The morning program resumed today with a focus on singing, or more precisely, on how to use our voices more creatively and socially. To get a sense of what this was like, turn to the person next to you and sing them a song about bears or airplanes, varying your voice tone as much as possible. Then try singing them a lullaby about oceans or trees, either with or without words. Like many of the other activities we’ve done this week, it was about going outside your comfort zone and finding really cool stuff out there.
While we were serenading each other, the youth were playing charades and water games. After lunch, they took part in another MPC Family Camp tradition: mini-golf. Well, they say that spiritual disciplines come in all shapes and sizes.
The day closed with another tradition: The Talent/No-Talent Show, otherwise known as Skit Night. Highlights included a Tahoe-oriented game show, a magic act, some rope tricks, Sarah Bush’s first solo performance and (of course) plenty of jokes. The final act, a reworked John Denver song called “Thank God I’m at Family Camp” (see below right) is sure to become a Family Camp standard. As always, the show was warmly received by the Most Friendly and Supportive Audience in the World (even though things were a bit cold & blustery by show’s end).
(posted by Steve McKiernan)