The Cold Doesn’t Bother Us Anyway!

This was Prince & Princess Week at Camp Doublecreek.  In the past thirty years or so, most stories with a prince or princess in the center, have been movies or Disney musicals.  In these stories, you will typically have a protagonist and an antagonist.  For every Simba, you have a Scar; for every Penny, you have a Madame Medusa; for every Ariel, you have an Ursula; and for every Briar Rose, you have a Maleficent.

In celebrating Prince & Princess Week at Doublecreek, we ran into a big problem.  We really didn’t have an antagonist.  For our skits at Sing-Song, we created one – a mildly scary villain who kidnapped our lovely princess.  This villain was dispatched by a 5th grade camper wielding a bow and arrow with a rock on its tip.  It was true drama rivaling anything Shakespeare or Hugo could come up with.  Okay, maybe it would rival something Ed Wood would come up with.  If you are curious about Ed Wood, google “Plan Nine from Outer Space.”

But back to Camp Doublecreek -- we’re not a Disney movie.  Fortunately, we don’t have that kind of drama – no evil stepsister. When your finger gets pricked, you don’t fall into a deep sleep – our nurse is happy to put a band-aid on it and tell you how brave you are.  Some campers may equate our lifeguards to Ursula when they tell them “no running at the pool,” but, hey. . .safety before beauty!  We don’t have silverware singing “Be Our Guest,” in perfect harmony nor do we have Elsa singing “Let It Go" in perfect pitch.  But, we have countless campers and counselors singing all types of songs – not caring about how they sound, but enjoying being at Doublecreek.  One thing Doublecreek has in common with “Frozen” – the cold doesn’t bother us!  Ever!  Of course, we are not worried about having a frozen heart, either. 

-- Joe Ray


Here's the link to this week's video:  https://vimeo.com/221896522