ISBN: 978-1-57143-161-5
After more than 40 years, thousands of concerts, and tens of thousands of students, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp is an internationally recognized arts center and home of an outstanding classical/jazz radio station, Blue Lake Public Radio. Yet the camp nearly closed in its infancy. A perfect storm of black-hearted bankers, fund-raising mistakes, undercapitalization and overenrollment nearly sank the camp on the zany night of an historic Detroit Symphony performance in the camp dining hall. This against-all-odds story is a touching tribute to the tenacity of a small band of music educators who helped rescue the camp and make it the international success it is today.