More team games and then another "bunk night" was planned for this evening. Now that I think of it, Bunk Nights were strategically placed on the evening before Parents Visiting Days, so we wouldn't be exhausted for our parents. (PVD was stimulating enough as it was...) One of the perennial favorites of bunk night, was some sort of in bunk activity that culminated in us all getting together in one of the social halls. One that comes to mind, was a 'crepepaper ball." This involved us using crepe paper in the most clever ways possible to create costumes for a grand parade that would take place across the stage of the social hall. I'm not certain, but I think we usually dressed up one poor bunkmate as our mannequin, and made her our "entry" for the evening. At any rate, the winners of the crepe paper balls were often posted in the Lenorlog.
It was that big a deal. On one bunk night in 1959, we all dressed up in large, decorated, brown grocery bags, placed over our heads, with openings cut around the eyes so we could see. We were called "Tritzels" and sang a song, with lyrics that ended, "All around the world we've been, Camp Lenore's Bunk eleven." Were it not for someone's helping hands, I almost walked off the stage... Somehow these sorts of activities were supposed to have a calming effect on us. Not so much. Most of us were still too excited to sleep.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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