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Arrival at Camp and Check-in
Arrival at Camp and Check-in
Directions and maps to Lake Forest Academy (LFA)
Address: Lake Forest Academy, 1500 Kennedy Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045.
Maps are on the Directions and Maps page.
Campus map is on the Location page. We have prepared annotated Google maps with the places you most need and routes marked.
Downloadable versions of these are linked here:
Annotated LFA map with places you most need and routes marked
Driving directions: The campus is just east of I-94 and just north of Town Line Rd.
Take exit 19 to Town Line Rd (Rt 60)
Drive east about ¾ mile.
The campus entrance is on the left, near the third stop light just before the railroad trestle.
Turn left onto Academy Drive and follow that north onto the campus. This will take you to the parking lot behind Atlass Hall, or if you follow it further north, it will take you to the large parking lot at the Fitness/Athletic Center.
To get to Ferry Hall, drive across in front of the Fitness Center and then turn left on the other side of the quad, in front of Ferry Hall.
Parking
There are many parking lots on campus. Those staying on campus can park behind Atlass Hall or in front of or to the south of Ferry Hall. There is also a large parking lot to the east of the Crown Fitness Center.
Check-in Coming for the whole weekend? You can settle into your room on campus as early as 3 p.m. Thursday.
Thursday supper will be provided at LFA, so please plan to arrive in time for dinner.
Check in will be located in Atlass Hall Thursday afternoon from 3 to 7:30 p.m..
Once camp has started, check-in will be at the gym, during dance events. Look for Mady, NIna, Holly or Kathleen.
You will pick up your button and schedule during check-in and get your dorm room assignment, if you’re staying on campus.
Late check-in If you're coming in late, during meals, or other times when we're not in the gym:
There will be a housing chart posted in the lobby of Atlass Hall. Take your linens and move into your room.
Check-in at the gym during the next scheduled dance event.
Schedule The final schedule is available on the Schedule page, or may be printed as a PDF. (We will have copies of it available at camp.)
Location details
Location details
Address: Lake Forest Academy, 1500 Kennedy Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045.
All buildings on campus are air conditioned.
Workshop sessions and dance parties will be held in the gym at the new Athletic Center.
Meals will be served cafeteria style in the dining hall in the JC Cowart Student Center. You can bring your food outdoors and eat at the tables just outside the dining hall, if you desire, as long as you bring your tray back into the dining hall at the end of the meal.
The Boutique will be located in the Dance Studio.
The Costume Corner will be on the 2nd floor lobby above the main Atlass Lobby where you check in and we hold our after-parties.
The dorms are between the Student Center (Dining Hall) and the Sports Center, with one dorm on each side of the quad. Atlass Hall is on the east side of the quad and Ferry Hall is on the west side of the quad.
Lodging at LFA will be in Atlass Hall and Ferry Hall dorms.
Each dorm has two floors with working elevators. The dorm rooms are arranged in wings, with two bathrooms in each wing of Atlass, and one in each wing of Ferry.
Most rooms will have bunked beds, but we will not be placing anyone on a top bunk. All campers will have lower bunk beds.
Most double rooms will have 2 twin bunked beds and most singles will have 1 twin bunked bed.
Those staying in the dorms will be provided with a linen packet, which includes:
flat sheet
fitted sheet
pillowcase and pillow
blanket
bath towel
Linen packets can be picked up in the lobby of the dorm you are staying in.
There are drink and snack machines in both dorms. In Atlass they are in the 2nd floor laundry room (which also has self-serve washers and dryers). In Ferry they are in the kitchen.
Each dorm has a kitchen on the first floor.
The Atlass kitchen will be locked, since we will store alcohol there. Atlass also has small refrigerators and microwaves in the hallways on each side.
The Ferry Hall kitchen will be open and campers may store personal items or medications (except alcohol) in that refrigerator.
Keys and valuables
Dorms will not be locked during our stay, and rooms do not have keys. The campus is remote and safe. However you may wish to keep valuables with you or locked in your car. If you have concerns or need a place to secure something, contact a committee member.
Check-out at end of camp
Dorm check out will be by 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Linens should be left in piles in the dorm lobbies. The linens should be separated by type, so 1 pile for sheets, 1 pile for towels, etc.
Please be sure to return any non-LFA towels and washcloths to the appropriately marked boxes
Please return your button (unless you really want it as a keepsake.)
We save buttons from year to year (so you don’t have to remember them) – and hope you will return! 🙂.
Social times, beverages and snacks
Social times, beverages and snacks
NOTE: Alcohol is allowed in the dorms and in the Atlass Hall lounge at LFA, but not in the Athletic Center or Dining Hall
Social hours and after-parties will be held in Atlass Hall lounge. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, along with snacks, will be provided by June Camp.
Saturday night, during the dance party, there will be an ice cream social in the Athletic Center lobby or Dance Studio..
Snacks during the evening dance parties, provided by June Camp, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will be in the Dance Studio, next to the gym. There are machines to purchase water, sports drinks, soda and coffee as well as snack machines in the Athletic Center.
There are places to refill water bottles in the Athletic Center.
Beverages and food are not allowed in the gym itself (with the exception of closed water bottles).
Special events
Special events
Friday morning will start with the Friday morning will start with the Dance Exchange that is our usual requested reteaching of older dances by local teachers.
A Friday second morning session will be Steve teaching some older dances.
Friday and Saturday late afternoon singing and community band sessions, held in the lounge of Atlass Hall, will be led by Tom Pixton and Catherine Rudin.
During this time in a nearby area (probably the 2nd floor lounge of Atlass Hall ) Marie Merkél invites knitters and other crafters to bring their projects to work on together at the Crafters and Chatters Corner. (You can join them just to chat.)
We have adopted Stockton Folk Dance Camp's tradition of "Once Over Lightly”. We will begin the Friday and Saturday parties with a session of brief reviews and dance-throughs of the dances taught that day. This will occur before the programmed party requests and band sets begin.
The Thursday party will feature live music by our band, and also opportunity for spontaneous requests of dances that didn’t make it onto the planned party programs.
The Friday and Saturday parties, from 8:00 p.m. on (when the band begins), will be shared on Zoom. There will be an area where you can dance off-camera if you have concerns about being seen.
Friday afternoon there will be an English Dance Specialty Session, led by Mady Newfield, with live music by our band. Dances will be walked through - no need to know them in advance.
Saturday morning there will be a session featuring Steve dancing through requested dances he presented in the past. There will be no (or very little teaching), but the session will be videoed and included in the camp video collection (which may be purchased).
Saturday afternoon will again include the popular Israeli dance session led by our 2021 June Camp teacher Penny Brichta. Penny will call steps to classic Israeli dances; there will not be any teaching. Note that the community singing and band session occurs at the same time.
Saturday after dinner, dress up in your ethnic best for the final dance party.
The Boutique's Silent Auction will close at 11 p.m. sharp on Saturday evening.
Sunday morning is Steve’s Review of the dances he taught.
Things to know, get, bring
Things to know, get, bring
Emergency Telephone Numbers If you need to report a problem or non-life-threatening emergency (or if someone can’t reach you on your cell phone), call:
Mady’s cell phone: 630-251-0811
Nina’s cell phone: 773-726-1027
Lake Forest Academy Safety: 847-997-3685
In case of an emergency, call 9-1-1!
Downloads before camp
On June 12 we will send an email to all participants with the link to a Google Drive Folder containing the following. Download these to your device and/or print these before the weekend begins.
Community Band and Songbook
Dance Exchange plan, notes, and music
Dance notes
Schedule
Annotated map of campus
T-shirts
Pre-ordered shirts will be available for pickup from June Camp staff at designated times during the weekend. Listen for announcements of where and when.
Pre-ordered Music, Video purchase
The music from dances taught will be shared through Google Drive very soon after camp. The videos will be shared via Google Drive as soon as they have been edited. We will send email to announce this.
Additional music and video purchases may be made during the weekend for cash or check from June Camp staff. Listen for announcements of times and locations.
Packing list
Packing list
● Health supplies:
COVID rapid tests [just in case]
N-95 or equivalent masks (not required, but just in case)
joint wraps, supports, braces
your own medications as needed
ice packs (there is ice available in the gymnasium and we will have ziploc bags)
● Food and drinks:
reusable water bottle (there are places to fill them)
travel mug
snacks and/or drinks to share during social get-togethers or to enjoy in your own room
food items to supplement meals, particularly if you have dietary restrictions
Dance needs:
non-marking dance shoes (no heels) - per new request of LFA
scarves for dancing (but we will have some)
wooden spoons for rhythm if you have them
dance belt for those dances that need it to feel right
insoles, braces – all those things to be comfortable
sweater in case the gym A/C is too cold for you
your favorite music on a flash drive in case we don’t have it
musical instrument if you want to play in the community band
community song book printed out or downloaded to your device
● Boutique items and needs:
money to purchase items from the boutique 🙂 $$
your items to donate for the boutique and silent auction [printing and filling out the silent auction form in advance will be helpful]
dress forms or clothing racks, if you have any , to loan us for the Costume Corner and Boutique
● Dorm room supplies:
reading lamp
earplugs
extension cord/ power strip
charging cables
mirror
clothes hangers
over-door hooks for hanging clothing
soap and other toiletries
extra blanket (the A/C can be cold and we don’t have control over it)
mattress pad, fitted bottom sheet if preferred (beds are single XL)
shower caddy or bucket for holding your stuff in the shower (we’ll provide a few)
cup for bathroom
bag to put trash in
extra towels hand towels
washcloths
(We will have a few linens to loan but it would help to bring ones for your use if you wish.)
● Also important:
cash or checkbook for music and video purchases, silent auction and Boutique
Refrigerator availability
There are small refrigerators in the hallways in each wing of Atlass Hall and in the back area kitchen of Ferry Hall (1st floor) where food and medications can be stored in these fridges.
If you wish to store personal alcohol in a refrigerator, you will need to put it in the kitchen of Atlass Hall. Mady will have the key to let you in, and that kitchen will be open during social hours.
First aid supplies
The college will provide basic first aid supplies and we will also have a first aid kit. Please bring your own supplies if you usually need an Ace bandage or other support items. Defibrillators are located in both dorms and in the Athletic Center room where the ice and water are.
Internet/Wifi
There is open wi-fi available all over campus. Connect to the LFA Guest Network and sign in with the password which will be available when you arrive
Tornado shelters on campus
In the unlikely event of a tornado warning, there are tornado shelters
Athletic Center - locker rooms
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