2025 Schedule
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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 the Elderblossoms
8:00 pm - Evening Square Dance! Calling by LP Kelly & Becky Hill. Music by the Elderblossoms.
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 the Elderblossoms
8:00 pm - Evening Square Dance! Calling by LP Kelly & Becky Hill. Music by the Elderblossoms.
11 :00 pm - ??: Bonfire and jamming
Saturday
8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:15 - 10:30 am: Morning Square Dance @ Dance Hall featuring LP Kelly & Becky Hill,
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 the Wild Shoats.
8:30 - 11:30 pm: Evening Square Dance! Rotating and open mic calling, hosted by LP Kelly & Becky Hill. Music by the Wild Shoats. And possibly a honky-tonk dance or two.
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.
9:15 - 10:30 am: Morning Square Dance @ Dance Hall featuring LP Kelly & Becky Hill,
10:45 am - 12 pm:
- Flatfooting 101 with Becky Hill @ Dance Hall
- Dance Calling 101 with LP Kelly @ Large Craft Lodge
- Old Time Fiddle with Grayson Wickel @ Loop A Craft Lodge
- Old Time Guitar with Nathan Royal @ 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)
1:30 - 2:45 pm:
- Partner and Line Dancing Social Toolbox with Becky Hill @ Dance Hall
- Level Up Your Calling (Level 102 and beyond) with LP Kelly @ Large Craft Lodge - are you a caller with prior experience who wants to take your skills to the next level?
- Old Time Banjo with Melissa Chilinski @ Loop A Craft Lodge
- Harmony Singing with The Wild Shoats @ Dining Hall (main room)
3:00 - 4:15 pm:
- Open Mic Calling hosted by Janine Smith & Dave Hauver @ Dance Hall (dancers needed too!) - practice calling a dance and get helpful feedback from your peers. All levels welcome!
- Old Time Jamming 101 with the Elderblossoms @ Large Craft Lodge
- Twin Fiddling with Huck and Gus Tritsch @ Loop A Craft Lodge
4:30 - 5:45 pm:
- Challenging Squares with LP Kelly @ Dance Hall
- Old Time Slow Jam with Brad Kolodner & Friends @ Large Craft Lodge
- Song Circle with Ann Porcella @ Dining Hall picnic tables (rain site: Loop A Craft Lodge)
- Flatfooting 102 w/ Becky Hill @ Dining Hall (back room)
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 the Wild Shoats.
8:30 - 11:30 pm: Evening Square Dance! Rotating and open mic calling, hosted by LP Kelly & Becky Hill. Music by the Wild Shoats. And possibly a honky-tonk dance or two.
11:30 pm - ??: Bonfire, s'mores, and jamming
Looking for something different? How about:
- 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 LP Kelly, Becky Hill, and the Dare To Be Square DMV mega-band.
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 LP Kelly, Becky Hill, and the Dare To Be Square DMV mega-band.
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.