My one lasting legacy (so far) at Phantom is the music played after breakfast each morning.  As far as I know, I was the first Program Director to make playing records after breakfast a regular affair.
    The idea came to me because of the dead time when breakfast winds down.  Whereas we had songs from staff members after lunch and dinner, breakfast had nothing until the announcements started.  With my huge record collection, it seemed a natural.
    In 1975, my first summer as the PD, I started the tradition with a song by the Rascals, "A Beautiful Morning".  That song speaks of the dawning of a wonderful day.  "It's just no good if the sun shines and you're still inside."  It was the perfect "morning" song, but that was really the only song I had planned to play.  What should I do on subsequent mornings?  Well, as you will see in the accompanying lists, in 1975 I was just feeling my way along.  Not the most inspiring music right away.  But it grew.
    Check out the lists and see if you remember any of these.

1975 - Boys Camp
1979 - Girls Camp and Co-ed Camp

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