Saturday, June 25, 2011

Burn Baby Burn

Last night's campfire started out with a traditional Woodberry cheer, "Burn Baby Burn". It didn't take long to get  this group fired up. Veteran camp staff members Ade Oyalowo and Chip Brierre MC'd the nights festivities.

Camper of the week awards were given out between camper skits. Each week the team coaches choose a camper that exhibits all the  qualities of a great camper all week long. These qualities include: unselfishness, leadership, good behavior on dorm, participation in values meetings and effort on the playing field. We had some pretty proud little guys last night. It was amazing to see how many of our young and new campers received this award. That is an attribute to our veteran campers as they have set the good examples. The entire camp amazed me at how supportive they were when each award was given out. We've got a really rowdy group this year!

Five groups performed skits last night. Included in that group were the referees. They took some major risks last night. The majority of their skit was centered around Coach Alexander and all the little things that make Coach, Coach! Speaking of taking risks, Stanford had a good time making fun of my golf cart driving. Mostly the campers make fun of themselves. Anyone who hasn't been at camp all week wouldn't really "get" any of it. It's all good though... Great fun! In the end, the team with the best skit was Penn State. They won a pizza party last night. The entire camp cheers for the team with the best skit.  The team with the loudest cheers wins.

Our final business last night was to award the team with the cleanest rooms. Each day Mr. Hahnenburg visits every dorm room and assigns a score. The rooms are scored 1-5, 1 being the messiest. The campers are asked to make their bed, pick up trash and their dirty clothes. The room that is completely tidy, will get a 5. The scores are added up and the team with the highest score at the end of the week wins a pizza party. Last night it was a close race between Brown and Texas. By a margin of about 5 points, Texas was the winner and enjoyed the pizza.


It was a GOOOORGEOUS day yesterday. There was a nice breeze and sunshine all day. Wow, we'll take 15 more days like that please! The games were heating up though. The morning softball game between Texas and Ohio State went 10 innings. This game is normally only 7. The soccer match up between Duke and Texas mid morning didn't go into OT, but there was a last minute shot that put Texas up over Duke 4-3. In the evening session, Wake and Michigan played one overtime with Michigan coming out ahead 5-4. At one point, Wake led the game 4-1. It was an impressive come from behind win by the Wolverines. Hail to the Victors!

Today looks to be as beautiful as yesterday. Have a blessed day and enjoy your entire weekend.