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The entire camp crowded into the Rec Hall for the Big Chenny Idol finale. Zach Grossman, Carly Wills and Elliana Sutton performed 2 songs each. Their first performance was a song of their choice and each sang I’ll Be There by Michael Jackson for their second.

Each performance was fantastic and the crowd sang along, chanted and cheered. Then it was time for the results… each camper voted for their favorite and as the crowd waited, we tallied the votes.

Travis “Seacrest” brought all three finalists out to center stage and made the announcement: “Elliana Sutton is our Chenny Idol”. It was a close race to the finish. All three did an amazing job and we are so proud of each one of them.

As the winner of Chenny Idol, Elliana will be treated like a star, she will have a limo waiting to take her and her entourage (bunk) to a restaurant for a night of fun and great food. She will also have her name on a Chenny Star of Fame, which will be permanently displayed outside our School of Rock.

We loaded the buses and headed to Dorney Park for a day of roller coasters and water slides. The weather was questionable but we kept the faith and were on our way. The hint of potential rain kept everyone else out of the park so it seemed as if we had it all to ourselves. The campers had a great day at the park.

The campers will enjoy late wake up tomorrow. They played all day and are looking forward to the extra sleep.

Another amazing day spent with our Chen-A-Wanda family.

We are all anxiously awaiting tomorrow’s final Chenny Idol Show and who will be crowned our Chenny Idol!

Just one of those fabulous camp days… lots of sun, lots of playing, lots of memories being made.

The Show off Show came back to CHEN-A-WANDA and it was hilarious. The campers laughed and winced as they watched this funny guy contortionist, twist himself into a pretzel (literally) and then actually fit his whole body thru a toilet seat. You have to see it to believe it. It was awesome and disturbing all at the same time.

Dorney Park tomorrow……Can’t wait!

After a fantastic day spent with family and friends on Visiting Day, we had late wake up and a full day of activities and games. Everyone just got right back into the swing of things.

The weather was beautiful today and center camp was busy with Girls Sing practice. But the talk around camp was, “who will be in the Chenny Idol finals?” With all the Idol chatter buzzing around camp…it was time to announce the finalists. After lunch, everyone was called to the Rec Hall and the announcement was made. Your Top 3 Chenny Idol Finalists are:

• Carly Wills
• Ellianna Sutton
• Zach Grossman

They will be singing their final songs on Wednesday evening in hopes to be crowned our 1st Chenny Idol.

Our evening ended with an outdoor, under the stars movie. All the campers brought their blankets, sleeping bags, pillows and creek chairs and enjoyed watching an oldie but goodie, BIG!!!

We wonder what tomorrow will bring…

Friends and Families,

We cannot express how much we enjoyed today. Watching you spend the day with your kids, after being away from them for 3 weeks, is unbelievably joyful for us. We love spending the summer with your children and we hope it shows. All of our lives are richer from this experience and today was no exception, it was exceptional. You all made today memorable and a day that we will never forget. The hugs, the kisses, the tears goodbye all symbolize this special place we call our summer home.

We sincerely hope you had a spectacular day, because we did. All of your campers are happy and content in their bunks… ready for another amazing day at Camp CHEN-A-WANDA.

-Jon & Elissa

We all spent the morning gearing up for Visiting Day. The bunks look great and the campus looks beautiful. The campers are so excited to see their families and share the day with them.

Tonight was our big production, High School Musical 2. We are so proud of our amazing cast. they did a phenominal job tonight. It was the best production Chen-A-Wanda has seen in years. Kudos to our Theater Director Melissa. Great job!!

It has a been a wonderful 3 weeks. Many new friendships have been formed, memories have been made and the adventure has taken us all on an exciting journey. We cant wait until tomorrow.

See you in a few 🙂

It was a great day of activities. The campers played games, rehearsed for High School Musical 2 and were all getting ready for the visiting day.

We had early dinner and then it was off to the Scranton Yankees AAA game. It was a great game and the Yankees won!! All the campers received a baseball hat and a program. The campers got so excited to see “Camp CHEN-A-WANDA” up on the jumbo-tron. It was cheers and hoorays for the best camp in town!

It was another fantastic day at CAW!!

We had late wake up today and then it was free play until Carnival.

Campers played traditional carnival games, ate snow cones, popcorn, cotton candy and were treated to refreshing fresh fruit smoothes. They slid down giant water slides, jousted each other, rode the mechanical bull and battled inside the alien laser tag arena. It was a fantastic day.

The evening ended with our Chenny Idol top 10 contestants performing live in the Rec Hall. It’s now in the hands of the campers as to who will move on to our final show and ultimately be crowned our 1st official Chenny Idol. The voting began this morning and the top 3 will be announced Saturday evening.

Stay tuned…

It was back to regular activities and the camp was in full swing. The campers were happy and the general vibe on campus was enthusiastic.

Powerhouse Studios came by and gave our campers a Wild’N’Wacky Challenge for evening activity. Campers & counselors got “Pied” in the face, were covered in sludge and everyone had a fantastic time.

The Middy boys slept up at Chenny Village. They told stories and ate s’mores around the campfire. What could be better than that?

We are all looking forward to CARNIVAL tomorrow at CAW!!

Stay tuned…

After the past 2 ½ days of intense Olympic games and competition, it was off to the State Park for some chilling out time. The weather was beautiful and the kids loved hanging out in the sun, swimming in the lake, playing frisbee and tossing the ball around. As the sun was setting, and the day was coming to a close, it was time for a BBQ dinner.

The Juniors came back a bit earlier than the rest of camp and were treated to a movie . They all brought their sleeping bags and pillows and camped out on the Rec Hall floor watching High School Musical 3. They loved every minute of it.

The big kids all came back and there was a relaxed atmosphere on camp. They had a terrific day in the sun. It was perfect summer day at Camp CHEN-A-WANDA These kinds of days, we will always remember.

Can’t wait to see what tomorrow will bring.