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Behind the Curtain
Am so sorry I didn’t blog last night – It was a late one! Last night at 9 pm we had a Senior Staff meeting that went on… and on… and on. We began with a “Celebration Circle.” I had put the name of each Senior Staff in a top hat and we passed it […]
ContinueToo much fun to keep track of….
All the Juniors came back from their canoe trips today, and a good time was had by all… Am so glad they’re back – I missed their energy… Today was also the first two heats of the Wayne Peck Sailing Regatta. One camper and one staff in every sailboat… And so many people want to […]
ContinueThe Land and Sea Game
This morning was my favourite game: The Land and Sea Game. This is the 2nd biggest event of Colour War….. We’ve been playing it every Colour War for more than 50 years. The goal is simple: Each team must find (hidden on land) wooden blocks in their team’s colour. To get points, those blocks need […]
ContinueLet it Rain, Let it Pour, all We Want is Colour War!
Sorry for no blog last night…. It took me too long to get the twigs and spruce needles out of my (curly) hair. That’s all the clues I can give as to where I hid for the Colour War Counsellor Hunt. Which of course we all take extremely seriously because it’s the 2nd most fun […]
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Yes, the Colour War break just ended and the theme is The Lion King. The break skit was fabulous – A tall, silver tower for the old king, hyenas and lions and tigers and monkeys all in great costumes…. Music, dance, spotlights and fireworks… Before that, Evening Activity was Arowhon-a-Palooza, our annual music and […]
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that’s what Leon is doing right now… Why? Because a key aspect of the magic of camp is that the campers never see “behind the curtain.” Tonight was the annual Saidie Hawkins party. We’ve been doing the EXACT same skit for 60+ years, right after dinner: Daisy Mae and her true love Li’l Abner and […]
ContinueThe mist on the lake
this morning was magical, wafting upward. The lake was like glass, the trees reflected in the water… Today was another great day at camp, sunny and low wind. Tonight was cookout dinner – BBQ. Everybody loves eating outside… Then we did our sweet Friday night singing, and after that was campfire with both sweet and […]
ContinueCarnival Day
Was warm and sunny and SO much fun… The huge inflatables are of course the biggest hits. We bounced on the huge bouncy thing, slid down the mammoth inflatable slides and ran throughout the bouncy castle. Carnival games were fun… Churros, cotton candy, hotdogs on the fire and Sno-Cones all had decent lineups. Temporary tattoos […]
ContinueShhhh…. Don’t tell the campers
Today is Carnival Day. We met with all the staff late last night to brief them on their roles today. There’s to be an extravaganza skit right to announce it right after breakfast, and all afternoon we’ll be having fun with huge inflatables, real carnival games and all the great carnival food the kids adore […]
ContinueTorch paddle and Arowhon A
I just said good night to the entire camp in front of the Main Lodge, after we watched a magical torch paddle (canoe ballet with torches on th canoes fore and aft) and then three moving speeches by staff receiving their five-year staff engraved cherrywood paddles… At dinner there was a speech to celebrate a […]
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