June 30, 2008
A2 - Monday
What a beautiful day! The sun was shining all day, and we enjoyed swimming in the pool. In our classes today we learned the meaning of the Armenian national anthem, Mer Hayrenik. The annual campers & CIT vs. staff dogdeball game was this afternoon, and for the first time in the history of dodgeball, the campers defeated the staff in a stunning upset!! We celebrated our victory with cake for dessert. After guessing what the surprise evening activity was, the staff lead us in a campwide game of Clue. It was so exciting running around the different stations, trying to get clues and figure out whodunit! We ended our day like we end all of our days here at SVC, winding down with evening vespers, thanking God for another great day and looking forward to all the fun things in store for us tomorrow!
June 29, 2008
A1-A2 Weekend
What an exciting weekend! On Saturday we said goodbye to our A1 campers with a closing program in the morning. After some delicious hamburgers at the cook-out, we had camp-wide Olympics, with events in swimming, sports, and trivia. They were so exciting, but by the end we were exhausted! Der Stepanos Doudoukjian, director of youth and vocations at St. Nersess, celebrated Badarak here. In the afternoon, we welcomed our new campers and had electives like dancing and doumbeg. Tonight we are watching a movie to unwind and prepare for another fun week at SVC!
June 27, 2008
A1 - Friday
We can't believe a whole week is almost over at SVC - time really does fly when we are having fun! Last night's talent show was amazing. All of the counselor groups had great skits, and our talented campers wowed us with singing, dancing, acrobats, and our personal favorite: stupid human tricks! And was really exciting when counselors Talene and Jon had a watermelon eating contest. The funniest part of the whole show was the video of our sports counselor, Ara, trying to roller skate - maybe if the parents are lucky they will see it at the closing programs. Today's a hot day, so we are going swimming - bye for now!
June 26, 2008
A1 - Mon-Thurs
Another year at SVC has started with a bang! We got here on Sunday and have been so busy with fun and exciting activities that we almost forgot about the blog!* But don’t worry Mom and Dad, we will be keeping up with photos and stories from now until the end of the summer.
This week has been jammed packed with swimming, sports, evening activities like Scattergories, Olympics, and campfires. Of course, we also have our classes in Armenian language, religion, heritage and arts & crafts. We’ve been lucky to have some great visitors as well. Maestro Khoren was with us all week for music and singing. The staff from the Department of Youth and Education, and Dr. Tom Samuelian , who is here all the way from Armenia, showed how to use the new computers donated to St. Vartan Camp to learn Armenian language and use the new Church and Home materials online.
Okay, we have to go now – it’s time to practice our talent show skits for tonight. Stay tuned for pictures and more great stories!!
*Blog was delayed due to technical difficulties that are now resolved.