Camp Catawba

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Camp Catawba was a boys' camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, near the town of Blowing Rock. The camp was established in 1944 by Vera Lachmann, later joined by Tui St. George Tucker. The camp was short on money and physical facilities, but long on arts. Although only 20 or 30 campers attended each summer, every year at the end of camp, the campers, camp helpers, and counselors would put on a musical performance with five or ten instrumentalists, a full play such as a Shakespeare, and a short drama by someone like William Butler Yeats.

Lachmann led the campers on a weekly hike, with destinations such as the Cone Mansion, Blowing Rock, and Grandfather Mountain, where a walk across the suspension bridge was a highlight for many campers.

The book A Catawba Assembly [1] by Charles A. Miller has many recollections. Lachmann insisted that all campers gather for a short daily meeting; in the 1960s, this was held on the lawn in front of the dining hall after breakfast.

A review of another book by Miller, even though it is not about the camp, really captures what made Catawba, and Vera, special.

The composer Roger Trefousse is also an alumnus.

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  1. ^ LC Control Number: 73084983 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Miller, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1937- Main Title: A Catawba assembly, by Charles A. Miller, with contributions from more than a hundred others who spent summers at Camp Catawba. Published/Created: [New Market, Va., 1973] Description: 250 p. illus. 23 cm. CALL NUMBER: GV196.C35 M54

This book does not appear to have an ISBN; this info is from the online library of congress catalog.

[edit] External links

  • Martinkramer.org is by an alumnus; the Kramer family sent at least three sons to Catawba, and they were quite a force in the 60s.
  • Camp Catawba from the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
  • Local news story, an excellent short history
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