Singing for the Ladies

Glenn Breazeale | Jul. 03, 2016

How do you get almost every 13,14, and 15 year old in camp to join a club that promises singing camp songs every night after dinner? Simple, offer them a chance to see girls and earn tribe points for their tribe! So last night the Alpine Glee Club got to sing for the ladies of Camp Desoto, showing off their hard work over the course of the term. As usual, the ladies reciprocated. The boys are always a little awestruck to hear over 200 female voices making a joyful noise.

I’ll give a bit more detail, in case all this Glee Club talk is a little fuzzy. Glee Club has existed for years and years at Alpine, traditionally gathering after dinner every night to sing fun camp songs. Through the years, our reportoire has been added to by creative counselors. Hit songs are given Alpine lyrics. Some that have stood the test of time are Desoto Girls to the tune of Brown Eyed Girl, Blues at Alpine to the tune of Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight (it’s a woeful story of a boy who’s hair is sticking up at the dance), and Hey, Tree (please ring that bell) from Hey Jude.

They did an incredible job tonight for the ladies of Desoto. A few special performances to highlight: the Hunters got oohs and aahs from the girls with their version of Alan Jackson’s famous country tune, It’s Alright to Be Little Bitty. 1st Year Chiefs entertained with rhythmic step show, stomping out beats to the cheers of the girls.  Chief 2’s received rave reviews for their rewrite and rendition of “Hey There Desoto” (adapted from Plain White T’s Hey There Delilah). And we all enjoyed listening to two groups of Warriors perform their drum beats they’ve learned in the Trash Can Band activity.

After both performances we gave everyone a few minutes to socialize before loading the buses back to Alpine.  It was a late night, arriving back just before 10. Thankfully Sundays allow for a late Reveille, so the wake up bell rang at 8 instead of 7.

Today’s been a nice laid back Sunday. This afternoon cabins got to choose a fun activity or game to play with their counselors.  Then we gathered for Richard to cut us some cold, juicy watermelon, per custom.  Tonight we’re playing a few age group games before ending our day of rest with a Vespers service, again per custom.

There’s much to do in these last few days, as we pack in every minute of fun and group bonding we can.  I’ll hope to give one more report over the next few days.

Thanks for reading and good night,

Glenn

Glenn Breazeale
Glenn Breazeale

Like his own father, Glenn grew up as a camper at Alpine for six summers, coming from Jackson, MS each summer. He has served on staff at Alpine since 1997, working full time as Assistant Director from 2003 to 2005 and Director since 2006. Prior to that he gained experience serving in various capacities including cabin counselor, Head Counselor, Head of Project Adventure (Ropes course), Horseback instructor, and Program Director. Glenn’s love of camping and his desire to preserve the traditions of Alpine drew him back to camp to offer young boys the same opportunities he experienced. He met and fell in love with Carter during a Square Dance with Camp DeSoto.