Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Dates and Themes '17 - Returning Favorites

We warned you!

We warned you that October was indeed the time to START TALKING ABOUT SUMMER 2017, and it is now happening. (Granted, since it is 85 degrees outside right now you might be under the impression that not only is it time to start talking about next summer, but rather it actually already is next summer.)

Yes, it's happening right now, because we are announcing our DATES AND THEMES FOR SUMMER 2017. 

'Round these parts, if it ain't broke then we do not fix it, and a bunch of last year's themes were just TOO BIG OF HITS not to bring back for another go around in 2017.

As always, we're book-ending our season with two "classic Camp weeks" and we've shuffled around some of our all-time-camper-favorite themes to be the same ol' fun occurring during all different sessions than last season.







Session #1: Classic Camp 4th of July – (July 3rd-8th)

We kick-off our summer season with a week of classic Camp. The week will include a 4th of July celebration as only Camp can offer, a great array of tried-and-true All-Camp activities, as well as the excitement of being around for the very beginning of the 2017 Camp season. We anticipate a slightly lower enrollment this week than the rest of the summer, so it’s a great choice for campers who like a smaller Camp community or for any campers who are brand-new to L.G. Cook.




Session 2: Spy Week (July 10th-15th)

The saga continues as Spy Week returns for another summer! The fourth installment of the Camp Spy Week series will surely feature more exciting intrigue, top-secret code names, clues in need of decoding, mysteries to be solved and crises to be resolved. The Dark Agent is once again trying to seize our beloved summer camp, and there will be all new missions to be both foiled and accomplished. Like prior Spy Weeks, the 1951 Camp Spirit test just might need to be hauled out again to determine who at camp is friend and who is foe. (Disclaimer: we all wind up being friends.)







Session 3: Chaos! (July 17th-22nd)

For over ten years, Chaos week has become a mainstay of our season here at Camp. It’s near the middle of the summer and it’s at this point the staff seems to go just a little…off the deep end. A little crazy. A little nutty. A little wacky. A little…chaotic, if you will. As much as we try to keep things calm and orderly with our Wednesday Night “PrankBusters” activity, nothing can seem to curtail the unpredictable zaniness…until near the end of the week when we call in our resident Chaos Expert (a certain Evil Doctor) to preside over a Kangaroo Court and send the guiltiest counselors through his patented Chaos Machine. No one can ever tell exactly what Chaos Week will bring, but it’s a safe bet that some of the staff will end up covered in ice cream.





Session 6: Color Wars (August 7th-12th)

Color Wars. An American summer camp legend. Part Olympics, part group spirit rivalry, part all-in down-and-out full-day Camp competition, Color Wars is the ultimate in all-camp-games. Last season, Lindley G. Cook 4-H Camp took on this tradition like we never had before…with awesome, camper-thrilling, can’t-stop-talking-about-it legendary results. For Summer 2017, we’re going to double down on the Color Wars surprise-All-Camp-competition to ensure it’s one of the most exciting weeks of our campers’ summer. 





Session 7: S’moregasbord (August 14th-19th)

The traditional end of summer festival! For our final week of the summer we celebrate the fun we’ve had all season long by bringing back some of our favorite themes and activities from earlier in the year, as well as enjoying all the classic summer camp elements that make L.G. Cook great. S’moregasboad week also features a handful of end-of-summer-only events like our End-of-Season BBQ and the ceremonial launching of the Wish Boats. The last week of Camp for the summer is always a special one, so come join all the counselors and staff in wishing the 2017 season a fond farewell.

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But what about the missing two weeks!?

Why did we skip Sessions 4 and 5!?

Will there not be a Session 4 or 5!?!?

OF COURSE there will be a Session 4 and 5!

In fact, for Sessions 4 and 5 we've got two exciting themes that were not included in last season that we just can't wait to introduce for Summer 2017...

Well, that's not entirely accurate.

We actually can wait to introduce them.

We can wait all the way to the next blog post.

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