Back From Camp

I’m back from Younger 4H camp and I have… 35 hours, I believe, to get everything washed and repacked, my online class assignments completed, and my room organized before heading off to Older camp. After a week of counseling it will be nice to be a camper for five days. Granted it will still be busy and tiring, but at least I won’t have to do any kid wrangling. Unless I’m a chief or sag, but I doubt that, there are still several people older than me in my tribe.



Our ECIs for the week Eric, Courtney, and Heidi.

The theme at Younger was “The Sound of Music” and each day was devoted to a different genre. Then on Thursday night we had Tri-County American Idol.



My friend Rhory was our Adam Lambert.




He judged along with our Simon and Paula.




It was my younger sister's first year as a counselor.

I got a few pictures and video clips when my camera was being cooperative so I edited them together into a video.

Camp Time!

I leave tonight for 4-H camp. This week will b the first time all the Marchese children will be at the same camp. This should be interesting. I believe this will be my eleventh year of camping. This week I will be counseling younger, next will be older (where I will be a camper) and then I will counsel intermediate. I’m going to be teaching an acting class for the second year, so I’ll be sure to write about it once I’m back.

Songs With Mom's Class

I was just opening my eyes yesterday morning, when my mother burst into the room and said “You’re coming to my class today to teach the kids songs right?” I rolled over and tried to figure out what on earth she meant. Then, I remembered that on Monday she had asked me if I could come to her first grade class on Wednesday and teach them some 4-H camp songs. She said that she had worked it out with my grandfather, who I had plans to work with, and to be there at 10:00. I have been counseling at Camp Frame for a few years now and will be camping for the eleventh time this year, but for the life of me I did not know what songs I was going to teach these kids. I tore apart a box I had stashed under my desk and found an old camp song book. I flipped through it and made a list of songs I knew well enough to teach. I also picked a couple theatre games I could teach the kids. At 10:00, I signed into the elementary school and walked into my mother’s classroom. The kids remembered me; I did a theatre activity with them over winter break. We took them outside and got into a circle. I explained what camp was like and told them that I would teach them a song that all first year campers needed to learn- Grey Squirrel. Then, we played a game of Red Ball/Blue Ball. Next, I taught them the song Every Little Cell, and we finished up with a game of Zip/Zap/Zop. Mom says the kids were singing all day.

First Vlog

I have been working on my charing project for 4-H. One of the activities I had to complete was to "show who I am". So I decided to make a Vlog. I've been meaning to do so for a while.