600 girls and leaders from Windsor/Essex county headed to Ontario Place last Friday for National Rally Day Saturday. We slept in pods in Discover Atlantis Building. Despite getting crammed in like floor boards and the emergency light shining in some of our eyes it was a great experience.
( building we slept in)The view of the Toronto Skyline was beautiful at night along with the view of the lake about us. Yes we did sleep over water. Some girls weren't impressed with looking down and seeing water.
Bright and early Saturday morning we woke up to get ready for the "big day." The fun begins with thousands of trips to the washroom, packing the bus (wasn't as bad as i thought it would be) and searching for the unfinished swaps that I gave friends that were on another bus to do and kill boredom. All missions were accomplished except for finding the Brownie unit Emilyn and I were suppose to be helping out during the day. We found them, well they found us. All weekend no matter where we went we starred at the Toronto CN Tower and downtown.
(CN Tower)Breakfast and then off to the Molson Amphitheatre for opening ceremonies. I watched loads of school buses unload and girls flee in. As we entered we were given a blue pom pom and listened to music playing such as: we are a family, you've got a friend in me, and if you just believe and much more.
Soon after everyone was seated we stood for National Anthem and let the day begin. Greetings and speeches from the Town Friar and Lieutenant Governor was a nice surprise. Then we were off to start our day.
(Town Friar)We began in Global Rythms where we did disc art with sand. Then we travelled to Cre8, I felt like I was being herded around like a cow. We completed friendship gifts, thank you cards, and animnation. Phew what an hour, now its time to go to lunch. We got a snack wrap, chips,cookies and a juice. While we were eatting we swapped with other girls and watched a Swan set a pesky Seagull straight.
After lunch we marched onto BP zone, which was very long but fun. We completed Morse Code, Hollihoop games, and a snail song. All of us even had a chance to swap at this station more than any of the others. The day was almost over by then. We travelled over to GO GREEN! which is where we participated in water games, pipe chimes, paper airplanes and areodynamics explostions. Our last but not least zone was Activ8. The girls had an oppotunity to go in the climber H2O Regeneration Station!
The day ended with closing at the amphitheatre with a big campfire. It was amazing to see 15,000 pom poms up and shaking all at once. Also, to hear all of us sing at once. Meeting new girls and connecting with others by swaps was great. Windsor 77th Brownie, Guide, Pathfinder, Ranger Unit honoring a member: Candice Faerber who passed away in March. Buttons were giving out in honor of her.
Busses left by groups of 12, and girls exited to "Go well and safely." Overall it was an amazing and exhausting day but a day that 45,000 of us will not forget. We celebrated Rally Day with a quarter of the girls and leaders that were celebrating it across Canada.
So here we are looking back at Rally Day 2010 and thinking of the fun we will have a Guding Mosaic 2010. There is now less than 50 days.
I saw u there! >.<
ReplyDeleteI had the WORST spot to sleep! I was stuck right under the bathroom where thet kept the lights on ALL night and we could hear girls going to the bathroom. Why they decide that it is a good idea to get up at 4:00 in the morning to get ready I will never understand. But I do know that they sadly got me up too... The huge line up the stairs didnt help. I was sleeping next to the stairs... -.-
omggg i was in the black room. and they had all the flood lights on, just so happens i had to sleep right infront of one so I barely slept all night. I will never understand the fasination about bathrooms, My brownie unit is constantly in the bathroom at camps. They just go back and forth allll day long.
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