Hi everyone,

Some detailed information was recently emailed to everyone who is registered for the upcoming band camp. Just in case it ended up in your spam folder, here is the content!

This email was sent to you because, according to our records, you have a student registered in our 2025 Central Area Band Camp.  If there has been a misunderstanding, please accept our apologies and inform us by replying to this e-mail.  Thank you.

Welcome to our 2025 Central Area Band Camp! 

We are excited to make music with you at camp!  As you prepare for camp, please review the following information.  

General Information

Dates: Monday, August 18th – Friday, August 22nd, 2025  

Location: Stonepark Intermediate School

    50 Pope Avenue

    Charlottetown

Time:

Beginners* (1st year) – 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Intermediate and Advanced (2nd, 3rd and 4th year playing) –  9:00 – 3:00 pm

*Beginner Percussion:   You will be assigned to an intermediate band with your friends from school, so you are still considered intermediate (2nd year)  and will stay at camp until 3:00 pm. 

Transportation:

Parents are responsible for transportation to and from camp, and carpooling is strongly encouraged.  Please drive with caution while navigating the school parking lot and follow the one-way signage and directions from camp staff.  A lot of traffic is expected, and we appreciate your patience and understanding.  Should you wish to drop your camper off a bit earlier, they are welcome to wait in front of the building until the doors open at 8:55 am, however, they will not be supervised.

What to bring with you to camp:

• Beginners:   Please bring a water bottle and a nut-free snack.  Your band instrument, music, and a pencil will be provided at camp.

• Intermediate/Seniors:   Please bring a water bottle, a nut-free snack, and a nut-free lunch.  You are also responsible for bringing your band instrument with you.  We will provide you with your music and a pencil.  Band campers will not be permitted to leave school property to buy lunch, so please bring everything you need with you.

Band Camp Gives Back:

Band camp will be holding our empty egg carton collection for the PEI Humane Society once again this year.  The beginner sectional class and the intermediate/senior band who bring in the most empty egg cartons will each win the opportunity to push a whipped cream pie in the face of the band camp staff member of their choice!  It’s a lot of fun, and it helps out our local animal shelter.

Friday Celebration Concerts:

We encourage all of our families and friends to join us, and help us celebrate all we have learned during camp, on Friday, August 22nd in the Stonepark school gym.

• Beginner concert:  11 am

• Intermediate/Advanced concert:  1 pm

Camper absence:

If your camper will be absent from camp on any day, please email ktmaclaine@edu.pe.ca to let us know before 9am.

Questions?

PLEASE DO NOT call or go to the Stonepark office for information regarding Band Camp.  Use the email address ktmaclaine@edu.pe.ca  to contact our camp director.

If your camper is no longer planning to attend camp, we ask that you please inform us.  As camp staffing has been planned based on current enrollment, we regret that there are no refunds should your plans have changed.

Additional information and contact email addresses can be found on our band camp website.

https://sites.google.com/cloud.edu.pe.ca/bandcamp

We look forward to seeing you at camp!

Kirsten MacLaine (she/her)

PEI Band Camp Director

ktmaclaine@edu.pe.ca

Music Area Coordinator

Public Schools Branch