Just A Spoonful
Best sung using a wooden spoon microphone
2022 Camp Song
Just a spoonful of magic helps the story go down
The story go down-own. The story go down.
Just a spoonful of magic helps the story go down.
In an awfully tasty way.
In every word, idea, or plot,
Originality of thought
Attracts the eye and ear,
And captivates.
And every masterpiece we make
Becomes a piece of cake.
A chop! A cut! It's best to clean it up.
Just a spoonful of magic helps the story go down
At Write-A-Touille Inkspire camp
We stir up THANKS that need a stamp
And madly sip our tea
that Carroll-vates.
And every time we listen well
we see the poem jell.
A pop! A snap! Here comes Rice Krispy rap!
No more Rice Krispies….
We ran out of Rice Krispies….
My tears will not stop.
Until I hear snap, crackle, and pop.
I’ve brought the Rice Krispies.
(Aside: My mother-in-law)
Enough to last at least two months
That’s how long I’ll be here.
(Aside: It’s her 15th visit so far this year.)
Story, Story, Saga, Saga
2021 Camp Song
The Inkspire theme song is based on the original “Sugar Sugar”
by the cartoon band The Archies. Melody and original words by
Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. This parody version was written by Jacqueline Hamilton and Jenny Strickland. And of course our song also required some tambourine playing!
Story. Ah, saga, saga
You are my kind of world. So I work on writing you.
Saga. Ah, story, story
You are my kind of world. So I work on writing you.
I just can’t believe
The loveliness of perfect words
I will make my voice unique
I just can't believe
the difference that re-writing brings
I will make my lines so sleek
When I am at camp
I see how sweet a word can be
(I see how sweet a word can be)
Change a word, make a stream
Flow a sentence over me
(Flow a sentence over me)
Pour a little “punc” on it, writer.
Pour a little “spell” on it, author.
Make your lines so sleek, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pour a little “punc” on it, writer.
Pour a little “spell” on it author.
Pour a little “punc” on it, writer.
I'm gonna make my lines speak, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pour a little “spell” on it, author.
Story. Ah, saga, saga
You are my kind of world.
So I work on writing you.
Saga. Ah, story, story
You are my kind of world.
So I work on writing you.
Let It Flow
The page glows white in my journal tonight
Not a sentence comes to mind.
A story whose theme is timeless
But the words I cannot find.
My mind is turning with a dictionary inside
Couldn’t get words out, heaven knows I tried.
Don’t let words go, don’t let words flee
Be the writer you always longed to be.
Describe, express, don't let words slow......
Well, now lines grow!
Let it flow! Let it flow! Can’t stop the words anymore. First a draft, then to craft.
Read again, and write s’more.
I now know
What I’m going to say
Grammar rules galore
The plot never thickens without word play.
It’s funny how some practice
Breaks down the tallest wall.
And the words that once eluded me,
Can’t hide from me at all.
It’s time to see what I can do
To win the Pulitzer when I’m through.
No counting words -
No stopping me, I’m free!
Let it flow! Let it flow!
I am one with the pen and ink.
First a draft, then to craft,
You’ll hear my words in sync.
Here I stand
With my Roget.
Grammar rules galore...
My story travels through the air – come take a ride
A magic carpet of adventure, mystery – I decide.
And one thought crystalizes – now I see at last
My pen stays in my hand.
I’m having such a blast.
Let it flow! Let it flow!
Words will glow like the break of dawn
Let it flow! Let it flow!
My writer’s block is gone.
Here I stand
Wearing out Roget!
Grammar rules galore
The plot never thickens without word play.
–Jenny Strickland & Jacqueline Hamilton
Jamie Bradley
In the summer of 2014, Lexington student Jamie Bradley recorded the camp's parody of "Let It Flow" based on the Disney hit "Let It Go" from Frozen by lyricists Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Jamie was a frequent member of the Broadway Bound casts with the UK Summer musical program. During Labor Day weekend of 2014, campers and Jamie presented a choreographed version of "Let It Flow" for the Pioneer Festival in Winchester, KY, and won first place in the group division of the annual talent show.