So I know I said I would not post today but...

I had to!

In my Theatre class, our final exam requires us to present a monologue where we choose something from our life that has "made you who you are today". I choose Camp in general. And I wrote my first draft of my piece today. Here it is:

At Champ Chanco on the James, where I spent my last seven summers, there is a very special evening called Indian Night. It is the last night and is my favorite night of all.
In 2001, my first year, I was tapped into the Mattaponi tribe. (Song) The Mattaponi’s receive a feather and a word. Friendship. The friends I have made at camp are my truest friends and I would be with them all the time if I could.
My second year, 2002, I was tapped into the Pamunky tribe. (Song) Pamunkies receive a feather and a word. Love. At Chanco, I truly learned what it meant to love a group of people. The group of people may be my friends or I may not even know them but I love them. To feel that same love from everyone is just as powerful.
2003 was my third year. I was tapped into the Powhatan tribe. (Song) Once again a feather and a word are given. Spirit. The spirit of Chanco is what has carried me through my lowest points. Just knowing that I would be returning to that community of my friends who love me so unconditionally is the light at the end of the tunnel.
My fourth year, 2004, required me to be initiated into the Order of Chanco. Initiation starts the night before Indian Night and is very spiritual and secret, so I am not allowed to reveal the particulars. Initiates do not receive a song but they do receive a feather and a word. Trust. In my seven years at Chanco, I have learned that my Chanco friends are the only friends I can trust 100%. I love them for that. They are an essential part of what I believe to be the Spirit of Chanco so I trust them with everything.
Fifth years and beyond are members of the Old Order of Chanco. Old Order receives no song, no word, no feather. Instead, members of the Old Order receive a bond. A bond of friendship. A bond of love. A bond of spirit. A bond of trust. This bond extends to any member of the Old Order whether they attended Chanco in the 60s or the 80s or the 2000s.
Friendship. Love. Spirit . Trust. Bonds. You cannot have one without the other. Those five things are what have morphed me into who I am today.

NOTE: This is a Work in Progress!

Thoughts?

ALSO NOTE: This does not mean every Friday i will post i have yet to decide that!

Odette