Musical Activities
One of the main features of
our Camp was the full orchestra rehearsal which took place at 8:30
o’clock each morning for one hour and fifteen minutes. This consisted of
52 pieces under the direction of Mr. Fred Ohlendorf,
assisted by Messrs. Carl Lindgren, Sterling Smith, and William Gould.
Saturday afternoon, after
rehearsing faithfully throughout the week, the orchestra gave the outside world
a chance to admire its achievements by giving a very fine concert at Big Bear.
The Little Symphony was
composed of the more advanced members of the
The members of the Camp
Dance Band rehearsed every afternoon. They were greatly fascinated by the
direction of Mr. Carl Lindgren who all too patiently worked out their strenuous
passages. The vocalist of the band was Bebe Freidin, the newfound songstress of our camp. She and the
band members gave “hep” to our feet
Saturday night as a farewell salute.
But to every camper the
loveliest part of the program was the slumber music which was heard every
evening following taps. In turn, separate sections of our orchestra gave up
warm beds to lull us to sleep with soft, beautiful music which dimly echoed
through the hills.
Mr. Ohlendorf
and his assistants have given us something besides bed bugs and pogo sticks to
take home with us. They have given us many new friends and a musical experience
and inspiration that will stay with us throughout our lives.
Concert Program
Gnome’s
March Ketelby
Flute
Quartet: Sterling Smith, Dorothy Leevers,
Nora Lee Farris, and
Strausiana Arr. By Seredy
Stoney
Point March Laurendreau
Oboe
Trio: Bruce Bartleson, Caroly Daniels, Flora
Holmes
Pavanne Gould
Snare
Drum Solo: Ralph Campbell
Old
Glory Selection Saredy – Tocaben
Inspirational Service
Sunday
morning, all campers as well as many parents and guests attended an impressive
service in the Bowl. The double string quartet played a movement from a Haydn
String Quartet, Bach’s Chorale, “Come, Sweet Death”, and
accompanied the audience in church hymns. Carroll Ailman
sang a sacred solo. Dr. Mitchell gave a Scripture reading, and Mr. Lindgren
addressed the group in a most inspiring and timely message based on the Golden
Rule. We left the service greatly edified.
The
camp was organized on a democratic basis. Students were given the privilege of
expressing their own ideas and suggestions for the camp program. Groups of ten
at six tables formed the system of administration. Each table elected its
chairman and these six representatives formed the
Many thanks to Alayne Abbott
Armstrong for sharing a copy of the Note with us. More to come in
the spring!
Your support has made the
first mountain Music Camp in
Fred
Ohlendorf
Mealtime - Hearing the orchestra play in the outdoor bowl
was beautiful indeed. When sectionals and ensembles were rehearsing in all
nooks and corners of the camp, one was left bewildered at the resultant sound.
However, to hear sixty hungry people together in the dining hall brought forth
sounds of joy and satisfaction which even a modern symphony orchestra cannot
imitate. The reason – ask any camper, especially George Barlow! Boy,
those meals were super! Steaks, ham, meat loaf, spaghetti,
pancakes, and French toast in extra deluxe quality and quantity. Our
admiration and gratitude go out to the cooks. Long Live The Cooks!
Girls’ Dorm - The most notable of the sections was Room 5.
The girls occupying it were caught doing something outside the rules almost
every night. This required them to do K.P. duty each time. The offenses
included everything from eating peaches in bed to forgetting to hang up wet
bathing suits.
Boys’ Dorm - The quietest (?) and neatest (?) part of the
camp was the boys’ dorm. No sounds were ever heard after midnight. In
fact, those nice, peaceful boys were riled only by those noisy inconsiderate
girls. A good example of this was the night the girls slept outdoors. The
giggling and the ping-pong games that went on at this time aroused many
comments from the boys’ dorm. The person in charge of these little angels
was Camp Dean Lindy.
Recreation - Recreation began at 1:30 p.m. when all piled into
the truck to go to
The Truck - Camp was enjoyable due to the interesting
personalities attending. One character, though impersonal yet most dynamic, was
the Dodge Truck which brought 29 campers from
Camp Notes Staff: Editor-Carolyn Daniels,
Reporters-Jackie Blau, Patty Dodds,
Alan Harder, Bernice Mitchell, Billy Watilo.
Many thanks to Alayne Abbott Armstrong
for sharing a copy of the Note with us. More to come in the fall!
Carl Lindgren was at Arrowbear as a staff member from 1941 (I think this was the
first year) to 1947. Around 1943, he took a leave of absence as a history
teacher at Wilson High in
My memories of Arrowbear are still sharp and poignant
though I am 78 years old. I played the violin throughout elementary, junior
high, high school, college, as a mother and homemaker with the Glendale College
Community Orchestra, and as a teacher and principal in the
Onto my memories: The first thing I remember was being driven in an OPEN truck
with probably 20 or 30 other kids! That was fun and exhilarating as we drove up
the mountains. Practicing for hours with the orchestra in that open air setting
was thrilling. The sounds reverberated through the boulders, the fresh air, and
the trees. Mr. Ohlendorf or Nic
Furjanick were the orchestra leaders I remember taps
at night with the echoing, beautiful sounds of a single trumpet followed by a
small ensemble of strings, woodwinds, or brass in maybe a 15 minute concert.
The jazz band (or swing band it was probably called) practiced in the afternoon
inside a small building. Carl Lindgren was the leader of this and it was
fabulous. I remember songs like Stormy Weather and Long Ago and Far Away,
probably because I was chosen to be the soloist one year and sang these two. We
traveled to the Lake Arrowhead Casino and performed a free jazz concert where I
forgot the words to Long Ago and Far Away. We also performed one year at the
old Stillwell's Restaurant on
I remember the cafeteria with its delicious food such as hamburgers, spaghetti,
and pizza. In my home we only had chicken, rabbit, fried liver and onions,
fish, and other healthy foods. I remember Skit Nights in the cafeteria where
each table wrote and presented their skit. I think the prize was you didn't
have to clear the table.
I don’t know if Fred Ohlendorf
was a music teacher in the Long Beach Schools, maybe Wilson, but I assume
that's where my uncle, Carl Lindgren, met him. Carl was also in the USC
Marching band (I don't even know what instrument he played) and a good friend
there of the Director, Clarence Sawhill. I know Carl
influenced some of the Arrowbear musicians to attend
USC.
Carl Lindgren certainly contributed to Arrowbear
Music Camp, and I hope some of the campers there at that time remember him with
love and appreciation.
Sincerely,
Bernice Mitchell Hallam
Camper 1942-1947
Many thanks to Dolores DelComa for sending a program
for a concert presented by the Long Beach Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Resta Conductor. The concert was on December 4, 1942, in
the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium and was dedicated to the United States
Navy. The concert master was Nicholas Furjanick and
included a viola player named Fred Ohlendorf. It has
advertisements for private teachers Dorothy Judy Klein, Leah Seykora, Ahavny Torosian, Alice Durham, and
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Music has been so defined, and
it certainly offers to us all a welcome refuge from the unpleasant realities
of a war-torn world. Musicians, and those who enjoy fine music, are indeed
fortunate, for when life becomes ugly or distorted they can always find a
peaceful haven in this art. Fritz Kriesler has said, “Sometimes when I think of the beauty that is being
destroyed in the world today—the ideals that lie in
wreckage—it seems almost more than one can bear.
But when I turn to my music, all the ugliness disappears. It acts like magic.
I can pick up a score of Beethoven, look at the notes, and I live once more in
beauty. Hatred and death seem to vanish for a while.” |
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1. What was the first year for Arrowbear
Music Camp? |
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a. 1941 |
b. 1942 |
c. 1943 |
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2. Which person is honored with a plaque on the Wall of Honor
on the back of the Orchestra Bowl? |
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a. Michael Pappone
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b. Mr. Ohlendorf
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c. Akira Endo |
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3. Which generation of campers donated the large bronze
plaque honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ohlendorf that is in
the planter behind the Orchestra Bowl? |
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a. 1940s |
b. 1950s |
c. 1960s |
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4. Who originally owned the land that would become Arrowbear? |
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a. Mr. Ohlendorf
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b. Mr. Ohlendorf’s
family |
c. Mrs. Ohlendorf’s
parents |
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5. What are the only original buildings still left in camp? |
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a. dining hall and kitchen |
b. “A” and “O” buildings |
c. staff cabins |
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6. Who designed the cover for the NOTE? |
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a. Mr. Burger |
b. Rick Ohlendorf
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c. Breck Dockstader |
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7. What year was the first Choral Session? |
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a. 1954 |
b. 1955 |
c. 1956 |
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8. What year was there a huge fire in the |
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a. 2001 |
b. 2002 |
c. 2003 |
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9. What year was the Jazz Improv
Session added to the Camp’s summer sessions? |
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a. 2004 |
b. 2005 |
c. 2006 |
Howdy, Happy Campers! It’s spring cleaning time at Arrowbear Music Camp. This winter was a tough one so there’s a little extra work to do. Work weekends this year
will be held:
May 28-30 (Memorial weekend), June 4-5,
and June 11-12.
This will be a really beautiful
time of year in our mountains as the spring flowers will be in full bloom. Take
a hike while you’re there! Come for an hour, come for
a day, or stay all weekend – any help is appreciated! Meals will be served
Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon (through Monday afternoon for
Memorial Day weekend.) You may arrive Friday evening, but meals will be on your
own.
Specific tasks on our priority
list this year are: repairing the grounds from this winter’s
damage, raking, painting, repairing roofs, sprucing up the boys’ dorm, and
general camp clean-up. If you’ve got a specific skill, or even a pet peeve you’d
like to work on, please contact Dennis and Carole. In an effort to help us plan
for food and sleeping accommodations, please RSVP at info@arrowbear.com or call toll free (877)
867-4511. See you there!
In our Fall
Newsletter, we printed several memories from campers who went to Arrowbear last summer. There wasn’t
enough room to include them all last time, so here are some more for you to
enjoy.
One of the
things (though no longer there :( ) that gave me SO
many memories was playing basketball. What was so special? It was doing this
the first day that sparked many of the relationships that flourished throughout
the session. I came to camp wearing a Shaquille
O'Neal shirt (big sports fan I am), and was one of, if not the biggest kid
there. So when playing basketball, I pretended to be Shaq
- muscling out all the rebounds, towering over everyone else, and doing an
exaggerated impresssion of a Shaq
freethrow. A few of my friends became
Matthew Kwong
My big Arrowbear memory occurred when we made Jewish cookies
during rec. My friend Erin Christovale and I were
sharing a glass of milk. We took a bite of one of them and we really, really,
really needed milk. So we were fighting over the glass of milk
,and I took a sip and she said something really funny. I laughed so hard
that the milk came out of my nose. It was great! Soo
funny! That’s my story!
Katherine
Hoffman
This was my first
year at Arrowbear, and it's all I've been yapping
about all summer. I don't even have to hesitate to say I'll be going back next
year. I remember specifically at campfire how many people said Arrowbear was a relief and going home was going to be tough
to get through. I think that must be because of all the wonderful people who
inhabited the camp with them over the two weeks. Friends.
That's something I won't forget. Friends shared good times and bad times.. but it was always together. My
most fond memories of Arrowbear had to be the good
and humorous times.
With all the
talk about bears going around camp what else was I supposed to think in the
middle of the night? Even the name ArrowBEAR suggests
they're around... It had to have been one or so in the morning and there was a
loud crash. I'm surprised no one else heard it. But I shrugged it off,
nevertheless burying myself a little farther into my sleeping bag. Not too soon
later, there was a grunt and a snort... something resembling a roar, only faint.
All signs were pointing to one thing; a bear. In the girl's
cabin. I was so frightened. My heart was beating faster than I could
count! I was trembling and refused to so much as peak out of the window. I was
sure the bear would catch a glimpse of me. Somehow, I managed to fall back
asleep.
I think I was
surprised when I woke to reveille playing in the morning. I was fine... so was
everyone else and no one was chattering about the bear. I was frantic, nearly
ready to yell, "THERE WAS A BEAR! DIDN'T ANYONE ELSE HEAR IT?!" But
before I had the chance, my eyes caught the one girl in Cabin 2 still asleep
and ... snoring. Juli. I blushed to myself as I realized the familiarity of the
girl's snore, or should I say, the fearsome bear's
roar. Cabin 2 seemed to find it quite amusing. Allie laughed, Rachel
rolled around on the floor, and even Carolyn was doubling over with laughter. Shame on Naihla who also found herself
chortling at me. And who could forget the fearsome Juli...
who apologized so many times. To conclude, I'll NEVER forget that time. When
the time came to share it at campfire, I could hardly bring myself to say it
with a straight face.
Jessica
Mantel
We asked some campers from this summer to share some of their best memories of
camp. Some may only make complete sense to those who were there. You all have
memories like that too.
Sometime, in the later part of
our first week up at camp, Conductor Val Jamora let
the band (lots of fun, I'll never forget!) out on time and Stephen Tucker was
holding the orchestra over. I think it may have been the night of the first
dance, but it was the evening rehearsal. Flute in hand, apparently I'd left the
case in the dorm, I walked across the bridge and saw that the orchestra was still
rehearsing, so I sat down to watch. For what I was later told was 45 minutes, I
sat and watched, just taking it all in. I remembered what it had been like my
first year up here, and the second, both on violin, this year, the third, on
flute. It's such a different experience, I hadn't
realized how much I missed playing in an orchestra.
Stephen finally let the
orchestra out, and I got up, a bit sore, and cold, and walked back into the
dorm to the "L." One of the girls walked in from the rehearsal and
chucked her water bottle against the far wall with a fair amount of anger and
did not really shout or yell, but firmly stated "I hate Stephen!" I
answered her outburst quietly, saying, "You guys may hate it, but I would
give anything to be able to play well enough to be under his baton. I miss it
so much.""Oh, Monica," She said,
suddenly soft spoken, and hugged me. Tears came, pretty much unbidden, in small
rivlets down my cheeks. I don't cry easily, for those
of you who saw me fall down/up on the Seth's Peak hike, well, I don't know, but
believe me that hurt (I won't soon forget that either.) So, thanks to Stephen,
I've decided to pick up my violin again with more enthusiasm this time, working
towards being a semi-decent orchestra member. It's a unique experience,
I could never leave it behind entirely.
Monica McCallum
Probably one of my favorite
campfire songs is "Shooting Star". When I was in intermediate, one of
my counselors told my friend Catherine and me a story about how when she was a
camper she and the friend that she had at camp would sit by each other and when
they sang that song they would pass a rock they picked up off of the ground to
each other to symbolize the shooting star. So Catherine and I would always pass
one to each other and say "Look, I caught you one". Then this year,
Catherine didn't go. I told the story to my friend Lauren, though, and she
"caught" and passed me a "shooting star".
Mo
Um, memories... the pool wars,
the "What does this mean?" activity, the Coconut Bear, Coffee Time
with Ross, and dodging various airborne Ross projectiles.
Nikki
Summer of 2001...Background-1st
Intermediate was my first time at Arrowbear. I had
only been playing for about 8 or 9 months and was uncertain as to how I'd
measure up to the skill levels of the other violinists. I feared having to do
things such as playing or acting in front of the camp, and came up to Arrowbear not knowing anyone...
The Session
On the first day, I settled down
quickly and made several close friends. Within the first few days I became
close with nearly half the dorm (there were a lot of guys- we took up 3 dorms)
and found several people each of whom shared many interests with me. The first
few days of MUSIC playing were okay. I had trouble sight reading, but soon came
to like the pieces we played. One other memory that pops up is the conquering
of another one of my fears- PLAYING IN FRONT OF CAMP.
Fast forward to the last few days of Camp
There was a musical right around
the corner (either that day or the next), and one of my friends came up saying
that we should play one of the pieces we were going to play at the concert.
They seemed delighted at the idea, but I wasn't so sure...having gone up there
for a skit and somewhat made a fool of myself already seemed like enough for a first-timer...but
they all encouraged me, persuading me it would be fine...so I decided to go for
it. That night at the musical, four of my friends (including myself) went up
there- 1st, 2nd Violin, Viola, Cello, and my friend who played the trumpet who
went up there to "conduct" us. He pulled out--a THREE MUSKETEERS BAR
for a baton!! Everything went well.What was so
special? In addition to being one of the funny/silly memories of that session,
that one also marked somewhat of a mini-accomplishment/reaching of a goal. And
although it may not have been all that serious with the candy bar or as
impressive as some flashy Violin Concerto, it was a pretty big step for me.
Matthew
Arrowbear's 62nd Summer
Summer is fast approaching. It’s not too late
to enroll yourself or your children in a session at Camp. Yes, even you
can still enjoy the magic of Arrowbear. The Symphonic
Institute is a four day workshop for musicians entering 12th grade
through adults. This session consists of reading and professional style
rehearsals. The last few summers, this session has been led by well known UC
Irvine conductor, Stephen Tucker, who was one of the featured conductors in our
last newsletter. Dust off your instrument, relive some old memories, and make
plenty of new ones while you get away from your usual routine.
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Elementary |
(entering grades 4-6) |
July 20 - 26 |
$400 |
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Intermediate |
(entering grades 6-8) |
June 26 - July 5 |
$530 |
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Aug. 21 - 30 |
$530 |
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Advanced |
(entering grades 9 -
12) |
July 6 - 19 |
$800 (band focus) |
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Aug. 3 - 16 |
$800 (orchestra focus) |
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Choral |
(entering grades 9 -
college) |
July 27 - Aug. 3 |
$360 |
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Symphonic |
(entering grade 12 to
adult) |
Aug. 17 - 20 |
$200 |
Answers to Arrowbear Quiz
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1. b |
2. a |
3. a |
4. c |
5. c |
6. b |
7. a |
8. c |
9. b |