Girls Rock! Chicago Camp - Experience #15; Performance # 4

On Tuesday, Susan visited the Girls Rock! Chicago summer camp held all week at Avondale School in Logan Square. This is a camp experience designed to provide girls 8-16 years old with a chance to learn to play in a rock and roll band. It is hard to explain how positive the atmosphere at the camp was and how much of an effect it seemed to be having on the girls as the week progressed. On Saturday, at the end of the week, all the bands played a song each at a local club called the Metro, which is located about a block from Wrigley Field. What a great experience! A woman in the M.A. program in Women's Studies at Roosevelt University here in downtown Chicago got together with some of her friends, created a 501 c3 and made the camp happen as part of her thesis project. I became aware of her project when she presented on it at this year's National Women's Studies Association meetings, and was also able to meet some of her WS professors there, Ellen and Anne, whom we met up with at the Metro for the final show. The camp included over 60 campers this year and they plan to expand even further in the years to come. Can't wait to see what happens next! Here's a picture of one of the bands from last year - The Jagged Tulips.