Camp Simcha & Camp Simcha Special
Simcha Magic: Feel It In The Air!
The Mexican activity fair was truly a blast! There were endless options of activities…Moroccan painting, metal drafting, poncho making and pocket sewing. Everything was a hit and came out so beautifully!!
Afterwords Chaya Leeba took me downstairs to show me her favorite activity- Polymer Clay making! There were clay minions and hello kitties! They looked absolutely gorgeous.
Stay tuned for more to come!!
Finally a sunny beautiful day here in camp Simcha! The campers had a chance to go out onto the lake, the boat, jump into the pool, and many many more fun filled outdoor activities! At lunch we celebrated Renees birthday with a Gorgeous cake designed as Olaf, from Frozen. Dancing, cheering and singing away was such a blast! According to schedule there is fun mexican decorating activity which everyone is looking forward to! Thank goodness for this gorgeous weather and we can’t wait for it to continue 🙂
When we walked into the dining room today, it was as if we were transported to Another country!!! With sobreros, colorful flags, and rainbow ponchos decorating the floor ceiling and walls, one really felt as if they were in MEXICO! With a delicious breakfast (as per usual) the mexican theme was in the air. Even one of our very own camp Simcha campers- who is from Mexico city, spoke a bit of Spanish for us! Then there was another raffle this morning and Zloty and Yemina won a prize! It was an exciting morning for everyone, and can’t wait to see what else is in store for the rest of the day 😉
For night activity we were privileged to watch authentic Chinese dancers! Dressed up in amazing costumes, they performed the sword dance, lion dance, napkin, fan, red ribbion, and other beautiful dances! Even a mongolian old age dance! It was gorgeous to watch and really learn about the Chinese culture.
After the dances, 7 lucky campers were chosen to get up on stage in front of the entire camp simcha special to learn and perform the ribbon dance themselves!
Cant wait to see what else is in store for tomorrow and what exciting things we will have!
Tonight after a delicious Chinese dinner we had an incredible ” Hannah Montana” Concert by our very own camper Hope! She was incredible and we were all singing and dancing along. The Campers were met with a “Challenge” along their way around the word! Four campers were called up to complete this challenge, one per division. They had to see who was the fastest of eating with chop sticks! At the sound of the gong, each camper had to race and each applesauce with chopsticks! It was so much fun to watch and cheer our friends on. It was a close race! We were on our toes seeing who would win. However in the end it was Rachel who was the winner with Sarah as a second place, and third and fourth winners in close pursuit.
Just after it was the division heads turn to be challenged! They had to eat edamames with chopsticks! Now that was a sight to see. With the crowd cheering on their heads it was crazy to see. And they had to each eat every single bean! The winner was Shaindel, of the youngest division.
Next up, each camper throughout the day collected tickets. And just now there was a raffle for 4 prizes all made in china! Each camper had a “Chinese Auction” to have a chance of winning a prize maybe even for the whole division! Each camper got a gorgeous Chinese painting personalized with their name and a special picture. We even got to learn a few words in Chinese!
Back to the auction, Paige won Chinese fans for her whole division! The next winner, Gabby, won Chinese Yo yos! For Chaya Malka, she won also Chinese Fans for the purple division! And for the last prize, Chayala won Chinese bracelets with hearts on them!
That was an incredibly fun-filled auction, and night activity hasn’t even started yet!
Today was china day!! The dining room was decorated GORGEOUSLY with Chinese lanterns and dragons. When we walked in (from a long day of rain and training) Becca and her counselor Nechama were painting Chinese fans and umbrellas! Becca couldn’t wait to tell me about her day!: “I did candle making, I got a janga wall stacked around me! Best part of my day was going on the mini carrousel. Even though it was raining I had so so so much fun. I played and danced a lot in the rain! It was really exciting, china day, making decorations and fans and whatnot.” This is Becca’s third year in Camp Simcha Special and she can’t wait to have more “travels around the world”!
Another incredible camper I talked to, was Rivka Bracha. “Best part of today? I don’t even know, there was just so much!! Baking was really so fun even though it was messy. We explored the costume closet and running around down the mountain! We also made fortune cookies today and even got to wrote our own fortunes! And then I got to keep my own cookie 🙂 Not only that, but there were face painters today to do our makeup. I just love everything here, especially the dancing at meals.” (This is our campers sixth year in camp so she really knows the ropes!)
What a great morning it was here in Camp Simcha Special. Can’t wait to keep you all posted!
Today after a long fun filled day of music and jumping, Simcha day one is coming to a close. After our wonderful night activity concert the sun is setting over the gorgeous camp lake! Can’t wait for more excitement tomorrow!
#dayonecomingtoaclose
Most of the busses have finally arrived! The campers have been checked in and heading off to exciting activities.
“Greetings were awesome! I was hugged by so many people and the dancing was awesome”. This is a great start to an incredible session!!
Can’t wait for more of this fun 🙂
#dayonehasbegun
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
