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Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie
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Canteen Click a picture to enlarge it. Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie
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Like many thing here at Campus Kids, our Canteen is a bit different than that of other camps. While I cannot describe one of another camp, for I know no other canteen than that of Campus Kids, I can say that ours is a bit more extensive than some others. The canteen that campers recognize as canteen is, during the day, the restaurant of Centenary College, Tilly's. The name comes from a Centenary College fable, which I will not get into at the present time. | |
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First, lets take a look at all that is offered to campers each night. |
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A soda machine, the likes of which you can find in each cafeteria. |
An assortment of dry goods.
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An array of bottled beverages (an excellent way to procure a water bottle for the following day).
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 An assortment of ice cream in the self-serve freezer. |
 Candy bars kept cold in ice. |
 Fruit and Cheese cups. |
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Sandwiches. |
Hot pretzels. |
And the always favored fried food section: French fries, mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, and burgers. |
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...and for the health conscious, fresh fruit. | |
| Canteen is, without a doubt, the Staff Assistants' domain. Each night, three SA's are assigned to keep the books-meaning they write down what everyone "purchases". (Canteen does not cost extra for the campers, but we keep canteen "books".) |
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Of course, it is a long night, and they do find that they have some time to do something other than meticulously keep books. | |
| It has become a tradition in recent years that canteen has a soundtrack -- one picked out by the owner of speakers. Canteen music ranges from 50 Cent (it pains me not to pluralize that) to Tony Bennett. |
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  Some are even prone to dancing.   |
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| But once campers come, they are right back to tallying up canteen prices from a handy "Teen Rice" list. |
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Help with crowd control provided by Stu, resident bouncer. |
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It is during canteen that counselors first see their activity schedule for the next day. |
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| They carefully peruse their schedules, hoping for their fair share of "off" periods. Some days turn out better than others. |
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| Like bunk time, canteen is another example of scheduled unscheduled time. Campers and counselors socialize during canteen, both inside in the air conditioned restaurant, and outside at the patio tables. | ||
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