Drama continued

Another Drama activity that gave some unexpected insights into the campers was the improvisational skits. Long before Drew Carey did Who's Line, the campers were doing the very same thing.

The midgies were all pretty predictable where their skits would go. At least with boys, sooner or later it would wind up as some kind of action scene...good guys shooting the bad guys

Juniors did a little better, but usually by the time they would actually get into the skit, someone would cut up somehow and the mood would be broken. It was hard to do any real interaction when somebody was making fart noises with his armpit.

The Seniors, especially when the program was mixed boys and girls, could do some remarkable and emotional things. I am not sure what we would have to do today with some of the things we learned.

Sometimes if you watched carefully you could see that one of the players was really attracted to another, and this was a way to say it, but not say it. Sometimes the topics drifted into painful subjects. Not often, but enough to make an impression. I remember very well an episode where I could swear the girl was trying to tell us that she had been abused. I am fairly certain that she was given some extra attention by her counselors after that.

The best part though, was the realization of how talented our kids were, and how lucky we were to be working with them. Unfortunately, it sometimes took years to realize that.

Bob