Molly is the President of FOSAA and a retired educator from St. Johns County Schools. She has helped lead the Music & Art Camp for many years and loves creating opportunities for children to explore music and creativity.
Laurie has been the camp nurse for over ten years. She is also a retired school nurse.
Jacqui has been involved with camp for eight years. She started out assisting in the Art and drum classes, invented and led a dance class, and now teaches Drums, Dance, and helps with all camp logistics. Three of her 4 kids have come to camp, and 1 more is almost old enough.
Music & Arts Camp helps marry all of Jacqui’s passions and talents. In middle and high school, she was an arts-loving band kid. Her instruments included French horn, mellophone, trombone, and anything in the drumline front ensemble, and she spent three years in high school as a drum major. After her time at the University of Florida, she taught in SJCSD for 8 years, teaching at Crookshank, LPA, and SJVS. Over the past 11 years, she’s also been a certified Zumba instructor, hobbyist photographer, and handlettering enthusiast. Teaching music, encouraging creative artistry, and helping every kid learn to love dancing will always be the highlight of her summers!
This would be Dani’s second year teaching dance with Jacqui, but she attended as a camper for 4 years. Dani has danced for 3 years on the Tocoi Creek High School dance team, and serves as a dance instructor for Tocoi Creek Theatre. She is an award winning choreographer who you may have seen on stage at the Limelight, singing at church, or teaching young thespians.
Laura has taught recorder and Orff Instruments at FOSAA camp for eight years. She is a state certified teacher with over 25 years’ experience in the classroom. She currently plays the flute in a guitar/flute duo with her husband, Chuck. In addition, she is a member of the St John’s Classical Guitar Ensemble, where she plays the flute and guitar. Laura has performed for various events including the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival, churches, and the EMMA Concert Association Words and Music concerts. She enjoys working with young people and helping them to learn about the joys of playing a musical instrument.
Jon and his wife have been teaching the ukulele class for about 10 years. Their daughter attended camp for 6 years and became a volunteer assistant. He has been playing guitar and ukulele most of his life. He was an elementary school teacher for 10 years before founding Cultivate Tea and Spice Co.
Jon and Amber have taught ukulele for 10 years, and their daughter attended this camp from the time she was in kindergarten until middle school. This camp has been such a wonderful experience for their entire family! They love that they get to share the amazing experience with their community! In addition to having fun with kiddos in the ukulele group for the past 10 years, Amber has served SJCSD for approximately 20 years as a general education teacher, an ESE teacher, and currently as an ESE Coach supporting K–12 teachers.
Chuck Rogers has been the lead guitar teacher at camp for 8 years. He has over 35 years’ experience teaching all styles of guitar. He studied the classical guitar at Stetson University and the University of Central Florida. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education with an emphasis on classical guitar from UCF. Chuck was the director of the guitar program at Stetson University’s Community School of Music for 12 years. He currently performs with his wife Laura Rogers in a guitar and flute duo. Chuck is also the director of the St. Johns Classical Guitar Ensemble. He has played the guitar with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the St. Augustine Orchestra. He enjoys working with young people and his goal is to instill in his students a passion for excellence, and an appreciation for music that will last a lifetime. Chuck is a state certified music teacher and currently teaches guitar for the Young Artist Music Project in St. Johns County.
This will be Mrs. C’s 3rd year teaching art class at camp. She is the art teacher at Otis A. Mason Elementary. She loves helping kids explore their creativity, get a little messy, and turn big ideas into colorful masterpieces!
Sarah has taught art for 3 years at camp. She brings creativity and a passion for all things arts and crafts to camp. She has been the art teacher at South Woods Elementary for the past 9 years.
This will be Ms. G’s third year teaching puppetry at the Amp, and she’s excited to return! It is such a joy to witness the campers bringing their characters to life- it never gets old. It’s an art that kids don’t see much of these days, so she feels honored to be able to introduce them to it. While attending the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, she had the opportunity to intern on every child’s favorite street: Sesame Street. She worked in their shop for a semester, studying under master puppet makers- it was magical! She went on to work in puppet shops for a bit after graduating before eventually moving into the world of costumes and fashion, landing my first job being on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’. From there, she worked on all types of stages, sets, and productions…from the Metropolitan Opera, to MTV, to Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon and everything in between. She covered a lot of ground.
She moved to St Augustine 9 years ago to raise her two boys and have thoroughly enjoyed introducing them to all sorts of creative bits and pieces from my past careers. She is currently the resident Costume Designer for the Limelight Theater, so when she’s not building puppets, you can find her there!
