Greetings from Hilltop. Junior Session is in full swing, and we’re having a great time at Camp. These campers are showing great camp spirit, and throwing themselves fully into this experience. They’re all about learning new songs, trying new things, and seeing what surprise is around the next corner.
It’s so much fun to see them throw themselves into Camp with such abandon. This morning, our music director asked them to sing a silly camp song (Baby Shark) in the voice of their favorite singer. There was no hesitation. The cacophony that came up from the Lodge Steps was incredible. They ready for anything, and that’s perfect for Camp.
Here’s a report from the week so far: As I wrote in the last post, on Wednesday we took care of business in the morning and went right into activities in the afternoon. For Evening Activity, we played Capture the Chicken. Capture the Chicken is one of our most well-loved Evening Activities from our four week session. It’s really just Capture the Flag, with a rubber chicken instead of a flag, but the kids just love it. During the main session, we play all over Camp, and in Junior Session, we just play on the Sports Field. As usual, it was great fun. Yesterday, we had a full day of activities, two periods between breakfast and lunch and two between lunch and dinner. For Evening Activity, we had Sports Night, with a nice variety of sports on offer to end the day.
Today, we have activities in the morning. While the campers don’t know it yet, this afternoon has some shenanigans planned. We’ll head to the stairs for afternoon activities as normal, but instead, Emily (our Assistant Director) and I will be kidnapped by pirates (the crew of the Carlyn). The campers will spend all afternoon in pirate training (eye patches and tattoos on the Craft Courts, dodging canon balls at landsports, learning sea shanties, walking the plank) in preparation for rescuing us at the end of the day. Since these campers are so willing and eager to use their imaginations, it will be a great change of pace. After a long day, tonight’s Evening Activity will be great. It’s called Moonraker, and we gather on Moonraker Point, one of the most beautiful spots in camp, and get entertained with silly songs and skits. I can’t wait.
Thank you once again for sharing your children with us this week. We’re having a ball, and look forward to sending them back to you on Monday, having had and experience that’s both massively fun and genuinely valuable.