arts and the Garden worked together to make paper by having campers smash mugwort down into flat shapes. Yay!
July 27th, 2024
Campers kicked the day off by handing out water to those running in the New Milford 8, an 8 mile race that the community participates in every year. Then, campers and staff collaborated in a trivia competition between all the shops (Glass won!) accompanied by pizza made by campers. Batik was busy with good vibes with many new projects, card games were played on the lawn, and P.A.S.S. celebrated their CIT’s birthday with a cake made in Culinary. The day ended with a performance from our Theatre CITs in the CIT play Proof, made possible with the work from our Lighting and Sound Design and Set CITs.
July 26th, 2024
Chill vibes today at Buck’s Rock as campers are in the ultimate flow with their creative projects. Both singing and dancing rehearsal for this session’s musical, Urinetown, were in full swing today, followed by a ballet workshop from our dance staff. Radio shows killed today and acoustic singalongs spawn all around. Campers signed out cameras and photographed all day while others locked in on their painting or had their very first glass lesson.
July 25th, 2024
Today was full of creativity and learning as many a glass lesson was taught, batik dyed, book bound, and choreography mastered. Chocolate molds were made over at Sculpture, while a poetry workshop was hosted at Publications. Campers wrote and shared their words with the group. The first MuShed recital of the session was performed in the evening, and the night ended with a hot wings competition where campers watched staff compete to see who could eat the spiciest wings!
July 24th, 2024
Second session visual arts projects are in full swing as other campers start their first rehearsals for theatre, dance, and clown after auditions. There is an excited energy in the air as returning campers get back into the swing of things, and new campers spend time discovering what they are passionate about. After a busy day in the shops, the night ended with a square dancing party at the pavillion and spooky stories with Scott in the veggie patch!
July 23rd, 2024
SECOND SESSION BEGINS!!!!!! Welcome and welcome back all second sessioners, we have SO much in store for the rest of the summer. Friends reunited and new connections are already forming. We started off strong with the all performing arts meeting in the morning, where campers were informed on how to participate in theatre, dance, and clown. Directly after that, theatre auditions began! Walking around camp, you could see excited campers practicing their lines and rehearsal their dance combinations for play and musical auditions. LSD began setting up for the first shows of the session, while computers had a workshop in the afternoon. Countless projects were started today as campers discover shops. The night ended with a camp-wide bonfire at the garden! Woop woop!
July 20th, 2024
The end of First Session was a joyous and emotional celebration of our month at camp! We had a Sewing fashion show to display all forms of wearable art, PASS hosted the Print Exchange where everyone got to take home some beautiful new art, and campers continued to worked diligently in shops! The end of the day culminated in our First Session Dance Show, featuring over 50 dancers leaving it all on the stage.
July 19th, 2024
On the second to last day of first session, projects are being finalized and friends are feeling sentimental. The dance shop held it’s dress rehearsal for Saturday’s big show, while the clowns performed improv at Clown Cafe! Campers made slushies in Culinary and played card games on the porch. The P.A.S.S. shop was finishing preparations for tomorrow’s print exchange, and the Film shop premiered it’s first session Film Showcase, where the screenwriting, filming, and editing paid off and their projects were displayed to the rest of camp.
July 18th, 2024
Today was full of bittersweet reflections as first session comes to a close and campers finish their projects. The dance show, which is on the last day of first session, held its first ever full run-through of the show. Campers sat in the audience watching their friends perform before tech rehearsal later that night. Tonight’s exciting event was Rock Cafe, where campers and staff combine forces to perform the music they’ve been rehearsing all summer. The crowd had so much energy and the show was a major success. Rock on y’allll!!!
July 17th, 2024
Another busy day at Buck’s Rock consisted of completed projects in Batik, Book Arts, Wood, and more! Rehearsals at MuShed are in full swing as preparations for Rock Cafe continue, and the clowns made shirts at P.A.S.S. for their improv group! Campers made chicken and waffles at Culinary, and the night ended with an incredible performance from our campers involved in this session’s musical, Carrie!
July 16th, 2024
Shops continue to be full of innovation and creativity as the First Session comes to a close! Everyone is working hard to finish their projects and make sure everything they want to bring home is ready to go. The cast, crew, and pit of the musical excelled in their final rehearsals, ensuring that every bit of blocking and choreography is ready for the show! The Garden and PASS collaborated on a cyanotype workshop, creating beautiful prints from objects found in our amazing garden. All in all, camp life continues to be an inspiration to everyone here!
July 15th, 2024
Today at Buck’s Rock, campers made paper from scratch in Book Arts, finished belts in Weaving, started new Batik projects, baked cookies in Culinary, screen printed on shirts at P.A.S.S. In the evening the Clown Shop put on their first Clown Show of the summer, where campers, C.I.T.s, and Staff perform the comedy sketches they worked together on writing throughout the session. During pre-show rehearsals, they played cards and read Mad Libs. Clowns will be clowns!
July 14th, 2024
Bastille Day was a Minion-filled success! The CITs became Minions for the day and took over camp, waking everyone up with the banana song, turning the gong into the Moon (which got stolen by some mysterious villains!) and organizing a huge game of capture-the-flag! Despite all of this craziness, projects still continued, and everyone found ways to survive the heat wave. With only a week left of First Session, everyone is working hard to make sure all performances and projects come together in a beautiful way.
July 13th, 2024
Campers and staff gather to watch our first Bronze and Aluminum Pour of the summer over at Sculpture. Camper’s projects were created through a lost wax process where metal was poured into their molds. Many workshops simultaneously occurred today in Metals and Book Arts, Batik, Computers, and the Garden. Pizza was cooked in Glass, while weekly trivia was conquered. At night the incredible cast of The Inspector performed in the Actor’s Studio!
July 12th, 2024
Today at Buck’s Rock, campers hosted radio shows, painted fan art, crocheted, made cupcakes, and so so much more. Today the talented cast of this session’s musical, Carrie, collaborated with the MuShed for their first official sits-robe rehearsal (where the cast and orchestra perform the score for the first time together!). The night ended with a game of softball and bunk acoustic singalongs.
July 11th, 2024
Camp life today was a perfect balance between hard work and shenanigans. Campers made blooming onions in culinary, while the enchanting sounds of guitar snack echoed throughout camp. Batiks were started and finished while musical rehearsals pushed forward with a special baby appearance. At night, campers frolicked around in blow up animal costumes and played poker, then some performed in our weekly Music Recital to thunderous applause. We keep it interesting here.
July 10th, 2024
As the heat wave persists, projects and rehearsals continue at full speed. With glassblowing lessons, radio shows, clay sculpting, and plenty of time in the pool, it was another lovely Buck’s Rock day. In the afternoon, the P.A.S.S. shop hosted visiting artist Martina Taylor who collaborated with campers on a workshop carving linoleum to make exquisite corpses. We ended the night with an incredible performance from the hardworking actors in our first Summer Theatre play of the summer, Remote.
July 9th, 2024
Campers worked hard today to beat this heat wave! The pool was full all day long, with kids have a fantastic time; sprinklers were running for anyone needing to run through them; and fans blasted in every shop. Despite the heat, projects did not stop! Campers were drawing, weaving, batiking, and so much more! Everyone is feeling settled into camp life, and the creative discovery just never stops.
July 8th, 2024
Today campers continued working on their projects in shops and rehearsing for their upcoming performances. Our Pub shop gathered for their yearbook meeting as Rock Cafe rehearsals ramped up. Sewing welcomed visiting artist, Adam Ellison hosted a quilting workshop. We ended the night with a riveting performance from our clowns over at Clown cafe!
July 7th, 2024
Our first Visiting Day today was a huge success! Family and friends came from all over, and there were adorable reunions all over the place. Campers still continued to work on their projects and show off their new skills to their visitors. Everyone survived the heat of the day, and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine on our green campus.
July 6th, 2024
During this busy Buck’s Rock day, shops competed against one another in Trivia, campers made stickers in Pub, our Culinary and Glassblowing shops collaborated to make pizza, and the CITs went on a group bowling trip. At night, the first play of the summer All In The Timing premiered at the Actor’s Studio with an amazingly talented cast of actors.
July 5th, 2024
Today campers worked hard on their projects in Wood, Sewing, Weaving, Glassblowing, Batik, Painting, Book Arts, P.A.S.S. and more. Video projects were filmed across camp as rehearsals happened for this session’s dance show and musical. There were Cello lessons and improv practice. Campers found an insane ant hill at Radio and Andrew bit into a potato.
July 4th, 2024
Today was full of music, friendship, and celebration as campers and CITs spent the day creating in visual arts shops and working hard in rehearsal. In the evening, the Music Shed put on their weekly recital where campers and staff showed off the musical performances they’ve been practicing so far. The night ended with a camp-wide bonfire with s’mores galore!
July 3rd, 2024
Our campers excelled all over the place! A band started recording in Studio 59, theater and musical rehearsals are in full swing, campers are killing it in Book Arts, Wood, PASS, Glass, and so much more, and our Lighting and Sound Design team are getting ready for our first play happening on Saturday! The evening showcased our first ever 24-Hour Playwriting Festival, with 13 new plays being read by staff and campers.
July 2nd, 2024
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