Happy 80’s Day here at Island Lake! We’re celebrating with neon, big hair, side ponies, scrunchies, and more for tonight’s big performance of “The Wedding Singer.” We also surprised the kids with an extra MUSIC LUNCH today, all 80’s music. You’d be surprised how many 80’s tunes these kids know! You’ll see lots of pictures of this celebration posted on our site.
I cannot believe that today was the last full day of session 1 here at Island Lake! These past 4 weeks have flown by way too fast. It’s going to be sad to say goodbye to many of our amazing campers tomorrow morning. I hope they had the greatest experience here at ILC & I hope to see them all at camp again next summer. All parents of session 1 campers should have received an email from me yesterday with changeover day information. Please read it thoroughly to make sure you are properly prepared to pick up your children at the bus stops tomorrow.
I know I sound redundant but today was yet another beautiful day in Starrucca, PA. The skies were a mostly sunny and after a cool wake-up, we reached almost 80 degrees in the afternoon.
Today we offered all 3 of our majors and just 1 minor in order to have “super cleanup” in the afternoon. Those campers who are staying for 2nd session had to clean their cubbies and find those missing socks and brand new t-shirts they didn’t know their mom packed for them for camp. (wink wink!) Those campers who are going home tomorrow (tear!) had an opportunity to pack during this time.
After super clean up we are now in the midst of entertaining the camp with our big ROCK CONCERT! Everyone is down in the theather jamming out to rock tunes of yesteryear and today.
I found out yesterday after posting the blog that our 8th & 9th grade girls volleyball team came in 1st place out of 5 camps! Whoop whoop! Our 10th & 11th grade girls volleyball team also played well and came in 4th place out of 11 camps. This morning our 4th & 5th grade girls played soccer here at camp and won 8-1! Our 8th & 9th grade boys played baseball here at home this afternoon. Our 8th & 9th grade girls had a soccer game here at camp this afternoon, too. Funny enough, they ended the game early because many of their bunks had won inspection every day this session and they didn’t want to miss out on their opportunity to go to Cow Palace for ice cream. So I guess you can say we forfeited that game. Priorities man! They chose ice cream over a soccer game (and I can’t say I blame them!?!?!).
The ILC Open at tennis has finally completed their final rounds. I have all of the winners for you. Group 1- Girls- runner up- Daniella T., champion- Aubrey B.: Boys- runner up- Evan S., champion- Alex Z.: Group 2- Girls- runner up- Fiona G., champion- Kiley G.: Boys- runner up- Chris H., champion- Ian F.: Group 3- Girls- runner up- Marion K., champion- Natalie O.: Boys- runner up- Trey S., champion- Ryan H.: Group 4- Girls- runner up- Skyler B., champion- Bella G.: Boys- runner up- Erick M., champion- David P. Congrats to all of our players!
“Girls just wanna have fun,…” Tonight is our much anticipated, long awaited older camper show, “THE WEDDING SINGER!” We are so excited to see this 80’s flashback show (well, at least for those of us who lived the 80’s era, we’re excited for the “flashbacks”).
Last night’s Circus Show was STUPENDOUS! I can’t even begin to tell you how amazingly well our campers performed. I’ve seen dozens and dozens of circus shows here at camp over the past 30 years and this one particularly stood out as one of the best ever! Our circus staff and the kids worked so hard and it was apparent in their amazing efforts and spectacular performances. The greatest show definitely took place here in Starrucca, PA last night, that’s for sure. For those of you with children who performed in the show, it’s a video you won’t want to miss out on after the summer. Today’s special feature is some highlights from last night’s outstanding evening.
Well, that’s about all the news that I have for you today, our very last day of the 1st session. For those of you with children coming home tomorrow, enjoy your last evening of peace and quiet! I truly hope your campers come home happy, healthy, and with tons and tons of amazing ILC summer 2018 stories and experiences to share with you. To everyone else, ILCUTHERE (tomorrow!)!
