>From the Contra Costa Times (July 15, 2007): Harmony among the redwoods By Jackie Burrell CONTRA COSTA TIMES Contra Costa Times Article Launched:07/15/2007 03:03:23 AM PDT LONG BEFORE the 50-year-old camp comes into sight, music wafts through the redwoods and across Austin Creek -- the strains of a brass quartet, string trios and jazz ensembles meld into a single, indescribable melody that surges and ebbs on the breeze. "It's almost like music overtakes you amongst the magnificent trees," says Cazadero Performing Arts Camp founder Bob Lutt. "You hear music all through the grove." Some 100,000 young musicians have crossed Cazadero's signature suspension bridge over the years. They gazed down at the babbling stream, traipsed their way across the swaying bridge and burst into excited laughter at the prospect of another summer session at Caz, sleeping under the stars and making music under the towering old-growth redwoods. On this particular morning, a string group rehearses in "Cello Grove." Trumpets and saxes hone their improvisation skills at the lodge, while the orchestra works on Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" in the bandshell under a soaring, sail-like awning. Jazz, the camp dog, bounds across the campgrounds, and the smell of Sloppy Joes wafts from the cafeteria, where the kitchen crew -- all musicians too -- are whipping up lunch. And young musicians, such as Danville sixth-grader and repeat camper Kelii Kahawaii, revel in the whole experience. "I thought I was going to have lots of fun, definitely, but it was thrilling," he says. "Me and (my friend) Nick really liked it, of course, because how couldn't you? We told everyone at school." Tepees and redwoods It was 1955 when Lutt, Berkeley High's just-hired band director, and his young wife, Beth, first discovered the rustic encampment near Guerneville. The camp had housed the infamous "Bohemian Grove" in the late 19th century, but when the Lutts came upon Caz, it was a 30-year-old summer camp owned by the city of Berkeley. "We grew up on the plains of Nebraska," says Bob. "And here were these magnificent trees." Inspired, Lutt asked the city if he could create a two-week music camp for his Berkeley High teens -- and he invited members of the San Francisco Symphony, who didn't have a summer season back then, to join them that first summer of 1957. They brought their families and taught music under the redwoods. It was, he says, "a perfect mix." The blend included the Lutts' growing family. Beth remembers bathing her young children in a camp washtub, and soothing fussy babies in the misty early morning hours, when fog draped the 1,500-year-old trees in "a forest primeval feeling." The next year, Berkeley High's orchestra reserved a week, too. Then the choir came. "In six years, we took over the entire summer," says Bob. "It was very, very rustic -- tepees. We built new frame tents, a dormitory, a bandshell. It was just sort of a love affair." Children slept under the stars, cavorted in the creek's dammed-up swimming hole and played music in the grove. They built friendships that lasted into adulthood. And their connections permeated every facet of Bay Area music, from the San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet orchestras to Tower of Power and virtually every school bandroom. It was Caz faculty, for example, who first came up with the idea of a professional baroque chamber orchestra composed entirely of period instruments. The result: San Francisco's internationally renowned Philharmonia Baroque, founded by the late Laurette Goldberg. As Cazadero's 50th anniversary approaches, the people who toted musical instruments across that swaying suspension bridge all sing a similar refrain. They speak of music, magic and trees. The Caz connection "It's about the camaraderie, the caring, the nurturing, the vision and the magic," says Norm Dea, director of Walnut Creek's Las Lomas High School music program. "Cazadero is about inspiring the total student." Randy Porter, music director of Oakland's Westlake Middle School, talks about the sheer "magic" of playing and teaching "amongst the old-growth, giant redwoods." And Orinda Intermediate School conductor Greg Mazmanian recalls the emotional impact of playing under the trees and in the woodsy bandshell both as a camper and later as a conductor and father of a camper, daughter Rose. "Every morning they had Reveille, every evening they had Taps," he said. "I was the only violinist ever to play Taps. I was so into it." These days, Doris Fukawa divides her time between the top post at the Crowden School, Berkeley's prestigious music academy and private school, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty, and performance engagements with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera orchestras. But that path began in 1969 with a camper scholarship to Caz. It was "an entry point into a whole different world," she says; not just classical music, but jazz, funk and rock. "It was a very powerful place for me," says the Cazadero board member. "Music becomes part of the fabric of your life. You have the freedom to be who you are." Caz jazz teacher Jon Brummel calls Cazadero the "musical mafia of the Bay Area" because so many of the area's musicians have crossed paths there. There's a personal angle, too -- Brummel met his wife, Liz, when they were both on staff. They were married in 2000 in the Cazadero bandshell. "You made friendships," says Liz, who teaches music in the Lafayette schools, "that literally have lasted us all the years." That includes years when Cazadero was more of an idea than a place. In the mid-1970s, after a disagreement with the city of Berkeley about the direction of the camp -- a venue for serious music students versus a more generalized approach -- the Lutts' music camp moved, first to Mendocino, then Danville and finally to Marin. But Lutt's children, who literally grew up at camp, had other plans. Resurrection In 1995, Bill Lutt, then executive director of the Berkeley Symphony, phoned up 50 former "Caz kids" to see if they would be interested in resurrecting the music camp of their youth: More than 35 showed up with open checkbooks, open hearts and work gloves. The next summer, hundreds of young musicians traipsed across the suspension bridge at Cazadero Performing Arts Camp once again. They stopped to gaze at babbling Austin Creek, then poured into the grove. They set up their cots on the tent cabin decks and propped teddy bears atop sleeping bags. And a new generation of kids began doing all those Caz things once more. Several of those young musicians were the children of Oakland City Council staffer Kathy Dwyer, who became executive director in 2001. Dwyer was just 13 the first time she crossed the camp's bridge herself, toting a huge string bass. Back then, the creek was dammed to form swimming holes for canoeing and swimming, she says. Campers would cross the bridge to buy cherry Cokes and french fries at the old Elim Grove restaurant, and vie for clean-cabin points to win milkshakes. Floodwaters swept the dams away long ago, but the milkshake contests are still a beloved part of camp. Hans und Franz, the ridiculous bodybuilders of "Saturday Night Live" fame, are resurrected every skit night. The camp store still sells Choco Tacos. And the stacking cup game -- and cacophonous sound of falling cups -- still drives grown-ups nuts. UC Santa Cruz student Heather Knight was a 9-year-old flutist and first-time camper when Cazadero reopened in 1996. This is the first summer she's not on staff, she says, and it feels strange. But her younger brothers, both El Cerrito High students, are working in the camp kitchen. She'll see them next Sunday when Caz throws open its doors, so to speak, for 50th reunion festivities -- a concert, luncheon and the chance to see old friends and reminisce about the music, campfires and goofy scavenger hunts. Like Knight, nearly every staff member is a former camper who just keeps coming back. "Once they came, they didn't want to leave," says camp director Jim Mazzaferro. "I didn't." Mazzaferro, a string bass player who teaches music at Elk Grove's Sheldon High School, first came to camp in 1970. Cazadero sort of rhymed with Mazzaferro, he says with a laugh, but it was the camp experience that hooked him. "It was the music in this setting," he says. "I was finally with a group of people who were passionate about the same thing I was passionate about. You finally felt like you belonged. You fit in. You mattered." Mazzaferro's wife, Anita, also a former camper, heads the kitchen crew. It's a job the former Marriott food production manager acquired by default in 2001, when Jim took over the camp directorship. Everything that could go wrong did that summer, including torrential rainfall and a series of culinary mishaps. Cook No. 1 quit the night before the camp began. His replacement promptly burned himself so badly he couldn't work, and the third guy couldn't cook at all. Six years later, Anita's still here, barbecuing tri-tip, assembling lavish pasta, taco and salad bars, and serving up Sloppy Joes. Their daughter is the girls' camp dean and resident paramedic, and a son teaches bass. Bob and Beth Lutt still come up for concerts from their Berkeley home. Granddaughter Sara Beth Lutt-Pournoor flies out from Minnesota every summer for camp. This year, she's a counselor-in-training who says she "can't imagine being anywhere else -- it's amazing to watch these kids develop as musicians and people at the same time." Fifty years later, Cazadero plays on. Reach Jackie Burrell at 925-977-8568 or jburrell@cctimes.com. More info AVAILABILITY: Cazadero's famous music camp is fully booked this summer, but the 2008 schedule will include several 12-day sessions for middle and high school musicians, a shorter session for fifth- through eighth-graders, and two weeklong family arts camps. Information about next summer's offerings should go online in early 2008. COST: The nonprofit camp is supported by camp fees -- which ranged from $660-$1,388 this year -- as well as private donations and grants. CONTACT: To make a tax-deductible donation to the camp or to the bandshell building fund, visit http://www.cazadero.org. Cazadero Reunion WHAT: 50th anniversary concert, lunch and camp tours WHEN: Noon-5 p.m. July 22 WHERE: Cazadero Performing Arts Camp, Cazadero Highway TICKETS: $25 for adults, $15 for children 12 and under. For more information, visit http://www.cazadero.org I when to the camp twice, once with science class, and the other time with a group students from Berkeley's Sister City Sakai Japan. Also I remember when Bob Lutt, took the Berkeley High Marching Band, to the Rose Bowl Parade. George --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.

Pat, At ancestry.com you can zoom in (or out) to view images more clearly by clicking on the PLUS or MINUS magnifying glass in the toolbar directly above the image. The 1880 census did not gather immigration data. The 1900 census enumerates a druggist named Daniel Ryan in San Francisco. The image is quite faint in the area containing immigration year for this individual, but I believe the year is 1873. This Daniel Ryan was born Jan/Jun 1843 and lives at 3407 Mission. His wife Emeline is from Canada. Their children are Daniel (Oct. 1889) and Rose (Aug 1891). Source: 1900 US Census, CA, San Francisco, San Francisco, ED 118, Sheet 9A Link to image at ancestry.com: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=CAT623_103-0187&fn=Daniel&ln=Ryan&st=d&ssrc=&pid=32900487 Pat Wilkinson <mahala04@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi there According to the 1880 California census a Daniel Ryon was living at the home of Gabella Henry in Oakland, Alameda. I found this on the Ancestry site but as the writing is so small I have difficulty in reading it. My query is this - can anybody tell me whether he is a naturalized citizen and if this is the case how do I go about obtaining a copy of the certificate to check if this could be a relative of mine. The entry reads Daniel Ryon single male aged 35 from Ireland occupation Drugist. Thanks for any help received. Kind regards Pat Wilkinson --------------------------------- Mary Thiele Fobian Genealogical & Historical Research Pacific Grove, California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CadiListMom Surnames: Burns, Schieber Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3544.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: BURNS HELENA 1886 05 30 SCHIEBER FEMALE RE ALAMEDA 1957 11 13 age 89 The Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) - November 14, 1957, Oakland,... Subscription - Oakland Tribune - NewspaperArchive - Nov 14, 1957 Helena, of 2680 63th Avenue. Oakland, November 13, 1957, beloved wife of The late Malcolm BURNS; loving mother of Kenneth E. BURNS; loving grandmother of ... I have access to this obit through the Godfrey Library but the website is down for maintenance. Contact me at cadi-list-mom@sbcglobal.net to remind me to check for you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gwilanne Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3544.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ok thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: metaphor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3544.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Malcolm Burns is not indexed in either the 1905-1929 or 1930-1939 group of CA death records, and does not come up in the 1940-1997 database, either. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gwilanne Surnames: Burns Schreiber Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3544/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for cemetery look up for Malcolm Burns B: 1867 Ontario Canada-D: Unknown Altameda California. Believe he would be buried with his wife Helena Schreiber Burns B: 1869 Germany and D: 1957 Altameda California. and/Or info on how to find naturalization records for Malcolm who immigrated abt 1889 and became a Naturalized US citizen about 1891 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: swvamtngal Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3420.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: George, I got Nora E {Buchanan} Sarlund's birth from the 1910 Twin Falls, ID, 4th Precinct Federal Census. Her date of death and place came from an online researcher who provided the Alameda, CA location and the 1 May 1961 death date. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CadiListMom Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3541.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you contact me at cadi-list-mom@sbcglobal.net I'll send you a pdf of the Oakland Tribune article from 1966 - it has a picture of him Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HEAVYWAIT Surnames: FOREHAND Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3543/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If someone will be so kind as to lookup the obituary of my uncle Daniel Webster FOREHAND for me I will appreciate it very much. He died 10 July 1993, and his last residence was Freemont, Alameda County. I would also like to know where he is buried. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: publicgenealogy Surnames: Romberger, Ramberger, Rumberger, Rombarger, Rambarger, Rumbarger, Rauchenberger, Raumberger, Raumbarger, Rauenberger Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3542/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Whatever the spelling- Romberger, Ramberger, Rumberger, Rombarger, Rambarger, Rumbarger, Rauchenberger, Raumberger, Raumbarger, Rauenberger- we're all here... 25 years since the first reunion, and 254 years in the US! The legendary Romberger All-Family Reunion is happening again this year at St. John's (aka the "Hill Church") overlooking Berrysburg, PA, which is ground zero for many Rombergers including some of our clan who ended up in Alameda County. Maybe we can reconnect! Besides outstanding food and socializing, this reunion helps people share and investigate their genealogy, even as far back as before the 1753 landing in the US of the first immigrant ancestor, Bartel aka Bartholmaus. And it's just fun! If you're linked, whether you can go or not, please visit the website to learn more about: - getting your name on the snail-mail family mailing list for events via a Response Sheet you can print out - supporting thru contributions ongoing research on the family in Germany - volunteering time or talents to ensure the reunions continue - bringing younger folks into the reunion fold for the future For more details please see http://rombergers.tripod.com/rombergerallfamilyreunion/index.html Hope to see you at the Reunion! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomallen195 Surnames: Allen Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3533.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: George. Thank you for responding - and the information. Every little bit helps. Tom Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: crazyangel25 Surnames: LANGAN RILEY CARRIG KENNELLY FITZSIMMONS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3541.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi If you google Harold Lundgren there is quite a bit of inforamtion about him. Good luck, Cris Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: upsalom Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3541.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for helping me with this! //Anders Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: metaphor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3541.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: California Death Index, 1940-1997 about Harold Palmer Lundgren Name: Harold Palmer Lundgren Social Security #: 545649338 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 22 Mar 1911 Birthplace: Minnesota Death Date: 2 Dec 1997 Death Place: Alameda Mother's Maiden Name: Anderson ================================ San Ramon Valley Times (CA) - December 7, 1997 Deceased Name: Harold P. Lundgren March 22, 1911 Dec. 2, 1997 Harold Lundgren, a retired research chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a retired UC-Davis professor, died Tuesday in Berkeley. He was 86. The native of Argyle, Minn., lived in Kensington for 48 years. He was a member of Arlington Community Church in Kensington, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and numerous textile groups. He won many awards for research in textile chemistry. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Eva F. Lundgren of Kensington; sons, John T. Lundgren of Malibu and William H. Lundgren of San Jose; and one grandchild. Services: Memorial, 4 p.m. Jan. 11 at Arlington Community Church. Inurnment will be private at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito. Memorial gifts: American Heart Association, P.O. Box 4810, Burlingame, CA 94011. Copyright (c) 1997 San Ramon Valley Times. =================================== 1986 Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) Name: Lundgren, Harold Palmer Source Citation: American Men & Women of Science. A biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. 16th edition. Eight volumes. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1986. (AmMWSc 16) [Also listed in earlier editions.] ================================== 1966 The Oakland Tribune (California) - May 16, 1966 Dr. HAROLD P LUNDGREN, who has directed The wool and mohair laboratory since 1948, will be given The Department's Superior Service Award in recog ... ========================================= Fresno Bee Republican (California) - June 17, 1962 Textile Mills Start Production On Non Shrink Wool Fabrics Sheepmen See Benefits In Process Harold P. Lundgren, Wool research chief at The United States ... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MargaretBumgarner Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3539.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oh George, Once again, thank you so very much, this is wonderful. I jsut emailed you. Margaret. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: upsalom Surnames: Lundgren, Palmer, Thornton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3541/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching info regarding Harold P. Lundgren Worked as a researcher in Albany, CA, in the 1940's according to a Swedish source [1947]: ---------------- Harry Palmer Lundgren Born 22 March 1911 in Minneapolis. North Dakota Agricultural College 1928-32 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 1932-35 Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry) 1935 Uppsala University, Sweden, 1935-37 University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1937-41 Western Regional Research Laboratory, Albany, California 1941- Married Eva Florence Thornton in 1939 ------------- All info regarding Harold P Lundgren appreciated! Thanks, Anders Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Well I hope to meet you sometime. My number is 724-9803 Sharon crazyangel25@webtv.net wrote: Hi Sharon, No, I have no Spanish ancestors as far as I know. However, its said somewhere way back in my family tree we had Irish who were from the Moors of Ireland, thus having Spansh blood.My famiy came from Ireland to Illinois and Nebraska in the 1840's and 1870's. Iam 1/2 Irish. I have no family who ever originated it the valley. I moved here only 7 years ago. I grew up in the Bay Area and graduated high school in San Lorenzo in the Bay Area (Alameda County), went to college in Hayward. My fiance, on the other hand does have family of Spanish origin, his father was Spanish. Cris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAALAMED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well I hope to meet you sometime. My number is 724-9803 Sharon crazyangel25@webtv.net wrote: Hi Sharon, No, I have no Spanish ancestors as far as I know. However, its said somewhere way back in my family tree we had Irish who were from the Moors of Ireland, thus having Spansh blood.My famiy came from Ireland to Illinois and Nebraska in the 1840's and 1870's. Iam 1/2 Irish. I have no family who ever originated it the valley. I moved here only 7 years ago. I grew up in the Bay Area and graduated high school in San Lorenzo in the Bay Area (Alameda County), went to college in Hayward. My fiance, on the other hand does have family of Spanish origin, his father was Spanish. Cris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAALAMED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sharon, No, I have no Spanish ancestors as far as I know. However, its said somewhere way back in my family tree we had Irish who were from the Moors of Ireland, thus having Spansh blood.My famiy came from Ireland to Illinois and Nebraska in the 1840's and 1870's. Iam 1/2 Irish. I have no family who ever originated it the valley. I moved here only 7 years ago. I grew up in the Bay Area and graduated high school in San Lorenzo in the Bay Area (Alameda County), went to college in Hayward. My fiance, on the other hand does have family of Spanish origin, his father was Spanish. Cris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobbiev1313 Surnames: Verrell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.alameda/3540/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I need to find obits for the following two people. George J. Verrell died in Alameda on 1/4/1965 Louise H Verrell died 1/22/1950 I would appreciate any help I can get. Thanks, Bobbie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.