What an amazing first day of camp.  You met all the goals I had for you by lunchtime, which means tomorrow will be even more exciting than I expected!  Get some good sleep and I'll see you in the morning!

From the Campers

How did you feel before camp today?
Excited • Nervous • Sleepy • Kinda scared • Tired • Excited • Kinda nervous • Bummed • Welcomed • Anxious

What are you hoping to learn during camp?
 • I want to learn how to be confident when singing in front of the Schola Cantorum.
 • I hope to learn about what the church looked like twenty years ago.
 • I hope to learn how to play an instrument.
 • How to sing the right vowels.
 • I hope to learn how to read music.
 • I hope to learn to be a better singer.
 • I want to learn how the Sunday "big bells" work.
 • I hope to learn more about the Cathedral's history.
 • How to ring a tower bell.
 • To find my way around sheet music better.
 • Some new notes and songs.
 • I hope to learn how to improve my voice and how to use my air supply to a more full extent.
 • How to make my voice LOUDER.
 • I hope to keep a steady beat.
 • Play and read notes better.
 • I want to learn new songs and control voice more.

What did you learn today?
 • I learned how to play the blues on an instrument.
 • I learned how to ring the bells.
 • I learned how the Orff instruments got their name.
 • How to ring the bells correctly.
 • When and where to bow or genuflect.
 • Music vowels.
 • How to handle handbells, ring them, and how to pay due respect to objects of reverence in our cathedral.
 • How to play metalophone.
 • I learned how to play the bells and the xylophones.
 • Vowels ah, ee, ay, ooh, eh, oh, ih
 • How to learn and have fun at the same time.
 • How to walk through the church.
 • I've learned new singing techniques.
 • That vowels are important in music.
 • I learned how to process to the altar.

One word to describe how camp was today:
Long • Fantastic • Joyous • Musical • Fun • Interesting • OK • Intriguing • Awesome • Good • Educational • Eventful • Inspiring • Interestingly good

Name something that's special about you...
 • I make friends quickly.
 • I can understand Ilocano (Filipino language).
 • I am friendly.
 • I am fashion savvy.
 • I really like to draw and to sing and play music.
 • I am self-driven.
 • I am smart.
 • I'm a singer and pianist.
 • I love to meet new people, no matter the age group.
 • I'm social.
 • I love to play instruments.
 • I am a good listener.
 • My second to last toe on my right foot is shrunk.
 • I can play piano better with my left hand, or so my teacher says.
 • I am unique because I can play piano, clarinet, and I sing.  Plus, I have the wackiest family in the world.
 • I'm very cooperative.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
    And the mome raths outgrabe.

'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jujub bird, and shun
    The frumious Bandersnatch!'

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
    Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
    And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
    The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
    And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
    The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
    He went galumphing back.

'And has thou slain the Jabberwock?
    Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
    He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
    And the mome raths outgrabe.

Cathedrals are works in progress!

Here are SOME of your ideas about what you'd do if you were a Cathedral pastor.
 • I would make a really big cross with things from 2005 in it.  People could put their own things in it and have it say "open in 50 years" so people a long time from now will know what it was like a long time ago.
 • Put in a teen center.
 • There should be things that teens enjoy but also help teens get close to God.
 • A huge cross on top of the oculus.
 • I would build a place for the homeless.
 • I like it the way it is.
 • I would build a labyrinth in front of the bronze doors.
 • Make a really big cross in front of the church outside.
 • I would build a care center where they could bless the people and other things.
 • I'd put in a red carpet.
 • I would put in massage chairs for the choir.
 • I'd put in air conditioning.
 • I'd add more musical instruments.
 • I would build a huge fountain in the courtyard of Jesus and Mary.
 • I probably wouldn't change much, but if I found a good space for it, I would try to add some paintings on the walls or maybe the ceiling.  Something colorful and beautiful.
 • I would build a place for people to find jobs.
 • I would build a care station for the homeless that need aid.
 • I would build an underground parking lot.
 • I would want more staff to help take care of the cathedral.
 • I would build a child care center.
 • It's perfect already, so... nothing!