TradMaD Camp — Traditional Music & Dance Camp

• "If you don't pick it, it will never get better" – Beginner to advanced classes in a variety of folk instruments (and yes, cello is a folk instrument!)
• Dancing: Community dancing which may include a variety of American and international dance with evening dance parties for all.
• Community singing and playing
• Vocal Coaching
• Ballads
• Camper Concerts – and the applause will be for you
• Parties, including the popular Pub Night
• Spoken not Sung (story-telling, poems, monologues, etc.)
• Blues
• "Spotlight on ..." where staff members get to do whatever they choose
• Swimming, boating (canoes, kayaks, rowboats) on Long Pond
• Stitch 'n' Bitch – no set time or place, but bring your knitting, needlepoint, crochet, etc. Read Eileen Pentel's account of Weaving the music into your knitting (pdf format).
• Bioblitz, where we catalog the diverse fauna and flora of camp. Here's the 2024 Bioblitz Report Compare it to 2023's Report.
• Silent Auction, all proceeds to the Scholarship Fund. Remember, one person's old stuff is another person's new stuff, bid early, bid often, and bid high. Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.
• Take and Make – again, all proceeds to the Scholarship Fund, and you don't have to wait. Just take the item and make an instant contribution.
• Bookstore, where you can buy CDs etc. from the staff (and, depending on space, from campers). Again, cash, checks and credit cards accepted.
• . . . and more. Lots more.

• CD*NY (Country Dance * New York)
• FMSH (Folk Music Society of Huntington)
• FSSGB (Folk Song Society of Greater Boston)
• The Folk Project, NJ
• FSGW (Folklore Society of Greater Washington)
• Golden Link Folk Singing Society
• Jalopy Theatre & School of Music
• LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association)
• NEFFA (New England Folk Festival Association)
• NYFS (New York Folklore Society)
• PFMS (Princeton Folk Music Society)
• Traditional Song Forum (UK)
plus others yet to be announced. With help and advice from
• CDSS (Country Dance & Song Society) and
• Youth Traditional Song Weekend

See the Online Registration form (opens in a new tab) for full details.

Full Fee:

• Member of associated organization: $ 980
• Non-Member $1030

Covers all classes and activities, room and board, and ancillary costs, so we can pay our program staff and the wonderful facility we use. If you can afford to pay the full price, thanks for helping us make camp sustainable.

Low income

• Low income member $750-$850
• Low income non-member $800-$900

For those who can’t afford full price. If these scaled down options still leave camp out of reach for you, we want to help you get to camp with additional supporting funds. You will be able to make a request for additional scholarship funds later in this form.

Supporter

• Supporter Rate $1200 and up

For those who can easily afford full price, and more. Your generosity makes this flexible pricing structure work and makes camp accessible to more people. Thanks for supporting this community!

Scholarships and Work Exchanges

NGI, BIPoC, Need Based Scholarships, and Work Exchanges -- are all part of the registration form (opens in a new tab), so you will be able to register and request scholarships on a single form!

Cancellation policy

• Up to 30 days before the first day of TradMaD - no cancellation fee
• 7-30 days before the first day of TradMaD - $200/person
• Less than 7 days before the first day of TradMaD - $400/person
• From waitlist (any time) - no cancellation fee
• Without notifying us before the first day of TradMaD - no refund

All cancellation fees go into the scholarship fund and a donation letter is issued. Registrations are not transferable.To continue, you must read and agree to the above cancellation policy.

Registrations are not transferable.