Our incredible camper pastry chefs are hard at work in the Sweet Shoppe, where they are decorating different foods and pastries. Chaya made a delicious-looking cookie. “I put frosting and chocolate chips on it,” she says, licking her fingers. Campers enjoy working with a variety of toppings – sprinkles, whipped cream, chocolate chips, and anything else you can imagine! And the best part… they get to eat them after!
Chicago Boys Acrobatic Team Visit Simcha
What an entertaining night activity! Campers and staff alike watched with gaping mouths as a group of acrobats, all the way from Chicago, did amazing acrobatic moves. The audience was ecstatic, clapping and cheering on the acrobats.
They astounded us with headstands and backflips across the room. We watched as one of the acrobats did six… seven… eight flips in the air! They jump-roped through double and triple jump-ropes. Superman (as they call one of the acrobats) jumped over six other acrobats! We couldn’t believe the show went by so quickly, but can’t wait for tomorrow’s exciting day!
Check out these clips of the Chicago Boys!
Talent Show
After a mini talent show yesterday, we had an even more fabulous one today! Every camper has something special to offer, and this was surely the forum to do so! What a great opportunity for each girl to express herself through her gifts and forte.
Only in Camp Simcha Special do we have such talented pianists like Shira, Lily, Sara, and Tehila! We also had Rebecca on the guitar, and Hannah on the flute. Everyone was quite impressed with Ashley and Shaindy’s gymnastics – who can do such cool headstands, back-flips, and splits?! It was incredible to watch and listen to Chayala read The Cat in the Hat in braille. Different bunks also got up and together all the campers cheered and sang and danced. Bunk 17 even made up a comedy skit which kept us all laughing for some time! (Mazal tov to Pessy and Blimy!)
The campers beamed as they received their “Oscar awards” (as in “Oscar the Grouch” from Sesame Street, get it?) and their counselors were very proud of them. Everyone could feel the campers’ joy of being the center of attention for those few moments on stage. Thank you to everyone who performed, and congratulations – you were great!
Cookie Monster Race
In the Sesame Street spirit, Rachel and Libby came up on stage and sang their favorite Sesame Street songs. Then, Gittel, Hindy, Zlatie, Chumie, and Yentie were all called up to the stage and each got three cookies which they raced to finish. The tension was rising as each camper gobbled down her cookies. After just a few minutes, we had a winner… Chumie was crowned Cookie Monster! Another round of the race called up Chana, Ahuva, Malka Bracha, and Rini and crowned Ahuva as Cookie Monster!
Workshop Watch: Candle-making
The Simcha Spot, surrounded by trees and wildlife, creates a perfect atmosphere for a candle-making activity. Campers choose the exact specifications of their candles – from colors, to scents, to shapes. From start to finish, the candles are created entirely on their own! Ziva says, “I love seeing all the displays and colors, and the carved candles are especially amazing! It’s also run by my favorite person!”
Learning groups
At our first session of learning groups, we played a get-to-know-you game, in which staff members and campers introduced themselves and told everyone their favorite things. Looking forward to more fun and inspiration during learning groups!
Circus night
Everyone headed to the Social Hall for a night full of fun with Laura and Michael’s Garage Circus! We watched as Michael balanced across a tightrope, juggled, and rode a mini bicycle. He even made things disappear! His assistant Laura swung in the air holding only a ribbon from the ceiling. The campers faces lit up from excitement as they waved their circus light-up sticks in the air. Michael and Laura called up campers to help them do some magic tricks. Racheli felt the thrill of sitting on top of Michael’s shoulders way up high and then while he rode a unicycle. Molly and Shira kept their balance walking all the way across the tightrope. Even head counselor Rivky Schwartz got up on stage and did a balancing act for us. The circus did magic for the campers as they got a chance to be in the spotlight!
Parade marches through camp!
During “chill time,” staff members dressed up as animals marched through camp in floats decorated as cages. Campers followed behind in golf karts pulled by our caravan-tractor. All were enthusiastic, waving, smiling, and cheering to all as they passed by other camp members.
Camp Simcha has Talent!
A fabulous talent show ended off our lunch. We had dancers, singers, gymnasts, jugglers, and more! Yenti and Zlatie each performed amazing dancing acts. Talia sang a beautiful song. Katie and Rachel performed a duet wheelchair trick. Ahuva astounded us with her gymnastic acts, doing cartwheels and headstands across the stage. Dani and Elana kept us laughing with their funny knock-knock jokes. All performing campers received clown noses as prizes!
First activities!
After a good night’s sleep, everyone was ready for an awesome first day of activities. First stop: the darkroom. Exciting things are going on in the dark, but that’s ok because Camp Simcha campers aren’t afraid of the dark! Choosing their own letters, shapes, and pictures, campers used special machines and chemicals to turn plain white papers into masterpieces. The Goldin Girlz had a pow wow first activity, where they also enjoyed a game of “two truths and a lie.” On their way to a mosaics activity, the Chummy Chums made up a cool cheer. Looks like there’s a lot of creativity happening in the scrapbooking room! Campers worked with colored paper, stickers, puff paint, ribbons, and more, to capture their summer experiences.
What do the campers have to say after just a few hours? Malky S. says, “Well, I’m making lots of friends and I love swimming and boating!” She plans on going swimming four times today! Rina K. is most excited for tonight’s night activity, so hang in there for updates on that tonight!
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