Basketball day camps for girls and boys in the first through sixth grade started Co-Lin’s camping season for children and youth last month, and a theater camp being held this week will present a performance of Legally Blonde the Musical on Saturday, June 17.
Into July, the college is offering 11 athletic camps and five non-athletic learning camps on the Wesson campus, a “College 4 Kids” program with an assortment of learning experiences at its Simpson County Center and eight camping choices, including tennis lessons, in the “Kids College” on its Natchez campus.
At the basketball day camps on May 25 and May 26 and a football youth camp for children and youth five years old to 13 years held last week on June 5 and 6, Co-Lin coaches taught campers, regardless of their abilities, sound fundamentals of the sports in a pleasant learning environment at Wesson. This week (June 12-15), children and youth four years old to 14 years old are participating in a similar soccer camp, and other camps will focus on baseball and softball fundamentals.
Last week on June 8 at Stone Stadium on the Wesson campus, a 7 on 7 Football Camp provided participants a taste of competition in a unique version of football that emphasizes passing and route-running. Teams with seven players vied against each other in at least five games, including an elimination tournament, on a 40-yard field on which they were allowed only two first downs when they had possession of the ball. The players wore no pads because there was no tackling, but were downed when touched below their necks.
Upcoming athletic camps are:
June 15.
Soccer teams, most of them from local schools, will play in a 7 v 7 tournament on Wesson campus fields. Seven players are on each team, which compete under rules different from regular soccer towards honing their skills and building their understanding of the sport. $250 registration fee per team.
Offensive and defensive football linemen from area schools will practice fundamentals of their positions and scrimmage against each other at OL/DL Camp at Stone Stadium. Registration is at Pitts Field House on the Wesson campus starting at 8:30 a.m. The fee is $60. Participants should bring their own helmets, athletic gear and cleats. Contact Coach Fleming at 601-551-4290 for information.
June 19-21.
Baseball Kids Summer Camp is June 19-21 from 9 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. at Wesson’s Sullivan Field for children six years old to 12 years old ($100 registration fee).
July 14.
Second 7 v 7 soccer tournament on Wesson campus fields for teams. $250 registration fee.
July 24-27.
Second soccer fundamentals camp for children and youth four years old to 14 years old. $150 registration fee.
Non-athletes started their camps this week:
On the Wesson campus, a Programming and Robotics Camp is meeting June 12 to 15 to educate campers ages 11 to 13 on logic and the fundamentals of programming for online gaming and robotics. The Co-Lin Theater Department is working with children in the fourth through 12th grades June 12 to 17 to present a performance of Legally Blonde the Musical at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, that will be directed and choreographed by Co-Lin staffers Bobby G. Helms and Wendi Case.
“College 4 Kids” for seven year old to ten year old children is also meeting June 12 to 15 at Co-Lin’s Simpson County Center, mixing outdoor fun with studies focused on the earth and science, robotics and engineering and agriculture and farm safety.
“Little Picassos,” an introduction to basic art techniques for children in grades one to four, is also meeting June 12 to 15 to begin “Kids College” on the Co-Lin Natchez campus. Classes also begin in tennis for children in the first to third grade, “Tasty Treats” (learning to design, dipping and selling delightful snacks) for youth in sixth to eighth grade and “Custom Treasures” (learning to make bracelets and iPhone bands with beads, charms, watch connectors and other materials) for children in fourth to sixth grade.
Upcoming camps on the Wesson campus are:
July 10, 11 & 12.
Pee Wee Cheer Camp (July 10 & 11) led by Co-Lin cheerleaders teaches dance, cheers, chants and jumps based on grade and ability to children from four years old to nine years old. Campers will perform for parents at end of camp. 9 a.m.-12 noon. $60 fee.
“Drum Days’ teaches marching percussion (July 10 & 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) and drum set (July 12, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.), with instruction from Buddy Gibbons, whose projects include ESPN, NBC, Fox Sports, Super Bowl 52 and Los Angeles Dodgers, for youth in the nineth grade and above. Fee is $50. Registration deadline is July 6. For information, contact Chad Austin at 601-543-8387 or chad.austin@colin.edu.
July 13-14.
Color Guard Camp for youth in eighth grade and above who participate in color guards or aspire to be part of them at their schools.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fee is $40. Registration deadline is July 6. Contact Cody McElwain at 601-643-8431 or cody.mcelwain@colin.edu.
Other camps at the Natchez Kids College are:
June 19-22.
“Crafty Kids” on drawing, painting and sculpting for fifth to seventh graders. $65 fee. Tennis for fourth to sixth graders. $70 fee. “Tasty Treats” for fifth to seventh graders. $80 fee. “Custom Treasurers” for seventh and eighth graders. $70 fee.
July 10-13.
“We’ve Go Spirit” on dance for children in second grade to fifth grade. $60 fee. Tennis for seventh and eighth graders. $70 fee. “Tasty Treats” for sixth to eighth graders. $80 fee.
July 10-20.
“Big Apple Performers” on the art of theater for fifth to eighth graders. $85 fee.
July 17-20.
“Cheer Squad” on body positions, chant, twists, flexibility and tumbling skills for cheerleading geared to fourth to sixth graders. $60 fee. Tennis for second to fifth graders. $70 fee. “Tasty Treats” for fifth to seventh graders. $80 fee.
July 17-20.
“Crafty Crochet” for fifth to seventh graders. $65 fee
For information, call 601-643-5101 (Wesson campus), 601-422-9111 (Natchez campus) and 601-849-5149 (Simpson County Center).