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Evening Program

EP as it's called at camp for short.  Evening Program is basically what happens after dinner at my camp.  I went to a coed teen camp when I was a teen, and then worked there later.  I still go up every June to help out for a week or so.  Each night they would have this thing called EP, which was more or less just a way to keep the teens out of trouble and entertained in the evening hours.  Also it's fun.  I remember from both sides as a camper and then as a counselor.  Sure, some nights were a snooze and I'd just be sitting there with a book waiting for the 2 hours to pass.  And chatting with some of my other friends.  I believe I had my 3rd or 4th kiss during an evening program as well.  I remember it as if it were yesterday.  The nervousness of idling chatting before it happened.  Us getting closer and closer.  Our hands touching... Finally we were lip-locked... Then suddenly a flashlight of a counselor in our faces pulling the two of us apart.

Ah yes.  Those awkward teenage years filled with summer camp kisses.

Good times.

So, I'm on a quest to recreate Evening Program or EP from camp.  At my other camp it was called Evening Activity.  Various camps call it various different things.  But I think EP works.

The camp evening programs are along the following types of events:

Themed Dances
Casino Night
Open Mic
Camp Fire
Beach Party
Movie Under the Stars
Lip Sync Night
Live Dance (where the camper bands play songs they rehearsed all summer in a live show, it's kind of awesome)

So my goal is to recreate Evening Program but for 20 and 30 somethings.  Maybe every Friday night.  Or Saturday night.

Last week my EP was karaoke at the Tavern pub in the Radisson hotel in Valley Forge.  I didn't actually sing.  But there were some other darn great karaokers.  This week will be a night of jazz and wine and fine art as I go to art after 5 at the art museum.  I've done this before.  One time I ran into some work people.  Another time I ran into a girl that I had gone on a date with some years before.  Then we decided to head over to Spruce Harbor pop up park after.  That was fun too.  If I remember correctly... We had a fun time and had planned to get together again after the museum/spruce harbor park night... But we both assumed we had each other's contact info still... And then didn't.

SO we had no way of contacting one another and never saw each other again.  Seriously, my life is like a romantic comedy sometimes.

Oh, I should add Spruce Harbor park to my EP list.  Totally.

Anyways, I'm looking for more fun places and things to add to the list.  I've got Morgans Pier.  Dave and Busters.  A movie at Penns Woods Winery.  I also want to look up other summer outdoor movies. I'm sure there's a whole slew of them.

As I find things and experience them I'll make sure to post anything juicy that happens here.  If anyone has any good feel free to contact me!  I'm all for any kind of fun Philly Spring things.  SO, let this be the summer of fun and festivals and possibly flings and who knows what other fun fantastic things.