Specialty Camps

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Whatever the need or the interest,
there is a camp that fits.

CAMPERS: AGES 5-14

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very parent believes
with puppet shows, magicians,
their child is the
live animals and other diver-
most special in the
sions.
world, deserving the
Many local gyms offer gym-
best opportunities, the finest
nastics camps which usually
schools, the greatest programs.
are all-day for a week. Diane
And parents, no longer con-
Ash of Birmingham, mother of
tent with their kids just hang-
gymnast Marissa, 8, notes,
ing out all summer, are turning
"They are great for the recre-
to a variety of special
camps and programs
that can tutor, nurture
and expand the minds
of their youngsters.
Once upon a time,
there was summer
camp or summer
school. Today, there are
plenty of kids enjoying
daylong programs, such
as Birmingham's Super
Summer, which offers
two- or three-week ses-
sions in rocketry, com-
puters, dance, pottery,
cooking, sports, and a
variety of other subjects.
The program also spon-
sors soccer and baseball
camps, among others.
Gym nastics is one of ational gymnast.
the specialty ses-
The Birmingham
Marissa loved it for
sio ns offered at
Bloomfield Art Associa-
two years."
Tamarack.
tion in Birmingham of-
Last year, Marissa
fers a two-week art camp, with
headed to Michigan Gymnas-
one session in late June and
tics Camp in Ann Arbor, run by
one in August. From 9 a,m.
the head coach of the Universi-
until 2 p.m., 15 students in
ty of Michigan gymnastics
grades 1-6 are grouped with an
team at U-M's facilities. "It was
instructor, and try their artistic
very intensive for one week, 8
hand in ceramics, sculpture,
a.m. to 8 p.m.," says Ms. Ash.
cartoons, painting and draw-
For girls with Kerri Strug
ing. During lunch, the bud-
dancing in their heads, Bella
ding artists are entertained
Karolyi's World Gymnastics in

Huntsville, Texas is offering
eight one-week sessions this
summer. Those yearning to be
like Dominique Dawes can at-
tend her former gym, Wood-
ward Gymnastics in central
Pennsylvania.
Two locally hot sports, soc-
cer and hockey, have no short-

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age of skill-intensive programs
to choose from. Soccer kickers
can look towards Cranbrook,
Oakland University, University
of Michigan, and Midwest Soc-
cer, among a lot of others. Sub-
urban Hockey Schools offer
week-long clinics in power
skating, goaltending, and gen-
eral skills, as do Superior Hock-
ey Academy, Champion
Hockey School, and Little Cae-
sar's.

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• Ramah Family Camp, for parents and children to share in
the Ramah camping experience together: August 20-24,1997
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