Established 1910 Spring 2021 Keewaydin Dunmore 2021: The Reboot The groves of birches are beckoning to Keewaydin campers and staff. Nearly two years after we blew out our candles and promised to keep “Keewaydin’s friendships strong and deep,” we will be meeting again on the shores of Lake Dunmore. How will we react? What will it be like to see friends we haven’t seen in such Once again, the Keewaydin waterfront will be alive with canoes, kayaks, sailboats and a long time? What will camp be like swimmers! with Covid still in our midst? Lee Randlett and the York House Keewaydin’s No doubt, there is going to be a lot Crew have built sinks on the outside of unbridled joy! And, no doubt, of all of the forts. With approximately Podcasters there will be changes in place this three times as many sinks, it will summer to make sure we stay healthy. be much easier to wash hands this There will be testing, cohorting, summer—all in the fresh air! By Peter Hare ’59 masking and distancing; but there will still be morning dips, formation, Will campers and staff have to wear Media gets a lot of negative attention activities, general swim, rest hour, masks all summer? We will definitely these days. Many believe it is the hikes on Moosalamoo, and lagoon have to wear masks a lot, but not primary engine of hyper partisanship. investigations; not to mention navy all the time. Each wigwam will be Competition for views and clicks has seals, boats out, campfires, Old Timers divided into “cohorts” of three to meant more emphasis on quick, eye- Day, the Frolics and more! four tents. A “cohort” will operate catching (i.e. sensational) material. as a family, meaning when only they continued on page 2 What will be some of the biggest are together, they don’t wear masks. changes? Probably the most Therefore, while in tents or meals or cohort-only activities—no mask- noticeable will be the large event In This Issue style tent over the MacDonald tennis wearing required. Nevertheless, court. Given that being in tight during free time when around others quarters indoors is conducive to viral (from other cohorts) or when entering Alex Wolff's New Book 6 spread, we will have over half of the any building, we put our masks on. As the season progresses, it is likely those camp eating outdoors under the tent Keewaydin Temagami Closed 7 this summer. That will be different! cohorts will begin to merge until a wigwam is one big cohort. continued on page 2 Alumni News 9 1 Reboot planting the seeds for a great staff for continued from page 1 years to come! The wigwams will also be older. By the time this Kicker arrives in your inbox, campers in their final Keewaydin Dunmore Older? Why is that? When we made days of school will be daydreaming of 500 Rustic Lane the decision to close last summer, we told campers who were scheduled plunging into Lake Dunmore, parents Salisbury VT 05769 to go on the Wilderness trips and will be double-checking packing lists, the Moos senior trip that they could and staff will be setting up tents and Tel 802 352 4770 return in 2021 to complete their putting in docks. Keewaydin’s summer Fax 802 352 4772 Keewaydin journey. By doing that, it of 2021 is about to begin! holds all other campers back a year, Peter Hare which means essentially that each Camp Director wigwam is a year older. We figure it v v v will take two to four years to fully KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION return to the normal age breakdowns Podcasts BOARD OF DIRECTORS in wigwams. continued from page 1 Janice Farrell Day, President The tripping program will move Jeff Howe, Vice President forward—with one significant There is one form of 21st century Barry G. Cline, Treasurer difference: with the border to Canada media, however, that runs counter Laurice Arroyo, Secretary still closed we most likely will not be to the trend of appealing to short able to trip in Canada. As a result, attention spans looking for a quick Benjamin B. Beinecke the Wilderness trips are set to head to rush. This is, of course, the podcast. Laurie Burton-Graham the Boundary Waters in Minnesota For those not familiar, a podcast is Thomas Gluck and the Moos senior trip will explore audio media, usually in the form of interview, analysis or narration, Rana Kashyap the wilds of Maine with an itinerary that will take them to the site of the covering subject matter that, quite Garrett M. Kephart original Keewaydin, as well as the literally, covers any human interest Dan Kunkle Allagash River, the territory of the imaginable—bee keeping, beer Louise Lampton original senior trip! brewing, basket weaving, sports, Timothy F. Nicholson politics, history, philosophy, canoeing Carolina Pardo There will be many familiar faces and on and on! People can subscribe Frederick W. Reimers back on staff. All of the Wigwam and listen to podcasts through the internet on their computers or mobile Victoria K. Robertson Directors will be back—Ben Jacoff in Annwi, Stephen Hildreth in devices. In many ways, podcasts are Katie Tanz Waramaug, Scott McCurdy in similar to radio shows (in fact many Wiantinaug, and Owen Gutfreund in radio shows are also available as Peter Hare Moos. Carlos Spigel with be joining podcasts), the biggest differences, Executive Director the Leadership Team, replacing Ben however, being that people can listen Jacoff as Annwi Director second half. to podcasts whenever they want, the www.keewaydin.org Given that we missed last summer, medium is not regulated by the FCC, [email protected] this year’s new staff will be larger and the number of podcasts available than ever–31 new staff! Twenty-six is not limited to radio bandwidth. Tam Stewart are former campers, many of them There are well over 100,000 podcasts Design & Production having completed Moosalamoo and in English, and that number grows Wilderness. They will be joined by daily! six new to Keewaydin, who will bring varied talents and fresh ideas. We are continued on next page 2 Podcasts given that he grew continued from page 2 up listening to audio shows on the radio, Podcasts are mostly long-form media, cassette tapes or CDs with episodes lasting at least 15 such as “Radio Mystery minutes, though many last 60 minutes Theater” and “Prairie or longer. This duration allows for Home Companion.” depth, detail, nuance and complexity After listening to many for listeners who really want a deep “pods” over many dive into a subject they love. years, he eventually became intrigued Given that podcasts can be such a with making one thoughtful form of media, requiring himself and concluded unusual expertise, imagination, and that producing one commitment, it is no surprise that about “the infinitely Bill O’Hare (right) with podcast partner, Dan Hannon Keewaydin staff have joined the interesting stories podcasting ranks! Ken Woodard '81, in education could be the basis the wide range of compelling things a 20+ year staffman at Keewaydin, is for a wide-ranging and engaging in teaching that don’t always get the dean of Keewaydin podcasters. He series.” Woodard sees teaching as attention from traditional media.” started “Lunch Duty: For Teachers, By “fundamentally about human-to- Teachers” in 2017. Waramaug staffman human connection” and podcasting Woodard believes that the podcast and middle and high school teacher as “ideal for conveying nuances of is uniquely suited for the type of Bill O’Hare '15 has been entertaining personal contact.” program he wants to produce. He and edifying the Buffalo sports fanatics explains that there is “something with “Buckets and Dan’s Sportsland” Since 2017, Woodard has produced profoundly intimate about the human for over a year. Gray Gutfreund '12, over 30 episodes which capture the voice that, when well produced, can who will be a first year staff in 2021, richness of school culture. Nearly be more affecting than video.” He is the junior member of the group. all of his episodes have members of strives to create an atmosphere with He started his sports podcast, the “I the school community as guests— his guests that make them “forget the am Guru Gray,” at the start of the students, teachers, administrators, microphone and relax into natural pandemic. parents or school board members. dialogue.” When this happens, he Topics have included teachers says, “the humor and pathos intrinsic Woodard has been a devotee of the transitioning mid-career into to teaching really come out and make podcast genre since it emerged in the education, the job interview, robotics for compelling radio.” early 2000s. This comes as no surprise competitions, the advent of online textbooks, theater For Bill O’Hare, starting “Buckets programs, how and Dan’s” was, as much as anything administrators make else, a way to keep connected with important and his close college friend, Dan Hannon. difficult decisions, test When the two were undergrads at preparation strategies, Cortland State in upstate New York what teachers should they had a radio show together. Both know about student are proud Buffalonians and avid interaction with social supporters of their city’s sports teams. media, predicting when Their podcast allows them to banter snow days will happen, about sports in general, but their focus and much, much more. is clearly Buffalo’s professional sports What he hopes makes teams, the Sabres and the Bills. They “Lunch Duty” special is its “openness to continued on next page Ken Woodard 3 Podcasts nickname) and Dan are the high recording equipment and replace them continued from page 3 priests.