Camp Simcha & Camp Simcha Special
Simcha Magic: Feel It In The Air!
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Well, first day is finally here!!!!
The first few campers have finally arrived! Greeted with music, singing, cheering, and fun, there is so much simcha in the air 🙂
We can’t wait for all the rest of the campers to come join the excitement!!!
#dayonehasbegun
Only three more days…
Camp Simcha Girls We’ll truly amaze,
Get ready for the best summer ever,
Creating memories that will last forever!
Can’t wait to see the girls of TWO ZERO ONE FIVE,
With you, Camp Simcha Special will surely thrive 🙂
#3days
— M
In just ONE week the staff of Camp Simcha Special will arrive in camp and excitedly await the arrival of our campers! A week from Sunday, the summer fun will start and we just can’t wait! Counting down the days, and words can’t describe the happiness we all feel- which will soon fill the campgrounds of Simcha. Hope to see everyone soon 🙂
#SevenDays!
–D
As the session begins, we would like to clarify some things about our Facebook galleries, public galleries on our website, and ParentSpace galleries.
If your child is photo-released “in camp only,” he will only appear in the ParentSpace gallery. Your child will not appear on Facebook, nor on the public side of the site. So if your child is a camper, go ahead and sign up for ParentSpace by clicking “REGISTER” at the top right corner of this page. Not only will you see more pictures (2x more pictures than on FB), but you will also be privy to ParentSpace exclusive videos, a special blog, the daily camp newsletter, camp schedule, and more!
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Our campers love getting e-mail! To send your camper an e-mail, include his NAME and BUNK NUMBER in the subject line of the e-mail. Please send all e-mails to mail@campsimcha.org. Unfortunately, we cannot download any attachments so please include all content in the body of your e-mail.
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Whew! By far the busiest day in camp! It’s 2 am as I write this, and the night is still young!
We started the day with an improv musical. An historic event, the is the first time in world history (or at least my limited knowledge thereof) where an entire musical production was improvised. With a basic idea on storyline, some amazing videos shot on green screen and a couple of dance routines practised bunch of times, the awesomely skilled cast pulled off a hilarious performance!
With lunch came another historic event, with Nosson celebrating his Bar Mitzva!
After lunch we were visited by 8th Day. They kept the crowd jumping with their lively songs, and of course we taught them our own, which they got really involved in!
The remaining time of the afternoon was spent finishing up all our projects and picking them up from all the workshops. With glass fusion, pottery, studio, arts & crafts etc. etc. there were a lot of things to pick up. Next question: How do we fit all these amazing creations into our suitcases?
The evening brought with it a scrumptious banquet. Great food, music and a whole bunch of cover songs featuring our talented campers.
Next stop was the social hall, where we cheered on the campers who graduated this year. 15 campers are moving on, with this being their last time in Camp Simcha Special. Each was presented with a digital photo frame with over 500 pictures each, with all the pictures taken of them in camp over their many years here, some pictures dating back to 2007 and even earlier. We also had a video interview with them, as each spoke of what he gained in camp, a message for current campers and inspiring words to the others graduating.
Next came the video called “Memories 2014.” The media guys have been pulling all-nighters the last few days, putting the final touches on their masterpieces, and the video definitely brought many tough guys to tears!
Next we headed to the hill for a slideshow and fireworks show. Finally the campers’ schedule ended with Dembi’s famous announcement of “campers: to bed.” Of course no-one was ready to waste the few remaining hours here on sleep! With a strong mix of emotions, we spent the time chilling together, strengthening the bonds between us and exchanging contact information.
Staff met at 11:45 pm. Dembi spoke for a while, and then there was an open mike opportunity, with whoever wanted to pitching in with their two cents. After the official meeting ended, informal discussion continued all around camp and in all likelihood will continue through the night until the buses pull away!
It’s been a great summer, (I would add some other superlatives, but none would do it justice, and I think I’ve used them all already. Go ahead, prove me wrong and find one I didn’t use!) and I look forward to seeing you again next year; same time, same place.
Be well
Yaakov
We woke up to a loud throbbing sound in the air. A quick look out the window confirmed that the day had finally arrived: a helicopter had arrived, and we would all get to go for a joyride!
It’s really cool to go up a couple thousand feet in the air! You can see for miles around, and during take-off and landing you get to see the whole camp from a birds eye view – literally!
After getting off the helicopters, we went straight to the lake for our next mode of transport: Jet-skis. Racing around the lake at top speed, hanging onto the driver for dear life! Nothing like an adrenaline rush to start the day!
After expriencing air and sea transport, we had to round off the day with a representative of land, so we had a major car wash. Those who have been following how things work ’round here can already guess that the cars were not the only things to get wet; with a slight sense of dÈj‡ vu, we jumped straight in and made sure to super-soak each other to the bone!
The teams were set, the battle lines drawn. Today was all about war, with the two competing sides in fierce battle for victory. The dining room was divided up, with red & blue streamers on one side, and black & yellow on the other. The team cheers continued without letup through the entire breakfast, and into the rest of the events.
We had major league gaga competitions, banana boat races and for the first time, we had a baseball game!
After lunch, a ceasefire was declared, and we gathered in the gym for an epic stunt show. The troupe stunned us with their amazing acrobatics, contorting themselves into tiny shapes, making human formations and pyramids, and even jumping rope while sitting on the floor!
Supper was another opportunity to excercise our vocal chords, with even more cheers.
As night fell, we assembled in the social hall for the grand finale, with team cheers, speeches and songs. After that, we had a hilarious set of skits, preformed and filmed by our super-talented counsellors and specialities.
The judges convened, the points were tallied up, and the winner is… the blue & red team.
As we made peace here, we pray that our friends in Israel should achieve real and lasting peace, ASAP!
The morning started off with a game of Totally Twisted Twister, which somehow involved and evolved into a colour run! Things seem to transmogrify quickly and crazily here!
After lunch, we got to shave our counsellors. They’ve been saving up their beards for the last few weeks, and today we gathered together for a mass clean-up! We even have a few newly-minted skinheads.
Supper arrived, with its customary dancing. Today however, there was a twist: one of the workshops here is rerecording/making cover versions, with the campers doing all the solos. Now we got to enjoy the fruit of their labour, dancing to the beat of their remixes.
From there, we went straight to the hall for a Camp Simcha Rave! They really went the whole nine yards here: there were black-lights, light-sticks, lasers and, of course, our very own DJ John at the deck.
By now, even we thought the day was so intense it must be over by now, time to head to bed, we were astonished to hear Dembi at the mike announcing the breakout of COLOUR WAR!!! Teams are Superman/Blue & Red/Kindness vs. Batman/Black & Yellow/Faith. After the themes were announced, the captains introduced and the teams divided up, it was time for the two teams to part ways and make their plans.
Find out tomorrow what happens to the wildest and happiest place in the world when they go to war.
