No one knows when it will come…or how it will come…but the anticipation is building!Ĭollege Days is a great opportunity to watch our Super Seniors shine for the culmination of their Laurel camp careers. At that time, the camp will be evenly broken into two teams for five days of spirited competition and fun.
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Full program is running until this weekend when we enter the cherished College Days. While camp is starting to enter its final stretch of the summer, there’s still lots to do and we won’t miss a beat. Chants of “” are starting to erupt in the Dining Hall and Cove. The next ten days of camp are going to be AWESOME! Now that our older campers have returned from their trips, we’re back as one Laurel Family and getting ready for Lake Swim, Sleeping Beauty, final Camping Trips, final Tournaments and Intercamps and, of course, College Days. We will cherish every minute until we say our final farewell to the summer of 2016… The Next Ten Days We can’t believe the seven weeks are coming to an end. Thursday we begin to pack, reminisce, spend time with friends and counselors, and get ready for the Final Ceremony…a 67 year old Laurel tradition on the shores of Echo Lake. We’ll also see a highlights film of the summer produced by our talented Digital Media Department. Tomorrow we’ll have a Rec Day with fun activities, tennis ladder games, water afternoon and rehearsal for Reprise…a call-back of the finest 2016 acts and performances. Tonight we “dial it down” a bit and start to decompress from the week gone by. The Games, Sports, Contests, Songs, Floats, Plaques were as good as ever. Our Super Seniors did a superb job leading the camp. It was an incredible culminating special event of the 2016 season. We’ve just come off a spectacular five days of College Days. U ntil you and camp meet again, keep singing, moving, and grooving your way through life.We enter the last three days of camp with emotions running high. Allow this song to get quieter and slower as you move through the verses.
Sung around a campfire, Peace Like a River is one of our favorite slow songs to transition into lights out. Repeat, adding in these body parts with stirring motions:
Campers sing this song while waiting for the dining h all to be ready for meals. Just like porridge, this classic repeat-after-me-song is a staple of our Global Partnership Program in Africa. It makes the perfect pre-meal, pre-activity, or post-nap energizer. Try substituting "banana" with other fruits for different renditions. Scientist.Acid! Base! Blow up in your face! Ow!Īs North Star Reach, the SeriousFun camp in Michigan, puts it, this one is more of a shout-a-long. Plumber.Plunge it! Flush it! Look out below! Hi-ho! Amp up the acting to give your audience a good, hearty laugh.īird Watcher.Hark! A lark! Flying through the park! Splat!Ĭamper.What time is it? What’s next, what's next? Oh, I have to pee!Ĭarpenter.Two by four! Quick, nail it to the floor! Wham!Ĭowboy.Rope that steer! Look ahead! Watch out where you step! Yuck!Įlectrician.Red! Black! Gently now! Zap zap zap!įarmer.Give, Bessie, give! My baby’s gotta live! Phew!įootball Player.Set! Hut! Kick ‘em in the butt! Argh!
Counselors line up in front of the group to share where they might have worked if they hadn’t gone to camp. Part song, part skit, part chant-this is one of our favorite additions to a campfire. We're guessing it'll do the same for you and your family too, if you let it! Here are a few of our favorite tunes.Ī summer camp classic, this traditional song is led at camps all over the globe! Frequently sung at campfires, in-between activities, or before a meal, Fred the Moose has made his way into thousands of campers' hearts.Ĭampers at many SeriousFun camps and programs throw their hands in the air to this Buckwheat Boyz song after dinner -just like these counselors at Barretstown, the SeriousFun camp in Ireland! Short and sweet, it’s not uncommon to see it requested three, four, or five times in a row.
Though camp looks different this year, and side-by-side singing is now virtual, you can bet it still fosters feelings of community and good cheer.
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