USDAN CENTER - FREE OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY

Students from Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and throughout the Tri-State Area attend Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), transported daily in season by air-conditioned buses.

Usdan Center, Long Island’s premier summer arts day camp, announces a free Open House this Sunday December 14 from 11 AM to 2 PM for its 48th season, which begins June 29, 2015. Among the new features are an “Aftercare” program for busy and working parents, from 3:05 PM to 6 PM each day of camp, at no extra charge; an extra 3-week season; a $100 ”Early Bird” enrollment discount for registration through January 31; and new classes including Hip Hop, Yoga, Lego Design, Quidditch, Lifeguarding (leading to certification), Sewing and Fashion Design and Combined Dance Styles classes.

For more information, call 631-643-7900, write to info@usdan.com, or visit www.usdan.com. Obtain information on all programs and tour the Center’s magnificent 200-acre campus, at 185 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights (Huntington), NY. Families who cannot make the Open House may make appointments for other dates.

No audition is needed for most courses. Among the Center’s alumni are Natalie Portman, Mariah Carey, Jackie Hoffman, Olivia Thirlby and Jane Monheit.