Teen Profile: Alice

Hi! I'm Alice and a ton of you probably don't know me because I haven't been to a ton of retreats partly because I live so far away from where they happen. I have lived in Olympia Washington (yes that's relatively near Seattle) my entire life and have been to Almont summer camp every other summer since I was five. This last winter I also attended Almont winter retreat which was great! Olympia is a pretty great town with a lot of local and youth theater. I spend most of my time doing homework (pretty lame huh) and hanging out in my house with my cats and reading and playing piano and, oh yeah, homework ;). When I have free time I enjoy playing frisbee and doing other various activities with my friends. Today I am going bowling with them (since I learned how at winter retreat) and then watching Star Wars movies. I also enjoy singing and learning French!

Downtown Olympia

The most exiting thing I've done recently is without a doubt my trip to France over spring break. This trip was with Kids in Koncert which is a youth choir in Olympia that is connected with the summer theater program I have been involved with every summer since I was five. This year, the choir was made up of kids ages 9-19 and everything in between. This video is of my choir and I singing at our final concert (the only one in Paris). You are probably wondering why you can't understand what we are singing. That is because it's in French. However, you might recognize the song because it is from the musical Les Misérables which was originally a french musical but was made popular when it was produced in English in London. It has since been translated back into French and a ton of other languages and is one of my personal favorites.

Most of our time in France was spent in Rodez, a small town in southern France (6 out of 7 days) and I had an amazing time. All of the kids stayed with host families which was amazing and the parents who came along stayed in a hotel. I was sorry to come home but we eat a lot more cheese now...

Now I'm busy finishing up my sophomore year in high school and am exited for summer when I will, among other things, be performing in The Sound of Music, learning to drive, going river rafting with some friends, and visiting my half brother, his wife and their 1 year old son in Nevada.