We Started Every Year Of Dixie Basketball Camp - 946 Words

â€Å"Are you fired up?!?† the General yelled. The answer, of course, was â€Å"Yes sir, fired up, sir!† This was how we started every year of Dixie Basketball Camp as we came together in the Southwest Mississippi Community College (SMCC) auditorium. It is hard to explain what the Dixie Basketball Camp is all about. Experiencing it is really the only way of knowing. Dixie teaches kids every year the value of hard work along with the fundamentals of basketball. The camp has a unique and special enthusiasm, filled with cheering and chants, many of which have continued for many years and have made Dixie one-of-a-kind. The General, Joe Dean Jr., has been running the camp for over twenty years. He inspires five hundred campers every year to work hard and sweat on the basketball court. Over the past eight years, he has served as a role model for me at the camp. The Dixie Basketball Camp has been a significant part of my life since the fourth grade; I could not help but be ups et as I drove away from the campus after my eighth and final year at the world famous Dixie Basketball Camp and Country Club, â€Å"Hey!† I was going to miss all of the enthusiasm the most. The week of Dixie has always been my favorite week of the year. I love everything about Summit, Mississippi and the fun I had there every summer. The summer before my senior year of high school was the fiftieth year of the camp and I thought to myself, â€Å"What a perfect way to end my Dixie experience!† My brother and I drove to