The Transylvania Music Camp has closed an
other season and the hills surrounding the camp
will be strangely silent after echoing the sounds
of a thousand and one notes all summer long.
The 150 future Sousas and Strausses have re
turned to their homes in many different states
and as a result of their training this summer will
be better equipped to take their places in the
musical organizations of their home communities.
The instructors, too, will have pleasant memories
of another summer spent with talented and am
bitious youngsters.
In many respects, this has been the camp’s most
successful session, certainly in the eyes of the citi
zens of Transylvania County, Folks who hereto
fore knew little of the program of the camp have
this year been added to the growing list of friends
and supporters of the institution. We have had
the good fortune of having the large choir from
the camp sing in our churches. Many of the civic
clubs in town have held dinner meetings at the
camp and have seen first hand how the camp op
erates. Hundreds have enjoyed the fine concerts
and thousands more have tuned in on the con
certs which have been broadcast over a wide area.
Big names in the music world like Norman Cor
don and Thor Johnson have appeared in camp
concerts.
Through newspapers, radio, magazines, and
other media, Brevard and vicinity have received
publicity that could not have been purchased for
thousands of dollars. One program during the
festival was broadcast over a coast-to-coast hook
up of the Columbia Broadcasting System, embrac
ing 168 stations in this country and two in Hawaii.
With our company’s keen interest in music as
shown by our band and music program in county
schools, it was natural for Ecusta to join in the
support of the Transylvania Music Foundation
which operates the camp and sponsors the Fes
tival. Ecusta—as individuals and as a company—
has cooperated heartily in the foundation’s pro
gram, whether the job involved the printing of
programs or the use of a bull-dozer for work on
camp property.
Every evidence points to a continued healthy
growth of the institution. We believe the time is
not far off when the fame of the Transylvania
Music Camp will compare favorably with the
nationally-known Interlochen School of Music in
Michigan and the Brevard Music Festival will be
just as famous as the Berkshire Festival at Tangle-
wood, Lenox, Mass., where Serge Koussevitsky and
his Boston Symphony hold sway.
We believe James Christian Pfohl and his as
sociates have the drive, ability, and foresight to
make Brevard a name in the music world which
will be second to none.
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