Day of Wrath Born Scorpion Need

By my interesting title choice, yesterday I returned from my fourth year at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.

Blue Lake is a music camp that runs during the summer, that draws many student from around the world to come and learn something new in their field. Majors can range from things in music (band, orchestra, choir, jazz etc.) to art, Shakespeare, musical theater and music composition. With every new year, comes new people. What makes or breaks you year depends on two things; you cabin mates and your counselor. If everyone in your cabin hates each other (or your counselor), it doesn't help to make it a fun experience. Thankfully, this year I had a wonderful cabin as well as two counselors!

Every day at camp starts at the crack of dawn (usually 6 AM) and goes until about 9:30. At camp you work on your major for about 6 hours and every night you go to some sort of concert. There are two periods of break time; Minor and Rec. During minor time you can either take an extra class or use it as a rest hour. If people have a minor class, they're usually glad when Rec comes around. EVERYONE has Rec and a free hour and people usually stay in their cabins or go to main camp to talk to friends or stand in the very long food lines to buy ice cream.

Blue Lake is an Internationally known camp that hosts campers from many other countries. This year, there were many campers from Germany and France. I was very excited to have a German student in our cabin and my bunk mate. Students receive scholarships (either full or part) to come to camp for a session, and for many they come to America for the first time. They get to come to learn not only about music, but also how crazy America is....

On the final Sunday of camp, every major group has a final performance. The concerts are spread out through the day and after they're done, the campers are released.

Every year is an adventure, every year is filled with fun, every year you learn something new and at the end of every year you don't know how to be normal again