Best Louisiana Dance Camps Summer 2024-25 Directory

CAMP FACILITIES: We are a gymnastics, dance, tumbling, pole vault facility with the following equipment:
42' x 42' Spring Floor
2) Vault Runways and Horses
3) sets of Women's Uneven Parallel Bars
1) set of Men's High Bars
2) sets of Men's Parallel Bars
1) Ring Rig and 2) sets of Rings
5) sets of High Balance Beams and 3) sets of low Beams
2) sets of Pommel Horses and 2) Mushrooms
1) TumbleTrak and 1) Air Tramp
1) 20' x 20' Foam Block Pit
1) Pit Bar and Strap Bar
3) Pole Vault Pits, two indoor pits with soft boxes and one outdoors pit
Various weight, strength training, balance training, and stretch equipment

We also have a separate Kinder Gym Room filled with Kinder Gym equipment.
Studio 84 Dance Studio also leases 2000 sq. ft. of space within our gym.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: GOAL
Our goal is to provide an environment for children to enjoy a healthy, active, happy summer with lots of entertaining activities and positive interaction with others. We utilize the benefits of gymnastics in most of our activities. Our campers finish their summer with new friends, happy memories, and a new gymnastics vision toward physical activity.

ACTIVITIES
Gymnastics Tumbling Team Games Cheer & Dance
Trampoline Obstacle Courses Fitness & Strength Foam Pit & Rope

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: We offer year-round Evening Gymnastics and Tumbling classes for girls and boys ages 2-18.

OTHER CAMP INFO: Our theme this year is "Travel in Time with NHG”. Each week will depict a different era or time period. We will have various dress-up days, games, art projects, and special activities each week to go along with the theme. We have a special designed camp tshirt to celebrate our theme. The cost for the complete package of ALL extra activities including a Camp Shirt is $50/child IFpaid in advance. This is a $15 savings if all the activities and shirt are paid as a package in advance! If paid individually, the single cost for each individual activity is about $10. To purchase just a Camp Tshirt, the cost is $15. The deadline to pre-order a tshirt is May 2. A more detailed scheduled of dress-up days, events, and cost of activities will be provided at a later date.

We also offer swimming lessons through the camp. Sessions consist of 8 hours in a 2-week period. A maximumof 6 students per session will be allowed. It will be on a first come, first serve basis. The cost for swimming lessons is $75 per child if attending camp or $85 per child if not attending camp. We will transport the students that attend camp to and from swimming lessons in a private van. Students must provide own bag, towel, swim suit, sunscreen, and eye goggles. See website for the registration form and waiver for swimming lessons.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Dates: Monday, June 2, 2014 - Friday, August 1, 2014
Time: Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Phone: (337) 365-3806 Email: leleux[AT]mindspring.com
Visit Website at: Our Camp Website Link: www.newheightsgym.org

* Camp activities start at 8:00 AM and end at 4:00 PM. In order to accommodate working parents, we allow campers to be dropped off at the earliest by 7:30 AM and must be picked up at the latestby 5:30 PM. Any campers picked up after 5:30 PM will be charged $5 per 10 minutes late to be paid at the time of pick-up.

CAMP FEES
The breakdown of camp fees is designed to be flexible and convenient. You can pay by the day, or by a few days, or by the week, or by the month, or even by the whole summer camp. All multi-day and weekly fees are due on the first day of attendance for that week. If paying for 2, 3, or 4 days in a week, the days attended can be any days in that week (your choice). If paying for 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 weeks in advance, the weeks attended can be any weeks out of the summer camp (your choice). All fees are payable by first day of attendance, no exceptions. There will be NO refunds, NO credit for days missed, and NO transfer of days to other weeks.

Registration Fee: $50/child or $75/family (Non-refundable)

CAMP FACILITIES: Classrooms, theater/auditorium/cafeteria

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: A team of internationally-experienced directors from Los Angeles & New York conduct week-long, performing arts day-camps! Concludes with an exciting stage show for the community. Singing, dancing, acting and more. 3rd - 12th Grades. No experience required

Joining with community arts educators and talented college students, we teach the students a special show and concept called "BELIEVE!"

Each week of camp concludes with an exciting stage show for the entire community!

Singing - Dancing - Acting - Games and More!

Open to 3rd grade thru 12th grade students.

OTHER CAMP INFO: Keely Crawford Pounds - "Absolutely wonderful! U r such an inspiration to and for our youth! Thank u for what u do !"

Sherri Baxter - "Great experience for the kids! Thanks for a wonderful week!"

Marcus Speed - "THANK YOU to ALL that made this camp possible! My children had a BLAST!!! "

Jennifer Mary Veazey - "This was such a great experience for my two kids. They had so much fun. Thank you for coming! Y'all were great."

Fay Clark Stonecypher - "My granddaughter, Remy Rogers, paid y'all a huge compliment last night at the dinner table. She declared that she loves your Believe Summer Camp EVEN MORE than the 2 other theatre camps which she attended this summer and also loved! Thank you!!"

Dami Newell Ownby - "My daughter is LOVING her experience at BELIEVE this week. Thank you so much for the hard work that went into putting this together, as well as your staff's amazing energy and positivity for these kids. You guys are rock stars!"

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
June 27- July 1st in Bogalusa, LA - $60 per student
June 20-24 in Gallman MS - $100 per student

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Volunteer and internship opportunities:
Email Bruce Sampson directly at bruce[AT]iconarts.org, or call 951-371-5239.