the Dancing Bears
907-566-2327
Contra Dancing in Anchorage, Alaska
Start Summer 2012 with Dance Camp!
The Dancing Bears Dance Camp at the Kings Lake Camp near Wasilla is a wonderful way to finish an exciting dance season, and begin another Alaska summer with activities you cherish. Dance Camp is held annually during Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Most Dance Camp activities occur within scenic view of Kings Lake and the Chugach Mountain Range.
Dance Camp features nationally aclaimed guest bands and callers.
Camp in your own tent or RV, or bunk in one of many available cabins. The camp property is large, so there is plenty of room spread out, stroll through the woods, and get away for quiet time when you want to.
Your Dance Camp registation fee is All Inclusive.
Includes all meals, camping space or cabin, dance workshops, and evening dances.
An action packed three day weekend of Fun!
Registation form .....
REQUIRED!
Waiver form.......
REQUIRED!
Guest Bands and Callers
They are Fabulous!
Plan to spend Friday May 25-Monday May 28 dancing to your heart’s delight!!
Guest callers will be Cis Hinkle and Seth Tepfer.
Guest bands will be Notorious (Larry Unger, Eden MacAdam-Somer, and Sam Bartlett) PLUS Buckdancers’ Choice (Scot Meyer, Brian DeMarcus, Jay Marvin, and Nate Williamson).
Registration will start on March 15, 2012. If you are a Dancing Bears member (paid up!) you will receive a registration form in the mail…if not, you can download a form from this website.
Everyone will need to snail mail their forms to the Registration Bears.
The 2012 Dance Camp Registration Form will be here March 15 -- after 5PM Alaska Standard Time.
DANCE CAMP 2012!
MAY 25 - 28. Registration Begins March 15.
The Registration Form and the Waiver Form must both be filled out and signed and returned to register for camp.
CAMP 2012 ACCEPTANCE PACKET
Dance Campers! We have made many changes since previous years, so please read all about them to help make your Camp experience the best it can be! Please check out all the NEWLY REVISED and UPDATED Camp info by clicking on each of the tabs below! We ask that you read the info thoroughly...even if you have been to Camp before. You can print any pages that you may need. Thank you for helping our Camp to run smoothly.
Acceptance Letter Basic information about Camp—what to bring and what to expect.
Parents’ Information What you need to know if you’re bringing kids to Camp.
Guardianship Paperwork -- THE FORMS AND INFO YOU NEED TO HAVE IF YOU ARE BRINGING MINOR CHILD TO CAMP WHO IS NOT (LEGALLY) YOURS.
Auction Info Info about our Silent and Live Auctions.
Camp Rules -- Yes it does!!
Map to King's Lake Camp
Dance Camp 2012 Notices and Announcements:
5/9 Hey Dance Campers--Don't Forget Dessert!
Dancing and dessert--the two go together so well! Help support our wonderful Dance Camp by bringing a delicious dessert to Camp. Desserts will be sold to hungry Bears during the dances for $3 for a generous portion. Along with your dancing shoes, pack a special dessert that will delight other Campers, keep our feet dancing and support this great event. Decadent Desserts can be brought in pre-wrapped in Bear-sized portions (or we will do the wrapping) and delivered to Elsa in the Dining Hall on Friday. Cookies, pies and cakes are all welcome. Hint: chocolate is a favorite among Bears. All proceeds go back to Camp, so help keep our feet dancing!
Questions? Contact Elsa at: elsajess@gmail.com
5/2 Clean Up Help Needed
So Far 6 people have volunteered their Saturday for Dance Camp clean up. We need more!
Please consider this community service for Saturday, May 19th. You get first choice of cabins, some interesting and connecting conversations with fellow bears and a nice lunch! No promises on the weather, but usually spring/summer is readily apparent!
Contact Jennifer Hall Jones at jhj@gci.net or 345-3652.
From Laurie Lyons: For those of you who have never joined in on cleaning up - it is actually fun (it's true!), it is added time at camp (Hooray!!), and I believe you get first choice of which cabin you want to stay in! And if you have never been to camp (currently signed up or not), it is the perfect opportunity to check things out and have a better idea of things that you might be wondering.
Please join us! The more the merrier!
Auction Announcement 4/26/12
Dance Camp and the Dance Camp Auction will be here soon. Have you thought about what you are going to donate or what service you can provide? Why wait to donate? I will bring an auction bin and flyers for donated goods/services to the Friday, April 27th Dance and the Thursday, May 24th Dance. What talent do you have hidden? Questions...email me ...abtrbo@alaska.net or call 345-2501 Barb T See you at the dances!
Clean Up announcement 4/25/12
MARK YOUR CALENDARS....it's that time again-spring is close at hand (at least according to Julia O'Malley), so I'm looking for 20 folks to sign up for making Dance Camp purty and clean. Last year we had an impressive and talented crew of workers to make the work go quickly-so sign up soon!
May 19th is the date. Plan on some great company, good eats and an easy conscience because you will have participated in one of the very necessary chores for making another memorable weekend at King's Lake.
Please e-mail me, Jennifer Hall Jones: jhj@gci.net or call me at 345-3652 to get signed up.
4/29/12 announcement
DANCE CAMP REGISTRATION CONTINUES—THERE IS STILL SPACE AVAILABLE!!
Have you been procrastinating about signing up for Dance Camp? It’s not too late!! We still have some space available and we would love to have you join us!
As you may have heard, we will have wonderful guest talent for your dancing pleasure. Bringing the contra sound will be Notorious with Larry Unger, Eden MacAdam-Somer and Sam Bartlett. The Old Time flavor will come from the strings of Buckdancer's Choice with Scott Meyer, Brian DeMarcus, Jay Marvin & Nate Williamson. We will have two wonderful out-of-state callers: Cis Hinkle and Seth Tepfer.
The Registration Form and all kinds of Dance Camp info are posted on the Bears' Website at www.thedancingbears.org under the Dance Camp link. We would hate for you to miss out. Remember, ALL registration forms must be MAILED (with an envelope and a stamp...not e-mailed or hand delivered!) to our registration folks. Applicants will be admitted to camp on a first come, first serve basis.
See you at Camp!!
4/29/12 announcement
NAME BUTTON PARTY
Dancing Bears is proud to be a holdout in the digital age: we still hand-color our name buttons for dance camp and they are collector's items! If you have coveted one of these little beauties that someone else is wearing on the dance floor, here is your chance to own one!! Even if you are not planning to attend dance camp, you can help color, socialize, and be the owner of a name button.
Come to our button party on Wednesday, May 16, 5:30-9:30, at David Bates' house, 2027 Hillcrest Drive, on the corner of Hillcrest and Forest Park, just west of West Anchorage High School. There will be pizza for the hungry, art supplies for the creative, and a button machine for the mechanically-inclined. Something for everyone. We crunch out about 150 buttons, and you can pick out your favorite if you are there!! Wear it proudly. Even if you only have an hour or so, please join us!
Questions? Call Robyn or Bill at 245-1634.
Subscribe to the Dancing Bears’ Listserv to be Up To Date on Dance Camp News!
If you are not on our Dancing Bears’ Listserv, we recommend that you consider joining it! And if you know of any folks who aren't and who might be interested in keeping abreast of the Dance Camp news as it happens we ask that you encourage them to sign up for the listserv. We will post all the latest info on Camp to the listserv and we would hate for anyone to miss some significant tidbit because of not being a listserv member. Signing up is easy: just go to the Bears' Website at www.thedancingbears.org and you will find, on the home page, a place to "Subscribe to Listserver". Clicking on that box will get you to another box in which to type your email address (even if it says it your email address is invalid, just pop in your address and hit "Try Again"-and it should work just fine. We're working on fixing the link so it won't nag, but for now, just trust the "Try Again" option.) It is also easy to remove your name from the list after Camp should you not want to continue to receive dance related emails throughout the year.
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