New Jersey 2006

	New Jersey 2006
Parachute Games Click a picture to enlarge it. Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie
Often times, possibly in a James Bond movie, a small object in the sky resembling an oval will appear in the sky. As it draws closer, a person, dangling from a string, will become clearer and clearer, until the parachute he or she is manning has touched ground. While we would love nothing more than to be able to offer sky-diving lessons, here at Campus Kids, we have not abandoned the parachute completely.
	Usually, you see the underside of the parachute when in use, but an aerial view will show a group of people huddled at the edges of the colorful cloth.

These are parachute games.

There are two popular games that are played, this first of which is Cat and Mouse. The cat, as seen in the picture, crawls on the top of the parachute.
	Then, three campers, playing mice, scurry under, and try to avoid being tagged by the cat. Last mouse crawling wins.
The second game has no name. In it, all players stand at the outer edge of the parachute. One player will shout out a characteristic. This could be birth month, name, physical characteristic, etc.
	Everyone who does not fit the description lifts up the parachute.
Those who fit the description must run under the lifted parachute, and find a new place to stand before the parachute drops.
	Some do not quite make it.
But do, in the end, escape.
	Others find sanctuary in the depths of the colorful parachute.
When a characteristic like "Wearing a bathing suit" is called (these groups had swim instruction next), the parachute can get lost, due to lack of people holding it.

Many are skeptical of a game entitled "Parachute Games", but after they try it, skeptics soon turn to players, many of whom can be found running and crawling through the folds of the parachute.


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