June 28

Willsboro, NY

Volume VI

June 28, 2006

WILDERNESS BOUND

Campers Head to the Woods and the Water

On Tuesday, 119 boys left camp for the wilderness, taking part in 12 different hiking and boating trips. The weather was variable- sunshine in some spots and rain with heavy wind in others- but the experience was positive.”This was my longest hike to date,” gushed an excited Andrew Gonzalez, who climbed Porter and Cascade, two 46ers. Added fishing trip member Matt Graff, “I like to fish but I LOVE to row!.” Not to be left out of the wilderness fun, the Intermediate girls did a hike up nearby Bare Mountain, which offers a beautiful vista of Long Pond.

FIELD DAYS
A Traditional opening days event at Camp MacCready is the Pre-Indian Days Field Games. Run this year by counselors Michele Goldman and Brianna Livsey (adorned in the crazy outfits) and assisted by other counselors and enthusiastic C.I.T.’s, the weather started out a bit rainy (“perfect for our ‘Moby Dick’ races,” said one counselor), before clearing up midway through the event. Events included “Pass the Orange”and “Dizzy Bat”.. The campers gave rave reviews. "My favorite was the water balloon one where you have toss it back and forth - It was slippery and hard to hold!" (Nicole Jarck, age 9, first year camper)... "It was tubular" (Meredith Caroll, age 15)... "The rain kinda made it fun" (Clara Bieck, age 14)... "I really liked the Moby Dick one - It's hard to run in flippers!" (Emily Durlacher, age 11)

MarieDance CLASSES BEGIN: The four weeks session of intensive class and activity instruction commenced Wednesday morning with “A-Day” classes. The boys take three classes in the morning while the girls SoccerDribble have two morning periods and two more in the afternoon. Aside from the usual camp classics such as archery, swimming, horseback riding, tennis and sailing, several unique offerings appear to be popular with the campers (based on sign-ups), among them, blacksmithing, Native American arts, digital photography, music and dance. “I love to dance,” said MacCready Highlander Marie W. (left). “I do it at home and it’s fun to do it here.”

Classes continue with A-day and B-day throghout the session with campers given the chance to pick extra classes, called “clubs” on Saturday morning. During the four weeks, the kids will not only develop skills and learn teamwork, they can- in some cases- earn certificates, medals and other awards.

A full listing of campers classes will be released on-line later this week.

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