Dinner was a beautiful, lavish banquet set up like a wedding. We had all different types of meat and chicken and all sorts of delicious food.
After dinner we sat around the stage in the center of the dining room, and we had a special graduation for all our graduates this year: Melanie C., Frannie C., Shira G., Elisheva F., Samara and Molly Z., Dalia O., Chedva and Nechama K., and Chaya Fraydel. Each graduate sat on the stage and got a chance to say her goodbye speech and her thank you’s to everyone, and we all cheered for them. Tears were streaming down many of our faces because their speeches were so emotional and beautiful.
We will miss each and every one of you so much, and you will always be in our thoughts. We wish you much success in all your future endeavors. We love you!
We walked to the social hall afterward to hear the rest of the thank you’s, and the nurses and medical staff put on a hilarious and talented dance on stage. Finally, we watched an INCREDIBLE video made by our very own CSS video staff! It was about an hour of beautiful videos, pictures, and memories throughout these past two weeks, going in order of the days of the week. Day by day, theme by theme. Once again, we cried and laughed and applauded! Wow, thank you to all our amazing videographers who put that together!
And the night continued! We all gathered on the lawn facing the lake to watch gorgeous fireworks set up by our very own Bency Brown. “Somebody call Bency Brown, fireworks are burnin’ in Camp Simcha, whoooooa!!” They started off small, and ended off bigger and brighter and more beautiful than ever. Music played in the background, and the timing was perfect because it flowed so well with the fireworks that got bigger and smaller. All the campers got glow-in-the-dark Camp Simcha sticks to wave in the air during the fireworks. At the end of the fireworks, we heard a goodbye song from the head counselors, and then we danced in the middle of the grass.
This summer was truly an amazing one, and we don’t want to go home. We will miss you all dearly, and we love you!!