From The Independent:
"Finance executive Daniel Besselsen to return to the court to give evidence on day four of the trial. The finance executive at the Interlochen Center for the Arts the nonprofit organisation behind the summer camp where witness “Jane” said she first met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein will give evidence on Thursday.
Mr Besselsen provided records which comprised donor letters confirming Epstein and Maxwell’s relationship to the camp. These included one addressed to Maxwell saying that a lodge had been reserved for the use of Epstein’s in August of 1994.
It is thought that this is where the couple met Jane. Epstein had funded a two-bedroom lodge, known as the Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge, at Interlochen in northern Michigan where parents, donors and other guests could stay. The lodge’s name has now been changed to the Green Lake Lodge."
From Insider:
https://www.insider.com/jeffrey-epstein-funded-stayed-at-lodge-at-teen-band-camp-2021-12
"On Wednesday, prosecutors presented exhibits that consisted of letters from administrators of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. They detailed how Epstein and Maxwell donated $200,000 for the rustic, two-bedroom building, and stayed there for a week in August of 1994.
The Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge — which was renamed to Green Lake Lodge in 2007, after Epstein was arrested on child pornography charges — was available for parents of students and other guests to rent out and spend time on the center's campus.
Records shown in court also corroborated that Jane attended the camp in 1994, as well as over the next two summers. Jane testified that Epstein paid for her camp tuition in 1995 and 1996 when her family was in a difficult financial situation. Two of Jane's brothers also attended Interlochen's boarding school around that time, according to Besselsen's testimony.
Epstein attended the camp himself in the 1960s, and associates have said he was passionate about classical music throughout his life. A funding note previously obtained by The Daily Beast says the Epstein lodge was completed in 1994 and located near where "junior girls" lived.
In 2019, following sex-trafficking charges against Epstein, Interlochen's president Trey Devey acknowledged Epstein's connections to Interlochen. Devey said Interlochen had no record of Epstein visiting except for one stay in the year 2000, although the records shown at trial indicate he stayed there in 1994.
Lawrence Visoski, a pilot who flew Epstein's private jets between 1991 and 2019, testified earlier in the trial that he flew Epstein on trips to Interlochen on several occasions.
Devey's note acknowledging Epstein's ties to Interlochen is no longer available on the organization's website. According to an archived version of the note, Devey said Interlochen had "no record of any complaint raised against Mr. Epstein at Interlochen."
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlochen_Center_for_the_Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts is a tax exempt, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, operating an arts education institution in northwest Michigan. The center is situated on a 1,200-acre (490 ha) campus in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Traverse City. Interlochen draws young people from around the world to study music, theater, dance, visual arts, creative writing, motion picture arts, and comparative arts. The organization provides arts and culture programming to the Northern Michigan region.
Interlochen Center for the Arts is the umbrella organization for Interlochen Arts Camp (formerly the National Music Camp, founded 1928), Interlochen Arts Academy boarding high school (founded 1962), Interlochen Public Radio (founded 1963), and the "Interlochen Presents" performing arts series. The Interlochen College of Creative Arts (founded 2004) is an affiliated but separate non-profit corporation.
Some notable alumni are:
Michael Arden - singer, actor, and director
Michael Arrom - musician
Meredith Baxter - actress
Vince Gilligan - producer and screenwriter
Charles Roland Berry - composer
Garrett Børns - musician
Chris Brubeck - musician
David Burtka - actor and chef
Bruno Campos - actor
Rachel Carns - musician
Charlie Carver - actor
Angelin Chang - pianist
Victoria Clark - singer and actress
Kat Coiro - writer and director
Larry Combs - Principal clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Ret.)
Frank Crawford - Principal Tuba, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
Terry Crews - actor and pro football player
John Dalley - violinist
Chip Davis - musician
Xavier Davis - musician
Michael Delp - writer
Elaine Douvas - musician
Kermit Driscoll - musician
Aaron Dworkin - Dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Doriot Anthony Dwyer
Jennifer Ehle - actress
Jeffrey Epstein - financier and convicted sex offender
Peter Erskine - drummer
Tovah Feldshuh - actress
Anna Fidler - artist
Barrett Foa - actor
Ben Foster - actor
Shelley Gillen - producer, screenwriter and songwriter
Kimiko Glenn - actress and singer
Steven M. Goodman - biologist
Josh Groban - singer/songwriter & record producer with record sales over 35 million
Keitaro Harada - conductor
Steve Hayden - advertising executive
Bob Havens - Musician
Christie Hefner - publishing executive
Marcy Heisler - lyricist
Ed Helms - actor
Evan Helmuth
Jerry Hey - musician
Anne Hills - singer/songwriter
Wataru Hokoyama - composer and conductor
Mary Holland - actress
Marya Hornbacher - author
Hao Huang - pianist
Felicity Huffman - actress
Tom Hulce - Oscar-nominated actor
Linda Hunt - Oscar-winning actress
Mary Hollis Inboden - actress
Carol Jantsch - musician
Richard Joiner - clarinetist
Scott Joiner - singer / composer
Norah Jones - multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter.
Kim Kashkashian - violist
Ani Kavafian - violinist
Ida Kavafian - violinist
Celia Keenan-Bolger - actress
Jewel Kilcher - singer
Amelia Kinkade - actress
Damian Kulash - musician - founding member of rock band OK Go
Dane Laffrey - scenic designer
Naomi Lang - ice dancer
Phill Lewis - actor
Jennifer Chambers Lynch - director
Lorin Maazel - violinist, composer and ex-music director of the New York Philharmonic
Anthony McGill - clarinetist
Michael McMillian - actor
Dmitri Matheny - musician
Herman Matthews - drummer
Mia Michaels - choreographer
Eric Millegan - actor
F. Hudson Miller - sound editor
Bob Mintzer
Ross Mintzer
Elizabeth Fischer Monastero
Dermot Mulroney - actor
Jessye Norman - opera singer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement award winner
Sean Osborn - Clarinetist and Composer
Larry Page - co-founder of Google
Donovan Patton
Shelley Posen
John Quale
Rain Pryor - actress
Anthony Rapp - Broadway actor
Jackson Rathbone
Margot Rose
David Shifrin
Trish Sie
Alexandra Silber
Peter Sparling
Doug Stanton - New York Times bestselling author
Sufjan Stevens - singer/songwriter and Academy Award and Grammy Award nominee
Casey Stratton
Toni Trucks
Rufus Wainwright - Juno Award winning singer/songwriter
Benjamin Walker
Mike Wallace - television journalist
Debbie Weems
Michael Weiss
Lawrence Irving Wilde - composer, singer, songwriter and producer of House of Faces
Charley Wilkinson - timpanist
Rumer Willis - actress
Betty Who - Australian recording artist with top-ten single
Peter Yarrow - singer
Sean Young - actress
My thoughts exactly
Doesn't this seem absurd to you then? One kept a grab room for vulnerable children in what they believed to be safe and honorable custody. The other is a bang pad in a scene for people who hope to trade their perfectly legitimately biological sex for fame and opportunity.