July 21, 2025 • 18 mins
This episode originally aired in July of 2023, and we hope you enjoy it again as a Second Listen this year!
From the original show notes: Are you ready to be inspired by the voices of the future? Join us on a joyful exploration of faith through the lens of art and drama, as we connect with some of the talented young members of our Hope community. Their enthusiasm is infectious as they share why they come back to drama camp year after year! Perhaps it will make you too ask yourself why embracing art in all its forms can be an valuable part of our faith journey. Special thank you to Corinne, Carson, Jacob, Jocelyn. Gabby, Faith, Charlotte, and Cain!
Thanks for being a part of the HOPE community as we continue conversations about faith and hope! You can learn more at meethope.org or find us on socials @meethopechurch. Join in for worship on Sundays at meethope.online.church! Have a question? Contact us at podcast@meethope.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello Hope Podcast listeners.
We live in a fast-paced worldwhere new material and ideas are
thrown at you 24-7.
Some of you told us this andsaid I want to listen to
everything, but it's hard tocatch up.
Well, we're here to help.
We desire to be a place that isgrateful for and respectful of
your precious time, and so toserve you best, we will every so
often be resharing pastepisodes that we call Second
(00:22):
Listen, because we think theyare worth taking a second to
replay.
Even if you are an every weeklistener, we think having a
second listen to these episodeswill make an impact on your
weekend life, and if you haveheard this one but are behind on
new episodes, now is a greattime to catch up on any others
you have missed.
Thank you, and here we go.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to the Meet Hope podcast, where we have
conversations about faith andhope.
Hope is one church made ofpeople living out their faith
through two expressions inperson and online.
We believe a hybrid faithexperience can lead to a growing
influence in our community andour world for the sake of others
.
Welcome to Hope.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Welcome to Hope from Music and Drama Camp which
happened at Hope over the lasttwo weeks.
They just had their final showlast Thursday, july 27th, and
they did an amazing, amazing job, and so we hope, if you got to
see them, that you if you seeone of them or you hear one of
them share, that you cheer themon next time you interact with
them, and we just want to thankthem in advance for sharing a
little bit with us.
But without further ado, we'llget right to it, so please enjoy
(01:46):
this episode where we talk withsome Hope Music and Drama
Campers.
So tell me your name.
My name is Corinne, and how oldare you?
I'm 10 years old, and how?
How many times have you donemusic and drama camp?
This is my first year, andhow's it going so far?
Have you done music and dramacamp?
Uh, this is my first year, andhow's it going so far?
(02:06):
Uh, great, do you like it?
Yeah, what is your favoritepart about it?
Um I like doing the dances, soyou're in the dance like
ensemble.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
What does that mean?
What do you get to do?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Um, I got to dance to some songs.
I have a solo and yeah, that'suh.
Do you like performing on stage?
Speaker 1 (02:31):
uh, yeah, I've done it multiple times in kids choir,
so I'm kind of used to it.
Oh, awesome, what are all thedifferent things that you get to
do as part of drama camp?
So I know this week you'rerehearsing your show but, last
week you did more things rightlast week we learned.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
We learned our songs and we got to watch the people
act and stuff.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Okay, and do you guys have snack while you're here?
Do you have a favorite snack?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Probably yesterday's, it was pancakes.
The whole building smelledreally good when it was pancakes
and it was like whipped creamand chocolate chips.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
That's awesome.
So this is your first year andyou're having a good time.
Not too scary or overwhelming,or you know it doesn't make you
nervous no, not really.
So if someone else werethinking about trying it for the
first time, why would you saythey should give it a try?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Because it's really fun and you get to meet new
people and learn new things.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Cool, thank you.
Tell me your name, I'm Carson.
Hi, carson, how old are you Tenand how many times have you
done music?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
This is my second year.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
And what are you doing in this year's show?
Speaker 3 (03:42):
I'm a dancer.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So what does that mean?
What do you get to do?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
I get to dance in a lot of dances, but I also sing
in a quartet.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
What is your favorite part of camp?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Being with all the fun teachers and my friends.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Do you have a favorite class that you've done?
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Probably dance.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And who do you do that with Gabby?
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Charlie and Carly.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
If someone, let's say it's their first year, let's
say it's like their first timeon stage, how would you
encourage them to not be nervous?
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I'd say just look in front, don't look at the
audience, look over them andjust don't think about anybody's
in there and just do your bestis there anything else you'd
want to tell somebody about camp?
Well, I play it's fun because,like you'd want to tell somebody
about camp Well, I play it'sfun because, like you don't have
to worry about like missingsports because I play soccer and
softball, because it's earlierin the day.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Oh, that's great to know.
That's really helpful.
Cool, okay, thank you.
Can you tell me your name?
I'm Jacob Parks.
How old are you?
14.
And how many years have youbeen doing drama camp?
All six, I believe.
All six years that you can doit.
So what do you know?
What age you can start dramacamp at?
Coming out of second grade,okay, and what grade are you
(04:51):
going into now?
Going into ninth?
You're going into high school,yeah.
Are you excited?
Yeah, yeah.
So what are you doing at musicand drama camp this year?
I am one of the main characters, wyatt.
That's exciting.
Is that a lot of responsibility?
Yeah, you have to learn a lotof lines.
Yeah, and how long do you haveto learn all your lines?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Usually it's about eight days before the show.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
How is it going?
Do you feel like you have them?
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah, I think I have them down pretty well, we're
recording this.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
What two days before your show?
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, Do you?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
feel ready.
Yeah, okay.
Do you have a favorite part ofcamp when you're here?
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Probably the first two days.
I like learning everyone's nameand having fun doing stuff,
getting the set all ready.
What are some of the things youdo the first couple days?
The first couple days sopainting, uh, for the set making
(05:51):
t-shirts for the showpracticing dances, singing,
acting.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Do you guys go through like an audition process
?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
auditions are on the second day.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah okay, what do you normally do for that?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
it's just we line up in a line and then go onto the
stage and say a line that we'resupposed to and just try to act
it out as well as you can.
If it's like an accent orsomething, you do the accent.
If it's just an attitude, youuse the attitude.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
So this year your character's name is Wyatt, and
what does your character do inthe show?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
He is trying to help his sister learn prayer, while
she thinks that prayer isuseless and doesn't work.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And I heard it's based on a video game kind of.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Yeah, so Wyatt's pretty much the creator of the
video game and he's trying toget his sister to play it.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Can you relate to your character?
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Do you like video games?
I do enjoy video games.
Yeah, Do you have a favoriteBig fan of Halo?
I like Halo a lot.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Tell us your name.
My name is Jocelyn how old areyou?
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I'm 11.
And is this?
How long have you been doing?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Drama Camp Since I was in like third grade, Okay so
how many years do you know?
I guess like three maybe.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Okay, what?
What do you do at music anddrama camp?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Um, I sing and dance with my friends.
Um, that's, yeah, that's good.
And um, we practice our likedance moves together with miss
christy.
Yeah, and it's very fun.
What is?
Really fun about it um, mostlylike being with my friends and
(07:31):
spending time with them do youum?
Speaker 1 (07:35):
do you have friends that you you do drama camp with
every year?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
My friends Hope and Savannah.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
What is your favorite part of drama camp?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Mostly the singing and the dance moves, because
they're very fun to learn, doyou?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
learn dance with Gabby.
Yes, so tell me your name,gabrielle, and how old are you?
Gabrielle, I'm 23.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
So how long have you been involved with music and
drama camp?
I think I've been in.
I was a student in drama campsince one of the first ones, so
whenever whenever that was Okay,so like a really long time.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Yes, so you've been a camper and then like a
counselor yes, and now I waslike a CIT type person for one.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Yeah, for one year and then I think I've been
choreographing or the directorprobably since, like junior year
of high school.
I want to say Okay, somethingaround there, yeah, so so what?
Speaker 1 (08:38):
tell us what is your role in drama camp?
Speaker 5 (08:40):
So I am the um dance director, um, and I choreograph
dances for the drama camp.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
So what is different about doing music drama camp
when it involves there's like afaith aspect to it.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
How does that make it a little different?
Um, yeah, so I really try towell, when I create movement, I
definitely try to um incorporatemovements with praising God in
the movement, um, whichdefinitely changes it from a
regular uh dance that would justbe put on stage.
Um, but I do really enjoy whenthey are singing about God and
(09:21):
those movements correlate withthe uh, the lyrics or the music.
Um, so I think that's like areally special part and um being
able to share that with kidsand share that faith and ability
to praise God while dancing andsinging and acting, um, I think
that's like really special andreally different from any other.
(09:42):
You know performance that a kidwould be in, you know, for
theater or anything like that.
Um, so, just being able toteach them that and being like,
okay, well, this is, you know,um a phrase about okay, we're
praising God, so we're going tolift up our hands to this guy
and, you know, do a move such asthat yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Awesome.
Why do you think it mattersthat we engage with art as part
of it, like engaging in ourfaith?
Speaker 5 (10:14):
It gives another pathway into learning about God.
So, yeah, you go to church andwe sing songs and we praise the
Lord, and that's an art form aswell, but through this, you can
also learn about God and praiseHim, rather than just reading
(10:39):
the Word or praying.
It gives another avenue to whowe are as Christians and to
experience that and to step intosomething that's more creative.
Um, so I I just think it's it'ssuper important, cause it's
just another way to expressyourself while being, while
(11:00):
praising the Lord and whileconnecting to God, which I think
is awesome.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
My name is Faith Elizabeth Webster.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
And uh, how many years have you done Drama Camp?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
This is my first year .
Speaker 1 (11:12):
This is your first year.
Were you really excited to getto do Drama Camp this year?
Yes, why were you excited to domusic and Drama Camp?
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Because I've never really been allowed to be on a
stage like that I saw you.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Were you trying on a costume when I came in today?
Yes, do you know what yourcostume is going to be?
Little cowgirl, you're gonna bea cowgirl.
There's a cowgirl inpraystation.
Yes, what other characters arein praystation?
Speaker 3 (11:46):
there's a sneaky cowboy, chloe, and her brother,
wyatt Rodeo Webber, and there'ssome cactuses.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
I am Charlotte Olsen.
How old are you, Charlotte?
I am 18, almost 19.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Okay, and how long have you been involved with
music drama camp?
Speaker 6 (12:10):
A long, long time.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Do you remember how old you were when you first did
it?
Like, did you do it the veryfirst year?
You could do it in third grade.
I did in fourth grade, infourth grade.
Okay, so that was the fourthgrade.
You're what?
Probably like 11, and nowyou're 18?
I was probably like 10.
Yeah, okay, so a long time, yes, okay, and but you're 18, I was
probably like 10, yeah okay, soa long time, yes, okay, and but
you're not a camper anymore,right, okay, what are you this
(12:33):
year?
I'm a counselor, so what is it?
What is a counselor at musicdrama camp do?
Speaker 6 (12:39):
well, I've been working on the set, doing set
design.
I designed the set for thisyear.
That's's cool.
Was that hard to do?
No, so it's like a pixel artbecause the show is based on a
video game.
Okay, but I do pixel art forcommissioning as well.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Okay, so it was like right up your alley.
I have experience doing that.
That's awesome that you get touse that passion of yours here.
So you designed the set thisyear.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
And then how do you make the set come to?
Speaker 6 (13:09):
life.
Well, it took a lot of paintinglast week.
All I did was paint.
Do you have other?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
people that paint with you yeah, yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
So some of like, when people were free they would
come in and paint when camperswere free.
They would come in and helppaint, but like measuring things
out, so it's the way wedesigned.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
It was the longest part of doing stuff that sounds
pretty like intricate.
Yeah, is it like, by the likesquare.
Yeah, we did it by square inch.
Speaker 6 (13:35):
So it wasn't extremely small, but it was kind
of it had to be precise.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Yeah, so you help other camper.
So you help campers.
Now, instead of being a camper,you help lead campers.
Yep, do you like getting to dothat?
Speaker 6 (13:49):
Yeah, I come back every year because I have a
great experience every time I doit and every year I see the
kids put in more effort thanthey did the time before and
improve more.
Every year you see improvementthrough each camper, and then
you see new campers come in andstart to learn and start to
improve and then they come backand then it's so cool.
Speaker 7 (14:13):
All right, my name is Kane Joins.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
And how old are you?
Speaker 7 (14:16):
18.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And how long have you been involved with music drama
camp?
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Since probably sixth grade, so around 12, 13.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
So what it's?
Speaker 7 (14:28):
like five-ish years, five-ish years.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Yeah, so why do you do it every year?
Speaker 7 (14:33):
The first year.
I did it because I was kind ofmade to do it.
But I was kind of reallygrateful that I got to be here
and when I was done in eighthgrade I was kind of looking for
any way to still be involvedwith the camp.
It's just a good time.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Okay, so you started out as a camper and then you
moved on to a different role.
What do you do after you're acamper?
Speaker 7 (14:52):
So you kind of just help out where you're needed.
So um I did set design for alittle bit, and then I really
like working in the tech boothwith those guys.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
That's what you're doing this year.
Yeah, uh, do you have a role inthe tech booth?
Speaker 7 (15:04):
Uh, I'm recording the show this year.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Does that feel like a lot of pressure?
Speaker 7 (15:07):
Yeah, I've never done it before.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Well, I saw you were training with somebody today.
Speaker 7 (15:12):
Yeah, so did that?
How'd that go?
Yeah Uh, scott Cruz, he wasback there kind of telling me
all I need to know.
He told me what buttons to stayaway from.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Okay, that's a.
That's a great thing to tellyou, right, just don't touch
these buttons.
So you've done set design.
You've done your recording.
Do you have a favorite part ofcamp?
Speaker 7 (15:36):
I like watching everybody kind of progress with
their lines and have funbecoming their role.
I only acted one year.
I was hitting the tech booth,but that was so much fun.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
So you like the behind the scenes like watching
everybody else.
Yeah, um, which is a big,important role, like if the
sound doesn't work and thelights don't work and you can't
record, like it's kind of aboring show and hear it right.
If someone, uh were to ask you,like what is music drama camp,
what would you tell them?
Speaker 7 (16:05):
uh, I'd say it's two weeks where you come and, you
know, stop sleeping in as muchduring the summer, but it's very
worth it.
You get to meet a bunch of newpeople.
Uh, I got closer with a coupleguys because of the camp and
also, you know, it made me havea reason to read stories about
god, even though if it wasthrough plays, yeah, it seems
kind of silly, but when you'renot doing anything and then you
(16:26):
find these two weeks, it's like,oh, I need to get back to doing
what I should be.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Yeah, that's really cool.
I asked someone else why theythink something like the arts,
so music and drama and actingand dance.
Like why do you think that thatmatters in our faith?
Like why is that a good way toconnect with God?
Speaker 7 (16:46):
You're having fun and you might not even realize it
at times that that's what you'redoing, but you're coming to
church for one just on days thataren't Sunday.
You're just.
You're here more and you knowthe play is always designed
around the story, so you'relearning about something you
might not have known.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Or, if you didn't know it, now you know more about
it because you've acted it outif someone were to give music
and drama camp like it's theirfirst time they want to give it
a try, why, like someone'stelling them, like you said, did
like your mom make you do it?
Or your family member um, ifsomeone's like parent is is
trying to push them to do it andthey're like I don't know if I
want to, why why would you tellthem they should do it?
Speaker 7 (17:23):
it's fun.
I know that sounds kind ofboring, but it's really fun just
to be here.
And it's also you're not athome, because I mean if you're
not doing anything I don't seewhy not.
And then you get here and it'sreally a good time.
You get to meet a whole bunchof new people, because I know
when I first got here I didn'tknow a lot of people.
I was new to Hope.
So this was a good time for meto meet new people and have fun
(17:45):
doing it.
And then I didn't even realizehow much I had learned about
like a Bible story until the endof it and then kind of it
applied to my life outside ofcamp and it was good to see.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
So we hope that you enjoyed today listening to the
Meet Hope podcast and hearingfrom some of Hope's music and
drama campers.
It was such a joy to get totalk with each one of them and
hear their own perspectives onwhy they love engaging with
music and art and dance and techand drama as they also grow in
their faith.
We hope that you have a reallygreat rest of your week and that
(18:17):
you will join us back here nextweek for another episode.
Until then, have a great day.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Thanks for being a part of the Hope Community as we
continue our conversationsabout faith and hope.
If you don't already, pleasejoin us for worship on Sundays
or on demand.
You can learn more atmeethopeorg or find us on
socials at meethopechurch.
Hello Hope Podcast listeners.
We live in a fast-paced worldwhere new material and ideas are
thrown at you 24-7.
Some of you told us this andsaid I want to listen to
everything, but it's hard tocatch up.
Well, we're here to help.
We desire to be a place that isgrateful for and respectful of
your precious time, and so toserve you best, we will every so
often be resharing pastepisodes that we call Second
(00:22):
Listen, because we think theyare worth taking a second to
replay.
Even if you are an every weeklistener, we think having a
second listen to these episodeswill make an impact on your
weekend life, and if you haveheard this one but are behind on
new episodes, now is a greattime to catch up on any others
you have missed.
Thank you, and here we go.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to the Meet Hope podcast, where we have
conversations about faith andhope.
Hope is one church made ofpeople living out their faith
through two expressions inperson and online.
We believe a hybrid faithexperience can lead to a growing
influence in our community andour world for the sake of others
.
Welcome to Hope.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Welcome to Hope from Music and Drama Camp which
happened at Hope over the lasttwo weeks.
They just had their final showlast Thursday, july 27th, and
they did an amazing, amazing job, and so we hope, if you got to
see them, that you if you seeone of them or you hear one of
them share, that you cheer themon next time you interact with
them, and we just want to thankthem in advance for sharing a
little bit with us.
But without further ado, we'llget right to it, so please enjoy
(01:46):
this episode where we talk withsome Hope Music and Drama
Campers.
So tell me your name.
My name is Corinne, and how oldare you?
I'm 10 years old, and how?
How many times have you donemusic and drama camp?
This is my first year, andhow's it going so far?
Have you done music and dramacamp?
Uh, this is my first year, andhow's it going so far?
(02:06):
Uh, great, do you like it?
Yeah, what is your favoritepart about it?
Um I like doing the dances, soyou're in the dance like
ensemble.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
What does that mean?
What do you get to do?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Um, I got to dance to some songs.
I have a solo and yeah, that'suh.
Do you like performing on stage?
Speaker 1 (02:31):
uh, yeah, I've done it multiple times in kids choir,
so I'm kind of used to it.
Oh, awesome, what are all thedifferent things that you get to
do as part of drama camp?
So I know this week you'rerehearsing your show but, last
week you did more things rightlast week we learned.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
We learned our songs and we got to watch the people
act and stuff.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Okay, and do you guys have snack while you're here?
Do you have a favorite snack?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Probably yesterday's, it was pancakes.
The whole building smelledreally good when it was pancakes
and it was like whipped creamand chocolate chips.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
That's awesome.
So this is your first year andyou're having a good time.
Not too scary or overwhelming,or you know it doesn't make you
nervous no, not really.
So if someone else werethinking about trying it for the
first time, why would you saythey should give it a try?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Because it's really fun and you get to meet new
people and learn new things.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Cool, thank you.
Tell me your name, I'm Carson.
Hi, carson, how old are you Tenand how many times have you
done music?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
This is my second year.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
And what are you doing in this year's show?
Speaker 3 (03:42):
I'm a dancer.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So what does that mean?
What do you get to do?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
I get to dance in a lot of dances, but I also sing
in a quartet.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
What is your favorite part of camp?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Being with all the fun teachers and my friends.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Do you have a favorite class that you've done?
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Probably dance.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And who do you do that with Gabby?
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Charlie and Carly.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
If someone, let's say it's their first year, let's
say it's like their first timeon stage, how would you
encourage them to not be nervous?
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I'd say just look in front, don't look at the
audience, look over them andjust don't think about anybody's
in there and just do your bestis there anything else you'd
want to tell somebody about camp?
Well, I play it's fun because,like you'd want to tell somebody
about camp Well, I play it'sfun because, like you don't have
to worry about like missingsports because I play soccer and
softball, because it's earlierin the day.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Oh, that's great to know.
That's really helpful.
Cool, okay, thank you.
Can you tell me your name?
I'm Jacob Parks.
How old are you?
14.
And how many years have youbeen doing drama camp?
All six, I believe.
All six years that you can doit.
So what do you know?
What age you can start dramacamp at?
Coming out of second grade,okay, and what grade are you
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going into now?
Going into ninth?
You're going into high school,yeah.
Are you excited?
Yeah, yeah.
So what are you doing at musicand drama camp this year?
I am one of the main characters, wyatt.
That's exciting.
Is that a lot of responsibility?
Yeah, you have to learn a lotof lines.
Yeah, and how long do you haveto learn all your lines?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Usually it's about eight days before the show.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
How is it going?
Do you feel like you have them?
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah, I think I have them down pretty well, we're
recording this.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
What two days before your show?
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, Do you?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
feel ready.
Yeah, okay.
Do you have a favorite part ofcamp when you're here?
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Probably the first two days.
I like learning everyone's nameand having fun doing stuff,
getting the set all ready.
What are some of the things youdo the first couple days?
The first couple days sopainting, uh, for the set making
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t-shirts for the showpracticing dances, singing,
acting.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Do you guys go through like an audition process
?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
auditions are on the second day.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah okay, what do you normally do for that?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
it's just we line up in a line and then go onto the
stage and say a line that we'resupposed to and just try to act
it out as well as you can.
If it's like an accent orsomething, you do the accent.
If it's just an attitude, youuse the attitude.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
So this year your character's name is Wyatt, and
what does your character do inthe show?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
He is trying to help his sister learn prayer, while
she thinks that prayer isuseless and doesn't work.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And I heard it's based on a video game kind of.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Yeah, so Wyatt's pretty much the creator of the
video game and he's trying toget his sister to play it.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Can you relate to your character?
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Do you like video games?
I do enjoy video games.
Yeah, Do you have a favoriteBig fan of Halo?
I like Halo a lot.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Tell us your name.
My name is Jocelyn how old areyou?
Speaker 1 (06:51):
I'm 11.
And is this?
How long have you been doing?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Drama Camp Since I was in like third grade, Okay so
how many years do you know?
I guess like three maybe.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Okay, what?
What do you do at music anddrama camp?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Um, I sing and dance with my friends.
Um, that's, yeah, that's good.
And um, we practice our likedance moves together with miss
christy.
Yeah, and it's very fun.
What is?
Really fun about it um, mostlylike being with my friends and
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spending time with them do youum?
Speaker 1 (07:35):
do you have friends that you you do drama camp with
every year?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
My friends Hope and Savannah.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
What is your favorite part of drama camp?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Mostly the singing and the dance moves, because
they're very fun to learn, doyou?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
learn dance with Gabby.
Yes, so tell me your name,gabrielle, and how old are you?
Gabrielle, I'm 23.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
So how long have you been involved with music and
drama camp?
I think I've been in.
I was a student in drama campsince one of the first ones, so
whenever whenever that was Okay,so like a really long time.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Yes, so you've been a camper and then like a
counselor yes, and now I waslike a CIT type person for one.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Yeah, for one year and then I think I've been
choreographing or the directorprobably since, like junior year
of high school.
I want to say Okay, somethingaround there, yeah, so so what?
Speaker 1 (08:38):
tell us what is your role in drama camp?
Speaker 5 (08:40):
So I am the um dance director, um, and I choreograph
dances for the drama camp.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
So what is different about doing music drama camp
when it involves there's like afaith aspect to it.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
How does that make it a little different?
Um, yeah, so I really try towell, when I create movement, I
definitely try to um incorporatemovements with praising God in
the movement, um, whichdefinitely changes it from a
regular uh dance that would justbe put on stage.
Um, but I do really enjoy whenthey are singing about God and
(09:21):
those movements correlate withthe uh, the lyrics or the music.
Um, so I think that's like areally special part and um being
able to share that with kidsand share that faith and ability
to praise God while dancing andsinging and acting, um, I think
that's like really special andreally different from any other.
(09:42):
You know performance that a kidwould be in, you know, for
theater or anything like that.
Um, so, just being able toteach them that and being like,
okay, well, this is, you know,um a phrase about okay, we're
praising God, so we're going tolift up our hands to this guy
and, you know, do a move such asthat yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Awesome.
Why do you think it mattersthat we engage with art as part
of it, like engaging in ourfaith?
Speaker 5 (10:14):
It gives another pathway into learning about God.
So, yeah, you go to church andwe sing songs and we praise the
Lord, and that's an art form aswell, but through this, you can
also learn about God and praiseHim, rather than just reading
(10:39):
the Word or praying.
It gives another avenue to whowe are as Christians and to
experience that and to step intosomething that's more creative.
Um, so I I just think it's it'ssuper important, cause it's
just another way to expressyourself while being, while
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praising the Lord and whileconnecting to God, which I think
is awesome.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
My name is Faith Elizabeth Webster.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
And uh, how many years have you done Drama Camp?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
This is my first year .
Speaker 1 (11:12):
This is your first year.
Were you really excited to getto do Drama Camp this year?
Yes, why were you excited to domusic and Drama Camp?
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Because I've never really been allowed to be on a
stage like that I saw you.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Were you trying on a costume when I came in today?
Yes, do you know what yourcostume is going to be?
Little cowgirl, you're gonna bea cowgirl.
There's a cowgirl inpraystation.
Yes, what other characters arein praystation?
Speaker 3 (11:46):
there's a sneaky cowboy, chloe, and her brother,
wyatt Rodeo Webber, and there'ssome cactuses.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
I am Charlotte Olsen.
How old are you, Charlotte?
I am 18, almost 19.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Okay, and how long have you been involved with
music drama camp?
Speaker 6 (12:10):
A long, long time.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Do you remember how old you were when you first did
it?
Like, did you do it the veryfirst year?
You could do it in third grade.
I did in fourth grade, infourth grade.
Okay, so that was the fourthgrade.
You're what?
Probably like 11, and nowyou're 18?
I was probably like 10.
Yeah, okay, so a long time, yes, okay, and but you're 18, I was
probably like 10, yeah okay, soa long time, yes, okay, and but
you're not a camper anymore,right, okay, what are you this
(12:33):
year?
I'm a counselor, so what is it?
What is a counselor at musicdrama camp do?
Speaker 6 (12:39):
well, I've been working on the set, doing set
design.
I designed the set for thisyear.
That's's cool.
Was that hard to do?
No, so it's like a pixel artbecause the show is based on a
video game.
Okay, but I do pixel art forcommissioning as well.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Okay, so it was like right up your alley.
I have experience doing that.
That's awesome that you get touse that passion of yours here.
So you designed the set thisyear.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
And then how do you make the set come to?
Speaker 6 (13:09):
life.
Well, it took a lot of paintinglast week.
All I did was paint.
Do you have other?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
people that paint with you yeah, yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
So some of like, when people were free they would
come in and paint when camperswere free.
They would come in and helppaint, but like measuring things
out, so it's the way wedesigned.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
It was the longest part of doing stuff that sounds
pretty like intricate.
Yeah, is it like, by the likesquare.
Yeah, we did it by square inch.
Speaker 6 (13:35):
So it wasn't extremely small, but it was kind
of it had to be precise.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Yeah, so you help other camper.
So you help campers.
Now, instead of being a camper,you help lead campers.
Yep, do you like getting to dothat?
Speaker 6 (13:49):
Yeah, I come back every year because I have a
great experience every time I doit and every year I see the
kids put in more effort thanthey did the time before and
improve more.
Every year you see improvementthrough each camper, and then
you see new campers come in andstart to learn and start to
improve and then they come backand then it's so cool.
Speaker 7 (14:13):
All right, my name is Kane Joins.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
And how old are you?
Speaker 7 (14:16):
18.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And how long have you been involved with music drama
camp?
Speaker 7 (14:23):
Since probably sixth grade, so around 12, 13.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
So what it's?
Speaker 7 (14:28):
like five-ish years, five-ish years.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Yeah, so why do you do it every year?
Speaker 7 (14:33):
The first year.
I did it because I was kind ofmade to do it.
But I was kind of reallygrateful that I got to be here
and when I was done in eighthgrade I was kind of looking for
any way to still be involvedwith the camp.
It's just a good time.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Okay, so you started out as a camper and then you
moved on to a different role.
What do you do after you're acamper?
Speaker 7 (14:52):
So you kind of just help out where you're needed.
So um I did set design for alittle bit, and then I really
like working in the tech boothwith those guys.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
That's what you're doing this year.
Yeah, uh, do you have a role inthe tech booth?
Speaker 7 (15:04):
Uh, I'm recording the show this year.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Does that feel like a lot of pressure?
Speaker 7 (15:07):
Yeah, I've never done it before.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Well, I saw you were training with somebody today.
Speaker 7 (15:12):
Yeah, so did that?
How'd that go?
Yeah Uh, scott Cruz, he wasback there kind of telling me
all I need to know.
He told me what buttons to stayaway from.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Okay, that's a.
That's a great thing to tellyou, right, just don't touch
these buttons.
So you've done set design.
You've done your recording.
Do you have a favorite part ofcamp?
Speaker 7 (15:36):
I like watching everybody kind of progress with
their lines and have funbecoming their role.
I only acted one year.
I was hitting the tech booth,but that was so much fun.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
So you like the behind the scenes like watching
everybody else.
Yeah, um, which is a big,important role, like if the
sound doesn't work and thelights don't work and you can't
record, like it's kind of aboring show and hear it right.
If someone, uh were to ask you,like what is music drama camp,
what would you tell them?
Speaker 7 (16:05):
uh, I'd say it's two weeks where you come and, you
know, stop sleeping in as muchduring the summer, but it's very
worth it.
You get to meet a bunch of newpeople.
Uh, I got closer with a coupleguys because of the camp and
also, you know, it made me havea reason to read stories about
god, even though if it wasthrough plays, yeah, it seems
kind of silly, but when you'renot doing anything and then you
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find these two weeks, it's like,oh, I need to get back to doing
what I should be.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Yeah, that's really cool.
I asked someone else why theythink something like the arts,
so music and drama and actingand dance.
Like why do you think that thatmatters in our faith?
Like why is that a good way toconnect with God?
Speaker 7 (16:46):
You're having fun and you might not even realize it
at times that that's what you'redoing, but you're coming to
church for one just on days thataren't Sunday.
You're just.
You're here more and you knowthe play is always designed
around the story, so you'relearning about something you
might not have known.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Or, if you didn't know it, now you know more about
it because you've acted it outif someone were to give music
and drama camp like it's theirfirst time they want to give it
a try, why, like someone'stelling them, like you said, did
like your mom make you do it?
Or your family member um, ifsomeone's like parent is is
trying to push them to do it andthey're like I don't know if I
want to, why why would you tellthem they should do it?
Speaker 7 (17:23):
it's fun.
I know that sounds kind ofboring, but it's really fun just
to be here.
And it's also you're not athome, because I mean if you're
not doing anything I don't seewhy not.
And then you get here and it'sreally a good time.
You get to meet a whole bunchof new people, because I know
when I first got here I didn'tknow a lot of people.
I was new to Hope.
So this was a good time for meto meet new people and have fun
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doing it.
And then I didn't even realizehow much I had learned about
like a Bible story until the endof it and then kind of it
applied to my life outside ofcamp and it was good to see.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
So we hope that you enjoyed today listening to the
Meet Hope podcast and hearingfrom some of Hope's music and
drama campers.
It was such a joy to get totalk with each one of them and
hear their own perspectives onwhy they love engaging with
music and art and dance and techand drama as they also grow in
their faith.
We hope that you have a reallygreat rest of your week and that
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you will join us back here nextweek for another episode.
Until then, have a great day.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Thanks for being a part of the Hope Community as we
continue our conversationsabout faith and hope.
If you don't already, pleasejoin us for worship on Sundays
or on demand.
You can learn more atmeethopeorg or find us on
socials at meethopechurch.
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