Fieldston Senior Class
Program Schedule, Sept. 3-4, 2003

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Night Snorkel

9/3

1:30 pm Coaches arrive at Fieldston
2:00 pm Coaches depart for Camp Glen Spey
4:30 pm Arrive at Camp Glen Spey
4:30-5:00 pm Unload to Troup Houses and Platform Tents
5- 6 pm Swim
6-7 pm Dinner
7-9:30 pm Workshops
Class divides into two groups to rotate through
two workshops:
1) Night Snorkeling (see description below)
2) Canoe "Star Chase" “ --------“------------“
9:30-10:30 pm “Secrets of the Night Sky” with Bob Birman
10:30-ll:30 pm Campfire with Smores
11:45 pm Lights Out

9/4

8- 9 am Breakfast, Pack & Load Coaches
9-9:45 am Travel to Lackawaxen River
9:45-10:30 Outfitting, Instruction
10:30-12:30 Rafting Trip
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:30 Rafting Trip
3:30-4:00 Change and Load Coaches
4:00-6:00 Return to Fieldston

Program Notes:
This evening program used mostly natural light sources to replace the need for flashlights. Paths to activities were illuminated by torches, as was the campfire area. Though canoes may have been on a “star chase”, they followed a course defined by floating campfires for bouys. Different colored cylalume sticks that glow in the dark were attached to the bow and stern of each canoe. Night snorkeling was staged on the other side of the lake, also using cylalume sticks, which were attached to wetsuit Jackets. To illumine “the deep”, the snorkelers used underwater spot lights which cast a ghostly
glow on the surface of the water.

Swinging Bridge

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