The stage was set with all the characters and our 2019 Color War was officially underway. The kids went crazy for this crazy cool car and out camp Mart McFly. There was even William Wallace from Braveheart and as the finale of our firework show ended music from Back to the Future started and in rolled the Delorean, flux capacitor and all. There was Darth Vader and Obe One and some dressed as Game of Thrones Favorites. With each new song that played, out came a character. It was like those fireworks were right above our heads so close we could touch them. The music started and the firework show began. That was all that was needed for the kids stampede of happy excited campers to run to center camp. There was a mission impossible style note going across the screen directing everyone to center camp. It was a night of laughs and fun and when the show was over and Brian Leahy was dismissing the campers, the lights turned off and the siren alarmed. We even have some fun categories just for them, Most Likely to have their own reality show and Most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse to name a few. The kids love this evening activity and so do the staff. Most likely to be a Head Staff Member or Camp Comedian or even Most Likely to Win the XGames. Not your typical awards but the ones that living here for 6 weeks makes total sense to us. It was time for Chenny Globes, which is a camp favorite award show. This is what Color War is all about and why our summers are spectacular. Just as the video ended, it #fakeout! There wasn’t a staff or camper who didn’t absolutely go gaga for this fakeout. There was a large lake on the property, we had color-war which was the highlight of the summer. I was 13 in 1969, and I do remember the reveille bugle calls for camp, lol. The Lodge erupted as everyone enjoyed their donuts. I was a camper at Camp Weelock for 2 summers, 1968-1969. The kids went nuts and a video played on the giant screen of krispy kreme vs. Just then in the middle of a huge sing-a-long party to Build Me Up Buttercup, the music stopped and out came each Division Head sporting a Krispy Kreme hat carrying boxes and boxes of hot and fresh donuts. Dinner came and nothing yet was out of the ordinary until….dessert was called and like normal, the Division Heads headed back into the kitchen to bring it out. The day was coming to an end with nothing yet. The tension was real and excitement was growing. It was as if every bugle that rang and every song that came on in center of camp was a clue. Rumors went flying from “I hear there will be a marching band coming through camp tomorrow.” to “I heard they may cancel Color War this year.” Regardless, the talk was all about it today and you could feel the energy. Fields were full, zumba was packed, lake was the place to be but you just couldn’t escape color war talk. michaelhisamoto.It was a regular kind of day, sorta.The sun was shining, activities were poppin’ but all chatter was about Color War. Michael is a graduate of The Orange County School of the Arts and Boston University. Michael believes in educating the next generation of artists, teaching and having taught at multiple institutions, and happily offers career consultation free of charge to young artists of color. In addition to his acting work, Michael was a Playwriting Resident at the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, and has directed or assisted on numerous productions across Boston, and briefly led a children’s theatre troupe in Southern California, where he was also recognized for his work as a youth in the theatre by the California State Assembly and Senate. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, HowlRound, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, CompanyOne, SpeakEasy Stage, Plays in Place, Rhombus Writers Collective, Lesley, MIT, Harvard, Fresh Ink Theatre Company, Boston University, and more. A strong proponent of new work, Michael has developed and workshopped over 50 new plays for companies like The Huntington Theatre Company, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, the John F. Upcoming productions: King of Shadows (Flat Earth Theatre), Pacific Overtures (Lyric Stage). Recent acting credits include Stage Kiss, Fast Company, Hold These Truths, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (Lyric Stage), Charlotte’s Web (Wheelock Family Theatre), Yellow Face (The Office of War Information), The Ordinary Epic (Crose to Home Productions), and The Important Thing About Earthquakes (Watertown Children’s Theatre). Michael Hisamoto is a Boston-based actor, playwright, educator, and director.
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