1965 COLORWAR SING ENTRANCE

Here are 2 recollections of this event, one by the Colorwar General who led it, and one by a Camper who was in it. (Myron's story was also printed in the July Newsletter)

I was the General of the 1965 Maroon team and “Myroon” was my nickname. Our counselors built a 20-30 foot circus car made out of wood and rubber wheels, covered it with paper and painted it to look like a moving circus car with a door in it. We had all the younger campers (about 60-70) dressed up in costumes like circus animals and they were in the car (walking within it – and could not be seen) as it was pulled toward the softball field during Sing Entrance presentation.

When the car reached the field, the campers inside the car all came out in “twos” (surprising all the onlookers) and performed like the animals they were dressed up as. Mark Jonas (my Lieutenant General) acted as “Ringmaster”. The “Ring” was surrounded by about 8 cars with their headlights on, to light up the event. In the dark, it looked fantastic.

As I recall, this entrance increased our lead and we won Color War. All who were there were very impressed with this presentation (including Jerry Turner and Mendy Vim). I think Marv Fleischman, the boys’ Head Counselor, took movies of this event. (by Myron Weintraub)

Bob Freid recollects:
As one of the participating "animals" during this presentation, it brings back great memories from 42 years ago. If you recall, these presentations were called "Physical Entrances" and were judged by the majesty of the presentation.

Do you remember Fake Color War announcements that tried to fool the campers into believing that Colorwar had begun? These phony announcements were probably as expensive to produce as Colorwar presentations.