My theme was songs by Bruce Cockburn that I can actually play:
Justice,
Anything Can Happen, and
Tie Me At the Crossroads When I Die.
Review: Hey, may I borrow your guitar? (See collage by Kris.)
The set-up team in Bernie's absence:
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Surprise! on entry; played with Goo while K and dog went out (This mainly involved tearing down streamers); Farkle (didn't finish), pizza, cupcakes, cards, Goo's song about "Jesus Christ".
Gifts from AMPW, Esther & Goo respectively:
(Not on FB)
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My theme was my birthday (Mar. 25). I sang:
When I'm 64 (Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
Birthday (Lennon/MCCARTNEY), and In My Life (LENNON/McCartney).
Review: Nice job -- a guy passing by.
I am not in these pix.
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Swimming at VP, watched Camp Gitchigomee video with A, Uno with A & M, "Humdinger" w K & A (M screamed when I hummed, then apologized), Home-made Twister.
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Starting in 2012:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Keri)
The Closer We Are to Dying by Joe Fiorito
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (RP)
Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Katrina?)
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas Scott (Tamara)
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (RP)
The Druid's Tune by O. R. Melling - Mon. Jan. 26/15 @ Katrina's CONFIRMED
February by Lisa Moore - Tue. Apr. 21/15 @ Nat's
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield - July 2015? while I was at camp
I Am David by Anne Holm - Thu. Aug. 20, 2015 CONFIRMED
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - Tue. Oct. 13/15 - "finished reading" it Sept. 29, 2015
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (RP) - Nov. 2015 says Tim
The Line Painter by Claire Cameron - Tue. Nov. 17, 2015
Sutton by J. R. Moehringer (Katrina) - Tue. Dec. 22, 2015 CONFIRMED
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer - Jan. 20, 2016 @ Nat's
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby - April 12, 2016 @ Keri's
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Keri?) - May 11, 2016 CONFIRMED
Walden by Henry David Thoreau - Wed. June 29, 2016 @ Tamara's (Tamara)
Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier - Wed. Sept. 7, 2016 @ RP's (RP)
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Tim)
The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire (Keri)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (RP)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (RP)
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom (Tamara?)
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang (Jocelyn)
The Humanoids by Jack Williamson (Tamara)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (?)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Richard)
Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin (Keri)
The Winters by Lisa Gabrielle (Anne)
Seven Deaths by Stuart Turton (Bryan)
The Children Act by Ian McEwan (Katrina)
The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus (Tamara?)
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (Richard)
Maus I by Art Spiegelman (Keri)
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Louise Penny book (Anne?)
The Goldfinch by .... (Natalie?)
The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean E. Pendziwol (Katrina)
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Richard) Wed. May 12, 2021 Zoom
Home Country by Ernie Pyle (Tamara) and Stepford Wives (Keri) Mon. April 26, 2022
a long petal of the sea by Isabel Allende (Katrina) Sept. 29, 2022
Becoming by Michelle Obama (Natalie) Nov. 17, 2022
The Power by Naomi Alderman (Vicki) Jan. 18, 2023
True Biz by ___________ (Richard) March 29, 2023
We also read Ender's Game at some point. Also Annihilation at some point.
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The official video above is cued to start at the beginning of the Celebration program. You might be able to see me sitting at the right in the front row in front of the tent. The first part of the video has information about the camp and its future plans.
Links to all my MPC Boys Camp sessions
I brought my MPC photo album for people to peruse during the reception before the program. Photo by Ben Loewen.
My photos of the program part of the evening:
_______ and Rheal (Baloo) ---------------- Spencer Kushnir (Cousteau) ----------- Anna Janzen (Peppo)
Robin Shugart (Campus IV Staff) -------- IVCF Midwest Team ------------- Dave Birrell (U of W IV Staff)
Pingu's Mom!
Pete Dearborn (Drifter) -- I am in the pic at the far right.
Pete receives his Award of Excellence from the Manitoba Camps Association
Jeff Friesen and Aaron Peterson? review MPC's 80 years.
Nigel Pollock, President of IVCF Canada
Sunday morning I attended St. Pierre Bible Fellowship. Pete was given his award for the 3rd time.
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