I just spent the last two weeks working with kids, 9-17 years old, teaching and creating music. I am a Board Member of the Kids Who Rock nonprofit organization and also a Camp Leader and Music Instructor. I teach Bass guitar and then I shepherd a band of 5-6 kids in writing a song, practicing and then performing the song for family and friends at an end-of-week showcase. This was my third year.

We have two separate weeks for camp. Week 1 is for the boys, we call it Dudes Rock and this year we had 25 boys. I taught bass to five students and then worked with a band of 11-12 year olds. We wrote a song called Everybody Freeze! The band was called Cyber Systematic and we created a logo and a band poster. The boys considered wearing makeup like KISS but I talked them into wearing masks. So I got them LED masks from Amazon. At the showcase, we started our song in the dark with only the masks showing. It was a hit!

The second week was the girls camp. We call it Chicks Who Rock. This year we had 25 girls and 5 boys who couldn’t make the Boys week. Again I taught Bass to six girls and worked with a band of 11-12 year old girls and one boy. They called themselves Running With Scissors. We made a logo and created a Band Poster. The song we played at the showcase was called Little Debbies. A song about the snacks at the camp. It was a hit!

We are done with music camps until next July. As a nonprofit we are always looking for donations. The camps are put together through generous donations of money and food and parent volunteers. If you would like to contribute, please go to our web page a select the donation link. It is tax deductible.