The final stretch of camp is full of excitement! Every day is a new adventure, and the best part is that most of this time is spent together as a full camp community.
This past week, on Thursday evening, all of camp was a buzz preparing and coordinating outfits for the most lyrically Ludacris night of camp, SING. For days, campers of all ages worked hard to rewrite songs with camp-specific lyrics and practiced their songs to perform in front of camp. Each year, campers and staff reminisce about their favorite SING songs from past years and how they can create a memorable performance. While Session 1 provided great performances and tough competition, the CITs emerged as the victors and they got to add their name to the plaque noting each winner of SING. And if you are wondering how the CITs intend to celebrate their success, I can assure you these 7-week campers have their sights set on hoisting the plaque again for Session 2 SING.
Right at this very second at camp, it’s Avengers-accabiah! The CITs/Summer 2023 Session 1 SING Champions announced to all of camp the start of our Maccabiah/Color War competition today! Throughout today and tomorrow, each camper will compete in a variety of competitions to earn points for their team and after all the competition is completed, the plaques created by campers for this year’s theme will hang in Habima with all the other Maccabiah plaques from prior years, officially becoming part of Capital Camps history.
Tuesday evening, Maccabiah will come to a conclusion and a winner will be announced. By Wednesday morning, camp will return to normal but with a different energy. We will get to enjoy watching this summer’s Camp Show and the special dinner of Banquet planned by our 9th graders in Kaufmann Village.
Each summer and each session we get to enjoy these special all-camp events. What I enjoy the most is the ruach, or energy, campers bring to these competitions. Whether they are cheering for their village during SING, their team for Maccabiah, or cabin-mates for the Camp Show, when all of camp comes together for these special programs, a special energy comes along.
For the campers and staff that have been coming to camp for many years, these special events always bring back the memories and joy from past summers. And for campers at CCRC for their first summer, they get the best experience of all – the excitement, surprise, and ruach all for the very first time.
Austin Theis
Assistant Camp Director