Posted in Horseback Riding on May 24th, 2008
This is the week the horses begin arriving at camp. It’s exciting because all spring we’ve been preparing the barn for their arrival. There are four new stalls on the big main barn (luxury accommodations!), a new wash pad for the upper barn, and new fence sections here and there. With 28 [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Mar 19th, 2008
Dressing up is one of the best things about going to an all girls summer camp. There seems to always be a chance to put on something funny, become a character, or create an alter ego of some sort. Parties, skits, shows! Thinking of Rockbrook, here are the top 10 fun dress [...]
Posted in Games on Mar 8th, 2008
Here’s something fun. We made these two graphics over at TypoGenerator.net. It’s a cool site where you type in your name (or any other text!) and it automatically generates random colorful “typo posters” like these. Go check it out and see what your name looks like!
Posted in Girls Camps on Feb 1st, 2008
And these aren’t your casual friends. At camp you’ll make the absolute best friends of your life, the kind of friends you’ll always stay in touch with. That’s because camp is a place where you can be who you really are. No need to pose, no need to worry about who is [...]
Posted in Camp on Jan 18th, 2008
A bathrobe
A wig
A couple of hair curlers
Lots of powder for all over
Glasses, preferably small ones on the end of your nose
Pillows or other stuffing for certain areas
A walking cane
Loose, baggy nylon stockings
Big puffy slippers
Really red, and a little messy, lipstick
A scratchy or frail sounding voice
“Put them altogether, and you’ve got a Rockbrook…” Well, [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Nov 22nd, 2007
When you go to a summer sleepaway camp, you’ll have some crazy fun. Here’s a great example of a camp game that’s popular at Rockbrook… a Shaving Cream Fight! The rules are pretty simple. Armed and ready with a can of shaving cream and dressed in your bathing suit, you run around [...]
Posted in Crafts on Sep 18th, 2007
Giving kids a chance to explore crafts, to learn new ways of being creative, is a big part of summer camp. Rockbrook has almost 20 different craft activities for example. Each lets the girls express themselves creatively and make something cool. There’s plenty of time (It’s summer after all!), all the right [...]
Posted in Camp on Aug 8th, 2007
Today was cabin day and the Senior line took an excursion to Sliding Rock. The temperature peaked at around 98 degrees, so it was a refreshing change for the girls. Sliding Rock is basically a large rock which mimics a gigantic water slide. It is located in the Pisgah Forest, and is just a little [...]
Posted in Girls Camps on Aug 1st, 2007
It was super hero day today at Rockbrook. We all came up with our own versions of super-heroism and dressed the part! Talk about creativity… it was amazing. There were lots of “Super Girls” and other “Incredibles,” but here’s a great shot of Whitney as “Feather Girl.” Her arch nemisis was [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Jul 20th, 2007
Finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for was here…and then gone. Banquet was successful! The theme of the night was “Pixar”, which consists of a combination of four movies: “Finding Nemo”, “The Incredibles”, “A Bug’s Life”, and “Monsters, Inc.” The setup for the big night went very smoothly, and by 6:00, the CA’s were [...]
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