NOTE: The agenda below is dynamic. Changes will most likely be made, check back on the day of the activity in question for any last minute changes. Evening activities will take advantage of our beautiful camp, temperate summer nights and the talents of our volunteers and vendors. If you have an activity you would like to add to the schedule below please contact us at Event@MosaicOutdoor.Org .
Each night, you'll have an opportunity to relax and unwind by the fire, sing songs (or just listen), play games, and chat with old and new friends. You will find the campfire centrally located near the counselors lodge. Snacks and S’mores will be provided in the lodge.
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Communication Access Realtime Translation
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Arrivals and Registration [Office]
We will have beverages and light snacks available to tide you over until dinner.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner and Welcoming Remarks [Dining Hall]
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm Prayer Service: Please join us to make a minyan for those saying Kaddish this weekend [Back of Dining Hall]
7:15 pm - 7:45 pm Meet your leader: We will break into small groups where you meet with the leader of Friday's activities. The leader will inform you of the details you need for the activities Attendance is mandatory. [Dining Hall]
7:45 pm - 10:00 pm Registration: [Office or TBD. See sign posted at the office if location is changed]
7:45 pm - 9:00 pm Mixers: Get to know your fellow campers with some friendly games. Who do you think has traveled the farthest to get here? Who lives closest? [Rec Hall]
9:15 pm - 11:00 pm Israeli Dancing. Find your inner kibbutznik as Phil Kretzmer leads us in Israeli dancing. Join hands with your fellow campers in traditional dancing and have fun while working out. [Rec Hall]
9:30 pm - ??? Campfire. Join & meet friends from across the country, world, & cosmos having fun singing & socializing around the evening campfire. Bring: musical instrument, song book, etc. [Camp Fire by Counselors Lodge]
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Calligraphy with Elaine Sisman We will make weathergrams out of brown paper bags or craft paper. A brief calligraphy instruction to be given. Everything will be provided for you. These vertical flags may be hung with twine on trees "in your garden, at a campsite, or along a mountain trail" for all to enjoy. The text shall be brief as "a sudden insight". You may bring a favorite seasonal quote or make up your own. [Arts and Crafts Bldg.]
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Volleyball. Join in a pickup game as you come back from your day’s activity with a game of volleyball [Volleyball Court]
5:15 pm - 6:45: pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services will begin the evening [Beach front or inside Rec Hall pending weather]
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm Candle Lighting, Kiddush and HaMotzi [Dining Hall]
7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Dinner [Dining Hall]
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm Birkat Hamazon [Dining Hall]
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Meet your leader. Attendance is mandatory. [Dining Hall]
9:00 pm - 10:15 pm Registration: Get your info packet and T-shirt and last minute changes. You need to go to your meet your leader meeting before dealing with registration. If you plan on changing your activity you FIRST need to let the leaders of the old and new activity know about your plans and get their approval. Then attend the new activity “Meet Your Leader” meeting. AFTER the meet your leader meetings, come to registration to make the change officially. Note that change fees of US$18 per change will apply. [Office]
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Water for Israelis and Palestinians: Reasons for Optimism. Spend a hour learning about the challenges of water usage in the Middle East and how two Canadians, including our speaker, David Brooks, are working on an agreement between the 2 peoples CART services will be provided by Absolute Realtime Reporting Services [Rec Hall]
10:15 pm - 11:00 pm Shabbat Sweet Dreams: Lara Fine will lead you through guided meditation, infused with Judaism. [Dance Hall]
10:15 pm - 11:00 pm Poetry Workshop: Celebrate your creative spirit with a poetry workshop led by published poet, Thea Schiller. Thea will lead us in working together on a collaborative poem, as well as on our own, incorporating nature into our poetry. [Dining Hall]
10:15 pm - 11:00 pm Shabbat Chanting: Robyn Israel will lead a workshop on Shabbat chanting. [Dining Hall]
10:15 pm - 11:00 pm Tying the Knot: No, it’s not Mosaic’s new dating site. An Eagle Scout will teach a number of knots, hitches, and splices and why they are used. Rope and string will be provided. Fun! Interested in tying the knot? That's the singles club! [Arts and Crafts Bldg.]
10:15 pm - 11:00 pm Singing A Cappella: if you have a decent sense of pitch, you can learn to sing quick little song snippets ("tags") in full four-part harmony. Dave Kaufman will teach a few classic barbershop tags together -- ability to read music is not required. (For bonus fun, bring your tablet or phone, and load the app Tag Master for iPhone or Android ahead of time.) [Rec Hall]
11:00 pm - 11:50 pm Night Hike: Meet front of Dining Hall to go out for a night hike. Leader TBD Bring flashlights, but try not to use them.[Front of Dining Hall]
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Volleyball
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Happy hour at the pool (BYOB). No glass permitted on the pool deck. A cooler and cups will be provided so glass bottles may be stored outside the pool area)
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm Torah Study with Ellen Flax "If Bridget Jones,the Shopaholic, Was Jewish..." : What is Jewish... or could be (more) Jewish... about the favorite pastime of many people? Come learn what the tradition says about our behavior as customers. [Counselors Lounge]
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Prayer Service: Please join us to make a minyan for those saying Kaddish this weekend [Counselors Lounge]
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner and Announcements [Dining Hall]
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm Meet your leader. Attendance is mandatory. [Dining Hall]
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Registration: Last chance to get your info packet and T-shirt and to make any last minute changes. If you plan on changing your activity you FIRST need to let the leaders of the old and new activity know about your plans and get their approval. Then attend the new activity “Meet Your Leader” meeting. AFTER the meet your leader meetings, come to registration to make the change officially. Note that change fees of US$18 per change will apply. [Office]
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Live music by A Touch of Klez. Celebrate traditional eastern European Jewish music with the upbeat melodies of A Touch of Klez. There will also be dancing instruction. [Dance Hall or Rec Hall pending weather]
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Havdalah & Snacks [Same place as dancing]
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Live music by A Touch of Klez. Celebrate traditional eastern European Jewish music with the upbeat melodies of A Touch of Klez. There will also be dancing instruction. [Dance Hall or Rec Hall pending weather]
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm Night Hike with Dave Libman. Bring flashlights, but try not to use them. [Meet at front of Dining Hall]
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Volleyball – We will take a break for group photos at 4:00
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm Group picture. Wear your event T-shirt or any other Mosaic shirt to take a picture of the whole group and then individual clubs. [TBD]
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm Meet your driver/bus captain. Find out details on how everyone is planning on getting home the next day. [Dining Hall]
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm Awards Ceremony [Rec Hall]
8:15 pm - 9:45 pm Elections, Council of Delegates Meeting [Rec Hall]
8:15 pm- 9:45 pm Board Games - (Bring your own or use what is supplied) [Dining Hall]
8:15 pm - 9:45 pm Photoshop. Joan Melnick will lead a small group on how to use Photoshop to import color correct and crop your photos for printing or sending over the web. If you bring your portable drive, as time permits, Joan can put images onto her computer, save them on her desktop and then you can take home cropped, resized, color corrected and retouched photos you can share and print! At home you can upload a 1-month free trial of Adobe Photoshop to try for yourselves.
Note: You need to bring a memory stick, portable hard drive or a way to read your memory card from your camera to load your retouched image. [Counselors Lounge]
8:15 pm - 9:45 pm Paracord Bracelet Making: Learn how to make a Paracord Bracelet with Robin Reiner. In addition to purely utility uses, paracord can be used to fashion knotted or braided bracelets, lanyards, keychains, belts, and other decorative items. [Arts and Crats Building]
9:45 pm - 11:00 pm Future of the Jewish Outdoor Escape/How can MOCA support and help local clubs grow and flourish -- join us and share your thoughts.. it takes a village! [Rec Hall]
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm Aleph Bet Yoga and Jewish Genealogy. Lara Fine leads us in Jewish yoga and basic massage techniques. Then we will move on to discovering Jewish genealogy. [Dance Hall]
11:00 pm - 11:50 pm Night Walk. Please bring flashlights, but we'll try not to use them. [In Front of Dining Hall]
10:00 pm - ??? Campfire. Join & meet friends from across the country, world, & cosmos having fun singing & socializing around the evening campfire. Bring: musical instrument, song book, etc. [Camp Fire by Counselors Lodge]
There are often attendees who could benefit from having a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) reporter during some of the activities. For those who don't know, a CART reporter is a person who translates spoken language to text on a screen for the benefit of those who cannot hear the spoken word. Obviously, we will not have it available at the off-site activities such as hikes and bike rides; however, we plan to have it available during selected evening presentations.