Back from Camp

This blog isn't about anything in particular and I think the header explains it all. I'm just going to jump right in. (I'm not g

oing to talk about my recent trip to France on this blog: to read about that go to www.myspace.com/saskiainfrance).

            

I just got back from Camp Winnarainbow and I'm still adjusting to life in the "fake" world (I attest that Camp IS the real world 

and the rest of the planet just hasn't caught on yet). Camp Winnarainbow is a summer performing arts camp where you sleep in tipis (teepees? tipees?) and learn circus skills from hippies. It's run by Wavy Gravy, the ex-MC of Woodstock ("What I have i

n mind is breakfast in bed for 40,000!") 

I was teen staff this year and I had a BLAST!!! It was a lot of work, and I learned just how hormonal 12-year-old girls can be, but I also learned a lot about preteens, working with kids, life, and myself. It was also a wonderful experience

 to bond with the other teen staff - talented, passionate, creative teenagers - who were warm, accepting, and helpful. Many of them had many more years' experience than me and almost all of them had known each other before going. 

I mostly did theater - I was in a project called "A Kiss For Little Bear" which was a hig

hly stylized children's bed-time story white actors interacting with paintings and cool things like that. I also helped with singing class - we sang a song called "Pay Attention" that was written by campers from the previous session. 

If any of you are the least bit interested in Camp Winnarainbow, please check it out. They even have an adult camp! It will change your children's (or your neighbors' or family members' children's) lives. I know that most likely would not be alive if it wasn't for that place. They're suffering from the economic recession and they deserve to stay alive. There's my publicity speech. 

     massage train!!

 Wavy Gravy in costume (left)