Now entering it's tenth year, Mr. Hetfield's Rock and Roll Summer Camp begins on July 22 and continues through August 7, 2009. Come see our performances at Irish Eyes Rehoboth and on the Rusty Rudder deck in Dewey Beach. The camp is open to aspiring rock and roll musicians from ages 9 to 17. Mr. Hetfield's Rock and Roll Summer Camp is run by director Walt Hetfield. Mr. Hetfield has been the music teacher at Rehoboth Elementary School for the past fifteen years. He will be ably assisted once again by Colleen Clark.
The camp is generally open to most instruments and vocalists. One of the primary goals of the camp is to take students who have been taking private or school band lessons on various instruments and getting them into an ensemble playing situation. Mr. Hetfield's rock and roll summer camp is a place for them to meet and play with other young musicians.
There is no formal audition, but campers need to have a rudimentary knowledge of their instrument. All interested guitarists should know basic chords (i.e. G, C , D , E, A major and minor) and a scale pattern or two. Drummers should have some familiarity with a drum set, etc. Keyboard players should be at least graduated to level two. Saxes and trumpets are always welcome
Activities include recording sessions at MSA studios, live performances at Ovations and The Rusty Rudder, clinics, and visits to music dealers. Camp sessions take place in the music room at Rehoboth Elementary School in Rehoboth Beach DE. Rehoboth is also known as "The Nations Summer Capitol" due to it's proximity to New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington DC. Many families arrange their vacation's to coincide with the camp. Camp families have been known to board fellow campers on occasion.
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