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Welcoming ceremony for the Legion Condor which was held in Lustgarten square, Berlin, June 6, 1939. Joseph Goebbels declared in a broadcast address to the German people. Features of the parade were large long-range air-defence artillery guns, emphasis on motorized artillery and development of air-defence units. The grandstand comprised 20,000 official guests, and the parade was watched by several hundred thousand spectators. In total, 40,000 to 50,000 German troops took part. The parade, which lasted for more than four hours, included 12 companies of the Luftwaffe, 12 companies of the army, and 12 companies of the navy and units of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The display was intended in part as a warning to the Western powers. вЂњThe trouble with camp, is that camp ends, it ends for the summer, and then one day it ends foreverвЂ¦.The Ost-West-Achse (East-West-Axis) in Berlin, site of a massive rally and military demonstration in celebration of Adolf HitlerвЂ™s 50th birthday, 20 April 1939. Until then we hold fast to living life fully and joyfully until each camp day is done and Taps sounds through the trees.

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Tomorrow we will have our full camp Field Day, Songfest, Friendship Pact reading and we still have our Fireworks, Banquet Ball, Camper/Counselor Day, Candlelight, Cabin Parties, Last Will and TestamentвЂ¦ What are all these strange sounding activitiesвЂ¦ Ask your camper, they will be home soon enough. People who have long since graduated from their days at Birchmont still say that corn on the beach with camp friends is one of the sweetest of their camp memories, impossible to duplicate. Swimming races, swamp a canoe, sailing, wake boarding, waterskiing, even fishing competitions all culminate in sunset BBques at the beach with вЂњbeauty burgersвЂќ and roasted вЂњIndian cornвЂќ which has been shucked and soaked in canoes of lake water, dunked in butter and grilled to perfection. Each group has their own Water Carnival at the lakeвЂ¦and this is surely a highlight. Impossible to explain all the events, and the level of enthusiasm and all out effort put forth by our campers all week long. The weeksвЂ™ activities are almost at a close now. Every childвЂ™s name is called out to join a team and campers run down the field to take their place. Games of chance, live animal Safarai, a music dedication booth, Kiss O Gram with Hershey kiss and note delivery system never failed to surprise and delight the recipients.ДЄt Booth CarnivalвЂ™s end, we announce the Color War teams and each groupвЂ™s 4 Lieutenants chosen by their group counselors. This yearвЂ™s Pioneer Girls had the Dirty Desserty booth in which they made clear cups of chocolate pudding with gummy earthworms and crumbled Oreos on top for a muddy looking mess of deliciousness. Of course there are dunk tanks, and cotton candy booths and all manner of homemade treats. Campers come up with crazy booths run by their bunks, while fellow campers try each booth and pay with beans which are counted at the days end, with prizes given for originality and popularity. Campers quickly learn the roles these people played in the setting up and breaking down of what was once considered the greatest show on earth. ItвЂ™s a throwback to a long standing tradition where the camp is divided into four teams by color and named by parts of a circus.

Literally, everyone got into the act.Д«ooth Carnival kicks off our Color War which is also called Carnival Week. It was just one of those spirited, spontaneous moments that represents camp life so well.

The showвЂ™s finale to the very campy вЂњIвЂ™m a BelieverвЂќ was delivered with great energy and joy and the entire camp audience joined the cast in song. With 3 FionaвЂ™s cast to represent the character at different ages, we had several female leads along with Shrek, Donkey, and a host of smaller comic roles. 40 campers brought this animated feature to life with rousing songs, fantastic sets, creative costumes complete with a life-size dragon puppet created by Head of Performing Arts staffer, Steve and a team at Arts and Crafts and Woodshop. Our end of season camp musical production was Shrek 2, The Musical.

What seemed like a beautiful endless summer of smiles and sunshine is now ending in just a few spirited days and starry nights under the Super Moon lighting up our lake and fields.

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