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Greetings Fellow Balfourians:
Please enjoy the pictures and take this opportunity to connect with old friends. We may have put on a few pounds, lost some hair or gained some wrinkles, but we still share one common bond...Our years at Balfour Lake Camp.
Please forward this link to friends who may be interested in joining. The more the merrier.
Three rules - 1) Do not reference anything that might be considered illegal in connection with a specific individual or group of individuals. In other words, don't talk about that time so and so was so stoned he could barely walk. 2) No profanity. 3) Limit pictures to those directly associated with the camp.
Other than that, enjoy the memories.
Lew
Did you know?
Sol Amster started the camp but sold it in 1921, then resumed ownerhship in 1930. In 1946 he sold it to Max and Roberta Dunn, who ran it with Ben and Pauline Silver. In 1963 Phyllis and Bernard Glickstern purchased the camp. In 1955 the capacity was 100 for boys ages 5 - 16 with a staff of 35 at a cost of $525 for 8 weeks. In 1967 the cost was $750 for 8 weeks.
Sad to learn that Bernie Glickstern passed away this morning. This man who loved children, sports and camping had a great impact on so many of us. I don't think he realized that. We were lucky enough to know him in our youth and some of us were lucky enough to know him as adults. Always positive and always supportive. His legacy is built into…
For the folks that were at Balfour during the early Seventies- there was a water skiing counselor named Dave Dierre. Don’t remember where he was from but he had an accent. One time during a display in front of the entire camp, Dave water skied while sitting on a lawn chair, perched on top of a disc. It was the stuff of legend. He made a huge impression on the campers and staff. I think that he was trying to drum up interest- and it worked.
This is great. I was a camper from 1945 or 46 through 1955. I remember very well the names I saw so far like Ditty Fine and Sol Press. Arnie Amster was a with me all the time. He’s the grandson of the former owners. Robert Dunn, the son of the owners at the time was there too. Kit and Chick Kodak were there also. Climbing Mt. Marcy, canoe trip on Long Lake and softball games with other camps made the summers but nothing beat the color wars. Loved it…
Latest Activity
Hey Balfourians - TDF Stages has just published my essay about the musicals I appeared in at Balfour during my years there. Some of you may have been in these shows as well, or other ones before/after my time. I hope this evokes good memories for you.
https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/summer-camp-musical-memories/
https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/summer-camp-musical-memories/
Summer Camp Musical Memories
A fan recalls a personal journey to a love of musical theatre
A fan recalls a personal journey to a love of musical theatre
Hey Balfourians -
TDF Stages has just published my essay about the musicals I appeared in at Balfour during my years there. Some of you may have been in these shows as well, or else other ones before and after my time there. I hope this evokes good memories for you.
https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/summer-camp-musical-memories/
TDF Stages has just published my essay about the musicals I appeared in at Balfour during my years there. Some of you may have been in these shows as well, or else other ones before and after my time there. I hope this evokes good memories for you.
https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/summer-camp-musical-memories/
Summer Camp Musical Memories
A fan recalls a personal journey to a love of musical theatre
A fan recalls a personal journey to a love of musical theatre
Hey Balfourians -
TDF Stages - the blog of Theatre Development Fund in New York City - has just published my essay about the musicals I appeared in at Balfour Lake Camp during my years there. Some of you may have been in these shows as well, or else other ones before and after my time there. I hope this evokes good memories for you.
https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/summer-camp-musical-memories/
TDF Stages - the blog of Theatre Development Fund in New York City - has just published my essay about the musicals I appeared in at Balfour Lake Camp during my years there. Some of you may have been in these shows as well, or else other ones before and after my time there. I hope this evokes good memories for you.
https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/summer-camp-musical-memories/
Summer Camp Musical Memories
A fan recalls a personal journey to a love of musical theatre
A fan recalls a personal journey to a love of musical theatre
Greetings, fellow Balfourians. I am hoping one or more of you will remember me. I attended from 1966 to 1970, and appeared in four out of the five musicals that were presented during those years. I am now writing about that experience, and am trying to remember a couple of names.
If any of you were at Balfour in 1966, when the show was Damn Yankees, the drama counselor's name was Don, but I cannot remember his last name. He may even have been my counselor in bunk 9 that year. Anyone out there…
If any of you were at Balfour in 1966, when the show was Damn Yankees, the drama counselor's name was Don, but I cannot remember his last name. He may even have been my counselor in bunk 9 that year. Anyone out there…
"I remenber those those nights of cold showers and walking back to our bunks freezing , yep the bathrooms were between the bunks and the plumbing was terrible.I also remenber Oscar Dombrow,do you remenber the Mesabar brothers ? (I think I'm spelling their names right)."
"When I was there if we couldn't get someone to bring back BLTS we would sneak out through the back of our cabins,circle around the back of the camp and head to the Lair for those delicious BLTS and orange soda. "
Celeberating summers spent in Minerva, New York in the Adirondack mountains.
The Alma Mater
Balfour to thee we'll be true,
Faithful, loyal ever
Guide us where're we may roam
Down life's road together
Sing one and all Blue andGray
Balfour's men are fine
All for one and one for all,
Alma Mater mine.
