O      Go to: HOME    What's New ! About Us Calendar of Events Photos ! CD Recordings Who's Who Meet the Founder Newsletters Get Involved FAQ OUR PROGRAMS Chapin Legacy Holiday Show Voices For Hope Summer Camp School Programs Teaching Programs OTHER INFO Contact Us Our Sponsors What People Say Who We Help Message Board Press Articles Links   Join our mailing list for occasional updates and events. Or, click here to receive our postal mail newsletter. Each time you Search the Web using Good Search,  you help us raise money for our community outreach Don't Google when you can GoodSearch =============== Shop for books,  games. electronics, etc, and benefit hunger relief through LUNCH         THE LUNCH SUMMER MUSIC CAMP in partnership with Camp Wightman.     Music Director: Bill Pere Started in 1996, The LUNCH Summer Music Camp has provided a music and camping experience for many hundreds of kids throughout the northeast.  Located in North Stonington on Billings Lake,  Camp Wightman provides a beautiful setting for this experience.  For a week in July,  30-40 campers from grades 4-7 interact with the members of the LUNCH Ensemble to learn several songs and skits, and put on a great show at the end of the week.   Many campers return year after year.  Several go on to become counselors or performing members of the LUNCH Ensemble.  LUNCH Music Camp gives the campers a new way to understand music, and it provides the Ensemble members with a week of intensive music learning -- as well as lots of fun, as you can see in our photo albums. TAKE A LOOK BELOW AT OUR SUMMER CAMPS 2008 (photo album) 2007   (photo album) 2006  Among the campers is Elisa Crane,  who then joined the Ensemble in the Fall of 2007,  as a regular performing member. (photo album) 2005   (photo album) 2004    This was the first year for many of the 4th-generation Ensemble members:  Rachelle, Rosemary, Anna,  and Stephanie all had their first year at camp. (photo album) 2003 (photo album) 2002  (photo album) 2001 Among the campers this year were Jeanine and Jenelle Howard, who then joined the Ensemble as regular performing members for many years.  (photo album) 2000   One of the first performances of the second-generation LUNCH Ensemble. One of the campers, is Amy Henion, who later joined the Ensemble and recorded the ever-popular song "Dear Santa"  on our 2002 CD "Christmas Eve on the Poor Side of Town" (photo album) 1999 . The first LUNCH tie-dye shirts. Melody took over as the second official LUNCH percussionist. (photo album) 1998 1997 The second LUNCH Summer Camp - the only time the group ever performed wearing non-LUNCH shirts. 1996 The very first LUNCH Summer Camp, with the very first regular performing ensemble.  It was here that the group first used the name "The LUNCH Ensemble".  The only LUNCH shirts at this time were black. Megan Barker was the first official LUNCH percussionist, from 1994-1998.   For general questions, click here For What we Do and How to be Involved, click here To see what others say about LUNCH, click here For a list of agencies we have helped, click here To learn more about the Founder of LUNCH, click here   Programs for developing young talent Articles About LUNCH For a list of LUNCH program sponsors, click here For a timeline of LUNCH events, click here back home