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Key Deadlines • Feb 2 - Registration opens ($25 cancellation fee) • March 17 - Lottery postmark; $150 deposit due • March 28 - $150 cancellation fee retained • April 3 - Notification of acceptance mailed • June 2 - Final balance due; $400 cancellation fee retained • July 3 - No refund upon cancellation Key Contacts • Registrar, Denis Thalson (510) 704-9561, dthalson@earthlink.net • Scholarships and Manager, Tom Colton (510) 528-7953, tcolton@berkeley.edu • Program Director, Brooke Friendly (541) 482-9586, friendsack@opendoor.com We accept only full-time registrants. Campers are generally 18 or older, though younger applicants will be considered if accompanied by a parent or guardian. The full fee of $775 includes room, board, and tuition. A deposit of $150 per person is due with each application. The full fee is due on June 2. Any last-minute registration fees after July 3 must be paid in full by cash, cashier’s check, or traveler’s check. If the week is oversubscribed on March 28, we will hold a drawing of all applications postmarked by March 17. We will consider applications postmarked after March 17 in order of receipt. We will email notification of acceptance or waiting list status by April 3. Cancellation Policy If you cancel before March 27, we refund all but $25. On or after March 28, the full $150 deposit is non-refundable. After June 2, we will retain $400 if we are unable to fill your place from a waiting list. The full fee is non-refundable after July 3. Scholarships Indicate your interest for a scholarship on the application form. Submit your application by the lottery deadline of March 17 in case we are oversubscribed. Although all campers will have light daily chores, the smooth operation of camp depends upon the efforts of Work Scholarship campers. All campers are eligible for this scholarship, which reduces the fee to just $390. Work scholarship requests must be accompanied by the $150 deposit. Thanks to the generosity of the Country Dance and Song Society and affiliate CDSS communities, two full ‘Youth’ Scholarships are available to campers age 18-30 who demonstrate community leadership potential in display or country dance, music or song. CDSS provides half the fee and a CDSS affiliate group provides half. Your local group must apply on your behalf. More information about the Youth Scholarships is available here. A full tuition ‘Jude Biggs’ Musician's Scholarship is available to a promising dance musician, one whose energies and inspiration at camp will contribute to dances in his or her local community. More information about the Jude Biggs Scholarship is available here. For your convenience, if you don't have access to our printed brochure, we offer a registration form that you can fill out online and print out, to be mailed along with your check. We don't offer direct registration online at this time. You may also download the PDF files of the entire English Week brochure: Side 1, with general camp information and the class schedule, and Side 2, with staff information and the registration form. Mail completed applications, and a check made out to BACDS, to: BACDS c/o Denis Thalson 1105 Talbot Ave. Albany, CA 94706 For the health of all camp participants, we strongly encourage the use of nontoxic and fragrance-free products at camp. More information is available here. For more information, email camp manager Tom or call him at (510) 528-7953.

We have a full camp, with a short waiting list. To inquire about the waitlist, or to get on the mailing list for next year, please check with our camp manager, Tom Colton (510-528-7953, tcolton@berkeley.edu) or our camp registrar, Denis Thalson (510-704-9561, dthalson@earthlink.net)

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