The Frosty the Snowman Intrigue

Who played Frosty this year?

    Each year the holiday assembly is cloaked in one simple intriguing question. Who is Frosty the Snowman? Typically, a mystery staff member slips into the Frosty outfit and stands perfectly still on stage, until a magical hat brings him/her to life. But students and most staff members have no idea who is in the costume until Frosty's true identity is revealed near the end of the assembly. A week before the event, we run an online poll asking students who they think it will be. They'll vote early and often in favor of who they want it to be or who they have deduced it will be based on previous Frosty selections. And as one might expect, the polling data never reflects the actual outcome. This year's dancing Frosty? It was Bryan LaBoy, our ubiquitous custodian. In the end, after multiple staged plot twists and storytelling head fakes during the assembly, orchestrated by Dr. Houseknecht, in which students are teased with the possibility of Frosty being "this person or that person," children and adults alike are always joyfully gratified, when the mystery is revealed. This is Edgewood School. Always tantalizing. Always imaginative. Always fun.

Watch Frosty come to life with the help of our Principal for a Day and holiday singers Annie Cavalluzzi and Shoshana Levine. - Paul Tomizawa