Wow, what an eventful day! Where to begin?
After a delicious lunch, Camp Simcha Special got ready to welcome all of the amazing bike riders who rode all the way up to camp! CSS hired a special DJ for the event and set up a stage, too. Campers and staff members, still dressed in their hippie costumes, sang and danced while they waited for the bikers to arrive.
It started to drizzle outside, but nobody seemed to notice because they were too excited about welcoming the bikers. Even when it started to rain harder, everyone continued to cheer, sing, and dance with their never-ending spirit and liveliness. Campers, staff members, and visitors who came to cheer on the bikers moved to the side, making a clear path for the bikers to come through.
And finally, after what seemed like more than a year, they arrived!!! One by one, about 100 bikers, all geared up and wearing Camp Simcha “Le Tour de Simcha” t-shirts, rode through the entrance past the finish line! Hooray!!! CSS could not stop cheering.
Everyone gathered in the gym to watch a few small performances by our special campers. First, the campers, along with some specialties, did an “Indian Dance,” followed by a campers’ dance to the theme song of the summer, “Have Fun While We’re Young.” All of the staff joined in and danced along with them, doing all the motions. Afterward, Dalia sang a beautiful Camp Simcha version to “Never Alone,” and then a second time, after the audience yelled, “Encore, encore, we want an encore!”
The bikers were then escorted into a large tent outside where they were able to change and eat delicious food, while the rest of CSS watched an incredible magic show in the gym! The magician had so many cool tricks to show us! We could not figure out how he kept turning the red cards into black ones! And where did that 12th card come from? Didn’t Chayala count 11?
And the fun didn’t end there, it was only the beginning! Next came the amazing, rockin’ concert starring…. BENNY FRIEDMAN! Yes, the one and only Benny Friedman who sings “Yeish Tikvah!” Disco balls were lighting up the social hall as we danced to booming music and sang on top of our lungs. The walls and floor were shaking as we jumped up and down excitedly.
Today was definitely a fun day!