We have more fun before lunch than most kids have all day!
Schedule
Camp schedules are divided into morning and afternoon activities. We have one set of activities in the mornings, and an entirely different group in the afternoons. Throughout every day, our campers participate in programs ranging from Arts and Crafts to Zip Lines! At Camp Mac, campers have nearly a hundred different activities they can choose from!
Passing Off
At Camp Mac, every experience is an opportunity to grow – in confidence, in maturity, in courage, and in joy. We call the process passing off. Here’s how it works. Let’s say your child has never water skied before. The first things they will learn are the Water Skier’s Safety Code, the signals used between skier and boat operator, how to put on skis, how to make an unassisted start and ride for a minute without falling, how to cross the boat wake, and that sort of thing. Once they’ve mastered all of these steps, they earn the distinction of Water Skier 3rd Class. From there, if they so choose, they can continue to “pass off,” eventually rising to the level of Expert. We use this same approach to teach everything from jumping on a trampoline, to horsemanship, to surviving in the woods. It’s how we’ve done it since 1948.
Morning Program
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- Horseback
- Watersports
- Riflery
- Swimming Instruction
- Team Sports
- Fun and Games
- Wilderness Skills
- Arts & Crafts
AT CAMP MAC, WE DON’T DO “PONY RIDES.”
With over 40 horses, two open riding arenas, one covered arena, and ten miles of trails winding through the Talladega National Forest, our Western Riding Program is one of the largest in the South.
Campers who have ridden all their lives, and campers who have never been on the same side of the fence with a horse, learn new skills, face new challenges, and gain the confidence that comes with working hard to learn to do things they didn’t think possible.
Since our first summer in 1948, Horseback has been a vital part of our camp program. Camp Mac has always owned its horses – they aren’t leased. It costs more that way, but our horses are key members of our Horseback Crew, and we like to know our crew!
Our program and instructors are certified by the Dude Rancher’s Association (DRA), which certifies over 100 premiere Dude Ranches all across the West. In fact, Camp Mac’s riding program was the first program ever certified by the DRA.
We’ve been water skiing at Camp Mac since
Eisenhower was president, and Camp Mac was one of the first camps in the nation to offer the American Water Ski Association Camp Ski Program in the early 1960s.
Today, the Camp Mac Watersports Program offers a specialized program with 3rd Class through Expert levels in three different tracks – Skiing, Kneeboard and Wakeboard. Distinguished Expert is awarded to those campers who are able to pass Expert in each track. Campers must first pass a swimming test in the pool in order to take Watersports.
With 11 instructors and 3 ski boats on 2 private lakes, each boy and girl gets out on the water every other morning throughout the entire term. Over the course of the summer, over 100 campers learn to ski for the first time here “Among the Pines”!
Watersports are an exciting challenge for young and old campers alike! Who will ever forget that first ride on the kneeboard? That first time across the wake on the wakeboard? That first 360 on the trick skis? Or that first bust trying to dock-start on one?!
Riflery is one of the most popular activities
for both boys and girls. Consequently, our rifle range with nine firing stations and target returns sees more than its fair share of activity. In fact, over the course of a summer, Camp Mac campers fire more than 60,000 target rounds downrange.
Camp Mac is affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Qualified Instructors teach the course with an overarching emphasis on the safe and proper handling of firearms. Campers must successfully complete qualification requirements with air rifles before moving up to .22 caliber target rifles. As they progress, campers earn certificates for each marksmanship level. And a free rifle is given to any camper who shoots a perfect score of 50!
Everybody likes to be cool in the pool,
so water safety is an important part of every camper’s training. Camp Mac swimming instruction is conducted in our large Junior Olympic 75’ x 35’ pool. Certified Lifeguards instruct campers in proper kick and stroke technique and breath control. For our older campers we also offer advanced courses in Basic Rescue and Survival Swimming.
It’s not all about instruction, though. There’s also time for fun. Underwater swimming with the “air buoy,” Sharks and Minnows, water basketball, our 52-foot-long waterslide, and preliminary competitions in diving and racing for the Camp Mac Swim Meet make for a summer full of swimming pool fun!
Need some work on your 3-pointer in basketball?
How about your set in volleyball? Or maybe you’d be set if you just had a few pointers on pitching a softball or catching a football!
These are a few of the things you might do in Team Sports, along with games like Team Handball or Ultimate Frisbee! You’ll experience the “Thrill of Victory” or the “Agony of Defeat” once you’ve experienced Bombardment and Capture The Flag at Camp Mac!
Hey, Camp Mac isn’t all fun and games… well… actually… maybe it is.
Fun and Games is exactly what it sounds like: having fun and playing games. You’ll have fun playing games like Beege Ball (GaGa Ball), Putt-Putt and Steal the Chicken! And you’ll have fun doing stuff like riding the Bucking Bull, going on a camp-wide scavenger hunt – and throwing the perfect pitch to dunk your friend (or your counselor) in the Dunk Tank! Our 60-foot-long, inflatable “Slip and Slide” always makes a big splash!
Here at camp, we live in the woods.
At Wilderness Skills, we learn about our home!
Rather than sitting at home with smart phones connecting them to the outside world, Camp Mac campers connect directly with the world outside!
Boys and girls learn to pitch a tent and tie the right knot for the job. They learn how to tell the difference between a Sourwood and a Dogwood (by it’s bark!) And how to tell a Coral Snake from a Scarlet King Snake (Red touches yellow, kill a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Camp Mac!)
Campers go on hikes to High Falls and Salt Creek Falls. They learn about the “bugs and the bees” (insect identification). And how to start a campfire – with or without a match!
You hear people talk about living in the “real world’. At Wilderness Skills, we take a break from the world that man made, and spend time learning how to live in and enjoy the real world. The world that was here long before we were!
Here at Camp Mac, everyone has an opportunity to nourish their inner Picasso.
Lucky Camp Mac Horseshoe Frames, carpenter bee catchers, stools, makeup boxes, tie-dyed T-shirts, lapboards, decorative flower pots, picture frames, and mug racks are just a few of the many things campers may create. With all this and more to choose from, each camper is sure to bring home an objet d’art that no home should be without!
Afternoon Program
A good lunch is followed by "Mail Call" and an hour-long rest period. This quiet time may be used for writing letters, listening to music, reading, or maybe a little “catnap.” At the bell, boys and girls enjoy “Free Swim” and then that highly popular afternoon activity, Canteen, for a cold drink and a snack! There is an Elective period, then Cabin Time or League Games. On the occasional rainy afternoon campers settle into the cabins for a world famous WMAC Wacky Macky Radio Show – with lots of juicy camp gossip and always one song in a row! After supper and a few minutes of free time, the whole camp gathers on the rock steps in front of the Rec Hall for the “Six O’Clock News” (around 7:15), with live reports on Camp News, Sports, and Weather! Awards are presented and accomplishments of the day are recognized – like who caught the biggest fish, shot the highest score, or won the Barrel Race at Horseback! Afterwards, everyone attends a short Vesper Service at twilight in the amphitheater.
Electives
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- Adventure
- Arcade
- Archery
- Dance
- Fishing
- FxIt
- Mountain Biking
- Paddlesports
- Power Boating
- Putt-Putt
- Skeet Shooting
- Strength and Conditioning
- Team Roping
- Tennis
- Trail Carts
- Trampolines
- Wet & Wild
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Want a little adventure in your life?
How about a lot of adventure in your life?! Then grab your gear and sign up for Camp Mac’s Adventure Elective! 8th grade boys and girls spend each afternoon doing a variety of our most fun and exciting activities – like the Sky Ryder, Rappelling, Airsoft Wars, Zip Line “Balls of Glory”, Ultimate Kayaking and the Mental Adventure! Taking Adventure might not make you the next Indiana Jones, but you’ll for sure be able to keep up with his cousin, Alabama Jones!
Arcade
Air Hockey, Skee Ball, Pac-Man, Tetris and Frogger! You’ll find those classic coin-op games and more in the Camp Mac Arcade! But leave your money and your credit cards at home. The machines are set on Free Play – they don’t take coins and they don’t take American Express!
Archery
Camp Mac offers an advancement program to campers of all ages. Starting at 15 yards and going all the way to 50 yards, it takes a lot of practice to become an American Archer…but kids learn fast, and they take home awards and diplomas to prove it! Do you think Robin Hood ever brought home a diploma to his mama?!
Dance
Girls just wanna have fun! And what’s more fun than learning a dance routine with your friends, getting everybody up on the stage, and showing off your moves to the whole camp on Talent Night?! You'll work on your air kick and show off your head toss! At Dance, you're not dancing with the stars - you are the star!
Fishing
We’ll grab our fishing poles, bait our hooks, hold our mouths just right, and get ready for the Big One to bite! And if we don’t catch a big enough string off the Fishing Pier, we’ll load up into the pontoon boat and head out to the honey hole on the other side of the lake!
FxIt
When something breaks around the house, somebody has to fix it.
And things usually break faster than we can get them fixed! At camp we’ve realized we have 300 people who can break things and only about a half dozen who can fix them!
Your house might be a lot like that – a dead battery on a car, a bad light switch, a leaky drain under the sink, a flat tire, a hole in the sheetrock, a mower that won’t start running or a faucet that won’t stop running – these kinds of things happen to all of us all the time.
What’s a guy (or gal) gonna do!?
Sign up for FxIt!!
You’ll learn how to repair some of the things above – and maybe some other things, too! You can build your skills – and even build a toolbox!
Anyone can break things. But if you take FxIt, you’ll fix stuff and know things!
Mountain Biking
Mountain Biking is one of the most popular outdoor activities in the country — and there are few better places to ride a mountain bike than right here in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains!
Each summer 7th, 8th, and 9th grade boys and girls improve their skills as they experience the thrills of riding the hills here “Among the Pines”!
Using Camp Mac’s well-maintained mountain bikes, campers learn to do safety checks and routine maintenance — as well as how to safely enjoy this exciting sport!
Paddlesports
Can you canoe? You can if you’ve taken Paddlesports at Camp Mac! In addition to canoes, we have kayaks and we have paddleboards! (Did you know “Camp Mac Kayak” spelled backwards is “Kayak Camp Mac”?!) Campers learn safety and fundamentals, and enjoy relays, bucket-dipping races, and a trip to Lower Lake Falls! Plus, we’ll do a little waterbiking – and add a pedalsport to the paddlesports!
Power Boating
Tired of paddling? Then sign up for Camp Mac’s Power Boating Elective! Available to boys and girls in the 7th and 8th grades, the Alabama Marine Police "Boating Basics" course is conducted in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Successful completion of this course is required by law in Alabama to obtain a license to operate a powerboat on public waters. In addition to becoming familiar with the “Rules of the Road”, each young skipper learns to safely handle his or her own boat. Official certificates are awarded to those campers who successfully pass the written and practical tests.
Advanced Power Boating emphasizes boating skills and safety. Campers in this elective also learn ski signals and how to pull a skier. This course is available to 8th graders who have passed the basic course.
Putt-Putt
Meet your friends at the Camp Mac Country Club for a round of golf – Putt-Putt Golf, that is! We’ll have Hole-in-One Contests, the Green and White Tourney, and the Horseshoe Tournament! Then we’ll end the week with the Camp Mac Masters for the coveted Green T-Shirt! See you at the Clubhouse!
Skeet Shooting
8th grade boys and girls learn the fundamentals of Skeet Shooting and Shotgun Safety. Campers learn how to safely handle and fire shotguns at the clay targets flying out of the radio-controlled throwers at the Skeet Range!
We’ll have practice rounds and we’ll have tournaments – and at the end of the week the Championship and the braggin’ rights will go to the camper who busts the most clays!
Strength and Conditioning
Many of our campers participate in sports at home. Although each sport requires different skills, they all demand speed, quickness and strength – especially explosive strength for jumping and running. And by learning proper stretching and flexibility techniques, many sports injuries can be avoided.
Working with high school and college coaches and sports medicine experts, Camp Mac has developed a Strength and Conditioning program that improves our older campers’ natural abilities via cross-training — a combination of running, strength work, stretching and plyometrics (explosiveness training) – each day of the term.
Camp Mac’s Strength and Conditioning program is guaranteed to turn the aspiring athlete into a perspiring athlete!
Team Roping
Have you ever roped a cow? No? Then you haven’t taken Team Roping at Camp Mac! We start by learning how to coil the rope, build a loop, and throw the rope on foot. Next, we learn how to rope a dummy from the back of a barrel. Then it’s time to mount up and rope Sparky – the mechanical roping steer! Some people have trouble patting their head and rubbing their stomach – that’s nothing compared to riding a horse, chasing a cow, spinning a loop, and catching a steer! But if it was easy, it wouldn’t be nearly as much fun!
Tennis and summertime are a perfect “match”
and what better place to work on your tennis game than Camp Mac?! With three regulation Plexi-Pave courts and a ball machine to throw balls for you, we can’t think of a better place to work on your tennis game than Camp Mac!
We have plenty of room to practice, and Instructors standing by to help you dial in your serve, crank up your forehand, and master that two-fisted backhand! Our “passing off” advancement program offers ratings and awards from Beginner to Advanced and Camp Mac tennis tournaments provide all the competition and excitement you could hope for!
Trail Carts
8th grade campers first learn how to conduct safety checks and perform basic maintenance on our Polaris Trail Carts.
Then, after practicing in the arena and demonstrating their driving skills, the intrepid drivers hit the trails and explore the backcountry on a network of mountain trails surrounded by the Talladega National Forest!
Trampolines
Start out with the basics – Seat Drops, Knee Drops, Back Drops. Move up into Combinations, Swivel Hips and Turntables. Then it’s time for Rolls, Flips and some Mirror Combinations. But you can’t pass off Expert Trampoline until you master the infamous Cody Routine!
Wet & Wild
Campers who have completed the 5th grade can sign up for the Wet ‘n Wild elective at the Camp Mac Waterpark! We’ll test our skills on the floating Obstacle Course, spin on the Saturns, fall off the Rolling Log and get launched off the famous Blob and splash down in the lake! We’ll climb up the back of a giant 15-foot tall iceberg and slide down the other side! Walk on water with the help of the Magic Carpet – and slide 165 feet down the ginormous Wet Willie Waterslide!
Cabin Time
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- Big Mable
- Blob
- Buckin' Bull
- Climbing and Rappelling
- Iceberg
- Inflatable Obstacle Course
- Sky Ryder & Canopy Tour
- Wet Willie Water Slide
- League Games
Big Mable
Imagine this: you're hanging on for dear life with your best buds, screaming with laughter as you bounce and fly across the lake. No, you're not superheroes defying gravity – you're riding Big Mable, Camp Mac’s legendary inflatable monster tube!
Big Mable is like a giant, bouncy, floating, flying Lazy Boy that gets whipped across the water by a super-fast boat! Hold on tight as you twist, turn, and bounce over the waves, feeling the wind whip through your hair and the spray tickle your face. It's a wild ride that'll have you and your friends shrieking with laughter and begging for more!
More than just a thrill ride, Big Mable is another Camp Mac highlight that brings everyone together! You'll high-five your BFFs after surviving a particularly gnarly wave, share smiles and cheers after a smooth arrival at the ski dock, and maybe even swap funny faces when you get splashed! It's the perfect mix of excitement, thrills, and laughter that make camp memories truly unforgettable.
So, are you ready to ditch those boring pool floats and conquer the mighty Big Mable? Get ready for an epic adventure that'll have you grinning from ear to ear and leave you wanting more! Just remember to hold on tight – Big Mable don't leave nothin’ on the table!
Blob
You jump off the platform and you hit that big pillow and you sink in and that’s fun, but then you crawl out to the end and sit there and wait…. Your buddy jumps off the platform, onto the Blob, and BOOM! The air pressure catapults you up in the air and into the water! After that, you can fly through the air on the rope swing – just like the ones Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn used on the creek bank! But Tom and Huck probably couldn’t do a flip off the end of the rope – can you?!
Buckin' Bull
Just like in the rodeo, climb on, give the nod, and say “Let’s go, boys!” 8 seconds seems like forever when you're on the back of a bull!
Climbing and Rappelling
Climbing and rappelling are not just exciting activities – they’re true confidence builders! Thinking you can do something scary or difficult is really just a thought – working hard and actually doing something scary or difficult stays with you the rest of your life.
8th grade boys and girls begin to realize what they are capable of when they face their apprehensions and “learn the ropes”!
The instruction begins on our 20-foot and 40-foot walls where campers learn basic rappelling and climbing techniques. At the end of the term, those campers with the skill and the desire go on a field trip to Alabama’s highest peak, Cheaha Mountain, where they rappel down a 100-foot tall granite cliff!
Iceberg
The Iceberg is 14 feet tall and floats in the middle of the lake. Three sides are for climbing up – and one side is for sliding down! Global warming is a good thing for this Iceberg! And while your friends are climbing up and sliding down, you can swim over and ride the ring around the Saturn!
Inflatable Obstacle Course
Have you ever dreamed of being a pirate conquering a ship's rigging, a monkey swinging through the jungle, or maybe even an action hero leaping from platform to platform? Well, at Camp Mac's waterfront obstacle course, you can be all of those things and more!
Picture this: a giant floating playground right on the lake, with challenges like walking the plank, leaping across the hurdles and beating your bestie through the twisty! You’ll balance on floating platforms that feel like stepping stones across crocodile-infested waters! (Don't worry, there aren’t really crocodiles. Crocodiles live in Australia. Only alligators live in the US)
As you scramble, splash, and laugh your way through the course, you'll be putting your agility, balance, and speed to the test. But don't worry, you won't be going it alone. There will be awesome counselors there to cheer you on and help you out if you get stuck!
By the end of the day, you'll be more confident, more resilient (and definitely more soaked) than when you started! And you'll have memories of your aquatic adventure at Camp Mac that will last a lifetime! So grab your swimsuit and get ready to make a splash!
Sky Ryder & Canopy Tour
The Sky Ryder is not just a zip line, it’s two zip lines – over 1,000 feet combined length! You’ll strap yourself in your harness and clip on to the cable on the platform at the Campfire area and head down the hill through the trees to the lake! As you pick up speed you’ll leave the woods and burst into the open air above the lake - a hundred feet up, flying through the sky, looking down at your friends on the Iceberg and the Blob!
As you sail over the lake, you look ahead and see the trees on the other shore are fast approaching, and you wonder if you’ll fit through the green tunnel of leaves ahead. You almost want to close your eyes and brace for impact – but as you soar gracefully through the canopy and onto the landing platform, you realize there’s no need to. You made it!
So, you’re good. You got this! You stride confidently up the hill and in front of you, you see the Camp Mac Canopy Tour! Whoa! It’s as tall as the tallest trees and as long as the wait for camp to start!
You clip in and you walk onto the platform wrapped around a tree about 8 feet in the air. When you get to the edge, you see the wobbly cable bridge with a whole bunch of narrow steps a really long way apart. You tell your heart to slow down, and you start your journey. Every few feet away from the platform puts you a lot more feet off the ground! When you finally reach the second tree, you’re 75 feet up in the air and the platform feels the size of a Chick-fil-A mini!
You look down below the next bridge and you’re so high up the creek below looks like the trickle from a leaky faucet! The steps on the next bridge are even further apart, so you make yourself look ahead and not down. You’re surrounded by trees and leaves and now you know how the squirrels feel when they move branch to branch through their highways in the sky!
You finally make it to the next tree, and you realize you’re a hundred feet up in the air on the side of a giant pine standing on a platform half the size of the last one! And now there’s nowhere to go but down!
Luckily, the way down is a zip line! So, you clip in your trolley and leap off into the air! As you ride gracefully back to earth, now you know what they mean when they say pigeons flock together – but eagles like you soar alone!
No time to relax, though! It’s time to walk over and get strapped in and catch the next zip line across the lake back to camp – and take all the fun and excitement and confidence with you in those memories you’ll have forever!
Wet Willie Water Slide
Buckle up your lifejacket and get ready for the slide of your life! Start out at the top of the hill and begin the 165 foot ride down the ginormous Wet Willie Waterslide! When you hit the jump in the middle, you’ll go airborne and fly into the bottom section of the slide! By the time you can catch your breath you’ll be flying again – right into Lower Lake! After that, if you’re up to it, you can head across the Rope Bridge, take a ride down the Zip Line, and drop off into the water!
League Games
League games bring the fun and excitement of team competition to camp! Players are drafted, schedules are posted, and the league teams play each other in sports such as Volleyball, Softball, Newcomb, Soccer, Bombardment, Ultimate Frisbee, and Kickball!
The winners in the Senior Terms will celebrate at the Camp Director’s home with a “charcoal-steak” dinner, and the Junior Term winners will enjoy a scrumptious ice cream party!
League Games are about competing. We keep score. We have winners and losers every day. And every night the winners and the losers sit down and eat supper together. Because, mainly, League games are about playing.
When asked his advice for young athletes, Michael Jordan replied, "Just play, have fun! Enjoy the game." That's exactly what our campers have been doing in League Games since 1948.
Night Rec & Special Events
A varied evening recreation program provides a perfect end to each fun-filled day at camp! Boys and girls participate together in most of the Night Rec programs. Activities such as Camp Fires, Talent Night, Swim Meet, Cookouts, Overnight Campouts, Night Swims, 4th of July Fireworks, Movie Night, Popcorn and Coke Night, Tacky Night, College Night, Lazy Day Rockin’ Eve, Party Night, and Awards Night find a lasting place in the memories of campers! The Pool and Sports Area are both lighted for night use, and the Gym and Little Theater are great, rain or moon! The Rec Hall with its huge stone fireplace and hardwood dance floor, is always a popular spot for campers to gather in the evenings for special events, movies, dancing, “Hokey-Pokey” and “Scram”!
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- Awards Night
- Bombardment
- Cabin Competitions
- Campfire
- Coke Night
- College Night
- Cookouts and Campouts
- Fourth of July
- Lazy Day
- Movie Night
- Party Night
- Swim Meet
- Tacky Night
- Talent Night
- Throw Back Hall
Awards Night
During a Senior Term, our campers receive over 2000 awards. And every one is earned. Nobody at camp gets an award just for showing up or for being in a cabin.
Campers compete primarily against themselves – and they try to do better than they did last summer or last week. Better than when they fell trying to do a dock start on one ski, or better than their best barrel race time on their horse. When they reach the goal that they set for themselves, they “win” without their friends having to lose – and vice-versa.
So children at camp tend to build supportive relationships rather than competitive ones. We all sit side-by-side at "6:00 News" and cheer for each other's accomplishments, and when we have the inevitable setback, we encourage each other to try again.
Awards are presented throughout the term, and major awards are presented on the last night of camp at Awards Night. The final ceremony in every Senior Term is a candlelight service under the shelter of the pines accompanied by the notes of the Lord's Prayer.
Bombardment
Calling all dodgeball ninjas and laser tag champions! Buckle up because Cosmic Bombardment at Camp Mac is about to blow your mind (and maybe tickle your funny bone)!
How about this? You're in the gym, but it's not your average gym class. The lights are flashing with all the colors of a galaxy explosion. Cool music pumps through the speakers, setting the mood for epic laser tag…but with coated foam balls! Yep, Bombardment is a high-energy team battle where you gotta strategically dodge and fling those squishy projectiles at your opponents to send them out of the game.
It's all about teamwork and lightning reflexes. Work with your squad to create defensive walls, launch surprise attacks, and maybe even pull off some sneaky maneuvers worthy of a secret agent! As the game heats up, laughter and cheers fill the air, and the pressure to be the last team standing gets real!
But hey, even if you get "bombed" out, don't sweat it! The fun is in the teamwork, the friendly competition, and the hilarious moments that happen when someone gets caught off guard by a perfectly timed throw. Plus, with the awesome music and light show, who wouldn't have a blast?
So, get ready for a night you won't forget! Dust off your dodgeball skills, gather your crew, and prepare to be bombarded with fun, laughter, and memories that will last a lifetime. Cosmic Bombardment at Camp Mac is waiting for you!
Cabin Competitions
Forget "Survivor" – Camp Mac has way cooler competitions! How’s this sound? Your cabin, your crew, battling other cabins in epic contests that are all about fun, teamwork, and maybe a little bit of bragging rights!
Think pedal carts through the cones, getting your cabin through the hula hoop without breaking the human chain, spinning around the dizzy bat and running back to your cabin mates in a straight line, bouncing your way to the finish line on the hoppy balls or climbing, slipping, and sliding through the giant gym sized inflatable obstacle course! We'll turn the Camp Mac gym into a set from American Ninja Warrior! You aren't competing for a trophy or a prize - you're giving it all you got for each other. For the people you're living with every day. These aren't just games; they're building bonds that turn your cabin into a team!
Having fun is a lot more than winning or losing! If you don't win every game, the memories you make will last a lifetime. From the cheers of your cabin mates to the hilarious moments when things go off the rails, you'll create stories you'll be telling long after the summer ends. So get ready to unleash your inner competitor, work together with your cabin, and prepare for an unforgettable night filled with friendly competition and tons of laughter!
Campfire
The counselors put on Campfire. The campers play games and perform skits!
Sometimes Indians show up. Sometimes Pirates, or Time Travelers, or Harry Potter, or Super Heroes – even NASCAR fans!
You never know what’s going to happen at Campfire! But you do know that, in the Senior Terms, we’ll all hear the story of Old Man Taylor’s Eyes!
Coke Night
Calling all campers! You know that awesome night near the end of camp, the one everyone counts down to? That's Coke Night! It's basically the big finale before we wave goodbye.
Imagine this: a giant screen shows a video packed with every epic moment from summer. Hilarious camp games, crazy talent show performances, maybe even that time someone accidentally launched a frisbee into the lake (oops!). Everyone's got ice-cold Cokes and giant bowls of popcorn, so it's basically a laugh-a-minute feast of memories.
But wait, there's more! Coke Night is also about the feels. You get to see all your new camp BFFs on screen, and it hits you just how amazing summer has been. It's kind of like saying goodbye to an awesome adventure book you never wanted to end. But instead of tears, there are happy cheers and high fives, because you know you'll always have these memories (and maybe some funny inside jokes) to treasure.✨
So yeah, Coke Night is pretty epic. It's the perfect mix of remembering all the fun stuff and feeling grateful for the incredible summer you shared with your camp fam. Now who's ready for one last hurrah before saying "see you later"?
College Night
Get out your Game Day gear and head to the Rec Hall! It’s College Night!
We put up the banners, we play the fight songs, and everybody who pulls for your team joins you out in the middle of the dance floor and rocks the house with your team’s cheer!
The season starts in a few weeks, and right now we’re all undefeated!
Cookouts and Campouts
We cook our hot dogs and beans and marshmallows over the fire, we tell stories, we make our s’more – and then we tell stories s’more!
In the Junior Term we go back to our cabin and we go to bed – but in the Senior Term, we hang up our hammocks or roll out our sleeping bags under the stars, and we spend the night out in the National Forest!
Fourth of July
The 4th of July has always been a special day at camp!
We start the day off with a bang. Everybody wears Red, White and Blue, and we get the old 1923 T-Model out to lead the big parade! The parade ends in the Quadrangle, and we send 1,000 firecrackers up the flagpole! The Safari Crew is on duty standing by to make sure everything is under control - but having things under control isn't really their thing....
The festivities end with a big fireworks show over the lake!
Lazy Day
You never know when Lazy Day might be. But one night, in the Senior Terms, at 6:00 News, the announcement is made:
“Oh, by the way, the day after tomorrow is Lazy Day!”
The next night, we all go to the tennis courts for a Country and Western Party with a live band! We have cokes and cookies and a camp-wide Scram! The 8th grade campers stay up late and watch a movie outside under the stars.
We sleep as late as we want the next morning, have a special morning Canteen and a Lazy Day Movie. The Pool is open for swimming or just laying out, and the Sports Area is open just for fun!
And while all that is going on, the oldest campers have a private Ski Party at the lake with a Picnic Lunch out on the deck!
Movie Night
Sunday Night is Movie Night!!
When you hear “Mooovie Call!” sifting through the pine needles, it’s time to head to the Rec Hall or the Little Theater and get ready to lay back and watch one of your favorite movies on the 12-foot HD screens in Dolby Surround Sound!
Party Night
Party Night is a camp-wide Rec Hall where everybody dresses nice, we introduce the Party Night Court, we crown Camp Mac’s King and Queen, and we dance to the songs in the Camp Mac Top 20 Countdown!
But the best part is going up to the front of the Dining Hall and getting refreshments! You can’t go wrong with chocolate chip cookies and Hawaiian Punch!
Swim Meet
Saturday night. Boys vs. Girls. Winner take all – all the Country Cones at the Canteen, that is! We open up for a special Canteen on Sunday morning!
Winners will rule, losers will drool – but that’s cool, ‘cause we’re all in the pool!
Tacky Night
In the Junior Term, we get out our tackiest clothes and we mix ’em and match ‘em and make ‘em even more tacky!
Then we go to the Rec Hall – and we sing like nobody’s listening and we dance like nobody’s watching!
Talent Night
At Talent Night, the campers are the stars of the show!
If you sing, dance, play an instrument, tell jokes, put on a skit with your friends, or anything else you can think of – you can show whatcha got to the whole camp!
Every cabin will have an act in Talent Night – bring your stuff and be ready to perform!
Throw Back Hall
Camp Mac has dialed it up to 11 with Throw Back Hall! Think the Big Band sound of the 40s, your grandma's sock hop of the 50s, 1960s Woodstock, Disco Fever of the 70s, neon-soaked 80s, 90s grunge parties, and the madness of Y2K and beyond! Throw Back Hall takes you on a time travel trip through the coolest tunes of every decade since Camp Mac began!
Dust off your leg warmers and dig out your butterfly clips and tie dye! Imagine rocking out to Elvis in a poodle skirt, busting a move to disco in platform shoes, or channeling your inner Spice Girl with pigtails and platform sneakers. The fashion for the night is all about embracing iconic styles from each era, so let your creativity shine! Don't have the perfect outfit? No sweat! Throw Back Hall is all about having fun, so mix and match eras or throw on whatever screams "retro" to you.
The dance floor transforms into a time capsule, with themed decorations and music transporting you straight back to each decade. It's the ultimate nostalgia trip,where you can learn the coolest dance moves (moonwalk or swing dance, anyone?) and share laughs with friends over tunes that defined generations.
But Throw Back Hall is more than just a dance party. It's a chance to connect with the past, learn about different cultures and trends, and appreciate the awesomeness of each era. It's a celebration of music, fashion, and most importantly, having a blast with your camp crew. So grab your best buds and your coolest threads, crank up the volume, and get ready to throw it back like never before! Throw Back Hall is gonna be epic!