This was truly a life changing experience. this was the first year they introduced the 6 week term and renamed the symphonic band into the World Youth Wind Symphony. also, the shut down the tuba hut behind the bowl along with the caves/practice rooms.
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven... I really dug that concrete/stone bunker between the tuba hut and the bass hut.
bardus est ut bardus probo, Bill Souder
All mushrooms are edible, some are edible only once.
Penny-tooling the "fudgies" (tourists) was my favorite. Does anyone else remember spending their days off collecting aluminum cans? Anyone else drive there and sneak off-campus to Traverse City on a day off? Laying on the concrete wall just off the front of the stage in Kresge just taking it all in? Playing a concert on Sunday in a nasty thunderstorm where the rain was literally blowing across the audience? Forced fun?
bloke wrote:food: I remember TRULY nasty food (1000's of X's worse than what I've seen in visits in the last ten years)...
The last time I was student at NMC, they had a sort of "food reform." There had been an organized protest or something and parents were supposedly involved (probably some lawyer dad wrote a letter!). The food was really good. That funky peanut butter was gone and replaced by real stuff, but it was hardly necessary at all! Wonder how long it lasted... Probably one summer...
I can assure you all the food this year was VERY nasty.
I have a tie in with IAA. Funny story I play in a Youth Orchestra in South Florida the Tubist in it Nick Wyatt left Florida for IAA In 97 I played in the Youth Orchestra until 99 when I went to IAA and the person who took my spot was Rob Vagi and he went to IAA in 2002. So this Youth Orchestra lost three straight players to IAA. Anyways Interlochen treated me good and was one if not thee best experience of my life. I got to play with Carol Jantsch almost everyday (I even beat her once) Hey it happened when she was young but hey I'll take it. She was/is an amazing player and I actually got to see her transform in a matter of a month or two. I also worked at the camp two summers. That was a blast and I got to play in a wonderful Polka Band in Traverse City for beer.
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven... I really dug that concrete/stone bunker between the tuba hut and the bass hut.
