This morning the rest of Camp (Machaneh) Na’aleh joined Galil for Maccabia 2012! Before the games started, each colored team gathered together to paint their faces, come up with cheers and get to know each other since the teams were a combination of Galil and Na’aleh. Maccabia 2012 was kicked off with a song written by the CITs (Madatz) in front of the Mini-Mo to the tune of “Eye of the Tiger.” After everyone was pumped up for an exciting day, the games began!
A familiar cheer that the chanichim and madrichim chant here is, “we’re Habonim Dror we don’t stress competition.” So of course every game that was played today ended in a tie regardless of the score, also known as a “habo tie”. The games were meant to be playful and friendly rather than competitive.
When the games were over everyone was invited to Hyde Park for a pizza picnic lunch. The Galil and Na’aleh chanichim mingled, created new friendships and of course enjoyed everyone’s favorite meal...pizza!
After lunch the fun continued and there was a carnival with many different stations for the chanichim to go to. The chanchim were able to switch stations whenever they wanted and go to the ones that interested them. The stations included, mural making, yoga, meet the camps (machanot), year-round programming (eizor), israeli dancing (rikud), sports, card games, silk screen and sprinkler fun! The most popular station seemed to be the silk screen station. Here, all of the chanichim were able to bring a t-shirt to the arts and crafts center (beit omanut) and get a silk screen with a Maccabia 2012 design.
We’ve had so much fun hanging out with everyone from Na’aleh for Maccabia and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
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