DIML @ Florida Fall Convention

December 23, 2025
Lexi Davidson

Weston, Florida, United States

Class of 2028

Read more from this author →

DAY 1 OF FLORIDA FALL CON:

4:00pm: Help set up registration steering

5:00pm: Greet teens at entrance, teens start arriving

5:30pm: Opening ceremonies!! Met coordinators… and the only and only International N’siah, Mercedes!

6:30pm: Dinner :))) had fun summer program traditions! Shabbat Shalom!!!!

7:30pm: Camp shabbat! Got to sing my favorite summer songs just like how we would in the amphitheater at CLTC!

9:00pm: Snack time!! Churros and chocolate syrup never fails 

9:20pm: Summer invite program! Saw a different perspective of what going on summer was like.

10:00pm: Met new friends in Miami Region and North Florida Region!

10:45pm: Laila Tov!!!

DAY 2 OF FLORIDA FALL CON:

8:30am: Boker Tov!

9:00am: Went downstairs for breakfast

9:15am: Time to eat :)))

10:00am: Tropical shabbat! Got to watch my friends steering put all their hard work into action.

11:00am: Free time to meet new teens!

11:45am: Keshet crafts! Made Tzedakah bags, stress balls, cards for IDF, and besamim (fragrant spices)

12:30pm: Athletics with Max! 

1:15pm: Lunch time! My fav meal tradition is the Birkat.

2:15pm: Teen program round 1 - B’nai Mitzvah throwback! Played family feud jewish edition and coke and pepsi just how we would at mitzvahs!

3:15pm: Teen program round 2 - BBG Bootcamp! Learned the UNITED chant and sang some of my favorite BBG chants!

4:30pm: Chofesh! Hung out in the hotel lobby.

6:45pm: got ready for the “Matzo Ball”  dance!

7:00pm: Dinner tiiiiimeeee! 

8:00pm: Separates! Attended ‘Together Separates’ which was a mix of BBG and AZA traditions as one. It was an amazing set of activities where I got to bond with fellow Alephs and BBG’s.

9:00pm: Havdalah!!! My #1 favorite part of conventions. A time where I really get to bond with my friends and sing my heart out just like we do at CLTC.

9:45pm: Matzo Ball dance time! Shoutout Charlie Bern for DJ-ing!

11:30pm: Laila Tov! Last night :((( 

DAY 3 OF FLORIDA FALL CON:

8:30am: Boker Tov! Last morning, super sad :(

9:00am: Breakfast time! Met in dining area

9:15am: Got my food, best meal of the day!

10:00am: Regions broke up to move into a business meeting to make history!!!

11:00am: Helped pass legislation to make a more fair-process election standard! Also gave Gold Coast Region its official colors! Go Aliens!!!

11:30am: Closing ceremonies! Another great part of conventions where BBG’s and AZA’s divide into spirit circles.

12:00pm: Said final goodbyes departed home :(( An amazing weekend with Florida!

Lexi Davidson is a BBG from L'Olam BBG #2661 in Gold Coast Region and loves to cook.

All views expressed on content written for The Shofar represent the opinions and thoughts of the individual authors. The author biography represents the author at the time in which they were in BBYO.

Explore More Stories

Get The Shofar blasted to your inbox

Subscribe
Subscribe