As I write to you, the last of the Farm Arts III and Rock Farm III campers have left camp to return home for the remainder of the summer. The tone around campus is bittersweet for both staff and campers. Obviously, campers are mourning the departure of their cabin-mates and new (or old!) friends. As a counselor, I also find myself very sad about the Farm and Rock campers leaving. Yes, true, I do have a week left here in which I'll be working quite intensely with my cast of "The Wiz" (who, in case you were wondering, are still completely fantastic!), but I also felt that I got to know the Farm and Rock campers more than ever this summer, and camp just doesn't seem the same without them all here. Perhaps it was because I sat at a meal table with two Rock Intensive campers, Ezra A. and Dante S., who constantly made me laugh, and really taught me a lot about how hard they worked this session for their phenomenal Band Night. I can't even tell you how incredibly proud I was to watch them make amazing music last night.
Additionally, as the title of this post suggests, Band Night followed our Music and Dance Concert on Thursday evening. It was beautiful. The dances were intriguing and thought-provoking, the choral and instrumental music pieces sounded wonderful, and the musical theater scenes made the audience laugh and sing along. It was a truly enjoyable show.
Congratulations to campers and staff involved in both productions!More soon,
Elizabeth C.
Ballibay Blogger
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