Posted in Children on Jul 18th, 2007
“Evening program tonight is going to be counselor impersonations!!!” And the crowd goes wild. Since the second day of camp, my campers have been slyly saying two words, “counselor impersonation”, every time they caught me doing something out of the ordinary or weird or funny; I wasn’t sure if I should take it as a [...]
Posted in Drama on Jul 2nd, 2007
Hey, it’s Lexie reporting to you directly from the Middler line… and beyond!
Many girls held their breath this morning as they nervously climbed the steps of the Dining Hall. The cast list for our play, The Wizard of Oz, had just gone up and everyone was anxious to see. The initial craze of [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Jun 22nd, 2007
What could possibly be better than celebrating your own birthday? Why, celebrating everyone’s birthday on the same night of course!
The campers were so excited when they entered the dining hall for dinner to find that it was Birthday Night. We all sat at tables according to birth month, so that we could all celebrate together.
Dinner [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Apr 25th, 2007
Here’s something cool— it’s the cover page from the 1925 camp catalog. Rockbrook’s first summer was in 1921, so this is very early in the history of the camp. You can see the founders listed right there on the bottom: Nancy Clarke Carrier and Henry Carrier, her husband. No doubt the photo is a canoeing [...]
Posted in Arts on Apr 23rd, 2007
One of the most traditional arts and crafts activities at Rockbrook is weaving. It’s been something girls have done at camp since the very beginning back in 1921. In the craft cabin we call Curosty (which even pre-dates camp!), there are several table-top and floor looms we use to teach basic weaving [...]
Posted in Girls Camps on Apr 2nd, 2007
Another common question we hear is about the number of counselors at camp. At any girls residential camp like Rockbrook, it is important to consider the camper to counselor ratio. With 200 campers enrolled in each session, people are often surprised to hear that we have close to 100 employees during the summer, [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Feb 14th, 2007
Archival photo of summer camp archery at Rockbrook Camp for girls
Posted in Outdoors on Feb 2nd, 2007
A snowy view of Rockbrook sleepaway summer camp in North Carolina
Posted in Summer Camp on Jan 29th, 2007
We often describe Rockbrook as a “traditional” summer camp. Being founded in 1921, its age is one good reason for this. Likewise, when you step into many of the buildings at camp, each of the three stone lodges or the “Goodwill” cabin for example, you have that feeling of being back in time. [...]
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