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10/10/11 |
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If you are considering BLFAC, please do not think that this camp is what the people that rated it all 1s says it is. They are all huge babies. This camp is amazing. Sure the water is a little eggy and the food isn't gormet, but you'll live. You'll meet friends for life and never forget the time you spend at Blue Lake. But just a warning; you will spend A LOT of time playing your instrument or singing or whatever you do, so if you don't love what you do, this camp is not for you. This camp is for people that love doing what they do and want to spend all day doing it. I loved camp because I could do that and played with people that were at my level. I'm going back to this camp every summer that I can. It was truly an amazing experience. |
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5/22/11 |
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4/19/11 |
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2/25/11 |
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You need to keep in mind that camp is camp! It isn't going to be a fancy camp with expensive meals and great facilities. If you want a true camp experience then this is exactly where you should go. I had a great time and here's a tip; just have fun! i have gone for 3 years and have met so many nice people. Give it a try because you will love it! :) |
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11/15/10 |
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I love Blue Lake! I went for the first summer this year and I was scared, because I was younger than everybody there, but after like 30 minutes, I forgot about being scared. Everyone was so nice, including the counselors and teachers. The food was better than my school's food, since they have a salad bar and they serve chocolate and popsicles sometimes. ;) The classes are long but once you're finished, you have rec time. The weather has mood swings, so bring both jeans and shorts and lots and lots of white socks. Depending on where your unit is, you have to wake up from 6-6:45. The water there is kinda gross, because it is full of sulfur. I just drank out of bottled water. You make so many new friends and get REALLY close to everyone there and you don't want to leave. Besides the concerts (which aren't the worst), evening activities are so much fun! They were my favorite part of BL. I am already excited to go back next year!!! :D |
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8/27/10 |
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Not Professional. Good for a campy experience (bad food, bad facilities, cheesy activities, so-so counselors, strict rules, early wake ups...) BUT BAD IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT SOMETHING SERIOUS. so, get serious and go to either Interlochen, or a college art summer program, Blue lake is a bit of a time waster. |
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4/14/10 |
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I love this place. The staff is wonderful and everyone is really nice. It is a truly beautiful place located in the woods. This will be my fourth summer attending BLFAC. More like my second home instead of just some summer camp. |
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7/3/09 |
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1/8/09 |
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I really enjoyed this camp. My teachers were very nice and i learned a lot. If you are in band, sometimes the practices get tiring, but it is still worth it.I loved my cabin. I was friends with every person! The setting was beautiful, i loved walking through the pine forests. the only things that i didn't like was that the food wasn't that good and it was VERY sandy. PLus, in the mornings, i almost froze to death!!!!!! it is soooo cold, so bring extra blankets. Also, bring bottled watter because the water there tastes gross. (but you get used to it) :) |
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12/19/08 |
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This camp is awesome!! I was in orchestra (2008). The water tastes bad but you get used to it. The food was so so. The staff was really nice. I met alot of good friends there and can't wait to go back next year. |
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11/14/08 |
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My 11 year old daughter attended BLFAC this past summer and absolutely loved it. She is going back for two sessions next summer. The counselors where attentive to her needs and really went out of their way to foster friendships among cabin mates. I sent a case of water with her b/c of the complaints about the well water and she only used a few bottles. She is a picky eater and survived the 2 weeks just fine. As far as cost/value, the other two major Music/Arts Camps on the East Coast are well over $1,000 per week. BLFAC was half that price and they offer many scholarships. Remember, it's an ARTS CAMP, that means you are there to rehearse, practice and develop your craft, not to hang-out doing nothing all day. I would highly recommend BLFAC to anybody who wants to better their chosen art form and make some new friends in the process. |
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9/24/08 |
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I hate this place. All the people who say awnsome need to rewire their Brains. The place sucks eggs. Food is fatty, and camp has to many rules and no time for fun just practice. Don't go, just hand around home and hang with your friends instead! Alex |
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8/23/08 |
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Blue Lake is a phenomenal camp. Instruction is fabulous. The food is much better than most are saying. Counselors are great. Facilities could use some updating - but it is a camp...and that should be the last thing that is updated. Keep up the great work! |
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8/17/08 |
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I love this camp there are so many oputunities.The conductors are top of the line and the expierence you gain will help you a lot. the Staff can be strict at times but they are a lot of fun. Blue lake has air conditioned places were you can get in you are hot. You make great friends that will last you a life to and memories to go with it. |
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8/5/08 |
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way to expensive. same thing everyday. the counselers are mean and they make you sit for an hour and listen to orchestras bc they are two lazy to watch you. there food made my family sick, the water made me want to puke and they had stupid rules like tuck in your shirt. they make you play for five hours and you have to get up at 6. you have like no free time at all. my counseler got made at a girl in my cabin because she was homesick and oakridge unit had the worst camp song. it was fun to hang out with friends though. if you want to go (why would you) do not do a minor they take up all your time and i would rather sleep. bring waterbottles fans and ALOT of money and snacks. |
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7/5/08 |
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Great camp. This will be my fourth year. Food is bad but I stick to the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. |
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6/26/08 |
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Blue Lake is so much fun! I went with my friend and if you send in your applications together, you will be put in the same unit and cabin. We developed so many inside jokes it was wicked! The counselors are really nice and chipper. Don't worry; they will squish the bugs for you. The facilities are average, like at school. The water is well water, so it doesn't taste that great. The food is also only slightly better than in your school cafeteria. It's really fun, and you have technique classes where you get more personal attention. It's really fun and everyone there is nice to you. You should bring a fan if you plan to go. |
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6/24/08 |
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I LOVE BLUE LAKE!It is truly my favorite place to be during the summer time. I've been to Blue Lake 5 times, and I leave for my 6th trip in two days! I've made so many amazing friends through BLFAC. It's truly incredible. A caution though: if you are easily annoyed i don't think BLFAC is right for you. There is always one werid person in a cabin. There's no avoiding it! Other then the somewhat weird bandos and orchdorks, Blue Lake is a wonderful experience that any musician/artist should have! : ) |
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4/19/08 |
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blue lake was a fun camp. you learn alot, n meet alot of cool new intersting people. somtimes the staff can get on your nerves but their just doing their job really. o and the food is bad but they have salad which is good, n' the water tastes like eggs.. so bring your own water |
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3/7/08 |
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it was an alright camp. you do meet alot of people but the food is terrible they make you sing a song before you eat your meals and its like school. i had a huge maggot crawl onto my folder during script analysis class. I wouldnt go back. it is to long and its the same thing everyday. |
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1/15/08 |
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I went 2 years ago and had the best summer of all. It was a great camp with the bands, and plus you get to meet new friends from a lot of places. I had so much fun.Best place in the world. |
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1/1/08 |
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE Blue Lake!!!!! This year will be my third year and I can't wait to go back!!! The food sucked, and I lived off the salad bar. The water was awful, but I had some water bottles so I surived. I met the love of my life and the best friends anyone could have. There wasn't much of a cultural difference, but I survived as a minority. Please don't go to Interlochen, it's horrible!!!! |
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12/29/07 |
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i went to this camp last yearr (2007) and i was VERY impressed. at first i did not want to go. but i figured i would give it a try. i had so much fun and met so many new friends! i learned many new things. and i am proud to say i went to band camp. it was probably the funnest expierience of my life. my camp councler was so nice. and u get use to the singing and dancing thing before each meal. okay so maybe the food isnt the best but who cares! it's edible and it's food. take what u can get. I am for sure going bcak this year. it's been a year and im still talking about my amazing time at this TERRIFIC camp. i highly recommend it. |
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11/18/07 |
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I had fun... but the food was awful. I lived off the salad bar. If you fear mice, it's bad, because there is a mouse problem in some cabins. And it's less than two weeks for a session. The way it gets any monetary value is because you can audition for scholarships. I got half of it paid for by them (otherwise i wouldn't have went) |
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8/29/07 |
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I L-O-V-E BLUE LAKE!Everything about it was awesome! I went fot bass and they had so much music packed into one day it was amazing! THe concerts are great and you really learn a lot there. One of the best parts besides the music is all of the friends you make. You get incredibly close to your cabin mates and coucelors. I can't wait to go back! If you love the arts the Blue Lake is the perfect place to spend the summer! Blue Lake is bringing artsy back! (Sleepy Hollow-Stauss IV session '07 rules!) |
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7/8/07 |
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6/19/07 |
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This was an amazing camp. It was hard, but anything that has the word ART in it should be. Its amazing what these people can do in two weeks. When we got there nobody knew each other, they stuck around 100 kids in a group and told us to act as a team to create music.The amazing thing is, we did. By the end of camp we actually sounded like a group. Now dont get me wrong, I attemopted to choke a kid with a moehawk because he made my friend cry, and the camp seems to be overrun with kids in black and purple lipstick(love 'em ) but its amazing, I made some of my best friends there, and I plan on going back till they tell me I cant. |
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6/7/07 |
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This camp is hugely expensive, and as bad as that is, this is a really stuck up camp. All the kids here thinks it's a competition...and it isn't. All the counselors were really mean to us! There are soo many cliques here!!!!! The first day from soo much practicing my fingers started to bleed (I play violin) and the director wouldn't let me go to the nurse! Thanks for letting me bleed on my violin! The counselors think there better at you at everthing...they may be but I saw this one counselor say to a kid "That sounded soo horrible!" and it made the girl cry! The food is sooo bad. DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE< YOU"LL BE SORRY! |
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5/29/07 |
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Blue Lake is the best camp I've ever been to! Last year was my 1st year and since its 11 days I was nervous. But it was a great experience. I'm going again this year and I can't wait. I live far away in Michigan and it is worth the long drive and through all the the traffic. I didnt want to leave last year. If you go for band get the blue band because its the best! I was 2nd chair trumpet and it was soooooo much fun! |
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4/15/07 |
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this camp has changed my life for the better. I have met friends that will be with me the rest of my life. Blue lake is the best camp around. |
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4/11/07 |
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I went to BLFAC for four years, and once on their international program. Highly recomended for students of all skill levels and ages. I personally intend to return as a staff member throughout college, and should they take an interest in arts, send any of my kids there. Two thumbs way up. |
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4/10/07 |
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blue lake is my absolute favorite place on earth! this summer (07) will be my 5th year at the camp. i love it so much and id do it forever if i could. |
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2/26/07 |
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Not a good camp for serious musicians (try interlochen)...I got west nile...my teacher was the pits...counselor got drunk |
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2/24/07 |
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Definitely worth it! I took the theater program in the summer of '06, and I learned more about technique in 2 weeks there than yearlong classes anywhere else. But if you go, beware--only the theater building has a/c, and all their water tastes and smells like eggs. |
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1/29/07 |
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So, I went to Interlochen's page and really the grading was really divided....lots and lots of 1s, seldomly were 5s. but I come to Blue lake and it seems that we had nearly all 5s! you wanna know why?? because, simply Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp IS FREEKING AMAZING! :D GO IF YOU CAN!!! ITS LIFE CHANGING! :D |
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1/16/07 |
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Blue Lake is awesome! I especially improved a lot my 1st and 3rd years, which were my first year at the camp and the my first year at the high school session. this year I'm going to Europe with the international program too! |
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1/13/07 |
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Blue Lake is the best place on earth! Where else can you travel to Europe and play your favorite instrument or sing?!?!? I can't wait to become a counselor there! Blue Lake kicks Interlochen's butt! |
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11/2/06 |
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Blue Lake is amazing! I live for those lazy afternoons on main camp. Nothing beats walking straight from practice to get ice cream with a kid you've only known for a few days (at yet, you're completely in love with). The classes are fantastic. The staff is fantastic. The campers are fantastic. It's just all around amazing. Don't let anyone ever tell you anything different. |
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10/20/06 |
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blue lake was AWESOME!!!
ok so the food was nasty. and the concerts boring.
but that isn't really a problem!! i had SOO much fun, and the teachers are really nice, and they pick great songs (orchestra)
the talent show was awesome, and the dance was a blast!
you'll make tons of new friends:) |
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10/4/06 |
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BLue Lake is the best camp EVER! I went there for choir but wasnt in a cabin wiht myfriends. but somhow I was in a cabin with 2 peopel that I knew from when I was like 7. and havnet seen upm in years! what are the odds of that? I would MOST COMPLEATLY recomend this camp to ANYONE who likes music/art who loves the sun (haha) and who loves people! I LOVE BLUE LAKE!...sure it gets hot....sure its a lot of work and sure some/most of the conserts at night are borning...the dance is amazing! the learing is amazing! the people are WONDERFUL! the talent show is AWSOME! AHHHHH ITS AMAZING! GO IF YOU CAN you WILL NOT regret it...AH |
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9/1/06 |
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Blue Lake was a great expirence, i grew as a dancer and as a person!!!! all of the staff was very friendly!! the food was less than great though, but who goes to camp for the food right!!! everyday they had wonderful activites!! the dance was very exciting!! i hope that i can attend this camp once again next year!! and i think that it is fantastic that this camp is a place where youth can express who they are and all of there tallents!! this is also a great place for making new friens!! two weeks of sharing the same cabin with a group of people can really be a memorable expirience! it thank BLue Lake for introducing me to a spontanious group of girls we all are attending next year, in the same cabin if possible!!! |
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8/29/06 |
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I went to blue lake this summer [2006]. It was amazing. I improved a lot of my major. I met a lot of great people and made a lot of new friendships. The classes can be long and boring but the free time and stuff like that deffinetely makes it worth while. I am deff. going back next year. |
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8/15/06 |
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I went to Blue Lake last year, and didn't go back cause my friends wouldn't be there, but i REALLY regret that decision. Blue Lake was the best thing that ever happened to me via music, i had the time of my life and absolutly loved every minute of it. I met some really amazing people there, and even though I live so far awy, It is soooo worth the 12 hour drive. |
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8/5/06 |
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Blue Lake was the best two weeks of my life. The counselors were great. The food was ok. I would recommend this awesome camp to anyone who wishes to go further into their major. The sectionals were fun and the electives are great. |
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8/5/06 |
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Blue Lake is awesome. Best two weeks of my summer every year. It's work, but it's fun work. Staff's great, food's aweful, but bearable. Great place for music, art and dance students to mingle from all over the country/world. |
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7/24/06 |
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I love Blue Lake! You really learn a tremendous amount in 12 days, and you have loads of fun to boot! Great place, I recommend it to anyone who's involved in fine arts. |
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7/18/06 |
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blue lake was totally the best camp i have ever been to. they really show you how to play better than before. and besides practicing all the time you can have fun too. the counselors are so awesome about everything. you can talk to them about anything. the food might not be gourmet but its not jail food so overall i was really happy. |
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4/14/06 |
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Really great fun and learn lots of new stuff. They have chior, art, band, orchestra,and theater. Yes, the food isn't that wonderful,but when is camp food? The teachers are helpful and councelors are fun.You live in a cabin with about 12 other people for 12 days(that's one session). You get to play instruments outside, it's great fun. They have electives where you can take more classes too. Your days packed of learning new things and either singing, playing an instrument,preforming theater or drawing. On the last Sunday when parents pick you up you preform if your in choir, theater, band or orchestra and if your in art there is an art gallery where some of your peices are.you can make great friends, and scholarships are available. |
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