Saturday, July 3, 2010

Camp Three: The End

Today brought the end of Camp Three and the end of Camp Gailor Maxon 2010. What a summer. Truly the "Best Year Ever." We saw a lot of changes and improvements, a lot of new faces, and a lot of fun. Saying goodbye today was very hard. 


Goodbye cabin
Goodbye friends
Goodbye bus
Goodbye Kitchen Lovelies, Goodbye Magic Bars, Goodbye Tie-Dye, Good Bye Country Roads, Goodbye Fiery Gizzard, Goodbye CAMPGAILORMAXON HOW DO WE FEEL, Goodbye golden dustpan, Goodbye yellow school bus, goodbye four square, goodbye bonfire, goodbye family groups, 
goodbye campers, 


goodbye staff.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Camp Three: Banquet, Eucharist, Carnival

Tonight was the final night of Camp Three. We had our banquet, Eucharist, and a Carnival. 

Banquet:
We had two camp birthdays this week, Grant on Tuesday and Natasha tomorrow. Here's Natasha with the cake the kitchen lovelies made her:
 The Eucharist:

 The Carnival:
 The loot:
 The DJ:

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Camp Three: Skit Night/Coffee House

Thursday night is always our version of a talent show, Skit Night and Coffee House. Every cabin does a skit and then whoever wants to sign up to perform for Coffee House can do so as well. This year we had a lot of different acts from our camp three kids:

Cabin 6 Skit -  Mini Montana

 Cabin 2 Skit - Counselor Impressions
 Cabin 5 Skit - Class revolt against teacher

Coffee House Acts:
Gracie Singing
Ramzi and David singing
 Julia performing "Not So Magic Magic"
Rachel singing (with Cody on guitar)
 Lizzy and Jani singing
 Mia singing
 Bitsy juggling
 Caroline singing
 Evelyn and Hannah doing a skit
 Maggie singing
 

Camp Three: Sewanee Trip

We always take a trip into our neighbor town, Sewanee, to visit the University of the South campus. For Camp Three, we also included a picnic dinner. We got to Sewanee, went in the bookstore so the kids could get little things, and then sat out on the lawn for a picnic. Afterwards, we went into Sewanee's chapel, All Saints, for an Easter Vigil service. Wednesday of our chapel program was Holy Week and Thursday is Easter, so a condensed Easter Vigil was perfect for the Wednesday night service. 

After our service, we went to the War Memorial Cross at Sewanee that has a gorgeous overlook. We sang lots of songs!

A little explanation for above: at All Saints there is a seal in the entrance and you are not to step on it, so we make a big deal of it and put "guards" there.
Renewing our Baptismal Covenant at the font in All Saints
Overlook at the Cross
 Most of the staff (missing: Jani, Lizzy, Charles Houston)
 Our awesome JCs for the week, Will, Nayla, Mary Blythe, and Winn.