for you all to attend a week long day camp starting next Monday Except you guys won't be campers Huh Davis said That's right Davis You'll be counselors Mr Byrd pulled out a flyer At the top it said Benton Bluff Summer Arts Camp What does art have to do with music Zac asked Mr Byrd's eyebrows shot up Everything Zac Music is art Instead of painting a visual picture with a brush the musician creates an image with a melody Oui monsieur Just call me Lemuel Soriano the great musical artiste Lem said in his best French accent I remembered Lem from Orientation Night too His family was from the Philippines and he'd discovered some royal French ancestor That was pretty cool I thought And so was the way Lem spoke in French sometimes 10
That's right Lem Mr Byrd nodded You're all musical artistes and this camp provides an opportunity for you to share your talents with younger musicians I've already paired you in teams according to your musical section He pulled out another sheet of paper and read Drums Davis Beadle and Carmen Trochez Flute Sherman Frye and Hope James Clarinet Morgan Bryant and Baylor Meece Saxophone Colby Ellis and Zac Wiles Trumpet Miles Darr and Lem Soriano Trombone Ellen Carrico and Kori Neal French horn Tally Nguyen and Brady Wyatt After making the assignments Mr Byrd handed out some papers What's all of this stuff Kori asked This stuff Mr Byrd said is information for camp There's sheet music that we'll practice with the campers And there are also some activities that we'll implement to make learning fun
I wasn't so sure about the fun part I mean if the campers were going to learn anything next week they'd have to take music very seriously And then I wondered something Can we get together this weekend to work on this on our own That's a great idea Mr Byrd said Zac fake coughed and said under his breath Teacher's pet c'mon Zac I said We want this project to be perfect 12
Zac looked like he couldn't believe it This whole camp thing sounds like tons of work to me I ignored Zac and suggested Maybe we can all meet here on the playground tomorrow to go over some stuff That works for me Baylor said Me too Miles chimed in Everyone else agreed too Tomorrow we'd make plans And camp next week would be perfect No matter what Zac said 13
