Registration is open!!!
You can download and fill out the registration form on your computer. Then please print the completed form and mail it to us with your deposit or full payment.
The full fee of $825 includes room, board 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 6. Registration after June 27 must be paid in full by cash, or by cashier’s or traveler’s check.
Detailed information about camp will be sent to attendees 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. Camp opens on Saturday, July 4 at 4:00p.m. with registration and settling in to your cabin (which we recommend doing before dark). Dinner that first night will be served at 6:00 p.m., dancing will begin at 7:30 p.m., and an informative gathering along with staff introductions and brief class descriptions will be held at 9:00 p.m. The week will end after breakfast on Saturday, July 11.
All cancellations incur a minimum $30 fee.
A fee of $150 will be retained for cancellations received after April
27. A fee of $400 will be retained for cancellations received after June 6. The entire registration fee
will be retained for cancellations received after June 20. To protect your investment,
you may wish to purchase 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 registration form and deposit.
- 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, at a total fee of $550. All registrants are eligible and will be considered in order of request. Indicate your intention to apply on the camper registration form, complete the Work-Trade Scholarship Application, and submit a $150 deposit with your request.
- Thanks to the generosity of the Country Dance and Song Society and affiliate CDSS communities, three full scholarships are available to campers ages 18-30 who actively demonstrate community leadership potential. Indicate your intention to apply on the camper registration form and submit the CDSS Matching ‘Youth’ Scholarship Application.
Participation in the Contra Callers’ Mini-Course is limited. Apply by filling out the separate application and indicate your intention to apply on the camper registration form.
- Mail your completed registration
form and
a check or money order payable to BACDS to: - BACDS c/o Loren Kalmen
- 2211 Latham St. #310
- Mountain View, CA 94040
For more information contact us.
Registrar: Loren Kalmen (775) 240-6117
Co-managers: Joyce Cooper (408) 858-4812 and Judy Rose Dornbush (415) 456-4602
Program Director: Susan Petrick (650) 224-6428
BACDS offers two other dance camps in 2009: English Week, July 11 - 18, at the Mendocino Woodlands, and Family Week, July 5 - 11, near Sonora at the Foothill Horizons Outdoor School.
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