Summer at Woodstock – Afternoon Activities
Audio/ Visual Workshop
The Audio-Visual Basics course covers a range of novice topics that are essential to live sound. Students will be taught how to mix the front of house (FOH) and create an FOH and monitor signal chains using hardware and software processing. This course is hands-on and will allow students to experience operating state-of-the-art sound equipment. In addition, students will be taught how to build mixes for musicians and how to monitor wedges in this process. Apart from the practical, students will also get a chance to learn about speakers, amplifiers, their functions, and the science behind this field. They will also be taught the importance of tuning equipment for their intended purpose. Lastly, ear training will be conducted, and students will be taught as well how to use and apply effects. At the end of the course, students will be equipped with sufficient basic knowledge regarding live sound and will be able to operate sound equipment at a novice level for events and concerts.
Baking
Learn to make a range of delicious dishes and mouth-watering baked wares with this afternoon activity. Whether you’re off to college and want to impress your new housemates with your culinary skills, or just want to learn to make healthy delicious snacks, this course is a superb way to learn how to make, bake and create in the kitchen.
Bead Jewelry Crafting & Macrame
Explore the colourful world of Bead Jewelry crafting. If you are someone who loves being creative and gets excited when you see colourful beads and strings then this afternoon course is for you. You will get to express your artistic flair and make unique personalised accessories. With a rainbow of colours, shapes and sizes of beads along with strings of all kinds, you will have endless possibilities for crafting beautiful and stylish jewelry. You can experiment with various bead material such as glass, wood, and crocheted beads. So sign-up and unleash your imagination, and start crafting your own dazzling pieces of wearable art from friendship bracelets to charm bracelets and dream catchers. They are all yours to make.
Cooking
The last three years saw a sudden surge in the number of home chefs! If you are one of them, or have an interest in cooking new interesting mouth watering cuisines, then this is the right activity for you to enrol into. Please specify if you are vegetarian or non-vegetarian.
Guitar
A crash course in the basics of playing guitar for beginners. Students will learn how everything they need to know to take their first steps in guitar, from how to hold the instrument, to basic chords, strumming and picking techniques and how to read and play simple tunes. By the end of the course, participants will be able to give a small recital of songs they’ve learnt and accompany popular songs with simple strumming patterns.
Jiu Jitsu
Jiu Jitsu is a form of martial art and method of fighting that makes use of few or no weapons and employs throws, holds and submissions to subdue an opponent. The core point oj jiu Jitsu is survival but it can also be used in sports like MMA ( Mixed Martial Arts). During the program, students will learn a variety of techniques on how to effectively control someone on the ground, techniques such as arm blocks, triangle chokes and wrestling take-downs are just some of the many moves that can be used for self defence.
Rock Climbing
Students will master a broad range of skills using the tools of climbing such as belaying, rappelling, and multi-pitch climbing. The course will build core and upper body strength and fitness in addition to exposing aspiring climbers to the many tactics climbers use to conserve energy, climb gracefully, and climb relaxed, allowing them to overcome personal limitations.
Sports
Participate in a variety of team sports within the Gym, learn the basic skills and apply them in game situations. The variety of sports will/may include mainstream internationally played sports, indigenous/cultural games and improvised invasion games. The main focus will be to develop social skills irrespective of age and gender through healthy competition.
Pottery
The workshop is designed to train students through a fun, mindful and creative process. The unconstrained nature of clay always gives way to freedom of one’s expression and working with clay has also been scientifically proven to be a deeply meditative and therapeutic process. It hopes to give participants a short experience of artistic therapy through this engaging workshop.