Synergy

Synergy is that whole "teamwork" thing that ends up being so cheesy in Disney movies. Only it's not just any sort of teamwork. It's synergetic teamwork.

There is also a "Synergy dance", requiring 3 people. Each makes a circle with his/her arms, the three circles are linked and, as each person leans back slightly to pull on the connection, the group spins around in a circle.

You sort of had to be there.

When 'Let it Be'-- The Beatles was played at the dances, people sang 'synergy' instead of 'let it be', and formed american-pie like circles, with three people in the center doing the synergy dance.

(edit: This originated from the welcoming speech given the first day by Bill, site director. He used the word synergy at least half a dozen times and it soon spread like a disease. It's become a kind of cult following at Saratoga. Many people attempted to build a giant SYNERGY sign (out of rocks..) outside of the main office to protest their friends being put in detention. The Rinas destroyed it. Synergy is used in just about every conversation, essay, speech etc. Some girls in Rounds 1 also spelled it out on a window with masking tape, or Love Tape. The RA's and teachers use it just as much as we do, and in various forms. (i.e. That's some synergisitc work right there!) Unfortunately, Bill's wife became very sick and he left and will not be returning. It's hightly doubtful the SYNERGY will survive 2nd session. The SYNERGY dance was made during the "Ministry of Silly Walks" Daily by Clare Costello, Ashley Stubbs, and Derek Huang.)

The word/concept of synergy survived into session 2, but not the dance.

EDIT: I made up the synergy dance and introduced it to some fellow RA's at one of the dances during "let it be". Those three kids simply re-created it in that daily. It is really lame that I am editing this cty wiki right now, but I'm very proud of the synergy dance. So whatever. -May

EDIT: As far as I know, Ashley, Claire, and I came up with it as a completely separate entity of intellectual property during the Ministry of Silly Walks, one of the last dailies of session 1. The dance in which Synergy was substituted for the first time as canon happened after the daily. However, it is quite possible that we both separately discovered the Synergy dance without knowing of each other's discovery, truly a testament to the everlasting power and wonder that is Synergy. So whatever. ~Derek

EDIT: I came up with the idea of the Synergy song during a particularly fascinating cloud-watching daily. The Synergy song was then suggested to the RAs by the group once known as the "Blonde squad" and now known as "the Club." To my knowledge it was played and sung to this year again, according to some reports, with my name subbed in for Mother Mary. -Grant Wright

Edit: I second what Derek said. There was footage of the creation the dance in the slideshow at the end of the session. I was there, I witnessed it all, etc. -Clare