Sideshow
In 1992, the staff was called "the Sideshow" that summer. With Director Bob Van Dyk leading the charge and a staff made up almost entirely of Campfire MCs, the theatrics and goofiness was constant. There were many surprises every single day. With a lack of equipment or not enough staff, but most importantly not enough campers, it was difficult to run activities (i.e. try teaching a double play in baseball with one camper), which meant the staff needed to entertain in other ways. Announcements after meals would be known to go an hour or longer sometimes.
The best remembered announcements were probably the Elvis sightings. Random counselors would start their activity announcements, "Elvis was sighted in a canoe heading towards Seal Rock. Many believe he's been hiding out in a cabin just down the shoreline." These announcements would string along together without any planning simply by improv creativity.
Staff planned a week where each counselor would take a day of the week as their day to come up with something fun. Some of the memorable ones were Ron Mattson eating breakfast in the rafters of the lodge or the staff all serving breakfast in bed to their cabins (walking back and forth to the lodge).
Sideshow Staff Included
- Bob Van Dyk
- Ron Mattson
- Brian Roskow
- Mike Mattson
- Josh Church
- Justin Ingold
- Chuck Hatcher
- Adam Whinston
