1st Enc 2008 Olympic Songs Part IV: The Goonies

Here are the songs for 1st Encampment's The Goonies team. The songs are the culmination of four days of hard work and learning by the campers, and the grand finale of Olympics. All songs are written and learned within four days!


The Goonies Cheer ("Crank Dat" by SoljaBoy) - The song all about The Goonies
The Goonies March ("Pop" by N'Sync) - The song that helps The Goonies march over other teams
The Goonies Alma Mater ("Scientist" by Coldplay) - The song all about Golden Slipper Camp

(Here is the blog entry with links to Indiana Jones' songs)
(Here is the blog entry with links to Jurassic Park’s songs)
(Here is the blog entry with links to Back to the Future’s songs)

1st Enc 2008 Olympic Songs Part III: Back to the Future

Here are the songs for 1st Encampment's Back to the Future team. The songs are the culmination of four days of hard work and learning by the campers, and the grand finale of Olympics. All songs are written and learned within four days!

Back to the Future Cheer ("The Right Stuff" by New Kids on the Block)- The song all about Back to the Future
Back to the Future March ("Walkaway" by Kelly Clarkson) - The song that helps Back to the Future march over other teams
Back to the Future Alma Mater ("If I Could Be Like That" by 3 Doors Down) - The song all about Golden Slipper Camp

(Here is the blog entry with links to Indiana Jones' songs)
(Here is the blog entry with links to Jurassic Park’s songs)
(Here is the blog entry with links to The Goonies' songs)

1st Enc 2008 Olympic Songs Part II: Jurassic Park

Here are the songs for 1st Encampment's Jurassic Park team. The songs are the culmination of four days of hard work and learning by the campers, and the grand finale of Olympics. All songs are written and learned within four days!

Jurassic Park Cheer ("Maneater" by Nellie Furtado) - The song all about Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park March ("Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows) - The song that helps Jurassic Park march over other teams
Jurassic Park Alma Mater ("Over My Head" by The Fray) - The song all about Golden Slipper Camp

(Here is the blog entry with links to Indiana Jones' songs)
(Here is the blog entry with links to Back to the Future's songs)
(Here is the blog entry with links to The Goonies' songs)

Welcome to 2nd Encampment!!!

We are now 24 hours into 2nd encampment, and life is AWESOME at Golden Slipper Camp!

The camp-wide fun started when seven buses of campers arrived at Golden Slipper Camp. We meet as a camp family at the main campfire site to officially start the encampment, and then dismiss each bunk one at a time. Each bunk stops by the flagpole first for a bunk picture!


The fun continued last night with the GSC Welcome Show, which is when our counselors and staff members put in skits, sing songs, and otherwise act silly to welcome the campers to camp. Be sure to check out the pictures from the GSC Welcome Show!

Tonight is a big night at GSC: Rick Recht is performing a concert right here! Be sure to check back tomorrow for pictures and a report of the performance! As always, we welcome your feedback, ideas, and suggestions for GSC or the blog! And if you haven't checked out Twitter yet, be sure to join and follow the Golden Slipper Twitter feed!

The End of First Encampment - Award Recipients

First encampment ended amidst many hugs and goodbyes. It truly was a great encampment! Our last evening activity was, as per tradition, our Closing Ceremonies. In addition to a ceremonial closure to the encampment, we recognize several campers on this evening. We have many great campers at GSC, but on this night we honor Slipper's finest. We award two awards to a camper in each village (Sportsmanship and Citizenship Awards), as well as the Morton Shupak Waiters' Spirit Award, and several camp-wide awards: Steve Saltzman Camper Spirit Award, William Y. Saltzman Humanitarian Award, Moses DeSousa Sportsmanship Award, and the brand new Golden Slipper Camp Family Award, in memory of GSC alumni Chad Elliot Weiss.

Here is a list of the recipient of these awards; these are some of the campers who make Golden Slipper Camp -- and the world itself -- a better place:
Vogelson Village Sportsmanship Award: Anfernee Williams
Vogelson Village Citizenship Award: Jared Roman
Kadden Village Sportsmanship Award: James McNally
Kadden Village Citizenship Award: Matthew Tait
Council Boys Sportsmanship Award: Ken Lozado
Council Boys Citizenship Award: Danylo Zasterkovnny

Strauss Village Sportsmanship Award: Kristen Green
Strauss Village Citizenship Award: Alexis Frey
Friends Village Sportsmanship Award: Cionna Whaley
Friends Village Citizenship Award: Naadirah Rahim-Johnson
Council Girls Sportsmanship Award: Brooke Barlow
Council Girls Citizenship Award: Daja Gibson

Morton Shupak Waiters' Spirit Award: Marcus Brown and Julia Warshafsky
Moses DeSousa Sportsmanship Award: Ilya Gourin and Victoria Warne
Steven Saltzman Camper Spirit Award: Mike Regan and Madison Seitchek
William Y. Saltzman Humanitarian Award: Andrew Hyman and Jasmine Teich
The Golden Slipper Camp Family Award: The Cylinder Family (Zach, Jamie, Brett, and Mark)

Congratulations to all of our award recipients! And a big GSC thank you to every camper who made first encampment so amazing. We hope to see you again in 2009!