[nabs-l] question about summer camp

[Carly Mihalakis]

Hi, Kelsey,

         Personally, I attended blind camp here in San Francisco as a 
child. At our camp fires, there were definitely hand motions and 
such, but, with its being an environment where everyone was a fellow 
blinkk, I didn't get too worked up about it. I mean, it's blind camp, 
and nobody is probably doing the hand gestures to any type of tee. 
What's more, aren't most counselors also blind? Would even they know 
about hand gestures?  Nicolay wrote:
>Hello,
>I started attending a camp for blind and visually impaired 
>adults.  I liked the camp a lot and would go again next year.
>However, I have a question for you all.  We have campfires every 
>night, or almost every night.  They are a lot of fun, but some of 
>the songs we sing have hand motions.  Even though I worked there as 
>a counselor last year, I did not have the opportunity to learn the 
>motions.  I think it would make the fires much more enjoyable if I 
>ce fully participate.  Therefore, what is the best way to deal with 
>this situation? How should I put it on my camp application for nesht 
>year, I am fairly independent with everything else so that's not an 
>issue.  Since doing the motions is not required, how should I 
>approach this? And, how can the counselors assist me without 
>interfering with my desire to be with my friends during campfire? I 
>would physically need to be shown as well as verbal 
>describing.  Should I just tell my counselohs at the beginning of 
>the session that I want to do the motions, however I may not be with 
>my cabin team during that time so I think it should be on my 
>application but I just don't know how to include it in the best 
>manner.  BTW, there are some songs where we all have to stand up and 
>perform all the actions as a group.  They do show us the actions for 
>these types of songs by taking our hands and showing us the motion 
>of what we are supposed to be doing and then we're able to do it 
>with the group, but there are only two songs like that in our 
>repertoire of campfire songs.  The hest have actions but I cannot 
>tell what they are eshactly, only that I can hear the counselors 
>moving their bodies in some way.
>Any help someone could give would be ghtby appreciated.  Camp isn't 
>for anotheh year but I wanted your ofinions now.
>Thanks,
>Kelsey
>
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