For those who saw Dave Davenport's slideshow at the reunion, these are the photos he showed.  And for those of you who didn't, well, they still are the photos he showed.

New photos at chancoonce.com:

• 1979 - Summer
• 1980 - Summer
• 1981 - Summer
• 1982 - Summer
• 1983 - Summer
• 1983 - Sr High
• 1984 - Summer

UPDATE.  More photos from Lynda Leach Clark:

• 1978 Sr High
• 1979 Summer
• 1979 Sr High
• 1980 Summer
• 1980 Sr High
• 1981 Summer
• 1983 Summer

Enjoy!

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In addition to moving the website to a new server (yawn), I did manage to catch up on creating some new content. I'd like to put in another plug for the new Other Docs in the navigation menu. It's got a bevy of stuff from Heather (Martin) Swift and me. I also posted new Smoke Signals. You can check out all the recent content on the recent content page, which is all the content on the website sorted by when they were added.

Additionally, there's a bunch of new photo albums from Blip Williams and Jenny (Schroeder) Alfano from the following years

• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993

And I did fix the contact form, so I can now actually receive your feedback. Lemme know what you think! continue reading »

Just finished updating the software that runs the website and the photo albums, so the photo albums are now back. Additionally, you'll notice a new section in the main navigation, Other Docs. This new section is for old stuff from camp that's neither a photo nor a Smoke Signal. Take a look at my paltry $300 salary offer from 1980 - and that's for the whole summer.

There's some loose ends that I need to get to (signing up for the CCAA, no WYSIWYG editor for writing posts, and some design tweaks), but things should be working. If you find something amiss, please drop me a line about it - I probably don't know about it and you'll be helping everyone out. continue reading »

Hey folks, I'm moving the website to a new home. Same chancoonce.com address, just a new server. I'm hoping this will take care of some of the quirkiness. Photos are down for a couple of days, but everything else should be okay. -Greg

I got a slew of slides from Bill Taylor a while ago, all from 1979. And by 'slew' I mean hundreds, literally. Not sure who took them. But I scanned most all of them and now there's here at Chanco Once. This easily makes 1979 the most-photo-documented year. Interested parties include Keith Owen (that year's PD), Dave Davenport (you gotsta check out that hair), MC Hagar, Dave Belote, Lynda Ryder, Garland Wood, Steve Smith, Mary & Doris and tons of others. It's like the Land Before Time.

So let the folks you find in the photos know their youth is on parade here, and please chip in with the captioning. Enjoy!

• 1979 - 1st Session
• 1979 - 2nd Session
• 1979 - 3rd Session
• 1979 - 4th Session
• 1979 - Staff Night

Not that I have an update about the website. No, the website itself is being updated (which is an update, I suppose). By me, that is. Expect weirdness over the next couple of days. And if something looks broken, please drop me a line.

UPDATE: Or leave a comment since the mail doesn't seem to be working. And the Photo Galleries also seem a bit wanked. Still working on it...

UPDATE 2: Photo Galleries should be working now.

UPDATE 3: Mail is working, too. If something looks broken, please drop me a line.

Hey folks, from a large vat box of random camp photos I've got three photo albums that I have no year for. I think they are grouped together properly (each album is the same year) but I could be mistaken. Looks like these are from the 1990s, so if the 90s folks to take a look and let me know, everyone will rejoice. Thanks!

• http://chancoonce.com/gallery/etc/199-something/
• http://chancoonce.com/gallery/etc/199-something-2/
• http://chancoonce.com/gallery/etc/199-something-3/