Programs
Information on Summer Programs
Each summer, the Country Dance and Song Society runs several residential weeks for adults and families where we get to experience traditional English and Anglo-American dance and music in beautiful outdoor settings. Each weeklong program has a unique focus and each offers a different mix of dance, music, song and special workshops. There are daily classes, a dance party each evening (sometimes with a concert), followed by late-night activities, plus there is swimming, canoeing, and relaxing with old friends and new. Not to mention the scrumptious meals, fresh air, and break from our daily hectic lives.
The three camp facilities are very special places -- Ogontz, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire; Pinewoods, literally in a pine woods near Plymouth, Massachusetts; and Timber Ridge, in the hills of northern West Virginia.
To learn more about what life is like at our programs see Camp Life or take a look at the Photo Gallery.
We look forward to seeing you at camp next year!
Here's what we did in the summer of 2009 (and thank you for making it a great summer!).
Dates and Program Directors for 2010
Additional courses will be added later and information about all the programs will be up about January 1.
Ogontz, Lyman, NH
Family Week, July 31-August 7 (Andy & Robin Davis, program directors)
Teacher Training Course, July 31-August 7 (Jane Miller)
Timber Ridge, High View, WV
Adult & Family Program, August 15-22 (Joel Bluestein & Michal Warshow, program directors)
Pinewoods, Plymouth, MA
Family Week, July 17-24 (Becky Tracy & Keith Murphy, program directors)
Folk Music Week, July 24-31 (Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman)
Morris Dance Intensive Course, July 24-31 (TBA)
English Dance Week, July 31-August 7 (Sharon Green)
English & American Dance Week, August 7-14 (Carol Ormand)
English Dance Leaders Course, August 7-14 (Joseph Pimentel)
Early Music Week, August 14-21 (Sheila Beardslee)
English Dance Musicians Course, August 14-21 (Jacqueline Schwab)
Campers' Week, August 21-28 (Kathy Talvitie)
American Dance & Music Week, August 28-September 4 (Lisa Greenleaf)
Square Dance Callers Course, August 28-September 4 (Kathy Anderson)