New Jersey 2006

• Settling In Day • The Arrival • Senior and Super Senior Boy's Pool Party • Fine Arts Explored • Deal or No Deal • The Goonies On Ice • The Belline Family Farm • The Staff Talent Show • A Day in the Life of the Quad • Celebrity Dress Up • Carnival • The Social Mixer I • Frito Pie • Thursday Night Live • Wonders of the Ancient World Soccer Tournament • Archery • Banner Night • Schooley's Mountain Park Day Trip • Survivor • Tom's Day Trip • The Cup Game • The Sunken Lounge Earns its Reputation • Lou • Week Three Talent Show • Counselor Antics • The Midnight Sun • As Campers Dreamed, Counselors Dribbled • Ga-Ga • Campfire • Parachute Games • Extreme Duck-Duck-Goose • Cookie Baking • Hackey Sack • Social Mixer II • Shade • Captain Fantastic • Ultimate Frisbee Tournament • Impromptu Ro-Sham-Bo Tournament • The Arrival: Part Deux • Drama Games • Gladiator • Horseback Riding • Super Senior Pool Party • Capture the Flag • Day Trip to...The Pool? • Drag Race • Impromptu Slip 'n Slide • Trick My Wagon • Skate Park • Bunk Time: Reeves' Second Floor • Chess • Drums • Canteen • Gymnastics Show • Holy Cow! • Global Rover • Camper Bowling • Fashion Show • Intercamp Games • Dance Show • Late-Night Goonies Dodgeball • Camper-Counselor Challenge • The Gym is Getting Torn Down Soon, So We'd Better Do this Quickly... • Lost & Found • Guitar • Clubs • Skit in a Bag • Younger Divisions Chill Out • Tennyball • Shade Antics • Water-Balloon Volleyball • Skate 57 • Boat Wars • 7 • Golf Challenge • The Beauty that is Centenary College • The Italian Leisure Club • Fencing • The World That Is Campus Kids • Digital Photo • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Matt Lurrie Appreciation Day • Campstock • Gladiator Tournament • Ryan's Choice of Very Bad Things.htm • The Staff Assistant • The Final Farewell •

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Parachute Games Click a picture to enlarge it. Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie
Often times, possibly in a James Bond movie, a small object in the sky resembling an oval will appear in the sky. As it draws closer, a person, dangling from a string, will become clearer and clearer, until the parachute he or she is manning has touched ground. While we would love nothing more than to be able to offer sky-diving lessons, here at Campus Kids, we have not abandoned the parachute completely.
	Usually, you see the underside of the parachute when in use, but an aerial view will show a group of people huddled at the edges of the colorful cloth.

These are parachute games.

There are two popular games that are played, this first of which is Cat and Mouse. The cat, as seen in the picture, crawls on the top of the parachute.
	Then, three campers, playing mice, scurry under, and try to avoid being tagged by the cat. Last mouse crawling wins.
The second game has no name. In it, all players stand at the outer edge of the parachute. One player will shout out a characteristic. This could be birth month, name, physical characteristic, etc.
	Everyone who does not fit the description lifts up the parachute.
Those who fit the description must run under the lifted parachute, and find a new place to stand before the parachute drops.
	Some do not quite make it.
But do, in the end, escape.
	Others find sanctuary in the depths of the colorful parachute.
When a characteristic like "Wearing a bathing suit" is called (these groups had swim instruction next), the parachute can get lost, due to lack of people holding it.

Many are skeptical of a game entitled "Parachute Games", but after they try it, skeptics soon turn to players, many of whom can be found running and crawling through the folds of the parachute.