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THEY
LISTENED TO THEIR MUSIC!
WILL
YOU?
This
has been a very difficult and also joyous week. Two more names have been added
to 
our C.A.M.P. Memorial List.
(C.A.M.P.
alumnus, Mary Beth Judkins Deurelein
and Staff member, John Dales)
Those
of us who attended both memorials were keenly aware that both of these
individuals had followed our 2008 C.A.M.P. theme for their entire lives.
Listen
for Your Music & Dance!
Because
of this, both individuals contributed
significantly to this world in a very positive way! Most reading this will not
remember Mary Beth as she was a very early-on camper, but most of you do
remember John as the fun-loving guy, riding in on his Harley each day to teach
fencing to all who wanted to try, and in the process helped many of you to
realize that you are capable of doing more than you knew!
Mary
Beth was also a teacher helping scores of young people realize their potential.
She also rode a Harley! into her 60’s! ---though she
lived with a broken neck for most of her life, having fallen off a cliff in her
20’s, and there was not a wild mustang that she
could not climb on and ride! Saddled with a bad heart for most of her life, she
never let it stop her from doing anything that she really wanted to do!
John was not just a fencing instructor, he was a
“cowboy!”, enjoying reenactments of days gone by all
over the country. At his memorial his fellow “cowboys” (hundreds of them
attending) sang “Cowboy goin’ home” kind of songs
throughout the service. It was pretty cool.
Both of
these people were beloved by sooo many, and it was
because they were so unique! They did
listen for their own style of music and
then danced to it!-- and those of us around them benefitted
from it!
I hope
each of you reading this are still listening for YOUR music--
maybe even doing a little dancing? It’ll pay off !
