PORT ANGELES — Scholarships are available for Camp Heebie Jeebies, the weeklong music camp for young jazz instrumentalists and vocalists at Lake Crescent.
The program, for students age 12 and older, will take place at Camp David Junior, the Clallam County park on the north shore of the lake, July 19-25.
Tuition, room and board cost $595, though a scholarship covers it all, said camp director Karla West.
Students and their families are asked to contribute what they can to the costs of the program, she said, while scholarships are available to musicians who could not otherwise afford to participate.
To apply, contact West at 406-862-3814 or glacierjazz@hotmail.com.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Camp Heebie Jeebies, which was named after a Louis Armstrong song.
It began in Montana, where West lives, but moved about a decade ago to Camp David Junior, which “could not be any better. It is just perfect for our needs,” spokesman Bud Critchfield said.
The program’s 12-member faculty includes North Olympic Peninsula jazz artists Chuck Easton and Craig Buhler, John Goodrich and Tom Jacobus of Seattle’s Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, California tuba and trombone player Howard Miyata, and Nicole Sanford, who directs a vocal ensemble and teaches “Singing for Non-Majors” at Montana’s Flathead Valley Community College.
For more information, see www.CampHeebieJeebies.us.