Greetings from the Alumni Office

This summer we will mark the 81st season of Interlochen Arts Camp and there are plenty of great reasons - throughout the summer - to come back. Summer Alumni Weekend will be July 25-27 and it will be an especially good time to come back to Interlochen.

We have a great weekend of activities planned: the Friday night bonfire at the Minnesota Building, Saturday evening ice cream social at Stone and the Sunday morning alumni service in Kresge Auditorium, which we will use to remember and honor the memory of camp alumnus and longtime faculty member Melvin S. "Mel" Larimer. Alumni will also have opportunities to perform with the alumni band under the direction of long-time faculty member Byron Hanson, sing in the alumni choir, under the direction of John Bragle, or the Festival Choir with David Fryling.

As you probably know, many new facilities have been added to the Interlochen campus in the last decade. As I write this, the roof is going on the new Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Center for Visual Arts. This summer we will celebrate its near-completion with an art contest. Alumni will be challenged to draw the current visual arts facility or the new one. In April 2009, we are inviting visual arts alumni back to campus to celebrate this great moment for the visual arts at Interlochen.

Make your plans now to return to the land of the stately pines for Summer Alumni Weekend 2008.

Gary L. Gatzke
Director of Alumni Engagement

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