Camp Lingo

In order to blend in with all of us down at EYMC, here is some vocabulary that you should be familiar with.

• FOBBY - Flat on your bunk by yourself / Flat on your back by yourself
  Time after lunch to rest and re-cooperate so that everyone can be ready for the excitement of the afternoon.

• SHAFT - Super Happy Awesome Fun Time
  All the high school age campers meet to talk and bond, while the younger campers play games on the field.

• White Sock- Every day our co-deans will inspect the cabins, and during lunch they announce the winner of the White Sock award. This is very competitive, as the winner of the White Sock will get a free canteen item, the privilege of being first in line to canteen, as well as an actual white sock to display in their cabin.

• No Hands Dessert- This is exactly what it sounds like. Campers will often compete to see who can eat their dessert the fastest without using their hands. (And who can get the messiest face.)

• Activity time vs. Free time - While both are chances for campers to relax in the afternoon, these are two different things. Activity time is where there are specific activities that the campers have to chooses from such as swimming in the pool, playing basketball, swing dancing, and arts and crafts. Free time is less structured, giving the campers a chance to just hang out. This time is also when the canteen is open, and we can buy candy, snacks, and EYMC gear.

Also:

• When a time is announced, a proper response to "Be ready for lunch at 12." is "No Way Man, 11:55" This is to remind people to be EARLY.

EYMC Leadership Team Dance

Here is a video of the LT using a bit of musical theater magic to teach an important lesson at the talent show.

Videos

Would you like to see more of the camp experience?

Juli has been taking pictures and videos and posting them on Facebook and YouTube.

Links here: Facebook and YouTube

Toads and Frogs, oh my.

The basketball activity time came to a complete stop when a frog was seen in the runoff from the water slide... It was HUGE according to once camper. We all gathered around and looked at the frog. About 5 minutes later, a HUGE tree toad was found in the water slide. This one was more colorful with yellow on the legs and a lighter green back. This toad even got to ride around Reed's shoulder for a while.

Cabin 1

Cabin 1 is composed of eight 6th and 7th grade girls. ON day 1 they created a hanging mobile of ribbon, lace, streamers, and buttons to make the cabin less stark.

They kept up the tradition of winning the coveted white sock award on Monday!

All the girls are still excited to be here and getting along great, reenforced by the daily themes in christian formation. They are looking forward to the talent show tonight where they plan on doing a cabin skit.

Rain or Shine

Monday night's activity...

Every night after dinner there is a special activity, Monday we had the LT Hunt.

In past years, the Leadership Team and some members of staff would position themselves around the camp. Monday it was raining on and off while we were eating so everything was wet and it was ready to rain again.

The awesome program staff adjusted things and now the LT and Staff were spread throughout the main lodge.

Each cabin was given a list of unique facts. The cabins, as a team had to guess which unique fact went with which person.

The catch: the cabin must act, mime, motion, or whatever it takes other than talking to the LT.

So it would go something like this...

1. cabin moves together as a group (or is wrangled) to find an LT that is available.
2. cabin chooses a fun fact from the sheet that they think belongs to the LT.
3. cabin members, without taking, do what ever it takes to clue the LT into understanding what they are doing. (after many different attempts)
4. LT figures out what they are acting out and says 'yes, they chose the right one' or 'no'. Sometimes you get more than one turn.
5. the cabin team moves on to another LT until the time runs out.

Here are some of the clues. You may want to ask your camper about it.

• Garrison Keillor was my dinner mate.
• Last month I was hiking in the Alps
• Two medium pizzas in one sitting is my style.
• I have a black belt.
• If I were a fruit, I would be an orange.
• Onomatopoeia is my favorite word.
• Zip-lining in 3 countries is my fame.
• I have ridden a dolphin.
• ...

No LT members were hurt during the LT hunt...

Photo Album

The pictures in the photo album have started being updated.

Pictures are grouped by day.

If, when you click on photo album, you get a blank page, try right clicking and choosing open in a new window, or, type in the link directly: https://picasaweb.google.com/EpiscopalYouthMusic/