Wednesday, a.k.a. “Visitor’s Day” has come to a close. Today was the hottest day yet, which is why having the morning teachings in the air-conditioned dining hall is so nice. This morning we had the pleasure of Tim Barnes followed by Randy Evans for the teaching blocks. It was great to have Randy Evans back on camp grounds. It was the first time in 12 years!
Here are a few random videos from Thursday, including some engineering feats from a few particular Senior High Boys, and a no talent night skit that had everyone in the audience on their feet dancing.
This year we continued the tradition of dancing to Irish music and teaching the campers the semi-complicated, but not impossible, Virginia Reel. Every camper that was physically able took part, and judging from the video posted below, it would appear that they all immensely enjoyed it. I have to be honest, I was a little jealous that I had to record the event and could not take part, but then we wouldn’t have this wonderful footage, would we? So in the end it’s a win-win-win situation. We’ll be heading to Mitchell Manor today and hopefully we’ll have some good video to past later. For now, enjoy these excellent videos:
As promised, here is video of the Rivervaledance. There is a lot more footage than what can be uploaded to the blog which will be on the official camp video to be distributed after camp is over. For now, enjoy this clip:
Wednesday night was dancing night. In years past it has been purely square dancing. This year we thought it would be neat to switch it up a bit and change the theme to Irish river dancing. You could call it Rivervaledance night. Here is a very nice photo set of the dances:
On Wednesday night Carrie Hodges led us in some good old fashioned line dancing. We were amazed at how many people participated. In fact, every single camper took part in the dancing. This was a good get-to-know-you event because it allowed campers to talk to other campers that they may not have had a chance to get to know yet. It was also very hot, just like every other activity thus far at camp, so water was on hand and everyone drank plenty of it. It’s a good thing we were headed up to the pool for another night of … Continue reading