Lenore, being located in "the heart of the Berkshires" was close by to alot of wonderful attractions. Because exposure to "culture" was part of the fabric of camp life, Tanglewood, Jacobs Pillow, and numerous other sites were frequent destinations for us. On this date in 1959, the Seniors got to go on a special trip to Williamstown: As you'll see, the discerning critics from Camp Lenore were a tough group to please.
Williamstown: By Linda Kern, Bunk 36
The Senior girls first excursion out of camp this year ws to the Willaimstown Theater to see Auntie Mame. Most of the girls had either seen the play or the movie, or both before the trip, and thought the show would be too familiar. However, while the production followed the original closely, all of us were happy to discover that the Willaimston production still had a fresh quality which added greatly to our enjoyment. As we piled back into the buses, all agreed we had spent a most enjoyable evening."
While the Seniors were out on their excursion, we Inter campers probably would have attended our first team meeting, in preparation for Sunday's big assembly. This would have been our first chance to meet our team officers, and our team mates. At this first meeting, our team captain (Nora Roberts) told us how we were going to pulverize the Green Team. (All while adhering to Lenore's standard of sportsmanship and lady-likeness), and re-affirmed why we were the best team and going to win!! Then our song leaders (Nan Prussack and Joanne Witty) taught us two songs. This was great, because we actually got to learn the lyrics line by line. The first was our marching song. (Upbeat, motivational...usually in corporating words like "fray", "foe" and "winning"). The second, was our "standing" song. This was more ballad-y and usually extolled the attributes of loyalty and undying love for the White Team. Since this would be our first assemby, our selections were from the enormous archive of past White Team Songs. They typically used melodies from famous symphonic pieces (The William Tell Overture), or from, what was at the time, contemporary Broadway shows or pop music (Blue Moon.) At this point, it was too early to know what budding song writing talent we had, so I remember our first marching song was the classic, "Spirit Undaunted." The song leaders rehearsed our special way of standing and sitting in unison, and then began the famous Lenore arm-flailing that was emblematic of our group singing. Our meeting closed with a rousing group cheer: "Who's gonna win? The Whites!!!" How thrilling was that?
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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