Canada's National Night

The Canadian delegation served pancakes for lunch on their National Night, and it was delicious! They had also made a video which they showed in the media room, and they performed a really funny song, Canada's Really Big by the Arrogant Worms. After the performance, there was a quiz where those who had paid attention to the song and the video won prices for each question they managed to answer. The Canadians had "commercial breaks" between the questions, where they showed us some traditional dancing, some hockey playing and some lumbering. They were really generous with their candy, and we had a lot of fun answering all the questions!

Here's a clip from one of the commercial breaks! (The song will be posted later with all the Open Day videos!)

Italy's National Night

The Italians dressed up as CISV-chefs on their National Night, and served delicious bruschetta for lunch! Click on the link of the picture below for a recipe we've found online:

Bruschetta recipe from www.simplyrecipes.com

For their National Night show, they sang the Italian National Anthem, and we got to play a really fun game! Enjoy the short clips below!

Norway's National Night

Last week, the Norwegian delegation had their National Night! They showed us how they celebrate Norway's Constitution Day: 17. mai (May 17th), and they had prepared some games for us which Norwegian kids usually play at birthday parties. They also taught us the Norwegian energizer called "Hysj! Ka Sa Ho?!", and here are a couple of video clips from the event:

Germany's National Night

The German delegation had prepared a play for us, and they performed it on their National Night last week. It was really good! Above is a short clip from the performance, enjoy!

Half Time Entertainers @ Gjemselund Stadium

When the kids arrived from the home stays, we had prepared a surprise for them. The whole camp was going to participate as Half Time Entertainers at a football game!

 We gathered at Gjemselund Stadium in Kongsvinger to cheer for the local team: KIL, wearing the team's colors red and white for the occation.

 KIL is Morten's (from the Staff) football team, and he goes to all their matches throughout the year, even when they play waaay up north above the polar sircle! It was Morten's doing that we all got to go to the game yesterday. Thank you, Morten!

The stadium is perhaps a little smaller than the stadiums some of the kids are used to from their home countries, but football is football nontheless :) If you want to read about Gjemselund Stadium, press this Wikipedia link.



We had prepared some energizers and dances for the Half Time Entertainment, and went out onto the field during half time to party it up and generate some good football atmosphere. The audience loved it, and we had a lot of fun!

The Sunny Hill River Village Staff Team

We are proud to present to you the first group pictures taken of the Sunny Hill River Village Staff Team! We are a busy bunch, and we're seldom gathered for long enough during the day to have our picture taken (we have our staff meetings at night), so we took the opportunity on Open Day!

From the left: Marthe (Camp Director), Mie, Henrik and Morten! 

Three of us are wearing our national costumes, can you tell which one of us who's not?

 We are four lucky staffies, to be staffing this wonderful village! The delegations have been very generous and brought gifts for us from their home countries, and some of the delegations chose to hand their gifts to us on stage on Open Day:

 Lovely parents, kids and leaders - thank you so much for all the wonderful gifts! We love you guys! :)

The Host Families

This weekend, the kids have been spending time with local host families, and here are a few snap shots from last Friday, when the families came to pick up the kids:

 Hussain (Jordan), Larry (Italy), Juan (Spain), and Sivert (Norway)

 Grace (USA), Jenna (Canada), Olivia (Denmark) and Noor (Jordan)

Taliyah (USA), Lola (Spain), and Lisa (Sweden) 

Davi (Brazil), Mike (USA), Alonso (Mexico) and Elliot (Sweden) 

Ritesh (Spain) and Tim (Germany) 

 Marina (Mexico), Ane (Norway), Yasmine (Jordan) and Laurie (USA)

Milena (Germany), Lara (Brazil), and Giulia (Italy) 

 Agathe (France), Julia (Brazil), and Hanna (Norway)

 Itziar (Mexico), Ashley (Canada), and Cla (Italy)

 Jan (Germany), Bruno (Brazil) and Morten (Norway)

 Dave (Italy), Malte (Denmark), and Ashton (Canada)

 Erik (Sweden), Santiago (Mexico) and Max (France)

 Enzo (France) and Karam (Jordan)

 Luisa (Germany) and Marie (France)

 Oscar (Denmark) and Wyatt (Canada)

 Julia (Sweden) and Christina (Spain)

Open Day - The Stands

On Open Day, all the delegations dressed up in their costumes and prepared their stands in the dining hall. The visitors from our CISV chapter and the locals got to see a little bit from each country, and it was a great success!

Jordan had brought their flag and had brochures from their country on display. They also served traditional sweets: baklava (بقلاوة)! Mmm... delicious!

 

The Italians were dressed as chefs in their very original CISV-chef suits! Don't they look smashing? 

 They served bread with the world famous Italian chocolate spread Nutella, and parmesan cheese with balsamic vinegar cream! Super tasty!

The Swedes were dressed in football jerseys, and had some sweets and crackers for everyone to try. Sweden, we love your Ahlgrens Bilar!

The French were dressed as super heroes, and they served some delicious toast with honey, yum!

 The Mexicans had decorated their stand with beautiful sombreros, pictures and posters, and they handed out some really spicy candy - very interesting for the Norwegian palate indeed :)

 Spain had lots of different things on display at their stand, and they served olives and some very tasty seeds as well.

 Canada had the mandatory hockey stick on their table, and the kids handed out cinamon/chocolaty treats - delicious!

 Norway had posters from the delegation's home town Bergen on display, and we got to taste some fine Norwegian milk chocolate - the best in the world! (Seriously!)

The Americans had matching t-shirts and they showed us how to make s'mores (without the bbq-part), and the locals loved it!

Brazil had the most colorful stand, and we got to try several different sweets at their table. Fabulous!

Germany had decorated their stand with their flag, and they of course served us gummy bears!

Yum, yum, we love gummy bears!

 And last, but not least, Denmark. They had dressed up as the Queen and as soldiers from The Royal Life Guard - look at those serious faces! The Danes stayed in character the entire time, impressive!

Football match!

Everyone is back at camp safe & sound after a fun weekend at the home stays. Right now, the whole camp is at a football game! We are going to entertain the audience during half time, it is going to be a blast!

Sweden's National Night

The Swedish delegation had their National Night a few days ago, and they showed us how they celebrate Midsummer in Sweden - by dancing around the "Mid-summer-pole". What do you call it in English? Anyway, here are two video clips from the night! Enjoy :)