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Thursday to Sunday, the end of Science Day Camp!

Thursday was the continuation of day camp.  Brendan and Amanda came by for more astrobiology Gedanken work with the kids.  After lunch, Jonathan joined us for bending circuits fun!  The campers called him the "Wizard"! 

Friday was the last day of camp.  We did Scratch versions of each of our favorite projects.  Scratch is a great programming language for newbies from the MIT Media Laboratory.  Then, it was time for Makey Makey circuit boards and video games, lunch, a break with MEGA bubbles at the school playground, Fabulous Fun Fountains and making ice cream/ milkshakes.  The last half hour was devoted to camper presentations for the family members who chose to come.  After clean-up, I spent time with Nina writing the last email to parents describing the week's activities, possible follow-up activities for the campers, and a request to fill in survey/s about the summer camp.

Saturday Mom and I went shopping at the Waterfront.  She got gifts for family members, especially Greg's birthday.  We also got gasoline.  We went shopping in Bloomfield, as well. 

Sunday (today) we went to noon Mass and saw EJ and his parents afterwards, as well as Regina's two  parents and Laura (a former choir member), and her mom and aunt, Nilda.  I got us burgers for lunch.  Then for a nap, Don's organ concert at St. Paul Cathedral, dinner, and a trip back to Moon Baby's exhibit to pick up Science Camp supplies and to get some ice for bubble peach milk tea (as per Miranda's recipe).  I cool the bubbles by first draining them in a colander and then immersing the whole colander in ice water, then placing the black tapioca bubbles in honey, making a syrup.  Next batch of bubbles/ boba will have maple syrup, then dark brown sugar for our third batch.

Don's concert this afternoon consisted of the following pieces:
Concerto (transcribed for organ by J.S. Bach) by Vivaldi (Allegro, Adagio, Allegro)
Prelude and Fugue in f (Dorian) by Flor Peeters
Sonata III in f minor, Opus 65 by Felix Mendelssohn
Choral Prelude on 'There is a Happy Land' by George Shearing
Balletto del Granduca (Five Variations)  by J. P. Sweelinck
Communion, from Triptyque, Opus 58 by Louis Vierne
Carillon de Westminster, Opus 54 by Louis Vierne

The concerto truly sounded orchestral, played nimbly on the Beckerath by Don.  And hearing the bells of Big Ben's chimes were a magnificent way to end the program.

posted by Grace @ 8/16/2015 09:04:00 PM