Paint War 2014

Clank! Clank! Clank! The last color sign was UP! Blue, Yellow, Green, Red.  The sponges sat soaked, the powder rested cloudless. All preparations were complete. And just like that... 6:00!  As the buses began to roll in and cars swept through the lot, the field became flooded with white t-shirts awaiting their color splashed doom.  

The evening of absolute craziness began less-than so with reunions, hugs, frisbee, and kickball.  The field was full of more than 320 Primetime and Summit students from Springdale, Fayetteville, Rogers and Bentonville feeling at home with camp friends and awaiting the start of the another CWE 365 Paint War.  Kolias Sewell from Bentonville expressed, "Dude, this is awesome! It really is like camp," and when asked, Zach Reynebeau from Springdale said "I would never miss Paint War... it's the start of one of my favorite parts of the year."  Just as the clock hit 6:15, everyone split into the four colors and began the color challenges.  This entailed the messy and competitive "paint the leader" competition, as well as paint-soaked sponge relays.  However, the craziest station ended up being the yellow team's banner painting, which became a paint slip & slide!  Within minutes the entire team was coated from head to toe in yellow, paint dripping from their shirts with yellow-pride.  


All of a sudden, the whistle blew and the start of the final Paint War was announced.  The teams retreated to their flags, loaded up with handfuls of paint powder, and fired up in preparation for the bombardment of color, awaiting the inevitable neon cloud that would soon cover the field.  The music began... CHAAAAARGE!  The final war had begun and within seconds, the entire field was tasting the rainbow, although not quite as tasty as Lucky Charms.  No matter where you ran, hid, turned, or stood, someone was there with a surprise splat of more color!  Who would have thought that a field full of students, powder paint, and music would be so much fun? Oh yeah, that's right....we all thought that!

As the color chaos ended, and the food and water table became crowded with hungry paint war veterans, the photo booth opened up! Friends, cabins, and small groups, were attracted to the opportunity for a memorable paint pic with your best of friends.  Just as soon as it had begun, the annual Paint War was over and the countdown for 2015 had started.