Happy 2nd day of Color War! Our campers are having the greatest time participating, cheering, dressing up, and the overall camaraderie of these 3 days of friendly competition. Let’s get right to the events and scores. Last night’s Silent Dinner was as fun as it sounds. The kids did a great job staying quiet throughout the entire meal, even as some of our non-bunk staff (yours truly included) tried to terrorize them and make them speak. The winner of the silent dinner was the blue 60’s team.
After the post-dinner team meeting we ended the day with a Five Point Basketball game that each team participated in, group by group. It was a very close call with a tie score in the last minute until the grey 50’s counselors took the lead and ultimately won the game.
At the end of each day, decorum points are handed out to the teams for cheering, dressing up, banners, sportsmanship, etc. The decorum point spread was extremely close with a difference of 2 points, but the win ultimately went to the blue 60’s team. With the decorum points tallied up with all of yesterday’s friendly competitions, as of this morning the leading team with 405 more points was the blue 60’s team.
Today we woke up to temps in the low 70’s with mostly cloudy skies. Hey, it was dry so we held our Swim Meet/Regatta down at the lake and swimming pool in the morning after clean-up and team meetings. A variety of kids from each age group participated in the following on the lake: canoe relay, kayak relay, freestyle relay, medley relay (freestyle, backstroke), kickboard relay, sweat suit relay, greased watermelon, & swim to the island and back. Here’s a list of activities that took place in the swimming pool: penny fetch, water basketball, medley relay, kickboard relay, paddleboard relay, & freestyle relay.
The Regatta entailed each team using camp materials to create 2 boats that can float on the lake with a camper in/on said boat. The teams raced one another in their stylish, yet sleek crafts. The winner was the first team to return. The challenge was to not capsize or sink the boats while racing. Bonus points went to the team with the most stylish design. The winner of the Regatta was the grey 50’s. The overall winner of the Swim Meet and the Regatta together was the blue 60’s.
Another activity that runs throughout Color war is “Find the Hatchet”. The hatchet is hidden somewhere in camp. Our campers (who must be accompanied by a counselor) search high and low throughout ILC looking for the hatchet. Clues are given out, one per day, and are quite difficult to solve. Once the hatchet is found, the clues all make sense and the points are given to the team who finds it. The more days it takes to find the hatchet, the less points the winning team will receive (but hey, it’s still more points that the team who doesn’t find it!). Yesterday’s clue was: No. Today’s clue is: Relax. Any ideas where it could be? You have to really know the layout of our camp to figure this out. Oh, and the hatchet is not inside of a building.
After lunch and a very quick rain shower, we had rest hour, team meetings, snack break, and then our big Battle of the Bands event. Our campers (& staff) played a variety of instruments, sang songs related to their team’s names, and each group had a separate battle against one another. The whole camp stood up on their seats to sing and clap along with the bands. Everyone was super into it, which was great. There’s been an amazing amount of Color War spirit these past couple of days. The winner of the Battle of the Bands was the grey 50’s.
After the battle we ran sports. The sun came out shining amongst ominous clouds for the sports activities late this afternoon. Here’s a list of what everyone played:
Group 1: Boys- kickball Girls- gaga
Group 2: Boys- engineering challenge (science) Girls- charades
Group 3: Boys- sand soccer Girls- water basketball
Group 4: Boys- kong pong & chopped Girls- giant foosball
The winner of this afternoon’s sports was the blue 60’s. Going into evening activity the blue 60’s are ahead by 375 points.
Evening activity will be Lip Sync Battle and Music Videos. Each team has spent the past 2 days creating a music video that relates to their team’s theme. We’ll play them in the theater on a big screen for the entire camp to view tonight. The more creative the video, the more points the team will receive.
Lip Sync Battle is inspired by the tv show. Our team representatives will attempt to intimidate their opponents with their sweet dance moves and lip sync’ing abilities. Each team will have 3 dance crews: lower camp (groups 1&2), upper camp (groups 3&4)/CITs, and counselors. Each crew will prepare dances to 2 different songs, complete with props and costumes. The songs must relate to the team’s theme name. The crews will compete head-to-head against their opponents. Judging will be based on choreography, accuracy of lip sync’ing, and how well it relates to the team’s theme. I’ll report the winners to you in tomorrow’s blog.
Here’s the David Lobel link to check out his amazing Sister Act photos. His Color War pics will be coming real soon!
http://davidlobel.smugmug.com/Island-Lake
Below are photos from this morning’s swim meet. Until tomorrow, our final day of this intense, powerful, yet fun-loving Color War, ILCUTHERE!
