One Final Post

I promised to let you know when the photos taken at the dance were posted. Having finally arrived at home after a 2-day stop at Camp Allen, I've now been able to process and post those pics. Check them out here.

Homecoming Concert

The choir arrived safely back at Chapelwood on Friday afternoon, and after dinner with their families, performed a homecoming concert showing off some of the music they learned. We also learned who had the best cabin names (senior girls and senior guys both won the honors), as well as the 15 winners of "The Fred Gibson Servant of Christ" award for regular and devoted participation in Wesley Choir across the years. The Wesley Choir will be in the loft this Sunday morning at the 8:25 service to begin their year of musical leadership and then they will conclude WCC.XLVII with a pool party Sunday afternoon.

This Concludes our Blog Reporting from Choir Camp

I hope you have enjoyed seeing our youth enjoy themselves at Wesley Choir Camp XLVII as much as we've enjoyed bringing it to you. You may be interested to know we've averaged about 650 page views per day. Since our reporter (Bob Johnson) has to leave camp early in the morning, this is our final blog post. The choir will be cleaning up and leaving camp immediately after lunch. We anticipate getting back to Houston around 4:00 p.m. (traffic and functioning busses permitting). Don't forget the Homecoming Dinner at 5:00 p.m. and the concert immediately following at 6:00 p.m. Parents, in addition to actually hearing the music they've been learning, you'll have a chance to meet with the counselors in your child's cabin to get all the good scoop.

As always, you can see and download camp pictures by clicking here. Check back the next couple days as we add more pictures, especially from the dance.

Summary Video for Thursday

Here is a short video showing you our Thursday activities (minus the dance).

Campers Eagerly Anticipating Tonight's Dance

Each night at Choir Camp has a special activity -- tonight's is a camp-wide dance. Parents, remember how awkward dances could be in middle school, and even high school? "What if no one will dance with me?" It's not that way at choir camp. Everyone gets to dance, no one says "no" when asked to dance. Our senior girls will help our 7th grade girls with dress, hair, and make-up. Our senior guys will then escort the 7th grade girls to the dance. Our 7th grade boys will have the time of their young lives escorting the senior girls. Then, each of the other grade levels will escort each other. It's a wonder to behold as these young folks navigate the often scary waters of adolescence, but having caring adults helping them learn how to become men and women.

One of the favorite traditions in preparation for the dance is to have the guys from each grade level serenade their grade level girls, asking them to the dance. This picture shows the senior guys serenading the senior girls. Their plan to serenade them at their cabin last night fell victim to the storm and power outage. But not to be outdone, the guys quickly came up with their own plan B.

Wesley Choir Sings for UM Women

This morning, the choir had the opportunity to sing for a meeting of the Texas Annual Conference's United Methodist Women. Their event, "Mission U" (formerly, the Weekend School of Christian Mission), has been held at this time for several years. When the choir needed a camp two years ago on very short notice, the UMW agreed to make the changes necessary to accommodate our choir. In gratitude, we have sung our first concert for them each of the last two years.

Wednesday Summary Video

Here's a short video on Wednesday's activities at Wesley Choir Camp.

View all our camp pictures here.