Open Day!

We woke the camp up with a song, Pink Fluffy Unicorns, playing it in every room and doing a little happy dance.  You could feel the excitement because it wasn´t just any morning, it was the morning of our Open Day! All the delegations had been practicing all week for the Open Day Show and as Activity 1 we had a run-through.  Otherwise the morning was spent cleaning, packing for Host Family stays and preparing the tables on which the delegations could showcase their country and give out some treats and brochures. We also took our camp pictures!

              

Guests started coming in a little bit before 3 p.m. The Staff and JCs welcomed the guests and delegations were by their tables presenting their countries. We were so happy to see how many people came to visit our Village!

At 3.30 started our show! All delegations were called in with the “Sugar, Sugar” energizer and the audience was singing along with us. Then every delegation and the JCs had a chance to present their country to our guests. All the performances were amazing and the atmosphere in the Auditorium was great! The audience loved us and we were so proud of the way the participants showcased their countries. We heard so many praising comments on the show afterwards! After the show, the delegations went back to their tables and the guests could still go around and meet the kids and also get some coffee, tea and little sweet treats baked by our chapter’s volunteers. To wrap up our Open Day we did a huge Pony Song with all our guests, it was so much fun!  Then we lowered the flag and sang the CISV song. After that it was time to send the participants off to their host families.

The whole day went by so fast and it was a lot of fun and moments of joy and fulfillment. The Open Day was a success! It was amazing to be able to show a glimpse of our camp to the people who came to visit us. A lot of well deserved thank yous went out and it was great to see so many people coming together  to visit our camp.

Thank you!

The Staff