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>> FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES, TEACHING CHILDREN MANNERS HAS
BEEN A HIGH CALLING FOR ONE EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN.
HEATHER BURGISS INTRODUCES US TO A UNIQUE SUMMER CAMP THAT NOT
ONLY TEACHES CHILDREN TO MIND THEIR P's AND Q's, BUT DOES SO
WITH A DISTINCTLY SOUTHERN CHARM.
>> ETIQUETTE IS TODAY AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
A CODE OF BEHAVIOR BASED ON KINDNESS, CONSIDERATION, AND
UNSELFISHNESS.
>> HERE IN HERTFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, YOU'LL SEE THE TYPICAL
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF SUMMER CAMP WITH SWIMMING AND TENNIS.
>> THAT WAS GOOD.
MISS ISABELLA -- >> AT THIS CAMP, YOU'LL ALSO
FIND UNIQUE DOSES OF SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
>> THANK YOU, SUGAR.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, MISS ISABELLA, LET'S GO PICK UP INSTEAD OF BOUNCING,
HONEY.
>> AND LESSONS ON GOOD OLD-FASHIONED MANNERS.
>> WRITING LETTERS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO A TEA PARTY HERE.
>> I WANT THE CHILDREN SO MUCH TO KNOW TO WRITE LITTLE NOTES.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF GONE OUT, TOO, WITH TEXTING.
>> FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS, 80-YEAR-OLD NANCY RASCOE HAS
TAUGHT CHILDREN TO MIND THEIR MANNERS AT THIS SUMMER CAMP IN
HER 200-YEAR-OLD PLANTATION HOME.
>> I LOVE IT.
EVERY TIME I COME, SHE MAKES ME FEEL COMFORTABLE.
>> MASTER JOSEPH, COME ON QUICKLY.
HOLD YOUR BALL.
>> THE CHILDREN CALL HER MISS NANCY, AND ALONG WITH HER
ACCOMPLISHED STAFF OF FORMER MANNERS CAMP GRADUATES, MISS
NANCY TAKES THESE YOUNGSTERS UNDER HER WING FOR A QUAINT
COURSE ON LIVING LIFE WITH MANNERS, ETIQUETTE, AND
CONSIDERATION.
>> STRUCK ME THAT MAYBE IF WE HAD HOUSE PARTIES, THEY WOULD
HAVE TO ACT OUT THEIR MANNERS AND WE COULD THEN TEACH THEM TO
INTRODUCE BY LOOKING RIGHT IN THE PERSON'S EYES AND WE COULD
ACTUALLY SEE THEM WITH THEIR TABLE MANNERS AND THEIR NAPKINS
IN THEIR LAPS AND THEIR SILVERWARE OVER AND OVER FOR
FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
>> MISS NANCY'S CAMPERS USUALLY COME BY WORD OF MOUTH AND FROM
FAMILIES WITH STRONG SOUTHERN TIES TO THE OLD NORTH STATE.
>> IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE WELL KNOWN.
IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND
KINFOLKS THAT HAVE NORTH CAROLINA ROOTS OR VIRGINIA
ROOTS.
I THINK THAT'S HOW THAT HAPPENED.
>> LIKE BROTHERS MILO AND MATTEO FROM ITALY, WHOSE GRANDMOTHER
LIVES IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
>> VERY FUN.
YOU HAVE NEW EXPERIENCES AND YOU MEET NEW FRIENDS.
>> YOU LEARN HOW TO TALK ON THE PHONE POLITELY.
YOU LEARN HOW TO FOLD YOUR BED AND, LIKE, YOU LEARN EVEN
RIDICULOUS THINGS LIKE HOW TO FOLD TOILET PAPER.
>> YOU LEARN HOW TO FOLD TOILET PAPER.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO USE THAT ONE.
>> NO.
>> 10-YEAR-OLD SADLER SMITH FROM GREENVILLE CAME TO CAMP WITH HIS
BEST FRIEND AND, APPARENTLY, MISS NANCY'S REPUTATION FOR A
CAMP THAT MIXES MANNERS WITH A FUN-FILLED TIME PRECEDES HER.
>> I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING TO THIS CAMP.
MY MOM KEPT ON SAYING HOW GREAT IT WAS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I
ALMOST KNEW THAT MISS NANCY WAS GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> HERE'S TO DOWN HOME.
>> THEY ALSO LEARN CONVERSATION MANNERS AND THE ABILITY TO SPEAK
IN FRONT OF OTHERS BY MEMORIZING POEMS AND SAYINGS.
>> YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
YOU HAVE THE BEST CARRYING VOICE.
IF I EVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I'M GOING TO
CALL YOU UP IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, AND SAY, MASTER MILO, WILL YOU
COME BE BY CAMPAIGN MANAGER?
YOU'RE GOOD.
IF WE JUST SHAKE HANDS AND SAY GLAD TO MEET YOU AND LOOK DOWN
AT THE FLOOR OR WE SAY THANK YOU AND DON'T CALL THEIR NAMES AND
DON'T LOOK AT THEM WITH LOVE OR SHAKE HANDS WITH LOVE, THEN IT
DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT COULD AND WHAT IT SHOULD.
>> MISS NANCY ALSO ENJOYS TEACHING THE YOUNGER CROWD THE
FINE ART OF DINING.
THE CHILDREN LEARN WHERE TO PLACE THE SILVERWARE AND CRYSTAL
AND HOW TO BE A GRACIOUS HOST.
>> MISS NANCY TEACHES US AT THE DINNER TABLE HOW TO EAT
SOMETHING.
WE'VE BEEN EATING DIFFERENT FOODS.
>> BUT THEY ALL DON'T SEEM TO MIND IF THE TABLE IS NOT EASY
FOR THEM, BUT THEY DO IT.
I THINK IT'S FUN FOR THE BOYS.
THEY'RE ABLE TO SEAT THE YOUNG LADIES.
THEY'RE ABLE TO PROP THE CHAIRS FOR THEM.
THEY HOLD THE DOOR.
>> CAMP COUNSELOR MARY IVEY STEWART FIRST CAME TO CAMP AT
THE AGE OF 8 YEARS OLD.
>> WHEN SHE TALKS TO SOMEBODY OR WHEN SHE INVESTS IN THESE KIDS'
LIVES, SHE'S FOCUSED ON THEM AND WANTING TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES IN
SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT THE NEAT THING IS SHE REALLY
DOES.
THAT'S WHY KIDS KEEP COMING BACK AND PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS
ADORE HER.
>> AND THESE DAYS, JUST AS CERTAIN MANNERS SEEM TO BE GONE
WITH THE WIND, MISS NANCY HOPES A NEW GENERATION WILL BE
INSPIRED.
>> THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THAT'S MY COMPLIMENT.
>> MISS NANCY WAS THE FOCUS OF A RECENT DOCUMENTARY CALLED "MISS
NANCY MINDS THEIR MANNERS."
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU'LL FIND HER RUNNING A BED AND BREAKFAST