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Activities and Recreation
Harvard Summer School offers a rich schedule of free films and concerts, dances, social gatherings, and lectures, as well as opportunities (for a modest fee) to travel to Cape Cod, Tanglewood (summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), Newport (Rhode Island) mansions, and Maine beaches and shopping centers. Some activities that are specifically for secondary school students include the Trivia Bowl, in which three-member teams compete for several weeks until one team wins in an amusing and impressive final round; the Talent Show, the most popular summer event, in which SSP students perform for, and applaud, their own very talented peers (and proctors) in musical, theatrical, and dance performances; and two dances that draw more than 500 secondary school students.
Secondary school students are also welcome to perform with the Summer School Chorus, Summer School Orchestra, and Summer Pops Band. Chorus auditions are held during the first weekend, and tryouts for the Orchestra are held during the first week of Summer School. Playing in the Pops Band is open without audition. Students can participate in an extensive athletics program that includes intramural soccer, basketball, and volleyball, as well as a tennis tournament and a swim meet. There are facilities for volleyball, swimming, basketball, tennis, sculling, softball, and aerobics, with instruction available in some sports.
At the Activities Fair, held on the Sunday of Opening Weekend, students receive information about sports, trips, cultural activities, and opportunities for volunteer work with community-service groups.
For details about activities, see the activities calendar.
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