Camp StarQuest News 2021

Are you ready for an amazing summer? We are! With only a few weeks before camp starts, our specialty staff wanted to say hello and give you a behind-the-scenes look at some of the activities they have in store for you!

So, get ready to PERFORM…DANCE…SING…ACT…CREATE…and so much more! Your camper is about to STAR in the leading role of a summer experience that entails learning new skills, having so much fun, and making friendships and memories that will last forever.

Make sure to see the Important Reminders & Updates section I placed below the videos!

StarQuest Specialty Staff

Alise Robinson
Camp Director

Avra Aron
Acting Specialist

Skylar Duvall
Dance Specialist

Kristin Spires
Voice and Music Specialist

Linda Leonard
Performance Director & Choreographer

Meet Our General Counselors

Logan Beutel

Logan Beutel is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University majoring in Theatre and is double minoring in Musical Theatre and Health Management. He also works as a professional ballroom dancer and instructor. Logan is elated to be a part of this experience teaching young artists!

Grant Gilker

Grant is thrilled to be working with this incredible program this summer! Grant grew up spending his summers in similar camps and they truly are some of his best memories. He is a recent graduate of Parish Episcopal school where he was a frequent actor, designer, and director of many productions. He just completed staging his first two-act play entitled “Caged”. Grant has also been involved in local community theatre including East Dallas Arts, The Rotunda Theatre Series, and is a former employee of North Texas Performing Arts. Grant intends to pursue a theatre education in college.

Megan Muscato

Megan Muscato is a current student at SMU majoring in Theatre with a concentration in Acting and minors in musical theatre and education. Outside of school, she teaches partner and ballroom dance lessons at Lone Star Ballroom in McKinney. Performance Art has always been a huge part of her life so she is so grateful to Alise and the JCC for the opportunity to be a part of the StarQuest team!

Camp Schedule & Calendar

Schedule

Calendar

Important Reminders & Updates

Camp starts on Monday, June 7.
If you have not filled out your Getting to Know You form. Click here to fill this out now.
Auditions will take place on the first day of camp in the afternoon. They do not need to prepare anything for auditions. Just be prepared to have fun.
Tech rehearsals will take place on Friday, June 25, Monday, June 28, and Tuesday, June 29. It is super important, campers DO NOT miss camp on these dates.
Final Tech and Final Performance will be on Wednesday, June 30. ALL MUST ATTEND.
Please make sure you read the Guide Book.
If you filled out an authorization form for dispensing medicine, please have your camper bring the medicine and a copy of the form to camp and have them personally hand it to your camper’s counselor.
Bring a water bottle with the camper’s name on it. It is important our stars stay hydrated.
No open-toe shoes or sandals. Please wear sneakers and if you would like bring dance/or jazz shoes.
Wear clothing that is comfortable to move, dance, and rehearse in.
The week of June 1 we will send an email letting you know who your camper’s counselor is.
Please review our cell phone/iPad policy with your camper. Cell phones and iPads are not to be used by the campers during camp hours unless permitted by StarQuest staff.
Please download and reference the Dallas J Summer app for camp pictures and alerts such as inclement weather, carpool changes etc. You can also visit the J website during camp for all camp alerts regarding inclement weather, carpool changes, as well.
Before and Aftercare details can be found in the Guidebook.
Carpool Tags and Car Tags: Please fill out the carpool form and indicate who is in your carpool. You will receive your Carpool tag with your number in the mail. More information in Guidebook.
If you are on Facebook, please become friends with the J Performing Arts page and our jpas dallas Instagram page. We will be sure to post pictures throughout the day.
We will not have a live audience for our Final Performance, instead, we will be producing a professional video of the final performance and will be sent to families by the end of July. 😊
Battle of the Stars: Two action-packed days of complete and utter fun – July 1 & 2. Please do not miss these days either. It is super fun and it’s important our campers have closure at the end of camp. On the last day of camp to conclude Battle of the Stars, we have our big song fest, the winner is announced, and have an end-of-camp finale that includes our final appreciation circle tradition. This always ends in hugs and often tears because we don’t want the summer to end.