Carnival '84
We celebrated the birthday of the United States in traditional fashion
this year by holding our annual Camp Carnival on July 4th. All of the
usual carnival booths were in operation, but some evolved (deteriorated)
into new events. The "Messenger Service", "Pizza Raffle" and "Guess the
number of M&Ms in the jar" were their usual rip-roaring success.
Shaving a balloon was not a big enough challenge, so, in honor of all
the rain we have had, the unit started selling handfuls of shaving cream
for 10�. Campers and staff soon sprouted white puffs all over, and the
unit was really making money. Naturally the white stuff needed to be
washed off, so waste baskets full of water appeared, and soon screams
and splashes filled the air. Part of the money that units made was spent
on a pizza party later in the week. At the end of the carnival, Todd
set off the roman candles and fountains that he bought on his way to
camp this year. Joy passed out sparklers to everyone, and the 4th of
July ended in a grand old fashion. As Joy Haynes was heard to remark, "A
fine time was had by all."
Visitors
No, Toots did not have her foal yet, but we have had some other new
arrivals this week. Amy Hoover is back at camp after an absence of a few
years. She was a camper here in 1979, and arrived late for this season
because of a trip to the Jersey shore with her family. Welcome back to
the camp family Amy!
Enrique Iturriaga, wandering Venezuelan soccer and tennis player, and
sometimes purveyor of medicines to the unfortunate ill of Caracas,
arrived Sunday to spend two weeks. Actually, Enrique was a camper here
in 1974 and '76, and returned for a visit in 1982. He joined the staff
for the second half of that season and for 1983. Enrique attends medical
school in Caracas, Venezuela, his home, and this two weeks will be his
last vacation until he finishes school. He reports that the only place
he could consider spending a vacation was here at camp with all his
friends, and we are happy to welcome him back.
Joe Fili, former Head Riding Instructor, and John Stokes, former Head
Waterfront Instructor, arrived Wednesday for a few days, but more about
them in the next issue of the Lookout. They will be offering some
special activities during their visit. Both are graduates of Tom Brown's
Tracking School, and they brought two other graduates with them.
The Lookout & Contests
This may be the last issue of The Lookout. No campers have signed up to
write articles, and the editor does not have time to write all of them.
This is your camp newspaper, and should be written by you. If you want
more issues, sign up to write about your activities.
For the first time in history, no one submitted a picture for the "Draw
Your Counselor" contest. It is being continued for one more week for
those procrastinators among you.
There has been a complaint that the canteen prize did not qualify as a
"Big Prize" for the horse names last week. There were seven entries, and
the best one had seven wrong. The "Big Prize" was offered for the first
correct solution. This school teacher has a hard time accepting 77% as a
correct solution. The canteen prize was a token to recognize effort.
Had there been a correct solution there would have been a big prize.
Carnival Prizes
Unit #11 raffled off a pizza at the Carnival, and the winner was really
Unit #11. Valerie Wolpert won the pizza, but the boys in #11 made enough
money for two or three more pizza parties.
Unit #5's contest for guessing the number of M&Ms in a jar was
really two contests. Frances Mullen won the peanut M&M's while Holly
won the plain ones. Actually Holly admitted that she didn't really
guess. She looked at what Rob guessed, then added one more to that. Rob
claimed the prize, but by then there weren't too many left as everyone
in the office had been eating them.
To all of those who didn't win a carnival prize: Thanks for participating, and better luck next year.
Foal Watch
Toots is still eating for two, but walking around as one. The big event
is getting closer every day, though. Holly and Joy are getting the
nursery ready, and they have assembled a "foaling kit" containing all
the things you need to have right at hand at the time of birth.
Mark Schroder figured out how to use our portable video tape recorder as
a monitor, and all that will be set up in the stall. That way we can
watch Toots from the tack room when the time gets close but we won't
disturb her. Also, by pushing down the "Record" button on the tape deck,
we can record the whole process.
Campers and staff will be scheduled to spend nights at the barn until
the foal comes, and everyone will have an opportunity to serve on "foal
watch".
In the meantime, Holly has been teaching the entire breeding and foaling
process to the Horsemanship classes. This will be the biggest extra
event at camp since the first moonwalk. It may be bigger because most of
camp fell asleep during the moonwalk.
Skit Nights
Saturday night saw the first use of the stage as a theater. Each unit
was required to perform a skit being as original as possible. They were
not judged this year, but really they were all winners. Units #1 and #11
combined to produce a co-ed skit, and Mark Guenther played guitar and
led singing between skits.
Coming soon at the stage will be "Paper Bag Skits". Each unit will be
given a paper bag containing a few articles. They will then have to
create a skit using those articles. On the same evening we will have a
"Staff Skit" requiring the counselors to produce a skit for the rest of
the camp.
EMRC
On Sunday, July 8th, the whole camp went to Montrose, Pennsylvania, to
the Endless Mountains Riding Club annual horseshow. We took Moon Lass,
Think Positive (Thinker), Toulouse, and Miss Pie Twist. Not everyone
rode or was scheduled to ride, but everyone had a great time.
Results were:
Lisa Danetz | 1st Place | Hunter Over Fences | Toulouse |
Wendy Butcher | 2nd Place | Hunter Over Fences | Think Positive |
Jenny Turnham | 2nd Place | Junior Equitation | Miss Pie Twist |
Kate Northrop | 3rd Place | Hunter Over Fences | Think Positive |
Molly Northrop | 3rd Place | English Pleasure | Toulouse |
Molly Northrop | 4th Place | Hunter Over Fences | Toulouse |
Molly Northrop | 4th Place | Equitation on the Flat | Toulouse |
Bonnie Anderson | 4th Place | English Pleasure | Moon Lass |
Valerie Wolpert | 5th Place | Hunter on the Flat | Moon Lass |
Valerie Wolpert | 6th Place | Equitition on the Flat | Miss Pie Twist |
Jenny Turnham | 7th Place | Hunter Over Fences | Toulouse |