“I’m old on the outside, but young on the inside.” Simon looked around. “That means that even though on the outside I’m a grown-up man, inside I’m just like you,” he pointed to a young camper in the front. “A little girl.” Steve Max, aka Simon Sez, engaged the camp in the Social Hall both with both his complex routines and his comedy.
First, he called Chaya and Keren up, and Simon Sed they had to “give a mean serious face” (which turned out to be a little harder than they expected).
Then, Simon called up a group of campers to sing the words “Camp Simchaaaaaaaaaaa,” dragging out the line as long as possible, until they ran out of breath, as he demonstrated. As it turned out, he was able to not only keep the whole camp laughing with his comic entertainment, but amuse us with his operatic singing voice as well. Some of the campers’ lung capacities were very impressive as well!
Next, all the campers lined up to receive an individual short challenge from Simon. Bombarded with a rapid-fire stream of commands, hands flew everywhere, following what Simon Sed: “SimonSezup-SimonSezdown-SimonSeznose-SimonSezears-SimonSeznose-SimonSezears-SimonSeznose-SimonSezears-SimonSezchin-SimonSezbelly-SimonSezup-SimonSezdown…Beeeeeeautifulll Tov Meooohd,” he crooned.
Finally, the whole hall stood up (as Simon Sed), and had a floor-shaking dance party! The show ended off with the camp singing along to “Weeeee Are The Chaaaaampions.” A huge shout-out to Steve Max (and his Bubby) and rock on Simcha Champions!!
-T