Hi everyone,
Last blog of the summer- and what a summer it's been. We've had everything from Romans to Cowboys, and Aliens to Pirates roaming our property this year. Massive thanks to our terrific staff for making everything happen this year.
We had a wild Candleboat Ceremony last night for those that didn't make it here to join us. There were lurking thunderstorms all evening, and we gambled by starting the evening as originally planned with a bonfire on the athletics field. Cody launched a flaming arrow from the zipline platform to ignite the flame- a very impressive display!
Each unit then introduced themselves with a roaring cheer, and performed a song or skit of their choice. About midway through that portion of the night, the storm grew too close for comfort and we made a mad dash to the Pavilion to continue the show. We then presented the following awards:
1: 5 year camper paddles: Sarah M., Alyssa R., Hailey F., Dannielle F., Caroline P. and Ashley D.
2: 5 year staff paddles: Colleen G., Zach O. and MacKenzie B.
3: 3 year international staff paddles: Lewis W., Cassie B., Deacon M. and Stu M.
4: 10 year paddles: Brandon C. & Melissa K.
5: Character Awards: Aja E. (honesty), Zach T. (caring), Alex S. (respect), Sophie H. (responsibility), Julia F. (Spirit, Mind & Body)
6: Session D Unit Award: The Nation
We wrapped things up with our traditional candle lighting ceremony, a song and then we released 10 Chinese Wish Lanterns into the stormy sky. At that point, after 3 hours of threats, the sky opened up on us with driving rain, thunder and lightning and chunks of hail!! Definitely the most intense storm we had all summer.
Once again- thanks to everyone for making the summer of 2011 so special and memorable. Hope to see many of our campers back for the November Reunion 11/25-11/27.
All the best,
Jamie
No comments:
Post a Comment