One of my favorite summer roles is showing new families around Canadensis – every time I give a tour to a family that is looking at sleepaway camps I feel like I get to see Canadensis for the first time!  I also get to meet a lot of great people by giving tours, and when the new kids start Canadensis I already have a connection with them.  One of the great things about being at camp through September is that we are still giving tours of our facility, and it’s not too late to set up a time to see Canadensis if you are still looking for summer camp in 2012.

The director of our Photography program at camp this summer was very talented, and he took some incredible shots of our facility that will be popping up on our website and media outlets in the next few months.  Below is a compilation of some of my favorite frames…and these facilities look even better when you come tour camp!

2011 has come to a close – we said goodbye to all our campers and staff nearly a week ago, and we miss everyone so much!  Since it is Friday, all of us who work for camp full time just blasted the Glee version of the song “Friday” throughout the office.  It reminds us of the way our Today Show producer, Jason “JCal” Calabretta used to play the song at Friday Morning Line Up, and the way we used to dance on the stage…don’t you just love camp traditions?

I’m still up at camp, and will stay up here until the end of Labor Day.  Luckily I have great company with Cara, Eric, Brian & Matt!  One of my favorite post-camp jobs is going through all the photos that Lauren “LMac” McGuire took this summer and put on the website for our families.  I’m creating a library of images that we’ll use throughout the winter, and when I finish, I’ll post some of the absolute best in the blog…there are a lot of choose from!  The photo above is another camp tradition…we wear our Color War team color, and spell out numbers of the year.  This will be turned into a poster, and given out at the reunion this winter, but this is a sneak peek!

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Wow, it has been a truly amazing summer!  We are about to start the last week, and it’s electric here at camp because Color War can break at any moment!!  There are just too many highlights to even get started…but I wanted to share at least one quick photo that was taken at camp this week.  Mindy & Hallie from the “Future Fashionistas” came up to camp and every girl got a chance to design a t-shirt.  The shirts above started off as boring white tees, but they were turned into art work by some of the Freshman Girls pictured.  The first step was cutting and tying, the second step was using fabric paint in all sorts of creative ways.   You can learn more about the program here: http://futurefashionistas.com/ – I can’t wait to wear my shirt soon!

Art has been everywhere at camp this summer!  Our climbing boulder has a mural being painted on it that gets better and better everyday.  Tye-dye week was fantastic, the Glass Fusion kiln has been super busy making necklaces and bowls, and the Fabric Arts program made amazing projects…and taught a lot of kids how to embroider & crochet!  The Wood Shop has been full of checkerboards, step stools & race-cars.    The Ceramics projects have been plentiful, and the photography projects have including light paintings and photoshopping flying campers!  I’ve learned tons of new bracelet making techniques…and my favorite has to be chainmaille!!

Camp + Great Art = Perfect Summer at Camp Canadensis!