Thirty-two years after its first camp at the Mendocino Woodlands in 1981, BACDS American Dance & Music Camp continues the long tradition at our nearby location.

AmWeek 2013 Was Great!

We had a wonderful time, and we hope you were able to join us. See the photo gallery by clicking on the thumbnail pictures at the right-hand side of this page.

Save The Date!

AmWeek 2014 will be Sunday June 29 through Friday July 4. We'll make fireworks of our own Friday night at the Gala Camp Closing Dance held in Palo Alto at the Lucie Stern Center on Middlefield Rd.

Bookmark this page and check back soon for updated information about program staff and schedule for AmWeek 2014. Registration will open in November.

Camp Is SOLD OUT —
Room for tenters and off-site only

Registration applications are still accepted for Full Fee campers for tent camping or off-site, with a waiting list for cabin bunks and all Sliding Scale campers.

Register now and select "Tent" or "off-site" as your housing choice, and get in now. Or select "Shared Cabin" as your housing choice, and we'll put you on our short waiting list.

The camp roster is now frozen.

Applications are no longer being accepted, and no more campers will be admitted into camp from the waiting list. Please watch this web site for information about AmWeek 2014! We'll have a killer staff, which will be announced shortly. Please join us in 2014 for BACDS American Dance & Music Week in the Redwoods.

There are always last-minute cancellations for various reasons. We'll call you if a space opens up for you before camp starts.

Make plans now to join us this summer for another fun-filled week.

Here's a wonderful video made by one of our campers who wanted to share the joy (Thanks, Derya!)

Join us for the BACDS American Dance and Music Week, Sunday-Friday, June 30–July 5, 2013 at the Jones Gulch Camp in the coastal redwoods of Northern California, near San Francisco. Come early and stay late for extra dance events before and after camp! (flyer)

Registration Is Now Open

Sign up now for one of the best deals anywhere.

Register online, or print the registration form and send it by mail. You can pay by mailing a check after registering online, or print the registration form and mail it with a check, or pay online with a credit card via Google Checkout.

Registration Opens Soon!

DEADLINE APPROACHING: register by June 1 to receive our special design T-Shirt, included with your registration!

Campers who register by June 1 will receive our special design T-Shirt, included with registration!

We'll print a small number of extra shirts to handle late registrations. We apologize if we run out of your preferred size.

CONTRAS AND SQUARES

Seth Tepfer and Gaye Fifer

COUPLE DANCING

Gaye Fifer

FLATFOOTING and FOOLERY

Kalia Kliban

OUTSTANDING MUSIC

and

SINGING

with Christa Burch

MUSIC WORKSHOPS

Music Sight-Reading and Fiddle Tutorials with Michelle Levy

Instrument, tune-writing, accompaniment workshops

TRADITIONAL CRAFTS

with Lea Smith

DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY

with Doug Plummer

JAM–O–RAMA

... AND SO MUCH MORE!

Join us for what may be the most fun-filled week you've ever experienced!
(ahem...really, this is no exaggeration)
(seriously, this is Amazingly Good Fun!)

Full camper fee only $625

with sliding scale $125-$300 for under 30 or underemployed
  (see registration form for details)

Join Us!     June 30–July 5, 2013

with Bay Area dance events before and after camp

Please share our easy-to-print BACDS American Week flyer with your dance and music communities. Tell your friends about us on Facebook!