Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
| Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp | |
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| founding | 1966 |
| founder | Fritz & Gretchen Stansell |
| Seat | Twin Lake, Michigan |
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Anthem of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp - From Canterbury Lane.ogg |
| main emphasis | classic and contemporary |
| Website | bluelake.org |
The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp is a nonprofit organization in Michigan . She organizes an international exchange program as a summer vacation time in the “Manistee National Forest”. The focus is on music , painting , dancing and performing games .
description
The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp was founded as a non-profit organization in 1966 by Fritz and Gretchen Stansell. The family still owns the organization. The camp is about 5 km² and is located in the "Manistee National Forest" in Michigan . It can accommodate up to 4,500 fifth to twelfth graders for two weeks each.
Blue Lake operates VHF radio stations both locally and in Grand Rapids . These are affiliate partners of National Public Radio .
Blue Lake also has programs for adults. Unlike the young people who reside in the camp's rustic huts, they stay in hotels in the area. Like young people, they work with their instruments on their own and in ensembles every day. All age groups are welcome to the leisure, teaching and regular concerts.
International Exchange
Blue Lake not only accommodates international guests in the camp, but also organizes trips and concerts to and in Europe for various ensembles of American students. These ensembles include a. Big bands , orchestras and choirs . These programs are designed to introduce American students to European culture. From the Senate of the United States they were considered "outstanding representatives of the United States called". Blue Lake also started multicultural experiments such as the "Blue Lake in Bavaria" ensemble ( Engl. Bavaria = " Bayern ") was composed of both American and European students of various ages. The ensemble rehearsed and gave concerts together over a period of one month.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan, 1991 p.1414, Senate Resolution 253 of 1990
- ^ A b International Association for Jazz Education, Jazz Education Journal, 2001, NPN
- ^ Instrumentalist Magazine, Volume 57, 2003, NPN
- ↑ Bidgoli, Hossein, The Internet Encyclopedia, Volume 2, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004, P. 677
- ↑ Blue Lake website, http://www.bluelake.org
- ^ Rapoport, Katharine, Violin for dummies, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Canada / Consumer Dummies, 2010
- ^ Strings Magazine, volume 3, String Letter Corp, 1988, p. 57
- ↑ Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan 1979, pp. 1341-44
- ^ Senate Resolution 621 of 1979, Journal of the Massachusetts Senate, Volume 2, 1979, p. 1734
- ↑ Blue Lake in Bavaria International Exchange Program (brochure), Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, 1981