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The piano roars and the singing starts. We open to the song and the voices are just belting. We would clap with some of the songs, others we would stand up for, and some we would just sit and sing. One song which is a camp favorite is Let the River Run. Let the River run is asong that makes the whole camp happy. There’s a line in the song, that for unexplainable reasons, the whole camp screams out and at the last hymn sing everyone stands up for that one line. On that last night I know its not only me who felt that but everyone wants to make it the best night because only at camp can we hear and sing these amazning songs. The songs we sing are songs you get knots for in your stomach. They are songs you would buy on itunes and listen to about 200 times in a day; but we know that we wont be able to do so we make the best of it. Looking around seeing everyone singing is funny. You see girls sweating, some girls crying, some girls really into it, and that was the beauty of that last night. Girls were reacting to these really fun and happy songs in all different
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Before we sang them the director reflected on our weeks at camp. She got us all in a mellow mood. The final five songs are five songs that are very quite and if you asked any of the girls at camp they would say the saddest ones. There is no cheering in between these songs its more of a spirtitual part. When the first song began my cabin and I sat close rto one another and tightened the circle. We put our arms around one another and sang. I started to cry when I looked at my friend Claudia. She lives in spain and we became like sisters; I saw her cry and couldn’t help my self and cry to. Then when I cried oen by one everyone in my cabin started to cry. Then there it was the last song of the night, Now the Day is over. I remember barley being able to sing it but knew it was the last song so I had to. When it finished the lights turned off a candle was lit and everyone just hummed the song over and over until someone decided to turn on the lights it could have lasted
Before we sang them the director reflected on our weeks at camp. She got us all in a mellow mood. The final five songs are five songs that are very quite and if you asked any of the girls at camp they would say the saddest ones. There is no cheering in between these songs its more of a spirtitual part. When the first song began my cabin and I sat close rto one another and tightened the circle. We put our arms around one another and sang. I started to cry when I looked at my friend Claudia. She lives in spain and we became like sisters; I saw her cry and couldn’t help my self and cry to. Then when I cried oen by one everyone in my cabin started to cry. Then there it was the last song of the night, Now the Day is over. I remember barley being able to sing it but knew it was the last song so I had to. When it finished the lights turned off a candle was lit and everyone just hummed the song over and over until someone decided to turn on the lights it could have lasted