Today was our last pizza lunch. With last night’s trip to ice skating and this morning’s jaunt to paintball for the oldest boys in camp, we’ve taken our last yellow bus trips of the summer. Tournaments are wrapping up and Leagues winners have mostly been crowned. After starting the summer with a blank canvas […]
Tennessee is from Connecticut. Miles comes from Pennsylvania. They met here at camp a year ago when they were both in the same cabin. Tennessee is going into fifth grade. Miles is going into fourth. Every year at Sing, there’s always one spectacular show of sportsmanship or friendship. I remember a few years ago, one […]
They come as one, but CGL campers always stand as many. This is an interpretation of a Maya Angelou quote, “I come as one … but I stand as ten thousand.” It means no matter who you are, no matter where you go, you’re never really alone. You have behind you generations of relatives and ancestors […]
Today, we resumed regular programming. After Country Club Day yesterday—Free Play, all day, a traditional day-after Color War recovery day—we resumed a regular Anyday morning of cabin activities. Electives. Instructional Swim. Flag football. But there’s nothing “regular” about the days after Color War’s conclusion. Today was probably the last Instructional Swim of the summer for […]
Greetings from your blogger-at-large, here after a three-year hiatus with a boots-on-the-ground report from Sing Night. There were a lot of hyphens in that sentence. Just as we were all so happy to have an in-person Visiting Day again this year (at least most of us were), my fellow past Color War Captains and I […]
On this night of sing and friendship, let us reminisce. That’s a line from one of my favorite camp songs and a tune I’ve been whistling all day. Because today is one of the most special days of the summer here at CGL—tonight is Sing Night, and if you know, then you know. But if […]
Today was about more than sports. A big part of Color War is spent competing on fields and courts. Each cabin spends a lot of the week playing traditional sports during cabin activities. Basketball and hockey and soccer help to decide a portion of it all, but Color War is more than just baskets and […]
This evening is the ninth running of the Color War event called The Amazing Race. Traditionally, the female camper captains race against each other to complete a series of mental and physical challenges with clues spread across camp. They must then perform or solve them on BB1 in front of their entire team. This is […]
Everybody has a job during Color War. Everyone has a task or something they’re good at, something to contribute to the greater good of the team. Camp Green Lane Color War is unique in that anyone, from the youngest Inter Girls and Boys, all the way up to their counselors, can chip in and help their […]
Happy Day 3 of Color War!! If you thought camp was overrun with green and white yesterday, you should see everyone today! The body paint, tutus, headbands, and socks have taken over, and it’s hard not to be filled with camp spirit everywhere you look. You can always tell when a good day’s worth of […]