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This summer was amazing. The best ever - I don’t think anything can top it!
One of the very BEST parts about coming to Main Camp is getting to experience our Sunday night concerts. It is a highlight of the 5-week session! Ther...
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Meet Our 2021 Sunday Concert Musicians!
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Parent Blog: Greystone's Impact on My Girls
It is difficult to describe the significance of Greystone to people who have not experienced it – either first hand as a camper, or through the eyes o...
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I learned this summer that the Screamer isn't as scary as it seems.
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Four Unexpected Joys of Summer 2021
It’s no secret that summer 2021 had to look a little different. In order to open our gates, we had to make adjustments to the way we gathered and went...
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Summer 2021 Videos: Week By Week
We try to capture the magic of camp all summer long through photos and blog posts, but there’s so many moments you just have to see to believe. And th...
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Main Campers
Some of the people reading the blog today are our Main Campers. You are perhaps on the road with your parents and things have settled down during a lo...
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Good
How to describe the day? One word comes to mind: overflowing. Campers and counselors alike are overflowing with emotions that flavor every moment of t...
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"Phew"
The Play last night was as epic an event as we have ever attempted. Every camper had a role, there were 5 scene changes, props, costumes, music, danci...
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Art
Artistic expression is valuable beyond words. It is soothing and sometimes cathartic for the artist. It is inspirational and sometimes thought-provoki...
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Sunday #4
Our last Sunday is underway and it is jam-packed; so the blog will be brief, much to your relief. The Synchro “Heartbreak Hoedown” Show was SPECTACULA...
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Watersports Day
Playing in the water is good for our mental health… that is what we were told by the expert panelists at several webinars this year. There is somethin...
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Corny Roast 2.0
Today’s Blog is going to be a short one… and I suspect that is OK with you… for today is FRIDAY! The beginning of another weekend and I bet your time ...
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Seniors
Last night the Senior girls were celebrated in an “old school” way. Hundreds of flowers in arrangements on the stage, twinkle lights everywhere, custo...
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Anticipation
When we plan a new event that we KNOW will be a hit, our anticipation of that day is intense… BUT the question lingers in the back of our minds… will ...
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FOMO
About five years ago we restored our Old Town War Canoes. Perry White, our good friend and former Program Director, did the work… it took him a year o...
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Dance!
I am often struck by the amount of dancing at camp. As I write this, we are in the middle of the day and classes are in full swing. Girls are playing ...
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Jimbolympiad
Chances are good that you have never been or will EVER be an Olympic athlete. Amost nobody is that gifted in a sport and we, therefore, do not regret...
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It's The Weekend
It is another GLORIOUS summer day in the mountains! The sun is shining without a cloud in the sky, zinc face protection has become a form of artistic ...
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The Surprise of Silence
Girls LOVE pets. At Greystone, we have known this for generations. Look at the old photos of camp in the 1920s and you will come across candid shots o...
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Why Time Flies
Thursday Already? Seriously, time is passing too quickly. Main camp is the longest session we offer but I wish it could go on forever. Not everybody f...
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A Shoutout For FUN!
Every day we offer about 45 different classes all day long. It takes a lot of planning, a big facility, truckloads of supplies, and a well-trained and...
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Tuesday Update
We just put out our second-week video, hope that you enjoy watching it half as much as we enjoyed making it! When the weeks are short it is hard to im...
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Quality Time
Quality time is a concept that our family embraces. Oxford defines quality time as: time spent in giving another person one’s undivided attention in o...
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Sunday #2
The story of our summer added a great chapter last night. After a glorious sunny day a surprise shower changed our evening program location. The pagea...
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5-Year
Fourteen. That is the average age of our Main Campers this year. They have been coming to camp for an average of six years (two have attended a jaw-dr...
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"Important Things"
Council Fire is the subject of this Blog’s “granular” look at camp life. We had our first Fire last night so the subject is fresh on my “sleep late Fr...
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Lessons From the '90s
We celebrated the 1990’s last night with a themed dinner and Gameshow EP. The girls dressed up for dinner, we played 1990’s music, and the entire camp...
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TEN DAYS
There are certain things that are known at camp that would not be understood elsewhere… inside jokes, dining room songs, groove dance moves, funny che...
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What's Important
Every morning I read the paper. It is a comfortable routine learned from my father, who had the Wall Street Journal delivered to the house every day. ...
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