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The Smiling Industry

July 15, 2016Leave a Comment

It seems the entire Camp Simcha population has entered into another dimension – somewhere between Jacob’s Gym and the Arts ‘n Crafts Pavilion – we’ve discovered a yellow world brimming with Emoji Goji’s EVERYWHERE! Emoji throw pillows styled and decorated by our very own campers, yellow props, a major emoji volley ball game and emoji goji galleries where our photographers have captured every smirk, smile and pose.

If you’ve ever wondered which lucky trend-setters actually get to design new emojis, here’s a teeny tiny secret… At Camps Simcha central, deep within our emoji headquarters, our very own girls are working on top secret projects creating brand new facial expressions for the world! Armed with sacs of fluff, layers of glue, boxes of decorative accessories and a whole lot of yellow, our emoji making industry is booming this summer! Emoji goji’s everywhere!

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All Hands on Deck!

July 14, 2016Leave a Comment

Soapy spuds and Foamy Fantasies have been rocking our ship decks all afternoon long, making for some serious deep sea thrills! Our very first special activity of the summer involved a super-sized swimming pool brimming with…FOAM! We watched as it climbed the walls of Jacob’s Gym, overflowing onto the basketball court and we were all in the splash zone! Along with some mid-afternoon bubble madness, our girls were busy at work in the Candle Shop, the Pottery Corner, and a shipload of other workshops including canvas painting, baking and soap making. Schedules are packed and under-the-sea night activities on their way…

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Think of a Number From 1 to 10…

July 13, 2016Leave a Comment

Step right up ladies and gentleman, step right up. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, welcome to the spectacular, the amazing “David Levitan The Mentalist,” in his first time performance on Camp Simcha grounds!

We wrapped up our first night with some mind reading madness, applauding for some daring campers who volunteered to have their minds probed as part of the nighttime entertainment. Mr. Levitan was a card tricking, mind reading comedian as he guessed phone numbers, drew pictures based on stolen thoughts and floored us with his humor. With our first action-packed color storm starting tomorrow, this is Camp Simcha signing off for the night.

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Meet ‘n Greets

July 13, 2016Leave a Comment

Theme song – Check!

Dance moves – Check!

Unpacked – …Well…

Much of our afternoon was spent learning the steps to our Color Crazed theme song, unpacking, catching up with old camp friends, unpacking and getting to know each other. And still unpacking. Camp is a two week non-stop colored-crazy marathon and we’ve hit the floor running, settling into our bunkhouses while the very first night activity is set to begin very soon.

A Giant Welcome to all of our campers and staff!

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Color-Coded Countdown

July 13, 2016Leave a Comment

This is not a drill. REPEAT! This is not a drill.

Camp Simcha 2016 is officially rolling!

Schedules have been finalized, last farewells hastily thrown from bus windows, and stashes of anticipation carefully taped and labeled set to arrive at Glen Spey, New York any minute now! Our staff members and campers alike have been counting down the days until our spectacular Color-Crazed summer swings into motion.

Camp Simcha, we are officially on the clock…

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in 5…4…3…2…1…!!!

The Secret to Goodbyes

July 10, 2016Leave a Comment

We are a wonderful lot of “goodbye procrastinators!” We’ve managed to spend an entire evening singing with Dalia Uziel who showed up for a surprise dinner concert while the waitresses popped in with a hip-hop flash mob! We’ve posed for last minute pictures, admired the black and red decor set up for our final banquet freckled with wands, balloons and card-suits center pieces. And still, we haven’t managed to say our goodbyes. Or maybe, we just aren’t trying hard enough. Either way, our banquet was followed by a ceremonial session in the social hall where we said our tremendous “Thank-you’s” to our dedicated staff and watched the culmination of our color-saturated craze this session put together by Malky, our Video Media Head, Meryl and Dina, our videographers and Rochel and Michelle, our video editors. A huge shout out to the entire Media Department for their efforts and devotion this entire session! And still, amidst the memories, the moment by moment reminiscing, we just haven’t found a spare moment for goodbyes. Our final event of the night, a sky full of fire works, welcomed in our very last night of Camp Simcha Special and still, we procrastinated our goodbyes. Maybe the true magic of Camp Simcha is that every single one of our girls knows that there really is no such thing as goodbyes. Just, “See ya laters” and a sweep of a red cape, and a swap of magic dust and a black hat full of memories.

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Magic Tricks on the Dance Floor

July 10, 2016Leave a Comment

Just as lunch was winding down, with the wave of a wand, they pulled a fast one on us. Eli Gerstner was there, suddenly, in a flash of music and red curtains, singing with our campers on their final Camp Simcha day! Counselors and campers alike quickly hit the dining room dance floor, still wondering how our head staff members managed to pack in yet another hat-trick into these last very magical moments.

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The Backstage Hustle

July 7, 2016Leave a Comment

In honor of our Great Big Apple day, our Camp Simcha Special stars will be hitting the Broadway stage! All afternoon, actresses have been practicing their songs, staff members adjusting costumes and lighting and makeup artists applying the final touches. For the very first time ever in Camp Simcha special history, we present to you our very own performance of The Little Mermaid! A New York sized thank you to all of our staff members who are, at this very moment, working behind the scenes to arrange props and rehearse lines with our superstars. Looking forward to opening night…

 

“The World’s Greatest Finish Line”

July 6, 2016Leave a Comment

They’re finally here! All 175 of our Tour De Simcha bikers have made it across The World’s Greatest Finish Line! They came flying in amidst a whirlwind of simcha cheers, pounding music and the acknowledgement  that they had actually done it! Despite their long travels, these phenomenal women managed to bounce right into the Simcha action, dancing with our girls as we congratulated their achievements. It’s off to the gym for a well deserved award ceremony and stupendous presentation from our campers.

Wishing all of the riders today a gigantic Simcha-sized CONGRATULATIONS!

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And The Winner Is…!

July 5, 2016Leave a Comment

TEAM BLUE!!!

 

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CONGRATULATIONS to our Blue Team! We knew you could do it!

P.S While the Blue Team has claimed the official win, we know that every single one of our girls made this day stupendous with her individual efforts. We would like to thank each and every one of our colorific campers for writing lyrics, painting banners, cheering down the roof and bringing simcha and excitement to this year’s Color War! You truly are the stars of Camp Simcha Special.

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Camp Simcha is dedicated in memory of Dr. Samuel Abraham. Camp Simcha Special is dedicated in memory of Zvi Dovid Obstfeld.

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