Camp Journal - York, England

Photo Gallery Slideshow 8th August

vcadmin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:53:08 +0200

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Daily Photos 8th August

vcadmin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:02:22 +0200

CampersvsCounsellors Match & Performing Arts Final Show

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Photo Gallery Slideshow 7th August

vcadmin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:53:48 +0200

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Daily Photos 7th August

vcadmin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:02:17 +0200

International Night

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Photo Gallery Slideshow 5th August

vcadmin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:53:50 +0200

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Daily Photos 5th August

vcadmin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:02:57 +0200

Excursion to York

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Daily News 4th August

vcadmin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:55:43 +0200

Last Week of Camp ...

and a sad moment with the early departure of one of the most popular counsellors...



	Time is flying by as we find our selves in the last week of Village Camps 2008 already. Despite being a normal day full of excitement and fun activities, it was also a sad day. Our favourite Brazillian counsellor Marcio is leaving us prematurely to return home to take on a position as coach for a football team. He will be sadly missed by both counsellors and campers, it will be very quiet here without him! Today I was in charge of Billiards and Table Tennis. Both activities went well despite the odd downpour of rain. I am proud to say that the boys in blue house got quit a shock when they discovered my unbelievable level of talent in Billiards ;). This session of Village of Camps has 74 campers in comparison to 140 in previous sessions yet the number of kids participating in talent night did not vary by much. Acts included magic tricks, dancing, singing, guitar playing, acrobatics and skits. Leonie from Blue house wowed us with three great songs with the help of Rachael Duddy and Steffan on guitar. Also from blue house were Alex and Mikel who displayed such amazing talent in both break-dancing and Judo and won the talent show prize for their age-group. The winner of red house, Ben, treated us to some delightful tunes on the piano. And in yellow house Marcin stunned the audience with his acrobatic routine to the tune of the Pink Panther. It was not only the campers that got involved in talent night, surprisingly enough some of the counsellors have talents too. Rachael Duddy played some wicked tunes for us on the guitar and piano, Steph Stinson exercised her vocals, Rob showed us some unbelievable magic tricks (Hollywood here we come!) and Neil and Bushy displayed their natural talents as clowns throughout the evening. I was very impressed with the confidence of the kids who got up on stage and also with the support and responsiveness from the crowd. Good work everyone! Robyn Bell

Photo Gallery Slideshow 4th August

vcadmin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:53:15 +0200

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Daily Photos 4th August

vcadmin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:02:42 +0200

Talent Show, Kangaroo Court and lots more ...

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Daily News 1st August

vcadmin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:55:54 +0200

Week Review

all the fun stuff we did this week ...



	This week has been an exciting and tiring one! Monday involved many ice breaker games and problem solving tasks, which bought the group together as a team. On Tuesday we had another day of blinding sunshine, and went on a trip to a high ropes course. The sunshine remained through Wednesday, which saw the campers playing games on site like dodge ball and basketball. After a good night sleep, we were ready to tackle the rock climbing wall in Durham on Thursday, all the campers rose to the challenge and scaled the high artificial wall, hopefully this will stand them in good steed for the outdoor climbing next Wednesday. Today involved a high paced game called underwater hockey, which involved the use of masks/snorkels and fins, all the campers loved it, as it was something new and exciting. Following this was orienteering around the huge campus of Thorpe Underwood. Finally the sun has arrived to stay, boosting the energy of the campers and staff to kick off an awesome final week!!