Sunshine Generation Summer Camp

Singing, choreography, full-showmanship, confidence and fun for kids...

Sunshine Generation Summer Camp in Ventana Ranch Area.....

I am a mom of 4 kids in the Ventana Ranch Ward, and am the director of this incredible program. I've been teaching singing/dancing classes for over 12 years. We only have 9 spots left. (see information below)

Hi!

Welcome to the Sunshine Generation experience! We are a National Children’s Performing Group and we sing, dance, and learn skills and talents in the performing arts in a way like no other! Our group is open to ALL children for we have no auditions. We feel that tryouts place too much pressure on young children. We are most concerned with building self-esteem in each child! The experience is open to boys and girls of all ages.

Sunshine Camp is a week long summer camp filled with wholesome and exciting music. Our Sunshine Camp program consists of classes taught everyday for one week. The children learn routines to Popular, Broadway, Country and Old Favorite songs. The material is professionally prepared and expressly picked according to your children’s interest and ability level.

In the camp will divide the students according to age and will include special workshops, snack time, activities; and the majority of the time spent on learning the songs they will perform at the culminating event at the end of the week. The Sunshine camp gives each student the opportunity in one week to accomplish what our regular programs accomplish in 3 months! The Summer Camp gives your children the opportunity for a total of 3 months experience in one package. This enables families the flexibility as they plan summer vacations.

After we learn our show in the summer camp, we will perform at the end of the week for family, friends and the community, and your child will have an opportunity to participate on our float in the Rio Rancho Parade on July 4th. These performances serve a two-fold purpose: (1) to benefit and become a part of our community, and (2) to give the children an opportunity to perform; thus developing their talents, showmanship and self confidence while growing musically.

We are excited to be able to offer Sunshine Generation in this community, and would love to help your child develop his or her talents as well as build their self-esteem. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Included in the camp fee is a student practice cd, and a t-shirt which they will wear to perform at the end of the week performance, and the float on the 4th of July.

Come and join us—We promise fun!!

Your child's camp will be held at the Family Church in the NE corner of Paradise and Universe. (Near the Dollar Tree). Sunshine Generation is not affiliated with any religion. We are renting space from them to meet the needs of our camp size.
9:00-11:30 a.m.

I look forward to meeting you!
Andrea Rogers
Director of Sunshine Generation of Albuquerque 715-2841
albuquerquesunshinegeneration@gmail.com

Rental Needed

We have some friends moving into Albuquerque around the first of July and they are having a hard time finding a place to rent. They are looking for a home in West Albuquerque and would love to be in the Ventana area. They're trying to find a 3-4 bedroom home for around $1300. If you know of anything that will be available at that time please let us know and we will pass the information along. Thanks for the help!! jenchisholm1 (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Book Club: A Book of a Thousand Days!

Hey guys!

We had fun the other night talking about The Giver. Okay, so maybe we weren't just talking about The Giver. But it was great company, good food and some really entertaining background noises as Deaf Hubs was going to sleep while 2 1/2 of my children were screaming at the top of the staircase. It was glorious!

Really, it was. I love it!

So next month Kellie Hood chose to read "A Book of a Thousand Days" by Shannon Hale. Here is the teaser:

When Dashti, a mucker from the steppes of Titor's Garden, one of the 8 Realms, becomes Lady Saren's maid, she enters into a struggle between Saren and her father. The Lord of Titor's Garden has declared that his daughter will marry Lord Khasar of Thoughts of Under, when Saren reveals that she has betrothed herself to the young Khan Tegus of Song for Evela. To tame his daughter, Saren's father shuts her and Dashti, the only maid willing to accompany Saren, in a tower far away from his city. He claims he will only release them after seven years, or if Saren will relent and marry Khasar. See what happens when her father never comes back and the two girls are left alone in the tower with out any knowledge of his death.

Remember we meet on the second Tues of the month, making that June 14th.
Hope to see you next month!!

ASL Class specifics

There is an error on the DATES of the ASL class that we are doing...but not the DAYS.

So the ASL Class that we are teaching will be:
June 14, 16, 21, 23. (Those are Tuesdays and Thursdays.)
The times will be 1-1:45pm.
It's a total of $25/child. Unless you have more than one child. Then it is $20 every child after that.
We will be giving out a DVD to help review and practice.

We have about 10 kids, so we are just going to combined the class and split them up during practice time.

There is still room if you are interested.

stef.burns at gmail.com

Baked Potato Soup

For those who were able to attend the "Mother's day out" activity on Saturday, here is the recipe for the Bake Potato Soup. I would say whose recipe it is, but I got it a few friends removed from the person who originally had the recipe. Hope you all enjoy!

Baked Potato Soup
4 large potatoes
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp seasoned salt
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic salt
6 cups milk
1 cup sour cream
10 strips crisp bacon-broken up
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Bake potatoes at 350 for 65 to 75 minutes. Peel and dice. In a large saucepan or stock pot, melt butter. Stir in flour and seasonings and whisk 5-6 minutes. Slowly add milk. Slowly bring to boil. Mixture will thicken. Remove from heat. Add cheese, sour cream, onion, bacon and potatoes. Keep warm till potatoes are warmed through. Serve!

*Short cut--Use frozen "southern style" hasbrowns. You know the ones that are already diced.

Jenny Ch.

Spanish Lessons

Dora Thomas is offering Spanish classes with the help of Hunter and Hayden. Kids going into the third grade and up. Each session will be 2 weeks, Monday thru Friday from 1:30 to 3:00. The cost will be 50 per child per session. The money is for Hunter and Hayden EFY /camp cost. She will except up to 8 students per session.

Session 1 is June 13- June 24
Session 2 is July 11- July 22

Dora Thomas
doramthomas@gmail.com

The Giver

Not sure if I am to only person who reads this blog or not, but I thought I would post this for anyone who does.

May 10, that is next Tues night, I will be hosting book club at my house. This will be the first meeting. We are reading "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. It is a thought provoking book. And a Newbury Award winning book. And a quick read to boot.

It will start at 7:30pm. Okay, let's be honest. It will probably start about 8pm, but I am putting 7:30 as the starting time just in case you want to escape your house before bedtime and leave it to your Hubs to do. See, I am a Giver!

Hope to see you here!

If you need directions, you can email me stef-dot-burns-at-gmail-dot-com. Or you can look  me up in the ward directory, assuming that it is a new one with the new ward boundaries.

See ya Tues.

(ps If you haven't read the book, come anyway. Who doesn't love to talk!)