Country Dance and Song Society Timber Ridge Camp Facility & Programs 2007

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We are looking forward to our return to West Virginia and Timber Ridge Camp for a second year. In preparation for our first year at Timber Ridge in 2006, the camp installed a wonderful sprung sports floor in their gym. We are working with them on further improvements including the removal of some of the obstructions in the Playhouse. Also, they have agreed to end their camp a day earlier so that they and we will have more time to clean and to prepare Timber Ridge for our use. We look forward to our return to Timber Ridge and to further improvements. We are also fine-tuning the schedule to give each program its identity and to create a few specific times to bring the whole camp community together. Come help us fine tune this program!

About Timber Ridge Camp

Timber Ridge Camp spreads across and down a gentle slope that levels out into playing fields bounded by a sweeping bend in the Cacapon River. The camp is in the foothills of the Appalachians near Winchester, VA, and is easily accessible from the mid-Atlantic, the South and the Midwest.

Across the valley and the river is a forested ridge to the west and hills and fields to the north. Timber Ridge is a large camp with many buildings and generous facilities. You'll find a swimming pool and gym, a Fine Arts complex with various stages and costume rooms, a pub/canteen, fields for soccer and other games, a large indoor dining hall with a nearby outdoor picnic area, tennis courts, wonderful swimming spots on the river, canoes and many kinds of housing options.

There is ample space for dance classes, which will be held in the Playhouse, the Rec Hall and the gym. The Fine Arts complex (comprised of the adjoining Playhouse -- air-conditioned -- and Rec Hall) offers wonderful settings for after-dance parties. There are several discrete rooms so that a jam session can carry on without affecting a singing session, ceilidh dance or games and conversation. The pub/canteen is a space that invites conversation and spirits and will certainly be the site of choice for the cabaret and honky-tonk parties.

With excellent playing fields, the river with its canoes, the pool with its beach chairs, and extensive porches on various buildings, there should be many opportunities for both quiet and more active pastimes.

Housing at Timber Ridge

Adult housing is mostly in double rooms (with private or semi-private baths) within lodge buildings. Family housing is in bunkrooms with one family per room, sharing bath facilities with one other family. Family housing is based on the age of the youngest family member.

General adult housing categories are:
Quiet or party area
Closer to or further from evening activities
Specific building

Summer nights can be hot and humid; consider bringing a small, quiet fan to place near your bed (though some of the housing has air conditioning!) Housing is assigned in the month before camp starts. Space is limited; we can't guarantee that all specific requests will be filled. Housing requests may be made on the Registration Form or with information sent later.

Please see Camplife for more details.

413-268-7426 FAX: 413-268-7471

Country Dance and Song Society 132 Main St/PO Box 338 Haydenville, MA 01039-0338 Office Hours M-F 9:30am - 5:00pm EST

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