Good news for those of you who like having fun while seated, Camp Louise is getting a giant three-headed addition to its pool. If this slide doesn’t get you excited about the summer, we don’t know what will. Just look at it—it’s massive. No offense to water polo, but the slide makes that net look like as much fun as a dentist appointment.. As long as you use common sense, the water slide is going to be awesome. So go practice sliding poses and get ready to show off.

You may have heard that some of our adventurous counselors will be going to Israel for the first time this summer (don’t worry, they’re still coming to Airy & Louise!).  They’re going on the Birthright Israel program that sends young adults on a trip to Israel (This is a special program for those who have never been and are working at a Jewish Summer camp this summer and they will meet the Israeli staff member who will be coming to Airy & Louise!). 

14 of our terrific counselors will be participating making this the biggest group attending from one camp!  That’s why Airy & Louise are the best!  They’ll left for Israel on May 27^th and will return on June 6^th. 

Before they headed out 4 of them decided to write about their deepest thoughts about how exciting their trip will be and what they think it will be like in Israel.  4 Counselors, from both Airy & Louise, wrote detailed journal entries and the Baltimore Jewish Times asked us if they could post up their entries online! 

Click HERE to go to the JT’s Web site to read all four journals about their pre-trip thoughts and expectations.  When our globetrotting counselors return from their wonderful trip they’ll write one more journal entry that will talk about what their experiences were like (how the people interact with them, differences in customs, food, music, culture, architecture etc.) 

We wish all of our counselors a very fun, informative, life changing and safe trip to Israel.  They’ll experience so much in just a short amount of time.  The best part is when the whole group returns to Airy & Louise this summer, they’ll have tons of great stories to tell all of you!  So cool!

Get your pipes warmed up and slap on your dancing shoes!  This summer we’re going to be performing Disney’s "High School Musical!"  Brought to you by the folks at the Camp Airy Drama Department!   If you haven’t heard about this musical it’s based on a really popular Disney Channel production.  Rave Reviews are predicted as the Airy Guys and Louise Girls are sure to put on a musical production the likes of which Airy hasn't seen before.  It will be the smash of the summer. 

If you’re interested in becoming a part of the play we will hold auditions at both Airy & Louise on June 26^th.  Only 4 weekers can audition as it takes almost three full weeks to pull off this high-energy musical extravaganza.  High School Musical will be performed at Camp Airy - Stay tuned to these Blogs because it won't be too long before we announce Louise's production for the first four weeks.  And break a leg!

Hey!  If you’ve been wondering what staff members might be coming back up to Airy & Louise this summer, then we have the answer for you.  Just click HERE to see the current list of our outstanding summer staff! 

We have also listed staff members that are new to Airy & Louise, so be sure to welcome them this summer.  They’ve all been calling into the camp office and telling us they’re ready for an awesome summer.  Hope you are too!

Airy & Louise Staff of 2007!

Check out the list often because we’ll be updating it so you know who will be there when you pull up to the White House.

Wow this is a really amazing story.  Julie Rogers & Darren Holgate both met while working at Camp Airy & Louise several summers back as counselors.  Julie and Darren really hit it off and fell in love.  Darren, who is from England, later asked for Julie’s hand in marriage.  He moved to the United States to be with her - now that's love!! 

Julie and Darren recently entered a contest to win a dream wedding worth over $20,000 and to be held at the Tremont in Baltimore City.  Local Baltimore TV station WMAR – ABC 2 held the contest on their Good Morning Maryland show where several couples tell the viewers why they deserve a dream wedding (Live on air).  Viewers could then go online to vote for the couple that they felt really deserved the wedding.  Julie and Darren made it as Finalists!  We voted for you too!    

Well guess what!?!  They won the contest!!!!  Mazel Tov Julie and Darren!  We wish you many years and happiness and health - not to mention lots of little Airy and Louise campers for the summers to come!

Those of you who are dedicated Chatter readers may have read a little blurb on some news on the White House at Camp Louise.  Those of you who didn’t read that then let me fill you in. 

Basically the White House will look a little different next summer when you see it.  That’s because it’s getting a HUGE facelift.  We are currently in the process of redoing (remodeling) the entire outside of the building (including that incredible porch!). 

In addition, just wait 'til you see the whole front of the White House - all new landscaping, new fencing and trees and flowers and all the stuff that makes hanging out around our White House the special place that it is!  It’s going to look so beautiful when it’s done.  The picture here is a shot of the construction that is currently in progress.  The next time you pull up to our front gates, the house will be all done and looking totally amazing (along with all new landscaping in the front yard). 

We’ll keep you all posted!

We had a great time at the camper roller-skating reunion at the Supreme Sports Complex in Columbia, Maryland at the end of December.  For those of you that made it out you might recall that we had a video camera rolling around to get some awesome footage.  We posted them up here on the site so everyone could check it out!  Some of our campers have some really fancy footwork on wheels.  (The most recent version of QuickTime is needed).

Click HERE to watch them

Here’s some breaking news, this summer we are proud to announce that Bwana Jim coming to Camp Airy and Louise with his amazing wildlife show. 

Mr. Bwana Jim has actually been to Airy & Louise before.  About two years ago he came out with his big RV with lots of animals and reptiles and gave us all a bit of a fright (in a cool and educational way).  He’s an expert on all things nature, animal and reptile related.  He travels all over the country doing shows and teaching lots of kids about reptiles and animals.  Can you image a drive from Pennsylvania to Camp Louise with an Alligator in your car?  That’s what he’s doing!

You can find out more about Bwana Jim here.  He’ll be up at Airy & Louise on June 28^th. We can’t wait!

Speaking of photos, there will be an all-new section on our website specifically devoted to photos from Summer 2006 that were never posted on the website and never published anywhere before, until now!! 

Click here often to check out these rare photos of you and your friends having a blast at Louise and Airy.

As most of you probably already know we have an ultra cool new theme for Summer 2007 at Airy & Louise.  It’s called iCamp and we're totally psyched about it.  In fact if you want to find out how we camp up with this theme, all you have to do is check out the December issue of Chatter.
 
The theme will be all over the brochure, in camp ads in the Jewish Times and Washington Jewish Week.  Keep your eyes peeled because you never know who's photo may appear in there (guess you'll have to follow our ads pretty closely, huh?!)

Here we are!  What a monumental occasion.  Our first blog post on Camp Louise's new blog, Louise Confidential!  It will go down in all the history books as one of the most significant historical events!  Maybe not, but thanks for checking it out.  We know you’re going to love it.
 
Confidential has been created especially for you!  It will be updated every few weeks and is designed to keep you in the loop on the latest news from Camp Louise, to let you know what's new with staff, counselors and campers from past summers and to give you any other inside information we think you might find interesting, helpful and totally worth getting "Psyched" about!!  In fact if you have any ideas or hot topics you want to discuss hit us up here and let us know what’s on your mind.
 
Well, with that said, be sure to check back to Confidential often because we’re going to keep the info rolling in and as soon as that info comes in, you can be sure we’re going to post it up on Confidential. ENJOY!