Thursday, September 3, 2009

STUTTERING KIDS TASTE STARDOM AT ART CAMP

(Our Time) Adriane Lenox performs with Our Time kids. At the lakeside camp in the Catskill Mountains, where even the magnetic founder/director is a stutterer, acceptance is the watchword as the campers plunged daily into workshops and rehearsals for the self-written songs, rap routines and skits they'd perform at a gala week-ending show.Stuttering Kids Taste Stardom at Arts Camp
SEPTEMBER 03, 2009David Crary, Associated Press When Matt Hobbs first showed up at Camp Our Time a year ago, he barely spoke. Even surrounded by other young stutterers, maybe it didn't make sense for a teen with as severe an impediment as his to attend a camp focused on the performing arts. But Hobbs licked his stage fright and came back this year enthusiastic, gregarious and bold. Read the story: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32553108/ www.ourtimetheatre.org Ads by Google




I think he was very bold because I know if I was scared the first year, then i would haven`t came back. but he had the guts to stand up to his fears and go back. now that's something some people can`t do.

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