Registration

Registration is now open.

The cost of Fall Frolick weekend is $480. The weekend runs from Friday late afternoon to Sunday late afternoon, and includes six meals starting with Friday dinner. A $50 deposit is due at the time of registration, but if that would be difficult for you, contact the registrar. Registration is not complete until both your registration form and the deposit are received. Full payment is due on Oct 19.

If Fall Frolick weekend is oversubscribed as of the lottery deadline (August 3, 2026) we will hold a lottery for all applicants who have registered and paid their deposit payment by August 3th. The US mail can be unreliable, so we encourage anyone paying by check to allow plenty of time for delivery. We will hold the actual lottery within 10 days of the registration deadline.

After Aug 3, registrations will be accepted in the order received and either admitted to Fall Frolick or added to the waitlist.

Discounts and Scholarships Available

When registering, please indicate all discounts and scholarships for which you are applying.

• Staying Off-Site: $100 discount
• Work-Trade: $80 discount
• Youth Scholarship (for campers between 16-30 years of age): $395 discount
• If you wish to be considered for a needs-based scholarship, please indicate how much you are requesting on the registration form or contact the registrar at bacdsfallfrolick@gmail.com.

How to Register

• Go to Fall Frolick 2026 Online Registration to register.
• When you have completed your online registration, you will get an automated email that your form was received.
• If you are paying via PayPal, instructions and links for paying will be displayed after you submit your registration. Please copy these instructions and links for future reference.
• If you are paying by check, make your check out to BACDS and mail it to the Registrar: Loretta Guarino Reid, 879 Loma Verde Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
• Once the registrar has received both the registration and payment, you will get a separate email from us welcoming you to Fall Frolick.

More About the Lottery Process

Registration for Fall Frolick opens on June 1. If we don’t have enough places for everyone who applies by the Aug 3 lottery deadline, we hold a lottery for admission. We urge everyone to register as soon as possible because Fall Frolick is very popular and there is limited space at camp. After the lottery deadline, applications will be handled in the order they arrive.

We usually admit about 80 dancers(applicants) total but Bishop’s Ranch does not have enough on-site housing for everyone. To have a full camp, we need 8 applicants to stay off site.

We will notify applicants of the lottery results -- who has been admitted and who is on the waitlist -- by Aug 17. People on the waitlist will be admitted to camp as cancellations occur. If you were waitlisted in 2025 you will be given an extra number in the lottery to give you an extra chance to be admitted. If you qualify for an extra number but you apply as a group with others who were not waitlisted, you lose your preferred status (extra number).

You might increase your chances of admission by applying for Work Trade or if you are willing to stay off-site.