Article from the Camp Fairmarsh Weekly, July 7, 2003

An Interview with Chestnut

Chestnut, the counselor in charge of the equestrian program, is celebrating her tenth summer as a counselor at Camp Fairmarsh! Before that, she was a camper for five years, so this makes the fifteenth summer she’s spent in the corral and stables. We sat down with her to talk to her about the camp and her many and varied experiences.

Bluestocking: What made you decide to come to Camp Fairmarsh as a camper?

Chestnut: I love horses. When I was a teenager, there weren’t a lot of camps in the area that both had equestrian programs and lasted a full eight weeks. I went to a two-week horse riding camp when I was twelve, and that was enough of a taste to assure me (and...

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