Posted by
Lenny Gianitsos
on
10/10/03 - 15:46:02
IP:
167.203.48.180
Browser:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
Message Body
| Reading your message brought back fondest memories of my summers at Camp Felicia, circa 1950 thru 1955. I'm not sure when we combined with Madison, but I do remember at Felicia we swum in a "creek" at madison we had a hugh pool. I had such fun at these camps that I always regreted coming home at the end of one of our "trips". There were three trips each summer each lasting three weeks. Occasionally I managed to attend two of them but never all three. The last trip of the summer was especially memorable as the entire camp sat around the camfire the last night of camp singing songs like "so long its been good to know you" and the kinship everyone felt was overwelhming. During these trips I toasted my first marshmellow, learned how to swim, went frog hunting, was taught the difference between poison ivy,zumac,oak, received my first kiss, and learned to love the great outdoors. There is so much more but It was some time ago, and I've forgotten so many names. I do remeber that the camp trips were helped along by Mrs Van Bell (a living Saint) associated with the Hudson Guild where I spent so much of my youth. I'm embarrased that I can't recal any of my camp counselers names, but some of my fellow campers and good friends were Manuel& Anthony Martinez, John Boldt, Robert Laken, and Michael Albronda. I also remember that the camp Laundress had a son assigned to our group who played the trumpet. I wish I could thank all the people who worked in the camp because they were all heros and wonderful role models. I am not going to get overly sentimental or mundane so let me share this moment with you. There was an outing of the entire camp in the woods one evening. The drink of choice was Grape Juice in those hugh steel containers. Someone brought along a transistor radio. All of a sudden a song was played we had never heard before & all of the Female counselers started dancing spotainiously to this loud driven new sound. Some of the Male counselers joined them and eventually the entire camp was trying to keep up with this super hyper music. It lasted less than three minutes but i will never forgeot the moment. The song was "Crazy Man Crazy" by Bill Haley and the Comets, and preceeded their signature song, Rock Around The Clock by at least one year, maybe two. I now belong to a Gymnastic Organization coaching basketball and assisting wherever I can. We have a Summer Camp. When I'm there, occassionally in the evening or at twilight I close my eyes, take a deep breath and swear I can smell those roasting marsmellows and taste that grape juice. |
|
|
RobBoard v1.0 © 1999 by Robert Eisler.