Cazadero Performing Arts Camp

We are reviewing the food we had while attending our granddaughter’s final day at camp which is a musical program.
For a camp café, the pie had intense berry flavor, with fresh crispness not found in places like that coffee house in Santa Rosa, called Aroma Roasters & Coffee House.
For a camp menu, the pastry far exceeded the extreme poor quality found at that coffee house in Santa Rosa.
I had the multi-​berry pie slice. Great flavor, intense berry flavors, freshness galore, not overly sugary which many places do.
Coffee, simple plain coffee.
OH MY!!!
Superb compared to the very expensive mocha coffee drink we had at that Santa Rosa Aroma Roasters.
How does a camp site have such quality coffee with excellent flavor and the actual coffee house NOT.
LUNCH
Just fantastic flavor, abundance of freshnes
Excellent food for a camp in the redwoods.

Cazadero Performing Arts Camp (also known as Caz) is a performing arts camp located in the Sonoma redwoods Established in 1955 by then Berkeley High School band director Bob Lutt (who eventually was made executive director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra), the first campers were a mixture of Berkeley High teens and members of the San Francisco Symphony.
Since 1955, the camp has become a significant influence in many facets of San Francisco Bay Area music, including the San Francisco Symphony, the orchestras for the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Ballet, and Tower of Power, an Oakland, California 10-​member horn-​based soul band formed in 1968. Caz faculty were the first to conceive of a professional baroque chamber orchestra composed entirely of period instruments, resulting in the 1981 creation of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra by harpsichordist Laurette Goldberg.
The camp, which sits atop the late 19^th century location of the then-​infamous Bohemian Grove, maintains a signature suspension bridge over which more than 100,000 young musicians have crossed. Campers also enjoy ‘downtime activities’ like swimming, ping pong, basketball, guided hikes and more.
I came here once as the non-​musician spouse during a family camping week. If you play, this place is for you. There’s an incredible amount of creative energy that flows and when I was there even the head cook performed. The accommodations are rustic and the food was very good.
My problem was that that when you’re here as part of the «untalented» there’s not much for you to do other than babysit a bunch of kids while the parents are off practicing and performing. And don’t expect them to keep any sort of a schedule while they’re out in the wood being creative. Plus some of the more «talented» parents really have an attitude towards folks like us. I won’t be back, except to pick someone up who has had a great time.

My twins have attended Cazadero Performing Arts Camp for the past 5 years and they can’t wait to go back every summer. This marvelous music camp, shrouded in redwood trees and brimming with the magic of nature, has had an incredibly positive impact on my girls who are now 17. The music sessions are taught by dedicated and caring musicians who are fun and love working with the kids. My girls say the food is delicious too!
Sessions start in June for kids as young as 5^th grade, and continue into August for high schoolers. It’s very impressive what the kids accomplish in one week at Caz, and the weekend concerts shared with parents and friends are nothing short of astounding. I highly recommend this music camp for any budding musician. It’s the perfect combination of fun and education while fanning a passion for music! Caz is unlike any other camp and parents will be impressed.