Sunday, July 13, 2008
Flying Horses/Arcade trip
Jason is an excellent driver.
David is enjoying an orange soda.
Leif, Jonah and Caitlin
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Scottie Hottie Does Jabberwocky
Hey everyone! Scott Scherer here, reporting on-site in Martha’s Vineyard to provide you with a Camp Jabberwocky update. We’ve been keeping quite busy the past few days, enjoying a variety of activities that include music, magic, Alpacas, and more.
On the 7th, the magnificent Walter Child, magician extraordinaire and balloon animal aficionado, wowed us with his wizardry as he bended space & time and the laws of physics to lock solid metal rings and make objects disappear. I really enjoyed the show, although my fear of balloons (I hate it when they pop!) made me slightly nervous for most of his performance.
The alpaca farm was another spectacular outing to say the least. In case you were wondering, alpacas are more or less llamas with different heads, and they don’t spit or bite. They also poop everywhere!
A few days ago, we had the privilege of dining with and being serenaded by the Vineyard Sound—the premier a cappella group on the island. It was especially excited for me, because I’ve bought all of their CDs! The vibrant mélange of polo shirts, cargo shorts, and golden oldies made all the ladies swoon. My favorite song is “-ly”, which is about adverbs at libraries. I thought it was quite lovely.
This past Thursday, we all made our way down to the Tisbury street fair. The Camp Jabberwocky table was very successful in selling raffle tickets, camp apparel, and pictures with the Celtics ’08 trophy (a big thank you to Kelsey’s Dad for his generosity). All in all it was a pretty fantastic day.
And if all that excitement isn’t enough for you, we’re T-minus three days until opening night of the play! This is always my favorite part of camp, and though Jabberwocky will certainly be hectic over the next few days as we try to top last year’s “Jabberwonka” it will definitely be worth it. All the counselors stay up into the wee hours of the morning painting backdrops and campers tirelessly practice their lines and dance moves. Regardless of the hard work we’ll have to put in, the excitement always brings everyone together.
This year’s theme is “Jabberwocky’s got talent”, which will be a medly of camp-themes reality TV shows (e.g. American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Flavor of Love). Be sure to keep your eyes out for yours truly, Scottie Hottie, to be featured as Jojo/Shakira’s dance partner. I might have to teach Jojo a few of my moves, but I doubt she’ll need to be carried to the finish line; her hips don’t lie.
Well, that’s about all for now. Be sure to keep checking the blog for further updates, and hopefully I’ll see most of you at the play next week! And if you see a debonaire gentlemen in glasses dancing with a fine piece of Latin eye candy, don’t hesitate to say hi!
Until Next time,
-Scottie Hottie aka Scott Scherer
On the 7th, the magnificent Walter Child, magician extraordinaire and balloon animal aficionado, wowed us with his wizardry as he bended space & time and the laws of physics to lock solid metal rings and make objects disappear. I really enjoyed the show, although my fear of balloons (I hate it when they pop!) made me slightly nervous for most of his performance.
The alpaca farm was another spectacular outing to say the least. In case you were wondering, alpacas are more or less llamas with different heads, and they don’t spit or bite. They also poop everywhere!
A few days ago, we had the privilege of dining with and being serenaded by the Vineyard Sound—the premier a cappella group on the island. It was especially excited for me, because I’ve bought all of their CDs! The vibrant mélange of polo shirts, cargo shorts, and golden oldies made all the ladies swoon. My favorite song is “-ly”, which is about adverbs at libraries. I thought it was quite lovely.
This past Thursday, we all made our way down to the Tisbury street fair. The Camp Jabberwocky table was very successful in selling raffle tickets, camp apparel, and pictures with the Celtics ’08 trophy (a big thank you to Kelsey’s Dad for his generosity). All in all it was a pretty fantastic day.
And if all that excitement isn’t enough for you, we’re T-minus three days until opening night of the play! This is always my favorite part of camp, and though Jabberwocky will certainly be hectic over the next few days as we try to top last year’s “Jabberwonka” it will definitely be worth it. All the counselors stay up into the wee hours of the morning painting backdrops and campers tirelessly practice their lines and dance moves. Regardless of the hard work we’ll have to put in, the excitement always brings everyone together.
This year’s theme is “Jabberwocky’s got talent”, which will be a medly of camp-themes reality TV shows (e.g. American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Flavor of Love). Be sure to keep your eyes out for yours truly, Scottie Hottie, to be featured as Jojo/Shakira’s dance partner. I might have to teach Jojo a few of my moves, but I doubt she’ll need to be carried to the finish line; her hips don’t lie.
Well, that’s about all for now. Be sure to keep checking the blog for further updates, and hopefully I’ll see most of you at the play next week! And if you see a debonaire gentlemen in glasses dancing with a fine piece of Latin eye candy, don’t hesitate to say hi!
Until Next time,
-Scottie Hottie aka Scott Scherer
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Fishing Trip
The fishing boat was stopped for speeding, so Hannah had to sweet talk the officer. We didn't get a ticket.
Fishing is tiring work.
Success!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
July 4th parade!
The night before the 4th of July, counselors were up until the wee hours of the morning making costumes and floats. They dreaded the wake-up bell, wishing they could be with the sandman for several more hours. This was impossible because everyone had a big day ahead. There we still plenty of work that had to be done in the morning. Power drills and saws were spinning rapidly to cut wood for props and floats. All of us were rushing in the craft cabins to put the final touches to our costumes.
Our theme for the parade this year was through the five decades of Camp Jabberwocky. Mimsy was the 50s. Faith transformed herself into a juke box. Both Nancy Connelly and Nancy J. joined their wheelchairs to become a beautiful Cadillac, and they were able to afford the nearly $5 per gallon gasoline. The folks, including myself, from Jub Jub were transported to the 60s. I was Paul McCarthy. Spin doctors advised Manny what to say as President Kennedy to his fellow Americans on the parade route.
At 4:45, after a two and a half hour wait and more preparations, all of us started to get very excited knowing that the parade was going to begin in 15 minutes and we won for the Best Float. Then we took our places.
Rick’s band started to play signaling to us to march. Mrs. Lamb, aka Hellcat, who founded Camp Jabberwocky rode on a throne on the float waving to the crowd. Parade watchers cheered as we past. President Kennedy, Manny, didn’t have politics much on his mind because Marline Monroe (Julia, Pete’s counselor) was pushing him. The beatles and their friends sang ‘The Yellow Submarine’ to entertain the crowd. It was a joyous day!
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