Byng ‘n’ Band Day! Session 2, Day 10, 2012
Byng ‘n’ Band Day! Yesterday was our Midsummer Celebration – a chance to relax, take a day off from arts programs, and enjoy something a little different!
Byng ‘n’ Band Day! Yesterday was our Midsummer Celebration – a chance to relax, take a day off from arts programs, and enjoy something a little different!
We were transported to Elizabethan England, courtesy of some excellent costumes supplied by our friends at Blackthorn Productions! Each dorm had an identity – for example, B1 was a group of Explorers, led by Sir Francis Drake. At lunch, all groups were presented to the Queen… who then demanded a Pageant to be held in her honour. Each group prepared a portion of the Pageant, and we also had a guest instructor on camp, teaching Renaissance Dance.
All the campers have settled in well, and the new community is beginning to take shape! Last night, we all got to know each other in the best possible way – by sharing laughter. We held our own version of “Toddlers & Tiaras” with counsellors playing the toddlers, and the campers getting to be their [...]
Arts Camp Session 1: Cultural Banquet It has been a tradition at Centauri, throughout the entire 18 years of our existence, that once per session we select a culture somewhere in the world and celebrate it using the arts and food. Of course, the culture is selected well before camp so we can make elaborate [...]
There were three parts to our Hunger Games. For the first part, Tributes had to charge across an open space towards the ‘Cornucopia’ without being caught by Mutts (the LITs again!). Eight of the Tributes were eliminated at this stage.
Yesterday camp was buzzing with energy. We had our annual Play in a Day festival where campers were challenged to create and stage four original plays in twenty-four hours. The festival officially began on the fourth of July when the writers were given their opening line and began writing the plays.
One of my favourite tasks at Centauri is wandering around the programs each morning to check in on everyone, and to take photos. Here’s a little of what I saw this morning…
Camp is now in full swing and is full to bursting with energy and excitement.