2026 Schedule
This year's schedule is now available!
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Friday
4:00 pm - Check-in begins (but you can arrive earlier if you want to help set up)
6:00 pm - Welcome Dinner - meet your fellow dancers!
6:00 - 7:30 pm: Old Time Jam @ Dance Hall
7:30 - 8:00 pm: Concert @ Dance Hall featuring Steam Machine
8:00 pm - Evening Square Dance! Calling by Will Mentor & Charmaine Slaven. Music by Steam Machine.
11 :00 pm - ??: Bonfire and jamming
6:00 pm - Welcome Dinner - meet your fellow dancers!
- Hot, homemade dahl and rice awaits your arrival! It's vegan and gluten free, but with trimmings to dress it up to your liking. The pot stays on for latecomers.
6:00 - 7:30 pm: Old Time Jam @ Dance Hall
7:30 - 8:00 pm: Concert @ Dance Hall featuring Steam Machine
8:00 pm - Evening Square Dance! Calling by Will Mentor & Charmaine Slaven. Music by Steam Machine.
11 :00 pm - ??: Bonfire and jamming
Saturday
8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast
8:45 - 9:30 am: Collaborative Crankie Making @ Dining Hall (back room) with Emily Schubert
9:15 - 10:30 am: Morning Square Dance @ Dance Hall featuring Will Mentor & Charmaine Slaven. Music by Steam Machine.
10:45 am - 12 pm:
12:15 - 1:15 pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 pm:
3:00 - 4:15 pm:
4:30 - 5:45 pm:
6:00 - 6:25 pm: Setup for Potluck Dinner
6:25 pm: Group photo @ Dining Hall
6:30 - 7:45 pm: Potluck Dinner of epic proportions! Bring your favorite dish to share that will serve about 6-8 hungry dancers!
8:00 - 8:30 pm: Concert @ Dance Hall featuring Big Cricket
8:30 - 11:30 pm: Evening Square Dance! Rotating and open mic calling, hosted by Will Mentor & Charmaine Slaven. Music by Big Cricket
11:30 pm - ??: Bonfire, s'mores, and jamming
Looking for something different? How about:
- Bagels and cream cheese, fruit, oatmeal, yogurt and granola, hard boiled eggs, coffee, tea, etc.
8:45 - 9:30 am: Collaborative Crankie Making @ Dining Hall (back room) with Emily Schubert
- Join the Great American Crankie Revival! Bring a song, your imagination, and learn what it takes to make a crankie performance. Start with a workshop Saturday morning and continue creating the crankie all weekend. The result will be performed Sunday morning!
9:15 - 10:30 am: Morning Square Dance @ Dance Hall featuring Will Mentor & Charmaine Slaven. Music by Steam Machine.
10:45 am - 12 pm:
- Flatfooting 101 with Charmaine Slaven @ Dance Hall
- Dance Calling 101 with Will Mentor @ Large Craft Lodge
- Twin Fiddling with Julius Bjornson & Meghan Mette @ Loop A Craft Lodge
- Old Time Guitar with Rina Rossi @ Dining Hall (back room)
12:15 - 1:15 pm: Lunch
- SO MANY SALADS - a world of veggie salads and Erik's mother's famous chicken salad, sandwich fixings and such.
- Community discussion on square dance organizing (in back room of dining hall). Meet other organizers and share ideas!
1:30 - 2:45 pm:
- Partner Dancing Toolbox with Charmaine Slaven @ Dance Hall
- Level Up Your Calling (Level 102 and beyond) with Will Mentor @ Large Craft Lodge - are you a caller with prior experience who wants to take your skills to the next level?
- Old Time Banjo with Josh Lenes @ Loop A Craft Lodge
- Harmony Singing with William Brauneis & Kai Knorr @ Dining Hall (back room)
3:00 - 4:15 pm:
- Open Mic Calling and Caller's Toolbox hosted by Charmaine Slaven @ Dance Hall (dancers needed too!) - practice calling a dance and get helpful feedback from your peers. Get hands on experience with useful calling skills such as working with bands, using a microphone, and other topics which might arise. All levels welcome!
- Old Time Jamming 101 and Slow Jam with Brad Kolodner @ Large Craft Lodge
- Midwest Fiddle with AJ Srubas @ Loop A Craft Lodge
- Flatfooting 102 with Meghan Mette @ Dining Hall (back room)
4:30 - 5:45 pm:
- Challenging Squares with Will Mentor @ Dance Hall
- Old Time Jam with Brad Kolodner & Friends @ Large Craft Lodge
- Song Circle with David Robinson & Beau Samples @ Dining Hall picnic tables (rain site: Loop A Craft Lodge)
- Square Dance History with Nick Ford - learn about the varied history of square dancing! You'll chat about the different influences and origins of your favorite figures, and maybe even get into a little bit of Nick's undergrad thesis comparing square dancing with Spanish flamenco dancing.
6:00 - 6:25 pm: Setup for Potluck Dinner
6:25 pm: Group photo @ Dining Hall
6:30 - 7:45 pm: Potluck Dinner of epic proportions! Bring your favorite dish to share that will serve about 6-8 hungry dancers!
8:00 - 8:30 pm: Concert @ Dance Hall featuring Big Cricket
8:30 - 11:30 pm: Evening Square Dance! Rotating and open mic calling, hosted by Will Mentor & Charmaine Slaven. Music by Big Cricket
11:30 pm - ??: Bonfire, s'mores, and jamming
Looking for something different? How about:
- Collaborative Crankie Making - ongoing throughout Saturday in the Dining Hall back room.
- Crankies are moving scrolls where image, word, and often song combine to tell stories that transport you from this world to another! It is the oldest form of visual storytelling and an art form with historical roots in cultures from around the world.
- After a kickoff workshop (8:45 in Dining Hall back room), the making will continue throughout the weekend until we all feel the crankie scroll is ready to go. Even if you can't attend the workshop, stop by and add your own personal touch to the crankie scroll.
- Materials will be provided but if you are jazzed about the project feel free to bring any collage materials, papers, or fun bits to add to the magic!
- Clothing swap - ongoing throughout Friday and Saturday in the Dining Hall back room. Stop by anytime during the weekend to find a treasure or leave a treasure.
- Bring your pre-loved clothes to pass along to a new home
- Any type/size/condition welcome, just make sure it is clean. We'll have a "craft bin" for things that might be past their prime and ready for upcycling!
- Please only take things for yourself or a friend (no reselling, please)
- You are welcome to reclaim anything that doesn't find a new home, or you can leave it behind and we'll donate the leftovers
- Lawn games - bocce, ladder ball, kubb, and other diversions near the Dining Hall picnic tables
- Enjoy the park and its natural beauty. Explore miles of hiking trails. a nearby lake, or just admire nature within the largest greenspace located within the metropolitan area.
Sunday
8:30 - 10:00 am: Pancake breakfast
10:15 - 11:45 am: Farewell Square Dance! featuring Will Mentor, Charmaine Slaven, and the Dare To Be Square DMV Mega-Band.
Collaborate Crankie Reveal - at some point before or during the dance, we'll have an interlude to perform the Collaborative Crankie created throughout the weekend. Join us for a moment where the simple act of cranking becomes a spell, winding time, memory, and imagination together!
10:45 am -12:00 pm:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Camp clean up! We need YOUR HELP - we must be done and out of the camp by 1:30 pm.
- Go Team Bacon! And y'know, whatever is still in the kitchen…
10:15 - 11:45 am: Farewell Square Dance! featuring Will Mentor, Charmaine Slaven, and the Dare To Be Square DMV Mega-Band.
Collaborate Crankie Reveal - at some point before or during the dance, we'll have an interlude to perform the Collaborative Crankie created throughout the weekend. Join us for a moment where the simple act of cranking becomes a spell, winding time, memory, and imagination together!
10:45 am -12:00 pm:
- Kitchen cleanup - please help and claim your tupperware!
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Camp clean up! We need YOUR HELP - we must be done and out of the camp by 1:30 pm.
Dance Callers, Musicians, and Instructors
Check out our lineup to find out more about our bands and callers!
Previous Year Schedules - Check out what we've done in years past and the wonderful people who made it all happen.