Home Again, Home Again
This morning I awoke in the trees to some very close-sounding campers; but how did they get so close to my tree? They were doing the High Ropes Course! I watched as they expertly maneuvered the different sections of the course all the way through the Zip Line to the Waterfall Field. They were amazing—tree climbers just like me, Tajar!
In the afternoon I stopped by Tumbling to take a sneak peak at their Final Shows performance. It is looking fantastic! So many campers have looked or perfected new tumbling movies, I was very impressed!
I was just about to go find some dinner when I heard cheering through the camp—the Five Day Hike returned! After hiking nearly 50 miles, they were welcomed back with cheers and open arms!
Tonight’s Evening Program was Director’s Showcase. Five campers who are working towards King’s Player in the Drama Program this session each directed scenes from a play. Their casts of campers and counselors have been working hard all session to give us a phenomenal Evening Program. We saw scenes from Saint Joan, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Eurydice. It was a beautiful night at the theatre!
Full of folly,
Tajar
P.S. During the day on Wednesday, I did a series of death-defying-life-leaps all the way to Charlotte, NC and got a bunch of great pictures (took me a couple of days to develop them in my treehouse darkroom) of our Would-Be’s taking on the big waters of the Charlotte Whitewater Center. Accomplished paddlers and national teams come from all over the world to practice their skills here. I was so proud of our Merrie-Woode girls and was happy to answer questions from the many onlookers; where are these girls from? How did they learn to paddle like that? How old are they really? I just hope they forgot to forget they saw me. We even had two of our staff members and four of our campers take on the Olympic Challenge Course with different degrees of success. One of the campers even did the toughest section of the course backwards and without flipping. She says that she planned it that way! With so many pictures, I just added another collection beneath July 22nd so that everybody could enjoy them. They’re up and ready for viewing!