Author: Elissa

Today was a great day full of regular activities but most everyone opted out of their schedule to practice for Girls Sing and Boys Lip Sync which are both coming up soon. All across camp you saw divisions of campers working together and practicing their moves.  There is deep camp tradition with Girls Sing and Boys Lip Sync and the campers know what is on the line. Watching them practice is as good as watching the real show. Today at center camp, our Super Boys (9^th graders) were practicing their routine and having a ball as they laughed harder than they danced but what caught my attention were the freshman boys just sitting and watching in awe. This is where it happens, where our youngest kids begin to see what life is like as a older camper. It’s as if our youngest campers have been handed the baton, to see that it’s cool to dance in center camp in front of everyone. When you see the look our young campers faces as they watch the older kids, you could see the spark of magic in their eyes as they know one day, that will be them.

It was a great day of games in and out of camp. We are proud of our athletes for always playing with great sportsmanship and the love of the game.

Girls 2^nd/3^rd/4^th Soccer – CAW 1 vs. Tioga 0

Girls 7^th Grade Basketball – CAW 26 vs. Starlight 16

Girls 7^th Grade Soccer – CAW 6 vs. Lohikan 0

Girls 8^th Grade Softball – CAW 21 vs. Lohikan 0

Boys 7^th Grade Basketball – CAW 37 vs. Equinunk 39

Tonight was all about our Chenny Idol Finale. The top 5 finalists put on quite a show. The competition was fierce as each vocalist deserved to be up there and they sang their heart out. Each contestant knew they were vying for the big prize; a gold star in School of Rock that will forever memorialize the mark they left at Chenny and a stretch party limo for them and their entourage (bunk) as they head out to dinner and a night they will never forget. The audience was singing along with each performance and voting was tough but in the end there was one winner and this years Chenny Idol is JULIA BROMLEY. She sang beautifully and with such meaning. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as she so emotionally conveyed her feelings with every note. It was a spectacular magical night in which we all witnessed something very special.

 

Chenny out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a brunch wake up today and we all truly enjoyed the extra sleep. After loving our lazy morning, it was off to the Carnival for one amazing fun day. There was dunk tanks, carnival games, water slides, human foosball, inflatable obstacle courses, snow cones, cotton candy and so much more. The highlight at today’s carnival was without a doubt the Gaming Truck we brought in. Twenty-six kids at a time escaped the heat and played inside this state of the art truck loaded with X box 360 video games. Definitely the coolest attraction of the day and the kids took full advantage of it.  Just an old fashioned fun day with sticky faces from all that cotton candy.

We were able to get a few games in between the carnival fun.

Girls 3^rd/4^th/5^th Grade Softball –CAW 12 vs. Weequahic 2

Girls 8^th Grade Tennis – CAW 0 vs. Tyler Hill 5

Boys 6^th Grade Basketball – CAW 25 vs. Tyler Hill 21

We continued the fun into tonight’s evening activity with Wild and Wacky Races. We threw rubber chickens into pots, got pied in the face, played name that tune and giant word scrambler and of course some of us got slimmed. Can you imagine in one day we played at a carnival then spent the night getting pied in the face.

What an awesome day we had. It’s days like this that makes us never want to grow up. Why would we? The days of homework, tests, college applications, crazy after school schedules, Hebrew school and the daily stress we feel for 10 months, just don’t exist here. Here we spend the day eating snow cones and trying hit the bulls eye to dunk our favorites counselors. The biggest stress of the day was trying decide which prize we wanted after cashing in all our tickets we got at the carnival.. Today was a gift in giant proportions. #feelinggrateful

Chenny Out

 

 

We all love being at camp but leaving on our excursions is over the top fun and today definitely delivered.

Our Cherokee Campers (Freshman, Juniors and Middies) spent their day at Leahy’s Fun Zone and played arcade games, went go-karting, had a ball in the batting cages and loved the incredible mini-golf course. Then just when the campers thought it couldn’t get much better than that, it was off to the bowling alley. After bowling and having a blast it was back to camp for dinner. We packed so much into today for our Cherokee campers and they loved every minute of it.

Mohikan Campers (Inters & Collegiates) spent today cooling off at Camel Beach. It was water ride after water ride and we had some very happy Mohikan campers today. The sun was hot but we were cool.  As the sun set, it was dinner at the park then back to camp.  What could better than that? Not much.

Navajo Campers (Seniors, Supers & GC’s) spent their day at Cooperstown. Not only did they visit the Baseball Hall of Fame but they made it more exciting with a preplanned all Chenny scavenger hunt in the museum. It was an absolutely amazing day spent with absolutely amazing people.  They got to explore the cute town in Cooperstown, ate and shopped. Trips like these are awesome but doing them with your friends makes the remarkable.

A privilege to be a Wanderer is that they get to decide where they go on Tuesdays so they all agreed and started their day at Bingham’s for breakfast then it was off the The Crossings and Windsors for dinner. And to top off the night, they went to the movies. There was little down time today and why should there be? Our Wanderers want to take advantage of every minute as they are at the mid-way mark to their very last summer as a camper.

We didn’t post yesterday’s scores to the tons of games our Chenny athletes played.  So the following results were from yesterday.

Girls 6^th Grade Soccer – CAW 0 vs. Morasha 2

Girls 8^th Grade Softball – CAW 17 vs. Shoshanim

Boys 3^rd/4^th Basketball – CAW 18 vs. Starlight 27

Boys 6^th 7^th Grade Tennis- CAW vs. Tyeler Hill – CAW Lost 6^th & 7^th Grade doubles but won 6^th and 7^th Grade singles

Boys 7^th Grade Soccer – CAW 4 vs. Lavi 1

Boys 9^th Grade Tennis – CAW 3 vs. Westmont 2

Boys 10^th/11^th Grade Volleyball – Single Day Tourney at Island Lake. Chenny lost in the finals to Indian Head by 2 points. We played phenomenally and had a great time.

Boys 10^th/11^th Grade Soccer – CAW 4 vs. Indian Head 8

As we all enjoyed our day and were separated by where we all went, in the end we all came back together and are safely back in our summer home. As much fun as today was, we all are looking forward to our day tomorrow with a brunch wake-up followed by CARNIVAL!!!!!! Each day is better than next here.

It’s lights out and all campers are sleeping soundly. There is nothing better than a camp full of safe and sound sleeping campers that just spent a whole day enjoying themselves.

Chenny Out

 

 

 

 

It was a hot one today so most of our activities were focused around getting wet and in the water. The pool and lake were the place to be today and campers loved every minute of it. When the heat rises, nothing is better than spending your day in your swimsuit. The Zone was a busy place as well as water balloon fights all day long. It was a just an amazing fun day full of happy wet campers.

If you haven’t gotten into the rainbow loom craze, its here and it’s in full force. We have tons of sets in Arts & Crafts for campers to use and create great bracelets and necklaces. I sat with a group of girls who were making them for their counselors and was inspired by a conversation between the girls. As they were each making a bracelet for the counselors, they were discussing how much they loved and adored them and as one camper so beautifully stated, “I want to make my counselor as happy and she makes me.” This struck a cord and is the essence of that wonderful relationship that occurs between camper and counselor. Where in life can a young person receive an uninterrupted amount of positive attention from an 18-22 year old? This friendship provides such guidance and comfort and is so different from any other relationship. Our counselors are there for your children. They listen to them without judgment, they are present and patient and they can get your kids to make their bed for 7 weeks with ease. A fete that is difficult for us parents but they do it with effortless enthusiasm. So these campers got it, they knew how special their counselors are and those rainbow loom bracelets weren’t just a combination of colored rubber bands but instead they represented a symbol of gratitude for this very special friendship.

We all got dressed up in our coolest Bohemian hipster outfits and rocked out tonight at this evening’s mid summer social. It was East Village meets Brooklyn and we were chillin’. The music was bumpin’ and we danced the night away. It was one awesome night. We Cha Cha Slided then Harlem Shaked and of course we Cotton Eye Joed. The party was awesome and the campers had an absolute blast. Oh what a night, a perfect summer night…

Chenny Out

 

It was right back to the fun after one amazing visiting day. There is a sense of calmness or maybe the word I’m looking for is better defined as comfort but the feeling here we are all experiencing is just the feeling of being home. This is our home for the next 4 weeks and we have all beautifully settled in and created a true safe haven here. There are no pressures or chaos just opportunities to grow and expand ourselves. There is in abundance of support and creative outlets. There is a safety net here and we catch those who fall.

As a Middy boy tried the trapeze for the first time today, you could see his hesitation and nerves but he mustered up all his strength and headed up that ladder. He reached out and trusted the circus counselor who had a hold of his harness as he reached out to grab the bar. With one deep breath, he stepped off the ledge and flew. Like this experience of camp, he trusted someone else to hold him when he was frightened and then after soaring back and forth on that giant trapeze, he let go and that huge net below provided safety as he dropped. That net is all of us here. We are each a piece of the net that catches each other. It so easy to see how in the past 3 weeks we have all unplugged, connected to each other and have provided that human connection that makes us better people.

Our athletes had a fun day of games today as one camper perfectly said it all after losing her soccer game, “I’ve never had so much fun loosing a game.”

Girls 7^th Grade LAX – CAW 8 vs. Indian Head 6

Girls 8^th Grade Soccer – CAW 11 vs. Island Lake 0

Girls 9^th Grade Tennis – CAW 3 vs. Lavi 2

Girls 10^th 11^th Grade Soccer – CAW 2 vs. Wayne 6

Boys 4^th/5^th/6^th Grade LAX – CAW 4 vs Wayne 6 * Wayne forfeited this game due to tournament rules they violated – CAW moves on to quarter finals

Boys 9^th Grade Baseball – CAW 15 vs. Lohikan 0

Boys 10^th/11^th Grade Basketball – CAW 55 vs. Morasha 70

Boys 10^th /11^th Grade Soccer – CAW 4 vs. Indian Head 9

It was Chenny Idol Fever tonight as our Top 5 finalists were announced. Congratulations to our amazing vocalists her at Chenny.  You are one step closer to being named Chenny Idol 2013

 

Julia Bromley

Daniel Gur

Ally Heller

Max Rovner & Matt Leviss

Carly Wills, Cami Oresky, Alexis Ash, Maci Rubenstein & Amanda Behrens

We spent tonight watching our annual Powder Puff Game; GC’s vs. Wanderers. It was an awesome night under the stars relaxing watching our most spirited powder puff game ever. The game was fun, intense and entertaining and ended in a tie. Just another amazing day at our favorite place we call home.

Chenny Out