Every year on Playa our camp learns lessons. Sometimes those lessons are obvious, sometimes they are hard, always they are necessary. And every year we try to take all the cumulative lessons of prior Burns to make camp better.

In 2016, we really nailed it. The watchwords from our Leads for the year were “easier, simpler, better,” and between Rui’s obsessive planning, Aaron’s wide-ranging leadership, and pure grit by George, camp operated like a perfectly-tuned Renaissance clock. With team-based organization and team leads for every aspect of camp, GlamCocks camp was raised on site in record time.

Among the camp’s newest features were a restaurant-class kitchen designed and managed by Jared, which turned out gourmet meals all week. Marc created a brand new camp sign, and transformed the storage trailer into a spectacular nighttime Speakeasy. The MoreCockIn Tent was classed up more than ever by Peter and his decor team. Showers were upgraded with walls for wind protection.

With lighting being one of the most complicated camp features, we vastly simplified setup by investing in a pair of projectors to light the entire face of the CockYard during parties.