Archive for June, 2010
Dear Parents & Friends, It’s the Tajar’s Birthday today which calls for celebrations. We awoke to little bit of Tajar Folly this morning with dining room tables on the front porch and inner tubes on the roof. That Tajar always gets a bit excited just before his birthday. Tu-bing or not Tu-bing, that is the…
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Dear Parents & Friends, It has been another busy day here at camp and I apologize for not putting up a news article yesterday. Some days are just too full. I was needed in the Main Camp climbing program yesterday and today and thoroughly enjoyed myself with the time I spent there. We have…
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Dear Parents and Friends, Today was Special Day at camp which we celebrate each Sunday when we’re in session. It usually revolves around a theme and this week’s theme was The World Cup. More on the actual games later. Every cabin represented a team and went around camp doing various activities that focused on the…
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Dear Parents & Friends, Thought we might start off the day with a sample of the Tajar Times. I’ll be back later tonight to provide more and hopefully video on the river from Riverside on Wed. Enjoy! To view click on pages below Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 PM Update –…
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Dear Parents & Friends, Sorry the blog is late. We had some thunder boomers late last night and we shut down the computers here at camp. Today’s pics brought lots of shots of horses from the riding ring and the ladies of riding are doing a super job down there. Lily, Alice, and Alinta are…
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Dear Parents & Friends, Sorry I’m missed the blog yesterday. I was out with Riverside on the river so I left camp just after 7 and returned last night around 9:30. I was one tired puppy and I think they were as well. We had an epic day on the river and everyone did a…
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Dear Parents and Friends, It was New Zealand Day today at camp and we started off with a Maori ceremony on the lake before breakfast. Every Tuesday is international day at camp and we celebrate the many countries of Gwynn Valley each and every week. We’ve got quite a few staff from down under and…
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Dear Parents & Friends, Greetings from GV and so glad to have you join us. I just finished meeting with our SIT’s and if you don’t know who they are at camp, allow me to describe their position. They are our 16 and 17 year olds that are Staff in Training and in an apprentice…
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Dear Parents and Friends, Opening Day was the best. Beautiful weather, great kids and smooth arrivals. Hope you all had a safe trip home. As I write I’m sure most everyone is snuggled down in their camp beds after a very full day filled the anticipation of returning to camp or coming for the first…
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Dear Parents & Friends, As we began our 75th summer of camping here at Gwynn Valley I want to thank you for sharing your children with us this past 8 days. We’ve had a wonderful session and it was evident as we held our closing for Session A this morning. It’s been a beautiful day…
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Dear Parents & Friends, It’s been a full day at camp and unfortunately the last day. We just finished our evening campfire program which is always called Friendship Campfire on the last night of camp. It’s been a great session and we celebrated that by showing many of pictures that you all have been viewing…
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Dear Parents and Friends, Did you see the colors on those tie-dyes in today’s pictures. Those are some bright bold colors. Tamara and her staff are doing a great job with the arts at camp. If you’re wondering why we don’t have as many pictures up today it’s because our power went off this evening….
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Parents and Friends, Greetings on this cool evening. We had a couple of showers that helped with the heat today and being in a cool place like the Mill was definitely a bonus. The Mill is an extension of our Farm Program and was actually the very first type of activity on that site before…
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Thought you all might like to see a copy of the Tajar Times for Sunday! to view click on pages below Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
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Dear Parents & Friends, We finished up our day with a dance at campfire followed by some Tajar Tales. Winnie, Head Counselor on Hillside lead us in several dances tonight, including one from his native Holland. Winnie has been teaching international dance for many years. Between his dance calling and Debbie’s piano they were a…
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June 12, 2010 The magic of camp has begun in our first full day of Session A. I just left campfire and the finale to our introduction skits. Camp is now quiet and is well on its way to sleep as we had some great times today. It was our first full day of program…
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Parents & Friends, What a great opening day here at Gwynn Valley. Parents and campers arrived this morning after long drives and eager smiles. Everyone settled into their cabins and then off to lunch for a wonderful buffet of good food from our Kitchen. After lunch it was off to the lodge for a bit…
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