Well everyone...The 83rd season of Interlochen Arts camp has concluded.
Sunday activities were lots of fun getting the chance to see all the campers perform one last time. The WYSO performed Dvorák's 9th Symphony Sunday evening and it was amazing. Following the WYSO Performance in the Interlochen Bowl, all four music groups (two orchestras, two bands) Squeezed in on stage and played Les Preludes, the third Symphonic Poem written by Liszt. It has been a tradition at Interlochen since the beginning of time, and it was and is a true culmination of the experiences had at Interlochen during the summer.
Following Les Preludes, all the campers and staff bid their adieus to each other before returning to division for last minute packing and final goodbyes within the cabin. This was an especially somber time, because the staff had been very close since day one, seven weeks ago. Lots of pictures were taken, tears shed, and plenty of "Keep in Touch, Facebook me!" were exchanged. I will surely miss all of the High School Staff and I do hope there are more chances than not to reunite and visit with each other.
Back in the cabin, we ordered pizza with the 9 out of 14 girls that were left. It was a quiet, relaxing time overall, and it was fun to hang out with the girls before they departed. I packed the car Sunday night until about 2:15am and didn't manage to get to bed until about 3:30..I woke up at about 5am to see one of my girls off, and to get gas in the car and air in my tires. At 6:30, Myself, and two other girl counselors piled into my car and started driving to Detroit. My two friends needed a ride to the Detroit Metro Airport, so I was happy to get to spend the 4.5 hour car ride with Interlochen people rather than all by myself.
Sitting here, I think of Interlochen and how odd it will be to drop certain things from my life..things such as:
MoFro
Stone WF
Sco Sho
Apple Crisp
Sunday Lunch Service
Sundecker Sun Sets
Days off in TC
Meijer Runs
Friendship Bracelets
Craft Cabana
WYSO Concerts
Naps on the Couch in HQ1
Line-Up
Ninja
Chair of Doom
...and the list goes on..
Every good thing has to end for another good thing to begin, but it is always difficult to leave Interlochen and go home to no structured schedule what so ever. At least this year I will be busy unpacking, repacking, buying a car, purchasing last minute apartment items, packing up the cars, and moving back to school in Kalamazoo. I am very excited to see what the semester will hold, but I know that it will be a busy one. From this point on, my summer is over. Once I move, I will be busy unpacking and getting settled into my townhouse with my three roommates and soon after that starts Band Camp at WMU, which runs right into the beginning of classes. This summer has gone by with lightning speed, but I am so glad that I was able to spend it at a place I love with people that I have grown to love just as much.
and now running on two hours of sleep, it's time to eat dinner and sleep!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Week Six
As Week Six comes to a close, there are a lot of things happening all at once. My camper evaluations are done, as well as most of my paperwork so I'm glad that's out of the way.
Last night I went to the Musical Theater production of Aida. It was very well done for a group of high schoolers who learned it in basically 4 weeks, and have just been refining it for the past two. It was about a Nubian princess who gets captured by the Egyptians, and whilst the two are fighting the Nubian Princess, Aida, starts to fall in love with the Capitan who captures her. Typical love story, but the music and lyrics were written by Elton John and Tim Rice so it was overall a pretty good production.
Today we had a 6AM line up (which usually it's 6:45) so that was early, but it was a little exciting because the trumpets played an arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue instead of the regular Reveille. Most of the campers had Les Prelude rehearsal this morning at 7AM sharp, so it was definitely an early morning for everyone. It is currently 55 and cloudy at Interlochen now, so it is SUPER chilly. I think a nice long nap is in order soon. For the campers, today is filled with last minute rehearsals, spending time with each other, and saying goodbye. Tonight the HSG division has our closing campfire where we reminisce on the past 6 weeks, and give out divisional camper awards. (such as honor division camper, and honor campers for each cabin) After that, all the girl return to their respective cabins and have a last night in the cabin before Les Prelude and the many hours home.
Sunday will be a very busy day with Les Prelude and most of the campers departing for home. Some leave in the morning, or mid-day, but most of the campers perform in the Les Prelude Concert Sunday evening. All the counselors are preparing ourselves for dealing with crying campers,helping some campers with their early departures, unwilling campers who don't want to leave, and for saying our goodbyes to the staff we've came so close to in the past seven weeks. It will be a difficult two days, but I know a lot of the staff and myself are ready to get home and move back to school. (and a REAL shower!)
Monday I will wake up pretty early, and finish packing up the car, and cleaning the cabin with my co-counselor and the few campers I will have left. I am driving one of the other HSG counselors to the Detroit Airport, so we will have to leave no later than Noon. This means a busy morning, and an afternoon full of driving for me. It will be good to get home, and come back to the life I have at school, but Interlochen will surely be missed just as much as it usually is every year.
Last night I went to the Musical Theater production of Aida. It was very well done for a group of high schoolers who learned it in basically 4 weeks, and have just been refining it for the past two. It was about a Nubian princess who gets captured by the Egyptians, and whilst the two are fighting the Nubian Princess, Aida, starts to fall in love with the Capitan who captures her. Typical love story, but the music and lyrics were written by Elton John and Tim Rice so it was overall a pretty good production.
Today we had a 6AM line up (which usually it's 6:45) so that was early, but it was a little exciting because the trumpets played an arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue instead of the regular Reveille. Most of the campers had Les Prelude rehearsal this morning at 7AM sharp, so it was definitely an early morning for everyone. It is currently 55 and cloudy at Interlochen now, so it is SUPER chilly. I think a nice long nap is in order soon. For the campers, today is filled with last minute rehearsals, spending time with each other, and saying goodbye. Tonight the HSG division has our closing campfire where we reminisce on the past 6 weeks, and give out divisional camper awards. (such as honor division camper, and honor campers for each cabin) After that, all the girl return to their respective cabins and have a last night in the cabin before Les Prelude and the many hours home.
Sunday will be a very busy day with Les Prelude and most of the campers departing for home. Some leave in the morning, or mid-day, but most of the campers perform in the Les Prelude Concert Sunday evening. All the counselors are preparing ourselves for dealing with crying campers,helping some campers with their early departures, unwilling campers who don't want to leave, and for saying our goodbyes to the staff we've came so close to in the past seven weeks. It will be a difficult two days, but I know a lot of the staff and myself are ready to get home and move back to school. (and a REAL shower!)
Monday I will wake up pretty early, and finish packing up the car, and cleaning the cabin with my co-counselor and the few campers I will have left. I am driving one of the other HSG counselors to the Detroit Airport, so we will have to leave no later than Noon. This means a busy morning, and an afternoon full of driving for me. It will be good to get home, and come back to the life I have at school, but Interlochen will surely be missed just as much as it usually is every year.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Week Five and Six
And the last leg of the summer begins!
Week five flew by with lots of jobs and duties to do around camp. There were some VERY nice days last week, with 75 degree weather, sun, and low humidity it was the perfect week. I captured some great pictures from the Sundecker Pavilion, Roving around maincamp and some sunset pictures on Saturday night around 9:45 right before the 10pm call to quarters.
The Sundecker
View from the Sundecker
Roving Main Camp by the water
Sunset While roving Main Camp
Week six has begun with a running start, and I cannot believe we're already halfway through! I have been filling out lots of paperwork, camper reports and staff reports as well. Tomorrow the HSG Counselors have our Staff Outing at Platte Point. We had a staff outing there earlier this summer, so It should be fun and I'm excited to go. The Packing process starts tonight, and I know that getting my campers to pack and clean will be a challenge in itself, but it WILL get done! There is a lot to do in the next five days, and I know that it will fly by like the rest of the summer has...and with that, I will leave the week to that, and write again later this week!
Week five flew by with lots of jobs and duties to do around camp. There were some VERY nice days last week, with 75 degree weather, sun, and low humidity it was the perfect week. I captured some great pictures from the Sundecker Pavilion, Roving around maincamp and some sunset pictures on Saturday night around 9:45 right before the 10pm call to quarters.
Week six has begun with a running start, and I cannot believe we're already halfway through! I have been filling out lots of paperwork, camper reports and staff reports as well. Tomorrow the HSG Counselors have our Staff Outing at Platte Point. We had a staff outing there earlier this summer, so It should be fun and I'm excited to go. The Packing process starts tonight, and I know that getting my campers to pack and clean will be a challenge in itself, but it WILL get done! There is a lot to do in the next five days, and I know that it will fly by like the rest of the summer has...and with that, I will leave the week to that, and write again later this week!
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