MTVs and More!

We’ve had a busy few days and will continue to pack in all of the remaining fun for the remainder of first session! Yesterday was a favorite day for many of our campers, MTVs! During the day we ran a normal program and enjoyed avocado toast for breakfast, make your own salads for lunch, and dirkee chicken (crunchy onion-coated chicken breast) for dinner! For evening program, we had our MTV performances. Throughout the session, campers are assigned to MTV groups based on their Mari or Meta team where our senior cabin campers choreograph and lead incredible performances. During the session, sometimes during general or for a rainy day activity, MTV groups will gather and practice choreography, make costumes, or practice their lip-sync. The entire production is entirely camper-led, no staff participates in the planning or execution. Campers work together to cut music, make costumes, design backdrops, choreograph dances and get performance-ready. Watching each group perform their final product gives me the chills and brings me to tears each summer. To watch a group of campers, of all different ages, come together to work toward a shared goal and have fun is an incredible thing to witness. To me, it encapsulates exactly what makes Marimeta so special. At Marimeta, campers of all ages and abilities can come together to have fun, cheer each other on, and take leadership roles. Our oldest campers put in an extreme amount of planning, effort, and dedication to include and support campers of all ages. They find innovative ways to feature campers with various talents, get creative with their backdrops, and cheer on their competitors. The spirit and teamwork that goes into the performances is electric and inspiring. We can’t wait to share the performances with you soon!

Today was our last Sunday of the session. The morning consisted of our running club, sleep-ins, and lazy breakfast. After our potato bar lunch, we had team meetings for our Total Camp Competition. During TC Comp, campers are assigned to various competitions for their Mari and Meta league teams. Events include everything from skiing, sailing, and swimming to climbing, soccer, and tennis. After all events are finished, we hold the captain’s event. The event begins with each team partaking in a hula hoop pass among all team members. Then, captains must run around camp to retrieve various items needed to build a fire to burn a rope. All captains then work with their co-captains and little captains to light and build a fire strong enough to burn through a string before the other team can. This year, our little captains had the opportunity to shine given their newfound knowledge from their camping skills classes. Our rancher captains were able to teach their older captains how to use a flint to light a fire. Sunday night finished with a cookout and watching last year’s MTVs due to a storm that passed through.

This week will be a busy week packed with regular activities, Chaos VS Control, banquet, making cabin plaques and our final campfire. And we know that when Friday approaches, we will want to linger, a little longer.

Love the happy times,

Jami