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Typical Camp Schedule

Note that this is the schedule for organized events – jams or other impromptu activities often go on into the evening. 

All youths (under 18 years old) need to honor the 11pm curfew.

JUNE WEEKENDS

4:00-7:00 PM – Check-in – unload your stuff, meet cabin-mates
5:30-7:00: snacks
6:00 -volunteers, work/exchange meeting
7:30 8:30 – Staff Introduction
8:30-10:00 – Camper Music Jam
10:00-11:00 – Old-time Country Dance
11:00-Youth Bedtime

Saturday
7:30-9:00- Breakfast (hot food at 8:00)
9:00-10:15 – Workshop I
10:15-10:30 – Break
10:30-11:45 – Workshop II
12:00-1:00 – Lunch (listen for dinner bell)
1:00-2:00 – Camper Concert
2:00-3:00 – Workshop III
3:00-4:30 – Swim Time with Lifeguard, relaxation
4:30-5:30 – Specialty workshops
6:00-6:45 – Dinner- Desert at 7:00
7:30-9:00 Old-time Country Dance and jams
9:00-9:30  Singing around the campfire
9:30-11:00 – Old-time variety show with staff and campers
11:00 – Youth bedtime
11:30-1:00 quiet adult jamming in buildings only
1:00 All quiet

Sunday
7:30-8:45 AM – Breakfast
9:00 -10:00 Sacred Fiddle Circle (Share your favorite hymn, folk song, reverent or irreverent tune)
10:00-11:15 – Workshop IV
11:15-12:00 – Camp cleanup
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-3:00 – Camper Concert
3:00 – Camp Closes ’til next time

JUNE and AUGUST WEEKS

Sunday
4:00-7:00 PM – Check-in – unload your stuff, meet cabin-mates
5:30-7:00: snacks                                                                      
6:00 -volunteers, work/exchange meeting
7:30 8:30 – Staff Introduction
8:30-10:00 – Camper Music Jam
10:00-11:00 – Old-time Country Dance                                  
11:00-Youth Bedtime

Monday – Thursday

7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Hot food 8:00)
9:00 -10:15 – Workshop
(with primary leader)
10:15 -Break
10:30 -11:45 – Workshop
12:00 -1:00 – Lunch –
listen for the dinner bell!
1:00 – 2:00 – Camper concert (surprise guests)
2:00 – 3:00 – Review
(with primary leader)
3:00 – 4:30 –
Band workshops, Swim, Games, Relaxation time
4:30 – 5:30 – Specialty workshops
6:00 -6:45 – Dinner –
listen for the dinner bell!
7:30 – 9:00 –
Old-Time Country Dance, Jamming
9:00-
9:30- Singing around the camp fire
9:30-11:00 – Variety Show
with staff and campers
11:
00 – Bedtime (youths in bed, lights out at 11:30)
11:15 – Youth bed check
11:00 -11:30 Quiet time for all
11:30-1:00 quiet adult jamming in buildings only
1:00 – All quiet.

Friday

7:30-8:45 AM – Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Workshop (with primary leader)
11:15-12:00 – Camp cleanup
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-3:00 – Camper Concert
3:00 – Camp Closes ’til next time

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2021 Dates(Tentative):

All camp sessions for 2020 have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Here are the tentative 2021 dates.  We should know by the end of March, 2021 if the August in-person camps will be held.

August Week I – August 8-13, 2021
August Week II – August 15-20, 2021

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New Tunes Posted for 2020-2021:

  • A Hundred Pipers
  • After the Ball
  • Britches Full Of Stitches
  • Canadian Reel
  • Daleigh
  • Flop Eared Mule
  • Ganglot från Appelbo
  • Have You Been to Ireland?
  • Highland Laddie
  • In the Good Old Summertime
  • Indian Reel
  • Irish American Waltz
  • La Moquine
  • Maggie Brown
  • Monk’s March
  • Moonlight Bay
  • Quebec Reel
  • Rain
  • Saponette
  • Spotted Pony
  • Wait Till the Sunshines, Nellie

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Other Items of Interest

  • Doug’s Letter to Campers (6/18/2020)
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    • Maine Master Fiddlers Showcase Videos
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  • Music of Simon St. Pierre
  • MFC Staff Offering Private Instruction

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