Doublecreek Star Power!

The excitement was building!  The tension was unbearable!  Friday was the day!  The day for what, you ask?  It’s the day we crowned the 2017 Mr. and Mrs. Doublecreek.  This week, five couples put their hearts and souls into this amazing competition and in the end, Atiyeh and Tiffany were crowned our winners.

How long have we had Mr. and Mrs. Doublecreek?  This competition started in the late 1990’s.  I don’t remember the year, but I remember the talent show on the final day of the competition.  There were two pairs of contestants ahead of the other pairs of contestants.  Of course, they were the final two acts on Friday.  The next to last pair did a very elegant song and dance to “My Heart Will Go On” from the movie "Titanic"!  The next pair were two of our male counselors who called themselves Hans and Gretel.  They spent the week posing and lifting anything and anyone. For their final talent, they put on a wrestling contest.  It was beautiful (or as beautiful as a wrestling match could be.)  They smashed chairs over each other’s heads, dove off tables, and for the grand finale, they fell from a ladder onto every mat we had at camp!  When it came time to decide the winner, we let Joe Ray’s magic hat decide -- which is our way of letting the crowd (mob) decide.  Of course, Hans and Gretel blew away the cultured portion of the program.  Oh, well, Hans and Gretel knew what the crowd liked!

Our Mr. and Mrs. Doublecreek shows have followed the same formula year in and year out!  Each day brings a different category.  Some years, it’s evening wear, swimwear, some type of relay and always a talent show.  This year we had a “Guess What Your Partner Would Say” game, a relay that was too complicated to describe, a dance contest, and finally, today’s talent show.  All years are entertaining and this year was no exception.  No one takes this very seriously, so there are really no losers.  We had terrific acts.  Will they burn in my memory like Hans and Gretel?  Well, there was only one Hans and Gretel – which is a good thing!  We were running out of tables!

I would be remiss not to mention Mr. and Mrs. Doublecreek was started by our previous director, Scott Kirtley.  Scott instituted many innovations at Doublecreek.  He introduced  mini-golf, gun safety, the rock wall, ropes challenge course and paintball...in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Doublecreek.  It was ten years ago on August 2, 2007, that Scott left us.  Ten years later, we still remember Scott and we are grateful for everything he meant to Doublecreek!


--Joe Ray

Here's the link to this week's video: https://vimeo.com/228362671