hoopla

It seems counterintuitive to present "hoopla" (after-lunch cheers, shouts, chants) in photographs. I took some video and might get that up later but meantime I really think these images give you the (ahem.....) accurate picture of the scene. This was the final lunch of session 1, last Thursday. The loudest, or at least happiest and most spirited, hoopla I've heard in some years. I especially enjoyed how the villages supported each other--cheering each other's cheers, and building one on the next. And I loved the way the directors, instead of standing around waiting for it all to end so that announcements could be made and the next activity period gotten to, danced to the beat of the organized chaos.