Friday, August 2, 2013

Rehearsal Day!









The session is coming to a close and everyone is getting ready for tomorrow! We have been rehearsing all day today for the Big Show session D; lots of on the stage time and lots of down time. We have blockhead and ping pong in the living room preparing for the final show down tonight during awards night. Snacks, juggling, and hacky sack in the martial arts grove. Giant bubbles in the leaf grove. Games in the tipi circle. Lots of chilling all over the place.

Tonight is Awards Night where every kid is going to get on stage and be recognized for all the awesome fun they had this session and they can say thank you to anyone and anything.

It truly was a sweet session that passed by all too quickly, but I suppose you'll be wanting your campers back. We can't wait to see everyone who can make it tomorrow! Travel safely.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Cabar"A" and Cabar"B" and the Big Show!

Hey Families!
Sorry about the gap in posting. I just got back from my first day off in 2 weeks yesterday and was immediately thrown into Big Show planning. It's 11:45pm and the Performance Coordinators and I just finished planning out the whole Big Show. It's gonna be a great one and we can't wait for you to see it. The past two nights are what we call Cabar"A" and Cabar"B" (Get the pun?) The teachers and campers essentially showcase and preview what their Big Show act is going to be for each other. More on that in a minute.

The last two days also mark the last two days of classes for campers to learn something new or solidify what they're going to be doing for the Big Show. In the Art Grove, it was Tie-Dye day and campers were welcome to make their own fabulous tie dyed creation. It was also the last two days of lake so campers squeezed those last swims and last chances to be a lakemaster or star lakemaster in. And as I said before, it was time for the Cabarets! Get ready for some really awesome acts at this Big Show - the hip hop/vogue dance act is off the hook, there's a huge aerials act set to Mary Poppins, a great break dancing act, a whirlwind of a juggling act, tons of songwriters, a gymnastics act set to the Lorax and much, much more. All of us - including Wavy, were blown away by yesterday's show and I'm sure after one more day of rehearsals tomorrow, it'll be even more polished than it was today.

Ah, Rehearsal Day. Tomorrow is basically the whole Big Show broken up throughout the day and rehearsed in slow motion. We spend a bit of time rehearsing the Parade, opening acts, each and every act in the show and the big song finale. All the meanwhile, fun activities are happening all over camp when campers are not in rehearsals. And it all leads up to Awards - but more on that tomorrow.
Hard to believe the session is already near the end!