Early Morning

1-5 yrs
Preschool Playroom
For our youngest campers, two sessions of stories and games, movement and music with Annie Johnstone.

6-9 yrs
Crafts with Julian
Introduction to Leatherwork. Cutting, stitching, carving, riveting and dying vegetable tanned leather. We’ll make key-rings, hair barrettes, bracelets, armbands, and a variety of leather projects.

10-12 yrs
Border Morris with Julie and David. It’s a wild and energetic style from the English/Welsh borderlands. Some simple, some complex, with lively sticking and stepping. This is pure street performance, danced for the community in recognition of the seasons and in celebration of whatever needs celebrating.

13 and up
English Country Dance & Ceilidh with Michael, Bobbi, Jim, and Craig Step your way through four centuries of English country dances. George Washington did it. Jane Austen did it. So can you. Enjoy a mix of dances—elegant and energetic, simple and complex, silly and serious. Who knows, we might even do Doodling in the pool this year!

Camper Band Bring your instrument and join in the fun. Led by Rebecca King, our Camper Band will play for an assortment of evening dances.

Advanced Round-Peak fiddle tunes with Lisa Ornstein. Delve deep into the style and repertory of legendary North Carolina fiddler Tommy Jarrell. You’ll learn great tunes featuring Tommy’s signature bowing patterns and rhythmic riffs-the stuff that produces that electrifying Round Peak groove. For advanced players.

Late Morning

1-5 yrs
Preschool Playroom second session of stories and games, movement and music with Annie Johnstone.

6-9 yrs
Dance and Fun with DeLaura and Craig How much fun can you have in just one hour? Our 6-9 year olds will find out, and maybe learn some dances and games to teach to the whole camp at Round-up!

10-12 yrs
Woodworking with Julian. Aspiring young medieval archers will make their own simple wooden archery bow. In the Middle ages, by royal proclaimation, every child at age seven started to use a longbow. We will be making a “first” bow, then practice and use it in a tournament. Starting with small branches we will make our own bows, and then shoot them.

13 and up
Contra with Michael and Rebecca, Steve, Jim Come learn tips and tricks to have everyone queuing up to dance with you. After this class you will be able to throw the pheromones away.

Border Morris with Julie and David (see 10-12 class, above)

Slow Jam with Bobbi All levels welcome! Want to learn to play with others? Family Camp Slow Jam will practice playing Oldtime, Celtic, and English tunes at a slow to moderate tempo. Bring yourself and any instrument or be prepared to borrow one. All tune suggestions will be considered! With Bobbi’s infinite patience, you will be amazed how much you can play!

Intermediate Québecois Fiddle tunes with Lisa Québec’s dance music has an incredibly joyful energy just made for dancing. This class will feature contra-friendly tunes (reels, waltzes, 6/8 tunes) taught at a relaxed pace, for intermediate players. Teaching by ear, with sheet music available.

Break

Round-up Before lunch the entire camp gathers together for 45 minutes of music, song and fun.

Craft Hour Relax after lunch with one of many sessions, some led by staff and others by campers. Feel free to bring a project to share! Jan Kidder will be back this year teaching traditional wheat weaving for all ages. Norm Kidder will be teaching the Native American crafts that got it all started—string-making, fire-making, plant lore—games, and more. Steve Hickman will lead a special class in Longbow fiddle, and Angela Lloyd will help you outfit and play on your own washboard!

Swimming After crafts, the pool is open. Come cool off!

Late Afternoon

Meadow Games Have you ever played Aunt Sally? Ultimate frisbee? Hackysack? DeLaura will bring her big bag of games for everyone to join in on. Learn some new games to bring home, or bring a game of your own to share.

Woodworking with Julian A chance to make your own bow and arrows, and more!

Clogging with Kalia and Lisa (13-adult) Working our way up through a simple repertoire of steps and sounds, we’ll learn the basics of freestyle flatfoot clogging. You’ll need to bring smooth, leather-soled shoes for this class.

Parade Band with Jim (13-adult) Everybody Loves a Parade! The end-of-the-week parade is one of the high points of camp, and this year it will be more spectacular than ever. Bring your instruments from drums to tubas to kazoos—anything that makes noise. Banners, flags, batons, silly human tricks! Over the week we’ll learn tunes for the parade, talk about how to entertain folks with a moving show, and put together the Parade Extravaganza.

Tune-writing 101 (13-adult) Let your musicality run free and on to the page. This individualized class will have you writing, notating, and adding chords to your own inspirations. Coached by Rebecca King.