Camp Echo E-Newsletter September 10, 2002
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Alumni Play Weekend September 13-14-15
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Alumni Play Weekend (a work weekend without the work)
September 13-14-15, 2002
Come back to Echo to swim, sail, ski, do archery, canoe around the
lake, play softball, or simply hang out on the peninsula. Returning
alumni will run the areas. Children will need full-time supervision
from their parents; this is an unstructured weekend, and is not set
up like a true 'Family Camp'.
$100 adults 18 or over
$ 50 children 2-17
$ 25 children under 2
Choose tent camping in the trip center field; dormitory living on the
hill; or shared family cabins on the peninsula, all at the same rates.
Meals served Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch.
To register:
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL and request a PDF form via email attachment, or a
printed form via snail mail or fax (include your snail mail address or
fax number!)
Questions? Email Tom Fischl .
Already Registered: Tom & Amy Fischl; Paul White, Laurie LaComb, and
Mia; Kristin TePas; Katie TePas. Staff: Rob Johnston, Katie Trippi.
Via E-Mail or Rumors: Amy Wilde; Kevin Bond; Andy Mynard; Julie McGinn;
Ruth Hayden; Mark & Erica Joos; Mark & Mary Collins; Dave and Betsy
Allen; John Donohue.
Note: As of now we're planning food for 25. This is going to be an
incredibly fun weekend and you will be sorry if you miss it. If you
are thinking of coming but you have not registered yet, you must let
us know by Thursday at 4 pm.
Family Camp Mini Week
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19 families spent Sunday to Thursday enjoying the meals, activities,
and evening programs of Camp Echo. Terry Brenner was again the Program
Director. Vince Kemperman called an evening of square dancing; we had a
Talent Show, and a Mr/Miss Echo pageant; Rob Johnston was the host of
Tool Time, and led a canoe trip on the White River with Jon Brenner;
John Donohue and the Echo Yacht Club successfully defended the
peninsula from invading pirates and marauders; and families went
blueberry picking, swam across the lake and back, and challenged the
staff to volleyball and softball games. It was definitely a lot like
eight days of fun squeezed into five.
Labor Day Weekend Family Camp
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21 families, many of them long-time Echo veterans, were on hand Friday
through Monday for our third of three family camp sessions, under the
inspired leadership of Katie Trippi. Ice breakers, square dancing, and
a closing campfire filled the evenings while families spent the
sun-filled days at the beach, archery, horseback riding, high ropes,
water skiing, sailing, and B&C; some even dared to spend sun-filled
days in the craft shop. A good time was had by all.
Quiet Time
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It gets very very quiet at Camp Echo after the last family pulls out on
Labor Day. Stand on the peninsula and you can hear the leaves rustling
in the trees, the waves lapping on the beach, and the acorns falling on
the cabin rooftops. (If you are very quiet you might even hear a deer
calling to its mother!)
Not many of us were here for the week after Labor Day. Laura Gageby
stayed to clean saddles, send back the horses, and edit some curriculum
materials for horseback riding and outdoor education. Josh Newman,
Stretch Waeny, and Katie, Christine, Jim, and Ted Trippi joined us for
the weekend; we packed up the Clinic, moved computers, stored
horseback supplies for the winter, and took down the tents at the
horseback overnight site, Birches, and Outpost. Rob Johnston, Josh,
and Stretch have been working hard today to cover the floor of Kybo
Way North with an epoxy-based paint, and to apply sealer to the decks
of the dining hall and the Clinic.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we will host day-trip field experiences
for Fremont Middle School.
Classifieds
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The Black Sheep Inn, ECUADOR, is looking for a manager. Live your dream
with us high in the rural Ecuadorian Andes! We have organic gardens,
composting toilets, adobe buildings, and visitors from all over the
world. Working at the Black Sheep Inn can be a dream come true. We live
in one of the most beautiful spots in the world, and have very
comfortable facilities. We are looking for a multi-talented manager(s)
who loves being busy. Fluent English and Spanish are a must. Experience
in all of the following is helpful: hospitality, food service,
construction, management, farming, and computers. No two days are
alike. Minimum commitment: 6 months. See our website
http://www.blacksheepinn.com/HelpWanted.htm or contact us
info@blacksheepinn.com for details. (Michelle Kirby & Andres Hammerman)
The Black Sheep Inn, ECUADOR, is looking for volunteers. Spend a month
working in the rural Ecuadorian Andes. The Black Sheep Inn is looking
for multi-faceted volunteers to help run our ecological guesthouse.
Work on projects around our property and help attend to the guests, one
day off per week. Your first week is a trial period and you pay US$7.50
per day for room and board. After the trial week, room and board is
negotiable. Contact us for more info@blacksheepinn.com as we can only
accept 1 or 2 volunteers at a time. (Michelle Kirby & Andres Hammerman)
Songs of the Week
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THE PENGUIN SONG
Have you ever seen
A penguin come to tea?
Take a look at me
A penguin you will see!
Penguins attention!
Penguins begin!
Right arm!
Repeat, adding a motion each time ...
Left arm!
Right foot!
Left foot!
Bob your head!
Turn around!
THE NONSENSE SONG
The horses run around
Their feet are off the ground
Oh, who will wind the clock while I'm away, away?
Go get the axe
There's a hair on baby's chin.
A boys best friend is his mother, his mother!
While looking out a window
A second story window
I slipped and sprained my eyebrow on the pavement, the pavement.
Go get the Listerine
Sister's got a beau.
We hope that grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny, fit Jenny!
While looking through the knothole
In father's wooden leg
Why did they put the shore so near the ocean, the ocean?
We feed the baby garlic
So we'll find him in the dark.
They're moving grandma's grave to build a sewer, a sewer!
While walking in the moonlight
The bright and silvery moonlight
She kissed me on the nose with a tomato, tomato!
A snake's belt slips
Because he has no hips
And he wears his tie around his middle, his middle!
She hit him with a shingle
And made his fanny tingle
Because he sold his little baby brother, his brother
Walking down the lane
With his britches full of pain
A boy's best friend is his mother, his mother!
Feel The Spirit!
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Rob Grierson Camp Echo Director
rg@mcgawymca.org