FORT RILEY, Kan. - About 20 students from Fort Riley elementary schools performed "DinoStars!," a twist on "American Idol," as part of Camp Imagination June 25 at Ware Elementary.
Camp Imagination was a three-week summer program for Fort Riley elementary students to be part of a production that teaches them the aspects of performing on stage, said Susan Gillespie, "DinoStars!" director and Ware Elementary music teacher.
All of the students in the production auditioned for a speaking part portraying a variety of dinosaurs. The students performed as a rapping raptor, a line dancing tyrannosaurus rex and micropachycephalosaurus dinosaurs. Each student wore costumes that resembled the type of character they were including a hat in the shape of a dinosaur head.
With only two and half hours a day to rehearse the students were given homework to learn their lines from an audio CD.
The camp helped the students to be more confident and make new friends from other schools on Fort Riley, along with learning about dinosaurs, said Bryan Scruggs, "DinoStars!" director and Ware Elementary kindergarten teacher.
"It also builds a lot of confidence, a lot of self-esteem because they are performing and they are seen as in intractable part of something and it is a big confidence booster for a lot of kids," Scruggs said.
STUDENTS
Custer Hill Elementary
A," Reginald Mason
A," Paityn Mohart
Fort Riley Elementary
A," Hayden Donald-Petee
A," Julie Griffith
A," Alexis Kramer
A," Alexis Pratt
A," Seau Pratt
A," Tyson Pratt
A," Exavier Sherwood-Cooper
Jefferson Elementary
A," Emireliz Marquez
Sheridan Elementary
A," Hunter Bogenhagen
A," Tanner Bogenhagen
Ware Elementary
A," Alexis Layton
A," CayLynn Lee
A," Coby Lee
A," Breanna Miles
A," Ondrea Miles
A," Jazmine Sickels
A," Darrius Young
A," Jaelynn Young
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