Green Captain’s Speech
by Edmund Carlton

This is my fifth banquet at Camp Shohola, counting from my first year at banquet in 2001 I have been imagining standing up here and making this speech. This Green and White year has been filled with ups and downs, there was lots of contoversy and excitement throughout the whole year. I must say that Greg and his co-captains, Hector and Marshall did a spectacular job in Green White this year. The competition and spirit this year I saw from both sides was much greater than I've seen in a long time. I'd also like to thank Mark and Kevin for being the commisioners this year and doing all they can to keep the campers spirited.

I would also like to thank my co-captains and my working seniors for being such a great help during the whole summer. Ben Fraimow was always there to help me organize my lists and stay up late to slave over filling up spots with me. I want to thank David Hecker for being my fill in captain when I went on a trip and also sticking in there at the swim meet after he lost a fight to a Water-ski. I would also like to give a special thanks to my unofficial co-captains Juan Manuel Jiminez, Tyler Woods, and Drew Levan.

There was one event in this color war that truly defines the Green's persistince and spirit and that was the Apache race. I have a couple of honorable mentions. My Iron-man of the apache race is definitely Aidan Morrow for being run over by a bike during the beginning of the race, only going to the infirmary for a short amount of time and coming back to the crib to cheer on his friends as they found that potato in record time. I would also like to mention Rusty Mower for losing time in hockey but being such a fluent amazing superbly quick biddy. I also just want to thank everyone on the green team for trying their best and giving all they had in their events.

I must admit the feeling of winning that apache race and jumping into the water with a crowd of people cheering around was by far the most glorious moment of my camp career. I thoroughly enjoyed being the captain this year even though at sometimes I thought I would need therapy at the end of the summer for detrimental nervous system damage, but I survived and I would just like to congratulate everyone who made this color war so spectacular including my opponents. Good luck to everyone in future Green-White years and thanks again for the great summer. Edmund Carlton