Date sent: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:42:26 EST
Subject: USDAN
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

The "USDAN Center for the Creative and Performing Arts" is a day camp located
in Wyandanch, Long island. (About 50 minute drive from NYC) Kids as young as
7 - and ranging up to 17-18 years old go there and take a "major" and a
"minor" - the major can be anything from an instrument to drama to ballet to
jewelry making to video film making, etc! Then there are "minors" - with the
same range of topics. The difference - the major is for 2 hours during the
day, while the minor is one hour. If you take an instrument, usually you have
one hour of group instruction in the specific instrument, and one hour of,
say orchestra. The drama department has voice (speech) movement, improv and
scene study - one hour each. I studied chorus, drama, guitar, and ballet over
the years I went there. There's also one hour of "recreation" - and - the
best - 20 minutes of "assembly". This is a show - every day - with
professional guest artists. When I was there, they ranged from the Tokyo
String Quartet to Harry Chapin.
The grounds are beautiful..... I reccomend that anyone living on Long Island
or even Queens with a love of the arts to check this place out.

Lorraine Goodman