Registration Is Now Open! Please email and widely distribute copies of our easy-to-print BACDS American Week flyer to your local dance and music communities and friends.
To register, please fill out and print the Registration Form and mail the completed form to us with your deposit or full payment.
The full fee of $830 includes room, boards and tuition. All applications must be accompanied by a minimum $150 deposit and will be considered in order of receipt. Final payment is due by June 5. Registration after June 19 must be paid-in-full by cash, or by cashier’s or traveler’s check.
If the week is oversubscribed by March 13, a lottery will be held. Notification of acceptance or wait-list status will be e-mailed by March 21, followed by detailed information in early May.
If you are planning air travel, it may be helpful to know that camp is about a four hour drive north of the San Francisco or Oakland, CA, airport.
All cancellations incur a minimum $30 fee. $150 will be retained for cancellations received after April 26. $400 will be retained for cancellations received after June 5. The entire registration fee will be retained for cancellations received after June 19. To protect your investment, you may wish to consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance.
Only full-time registrants will be accepted. Participants 15-17 years-old are welcome if accompanied by a responsible adult. Smoking is permitted in limited areas of the site; pets are not allowed on the campgrounds. For the health of all camp participants, please use fragrance-free personal hygiene products. Detailed information regarding products provided by BACDS, as well as those you might choose to bring yourself will follow your acceptance.
Scholarships are available.
Scholarship applications are submitted in addition to your
camp registration form and deposit. Please indicate your desire to apply for a scholarship on the
camp registration form.
All scholarship applications should be postmarked by April 26.
- Work-Trade Scholarships: Although all campers will have light daily chores, the smooth operation of camp depends upon the efforts of Work-Trade campers. A limited number of Work-Trade positions are available, for a total registration fee of $554. Please submit a $150 deposit with your request. All registrants are eligible and will be considered in order of request. Indicate your intention to apply on the camper registration form and complete the Work-Trade Scholarship Application.
- CDSS Matching Youth Scholarships: Thanks to the generosity of the Country Dance and Song Society and affiliate CDSS communities, three full-fee Youth Scholarships are available to campers ages 18-30 who actively demonstrate community leadership potential. Indicate your intention to apply on the camper registration form, read the information sheet, and submit the separate CDSS Matching ‘Youth’ Scholarship Application.
- Jude Biggs Musician's Scholarship: A full registration fee Jude Biggs Musician Scholarship is available to a promising dance musician whose energy, boosted by the inspiration and experience of being at camp, will contribute to dances in his or her local community. Please indicate your intention to apply on the camper registration form and submit a Jude Biggs Musician’s Scholarship Application.
- Please mail your completed registration form and a check or money order payable to BACDS to:
- BACDS c/o Deb Comly
- 1475 Meade Lane
- Flagstaff, AZ 86001
For more information contact us via email or call our registrar:
Deb Comly (928) 774-5936.
BACDS offers two other dance camps in 2010: English Week, and Family Week.
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