Jeff Telkamp's Day Camp Memories

Amusement Park Memories:

• Ed Tooley winning a trash bag full of stuffed animals at Magic Mountain
• Staying late at Magic Mountain and going on Roaring Rapids over, and over, and over, and over until the park closed (Ed had his bag of animals in tow)
• Dinner with the Staff and other Counselors at Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant and Disneyland's Blue Bayou Restaurant after taking the kids back to church
• Standing in line at the Teacup Ride at Disneyland listening to that awful music play over, and over, and over....
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Church Activity Memories:

• The 1984 Day Camp Olympic Torch Run, Competitions, Judging the Belly Flop Competition, and of course the Award Ceremony
• Willy Wonka and Bugsy Malone Movie Screenings in the Old Church Sanctuary (Snack Bar Too!)
• Ed Tooley's "Do This, Do That" version of Simon Says
• Ed Tooley and Ron Jones' famous performance of "Big Bad Ed" (Remember, it made it all the way to the "Puttin' on the Hits" TV show?) Listen to the original Big Bad John from which Ed's song was taken! (song requires Free RealPlayer G2)

Other Memories:

• Rick Richmond getting the kids to say "Nah, Nah Nah Nah Nah" every time a motorcycle passed the church bus
• Skating to The Safety Dance, 65 Love Affair and Puttin' on the Ritz at Skateland (song requires Free RealPlayer G2)
• The Ed Tooley Sun Tanning Method on Beach Day (Details to come soon!)
• Campers always asking for Free Ice no matter where we went
• Laying out at Pickwick pool listening to Vacation playing on the jukebox (song requires Free RealPlayer G2)
• David Cromwell getting a Fish Hook stuck in his finger at Troutdale
• Lifeguards repeatedly yelling "Stay off the ropes!" at Oasis Park
• Waiting in line at some waterslide park, going down the slide, getting back in line, going down the waterslide... (all while listening to Don't You Want Me play over the sound system (song requires Free RealPlayer G2)

1982

1982 was the year I entered the Day Camp Zone. I remember that Steve Collester had worked the summer before, and it was he who asked me if I was interested in joining up. Unsure and a little hesitant, I approached Ron Jones and let him know that I was interested, but wasn't sure if kids and I mixed. Ron said I could try it out to see what I thought. My trial run turned into 5 summers which still fill my brain with some of the most memorable times in my life.

I remember the first kid I tried talking to was Casky Dixon. I also remember Ron and Ed who would go out back of Fellowship Hall and see how many consecutive baskets they could make with a basket ball.

1984

I remember 1984 was the year of the 1984 Olympics. (Amazing, huh?!) Anyway, this year Day Camp undertook one of the greatest feats this side of the Internet. With a torch run, competition and an award ceremony (Olympic fanfare music playing in the background), Day Camp set the standard in Day Camp excellence and won a place in Burbank's local newspaper!