Get to Know - Tape
He holds things together, mends the broken pieces and is durable as ever! He's our head counselor and we call him Tape. Tape has been at Sugar Bay for almost 8 years now. He started off as a counselor in February 2008.
Tape's favourite activity at camp is BMX-ing. This may come as a surprise, but Tape was actually the first-ever BMX Pro Counselor (PC) at Sugar Bay.
Did you know that Tape's other half is also a counselor at Sugar Bay?
His name is Sticky.
Hence, Sticky-Tape?
You get it now?
Tape describes the best part of his job as:
“Helping kids and counselors gain confidence; seeing them leading a song, acting on stage, or being an emcee to an audience of more than 200 people.”
Tape loves beach days and his favourite camp meal are hot dogs and chips.
“I may come across as a big, scary figure, but once people get to know me, they will notice that I have a warm heart.”
He even went on to further describe himself as a teddy bear.
Tape's best camp was Bubble week. He went on providing a reason for this specific liking by saying:
“We had a party-night setup in the main hall, we had a foam pit next to the pool, and, as the kids entered the hall, something special happened. We had a random gust of wind blow so uniquely that it caused all the foam to turn into bubbles. The result was the entire hall being covered in bubbles, almost like it came directly from the sky. This was not a coincidence.”
Tape described himself in 3 words as “Funny, entertaining and surprising.”
Tape has told us that he has had so many embarrassing moments at camp that he has stopped keeping track of them.
But that doesn't stop our big guy from going on.
When we asked Sugar Bay's self proclaimed “Teddy Bear” who inspires him from his fellow counselors and why? He answered;
“Paris. She has come so far since she started and has grown to become such a responsible woman who supports her team until she has nothing left. Paris is the mother figure of Sugar Bay and is adorned by all the campers and counselors.”
Tape's favourite part of camp is when the sun rises, because he says its the start of a brand new day at Sugar Bay, which means we get to have more fun, adventures, meet new friends, and create wonderful memories.
Tape says he knows that all the kids love being in his company because he practices equality, ensures everyone around him is happy and mostly, because he is absolutely hilarious.
We concluded our chat with our Head Counselor by questioning how he would describe his role at Sugar Bay?
He answered;
“I'm in charge of all the crazy, cool and eccentric counselors at Sugar Bay. My job is to train them, keep them safe and happy.”
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