BACDS American Dance and Music Week — July 2–7, 2017 BACDS American Dance and Music Week, July 2-7, 2017

... The Tradition Continues

Scholarship Deadline Extended - click for details

AmWeek 2017 Was Fantastic!

If you couldn't be there this year, we hope you will join us next year. Follow this link for announcements about AmWeek 2018!

Registration Is Now Open

New options for attending camp:

Can't take a whole week off from work? Check out our new Half Week Options

There's Still Room at Camp!

Sign up now!

Hey, Four for Three!

Bring your friends to camp. When three full-fee campers name you as their referral, your camper fee is free! Share the fun! Get the details here.

Join Us!     July 2–7, 2017

with Bay Area dance events before and after camp

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

Registration Opens Soon!

Register for camp and you might win this beautiful Kelsey skirt!

Win This Skirt!

ALL campers will be entered into a separate drawing to win this gorgeous second skirt the first night of camp!

Video of swirling skirt
Click on the picture to see it twirl

We Have A Winner!

Diane from Fair Oaks, CA was among the campers registered by May 15 for AmWeek 2017, and was chosen at random as the winner of this twirly skirt.
Video of swirling skirt

Congratulations, Diane! We look forward to dancing with you at camp!

Register for camp and you might win one of these
beautiful Kelsey skirts!

Campers registered by May 15 are automatically entered into a drawing to win this fabulous twirly skirt made by Kelsey Hartman:

Video of swirling skirt

Click on the picture to see it twirl

And ALL campers will be entered into a separate drawing to win this gorgeous second skirt the first night of camp!

Video of swirling skirt

We Have A Winner!

Diane from Fair Oaks, CA was among the campers registered by May 15 for AmWeek 2017, and was chosen at random as the winner of this twirly skirt made by Kelsey Hartman.Video of swirling skirt

Congratulations, Diane! We look forward to dancing with you at camp!

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Join us for the BACDS American Dance and Music Week, Sunday-Friday, July 2–7, 2017 at the Jones Gulch Camp in the coastal redwoods of Northern California, just south of San Francisco. Come early and stay late for extra dance events before and after camp.

CHECK OUT THIS PROGRAM

CONTRAS AND SQUARES

Bob Isaacs and Deb Comly

OUTSTANDING MUSIC

The Moving Violations

Van Kaynor, Ron Grosslein, Eric Eid-Reiner

Joyride

George Penk, Erik Weberg, Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Sue Songer

The Whoots

Jim Oakden, Shira Kammen

MUSIC WORKSHOPS

COUPLE DANCING

TRADITIONAL CRAFTS

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 $695

with a limited number of sliding scale Work-Trade scholarships $245-$395 available for campers 30 and younger or underemployed (see registration info for details)

Please share our easy-to-print BACDS American Week flyer with your dance and music communities.

You can also download a PDF version of our colorful printed brochure.

See us on Facebook — tell your friends about how much fun they’ll have with you at camp!
line drawing of dancing couple

The Bay Area Country Dance Society’s American Dance and Music Week convenes at Jones Gulch Camp (more)

2017 Camp Photos Coming Soon!