MTV Night, featuring a celebrity guest!

Greetings Slipperites!

Sunday night was MTV Night (click here for pictures of 2008 1st Encampment MTV Night), one of GSC's most traditional evening activities (here are the 2007 MTV Night results). For this activity, each cabin performs a skit or dance to a song of their choice. The bunks work hard on this activity, with almost a week of time spent on choreography and making props and costumes, and it is always fun to see the end products. The 2008 1st Encampment MTV Night was certainly one of the most entertaining we have ever had, with 15 well-produced skits and lots of energy in the bleachers.

Our judges were comprised of administrators and visitors, including a celebrity guest! The administrator judges were nurses Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Jordyn, and head lifeguard Uncle Jared. Our guest judges were former campers Robyn Katz and Brianna Taylor! We were lucky to have two former campers who love GSC return to help us select a winner (more on that in a moment). Brianna also helped make the evening a little more special by performing 4 of her songs and signing autographs for every camper. Brianna has been on American Idol and The Real World and now has 5 songs available on iTunes, and we are very proud of her!

There was one finalist from each village, and an overall winner for the whole camp, which are listed below. Here are the skits each bunk performed:

A&B: Check Yes or No by George Strait
C&D: The Mix Tape by Jack's Mannequin (pictures)
E&F: American Boy by Estelly & Kanye West
Strauss Finalist: Bunks A&B

1&2: Technologic by Daft Punk (pic 1, pic 2)
3&4: Girls, Girls, Girls by Jay-Z (pictures)
5&6: Men in Black by Will Smith
Vogelson Finalist: Bunks 5&6

G&H: This One's For the Girls by Martina McBride
I&J: Our Song by Taylor Swift
K&L: Disturbia by Rihanna (pictures)
Friends Finalist: Bunks K&L

7&8: Ice Box by Omarion (picture 1 picture 2)
9&10: Just My Imagination by The Temptations
Kadden Finalist: Bunks 7&8

13&14: Who Let the Dogs Out by The Baha Men
M/N/O: Supernova Girl by Zenon the Sequel (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3)
15: Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3)
The Waitrix (Waiters and Waitresses): High School Musical by The High School Musical Cast
Council Boys & Girls Finalists: Bunk 15 and The Waitrix

The overall winner for MTV Night was Bunks 15 with Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli. Their skit was quite elegant (in a humorous fashion), and it may be the first MTV Night skit ever to receive a standing ovation from the entire camp. Congrats to Bunk 15 on their win, and to every other bunk for their hard work and excellent performances!!!