The “safest” place in Cameron House.
What is the Red Safe Room?
Things acquired in monetary transactions for the opportunity to successfully earn rewards in contests of skill and dexterity.
What are tickets?
Before Summer Adventures, Cameron Ventures, Solid Ground, and BYP, one of these was the name of our summer program: Good Times, Donaldina’s Weenas, Cameron Sun Fun, or Cameron Daycamp.
What was Cameron Daycamp?
Kids sometimes hear Corey say, “When I see garbage, I don’t get mad. I get creative—and when I get creative I make this.”
What is confetti?
According to strict training, this location is your friend: the end, the middle, your right hand, your waist.
What is the end?
This area holds the most building blocks of imagination.
What is the Makerspace?
Bean bags are thrown at a target which causes sitters to get wet.
What is Dunko?
Prior to starting programs, summer staff receives instruction on safety procedures, conflict resolution, teaching tips, leadership development, and activity ideas.
What is Training Week?
One of these rules warns against unnecessary tattling or antagonizing of others: Tommy Rule, Jimmy Rule, Lumpy Rule, or the Emily Rule.
What is the Jimmy Rule?
Multicolor pattern on the body of CH’s homegrown green dragon was created by one of these: handprints, vinyl stickers, potato stamps, all of the above.
What are handprints?
One of these vanished in the
Bermuda Triangle of CH,
near the bottom of the stairs
outside St. Paul’s classroom: Corey’s hair, a black cat, Ulysses’ $10 bill, or Mikayla’s shoe?
What is Mikayla’s shoe?
Decades of ongoing Cameron Carnival tradition were ended by one of these unwelcome visitors: Mary Kay Cosmetics Salesperson, Fire Department official, IRS auditor, or Covid 19.
What was Covid 19?
The worst possible card to hold in your hand at the end of a round in the card game, Kings.
What is an ace?
Straight, still, silent, swift, and if counting is necessary—shoulders.
What are the 5 Ss? or
What are Corey’s rules for lining up?
The square of the quantity of CH’s dragons.
What is nine?
Swimming, field games, strong bonding, meal times, fun classes, and a black belt campfire were all part of this beloved CH MS and HS experience.
What is Westminster Woods camp?
Tiny square holes within a crunchy green square topped with whipped cream and strawberries.
What are jade waffles?
One of these processes transforms ordinary fabric triangles into game equipment, potholders, identification implements, and priceless summer memories: ironing, sewing, silk-screening, folding.
What is silk-screening?
“‘Nobody sits alone,’ let’s go sit with her.” The fortuitous result of this statement was the origin of this maxim.
What is the Coey Rule?
One of these dragon dance patterns refers to spiraling inward then outward continuously without pause: concentric circles, slinky, rolling waves, or through the tail.
What is Concentric Circles?
A quartet of important values presented to viewers of the large azure grail that greets CH visitors.
What are worship, work, study, and prayer?
One of them has never been seen in Cameron Carnival: Cam, Eron, Ron, Arni, Niva, Ivan, Iva, Val, and Al.
Who is Ivan?
Weekly after-planning ritual for ~80 volunteer leaders after mass dinner in Culbertson. Activities included Tong Wars, A Quiet Place, Zombie Apocalypse, and other mass games.
What was fellowship?
The title of a hit song by The Champs, also the name of a beverage made from the agave plant. Frequently selected as an important bonding song for groups led by Corey.
What is Tequila?
The mantra of this pattern is go backward before you go forward.
What is Zig Zag?