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Kids stuff The Williamsburg Library and the James City Library offer kids thousands of titles to choose from. During summer, there is a popular reading program. Call the Williamsburg Library at 259-4040 or the James City Library at 259-7770, or visit www. wrl.org for more information about kids programs. Red Cross offers a babysitting class to help kids prepare them to care for children and infants. Call 253-0228. www.cvc.redcross.org. Click on class schedule. National Society Children of the American Colonists membership is open to youths birth-21 who are lineal descents from those men and women who were residents of America when it was under foreign government as colonies and who rendered civil or military service in an American colony prior to July 4, 1776. Call 564-3729 for information. Flute Frenzy holds rehearsals Wednesday evenings. Interested flutists can call www.flutefrenzy.org, or call Margaret Carlson, director, 253-0850. Williamsburg Youth Chorale - Membership open to treble singers, grades 3-12. E-mail aportermusic@verizon.net. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center offers teens a chance to serve as junior volunteers. Call 984-7194 to find out more. Ecumenical Summer Music Camp each July is held for kids who have completed grades 1-7. Kids participate in various music and craft classes. Visit www.williamsburgumc.org, e-mail musiccamp@umc.org, or call 229-1771. Kids interested in the arts can participate in a variety of local programs, including Backstage Productions, 564-8134; Broadway Dance Arts, 259-2253 or www.broadwaydancewilliamsburg.com; Institute for Dance 229-1717 or www.institutefor-
just for kids dance.org; Eastern Virginia School for the Performing Arts, 229-8535 or www.evspa.org and Virginia Regional Ballet, 2292553 or dancevrb.com. Williamsburg Botanical Garden program features various events aimed at kids throughout the year. Visit www.williamsburgbotanicalgarden.org. Each summer the Virginia Shakespeare Festival offers camps for kids 9-17. It is a great way to learn more about the Bard and have fun. Visit www.wm.edu/as/vsf/camps/ Kids who are interested in performing arts are offered opportunities to perform at area schools. Middle and high school drama departments generally present a musical and play each school year. Consider auditioning, to have fun on or back stage. Smith Memorial Baptist Church in Lightfoot sponsors Upward Sports for all interested boys and girls in 1st-8th grades.
Busch Gardens is worth taking in during the Easter Season. The brightly colored decorations make walking through the park particularly fun during spring. Busch Gardens has been voted the World’s Most Beautiful Theme Park for 23 years and counting. TREASURES 2015
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