Sunshine, Singing, and Surprises: A Camp Story

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Narrator: Welcome to camp! The sun is shining, the lake is sparkling, the trees are tall and the Program Aides are singing. What could possibly go wrong in such a beautiful place?! (P.A’s sing) P.As: I’m an old duck rover from down in Montana, I round up them duckies and drive them along, to a flooded corral where we bull tag and brand them, and mosey on home just a singing this song….. (Camera pans around camp: Sunny day. Pan to see the lodge, the flag circle, girls of all ages with backpacks and sleeping bags, the boat house, the lake, the dock with canoes, and the cabins. ) The Camp Director, Sage, shouts: “OK, girls stow those backpacks in your cabins and meet back here for dinner!” Sage pulls the PA’s (teenage girls) aside: “Listen girls, …show more content…

The three girls start walking through the muck. They are terrified. Peaches: They’re gone! What Happened! Blink: Whatever that was it tore off Starfish’s life jacket…. What was that? (Dramatic Music Plays, cut to commercial.) (Back from Commercial. Skip Lakebottom in a busy television control booth) Narrator: Skip Lakebottom at the control booth here. Hehehe! Those girls have no idea what hit them. Hehehe - here’s an instant replay of Starfish rowing in circles in the lake. Hehehe - that’s hilarious! Let’s check in with our camera crew and see what they’ve planned next. Mike: Hello Skip. Lucky for us it is a clear night - we are getting great footage from our secret cameras hidden all over the camp. Now we can’t tell you what we have planned next, but, let’s just say it’s going to be quick! I have Roger who we flew in from our set design offices in L.A., you may remember him from the challenges he created on “Survivor.” Roger: Thanks Mike, for this secret challenge I have…. Skip Longbottom: Thanks Roger! That’s all we have time for, now let’s check back in and see how those girls are doing. (Show girls walking through the woods.) Link: I’m so scared… We need to get

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