SAS Summer Camp Staff
SAS Summer Camp Staff
SAS Summer Camp participants will have the opportunity to craft their own personal weekly schedules as they select from a variety of instructor-lead sessions alongside traditional summer camp activities. As we continue to build our programming, the following sessions are currently in place:
- American Sign Language - Climbing - Culinary Arts - Dance - Eco-Build - Farming
- Music Lessons: Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Upright Bass
- Technology: Intro to Web Development, Computer Software w/ Minecraft
- Pottery - Visual Arts - Woodworking
Traditional summer camp activities will include:
Biking, hiking, frisbee golf, arts & crafts, yoga, tennis, swimming, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, group games, waterfalls and swimming holes, volleyball, dodgeball, strength and conditioning, soccer, and more.
As we continue to add instructors and sessions, we encourage campers to preselect up to six favorite sessions when registering. All campers will have the opportunity to revisit their selections in the spring.
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Please contact us at sassummer@sasweb.org with any questions you may have. Stay safe and stay healthy!
Bailey Hill
Mandolin
Bailey is a 2010 alumnus of SAS and a professional musician specializing in guitar, mandolin, and clawhammer banjo. He was youth camp coordinator for the Alabama Folk School for many years and is lead singer of The Yellow Dandies.
Ben Ayers
Guitar
Ben teaches and plays guitar professionally and has recently moved back to the Sewanee area. He and his wife, Margaret, now live on a family farm in nearby Roarks Cove. Ben is a founding member of the Yellow Dandies and a 2011 graduate of SAS.
Christi Teasley
Visual Arts
An alumna of SAS, Christi holds a BFA and MA from Rhode Island School of Design and is the owner of her own studio, Teasley Textiles. She serves on the faculty of Shakerag Workshops and taught fine arts for 27 years at St. Andrew's-Sewanee.
Kelsey Keener
Farming
Kelsey is a third generation farmer with Sequatchie Cove Farms where he lives with his wife and two sons. A graduate of SAS, Kelsey is an integral part of the success of his family's farm and is excited to return to SAS.
Barry Dillon
American Sign Language
Barry recently moved to Sewanee with his wife Jennifer and son Victor, an SAS rising 10th grader. A former pastor and high school teacher, Barry has been teaching ASL for four years and works with special education students at nearby Grundy County High School..
Ben Paty
Woodworking
From Nashville, Ben specializes in beautiful bowls and was recently recognized as a merit award winner for a wooden free-form vase during American Craft Week by the Tennessee Arts Commission. He is an alumnus of SMA, a parent school of SAS.
Evan Kinney
Banjo / Fiddle
Evan grew up in a family of old time music and teaches banjo, fiddle, guitar, cello, mandolin, and harmonica. He has taught and performed traditional music at The Blue Ridge Old Time Week, John C. Campbell Folk School, The Alabama Folk School, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes and The Brooklyn Folk Festival.
Michael Short
Climbing
An SAS residential faculty member, Michael teaches 6th grade humanities, English, adventure education, outdoor adventure and is the outdoor learning and placed based education coordinator. He also coaches the SAS mountain biking and climbing teams.
Holli Hutson
Dance
Holli lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., where she teaches middle school theater and high school dance. She received her master's from Antioch University McGregor and has been with the Hamilton County Dept. of Education for 11 years. She is excited to be teaching her first classes on the SAS campus.
Ashley Dryden
Eco-Build
Ashley is committed to inspiring youth with soulful projects and staying connected to nature on every level. By living tiny, she teaches to respect the environment while combining art and creativity with trade skills. An alumna of SAS, she returns to the Mountain from the West Coast.
Bentley Cook
Technology
As an engineering leader and web application developer in a wide variety of computer system applications, Bentley currently works as a developer advocate with Trello. He received his BS in computer science and Russian from The University of the South.