Comments from past campers:
Every year, Hayward La Honda Music Camp is the part of my summer I look forward to the most. It really helps musicians improve on all types of skills, and we practice our music in a VERY fun way. My favorite part of camp is just being with the people, because after a few years you meet some awesome friends that you'll have forever. Everyone I know has so much fun at camp that they couldn't stand to miss it for a year. It is basically the most amazing place in the world, and I absolutely love it there.
-Sarah B. 13
La Honda is not only a music camp; it's an experience, an
enlightening week
to get to know or catch up with your second family. I have
been going to La Honda every summer for the past 6 years.
The minute I get in the car to go home, I can't wait until
the next year when I step foot on the gorgeous site of Camp
Jones Gulch.
Many
ensembles are offered along with recreational activities.
You can be at
any level of musicianship and the La Honda staff will
challenge you to perform
to the best of your ability - and trust me, it's worth it.
They have some of
the most talented staff that play in the top college bands
and professional
musicians who have been attending La Honda all their lives
(and they still come
back).
One of my favorite things about La Honda is walking through
the camp and hearing a distant horn in the woods. You never
know which direction the sound is coming from, but the
feeling is indescribable. Music is, obviously, very
important to La Honda, but it is also a kids summer camp.
We get to have 3 dances, a theme dinner (served by
counselors and staff in costume),hikes, a barbeque and a
ton of other recreational activities.. If La Honda wasn't
great, why would campers, counselors and staff keep coming
back from year to year? Everyone's experience is
different, but again, we all come back.
-Aya O. 17