Chehalis 2011

This year, the camp was held on the weekend of September 16th to 18th. Our bands were:

• Crowfoot with Adam Broome on guitar and cittern, Jaige Trudal on fiddle and cello, and Nicholas Williams on flutes, accordian and piano. [Sample video]
• Perpetual e-Motion with Ed Howe on fiddle and John Coté on guitar. [Sample video]

Videos!

zephyr941 has posted a few videos:

• dancing to Perpetual e-Motion
• dancing to Crowfoot
• a compilation of dance move instructions from Eryn and Hannah
• the return of the Marshmallow War

CollectorofUnicorns has posted one as well:

• a dance from George's "Connecting the Dots" workshop

Chehalis 2010

Last year, the camp was held on the weekend of September 17th to 19th. The callers were Susan Michaels from Glendale, California, and Seth Tepfer from Atlanta, Georgia. The bands were The Avant Gardeners (Laura Light on fiddle and vocals, George Paul on piano and accordion, and guests Dave Bartley on guitar and mandolin, and Mark Hellenberg on percussion) and Zollo (Cathie Whitesides on fiddle, Anita Anderson on piano, Nova Devonie on accordion, with Russell Shumsky on percussion).

Photos & Videos!

Matt Fisher has posted an album of photos on Facebook and 3 videos on YouTube:

• Friday night: Seth & the AGs
• Saturday night: Susan & Zollo
• Sunday afternoon: Susan & the AGs

OutdoorsyIsIn has posted 5 videos on YouTube:

• Sat morning: Seth & the AGs ("Challenging Contras")
• Sat morning: Susan & the AGs ("Dancing Between the Lines")
• Sat night: Susan & Zollo
• Sat night: Seth & the AGs (rock medley)
• Sat night after-hours English country dance

News Flash: Chehalis Dance Camp is on Facebook! Please visit our page and become a Friend of Chehalis. News Flash: Chehalis Dance Camp is moving back to our original site at Chehalis Healing House near Mission, BC! Please click here to see photos of our "new" location. The Chehalis Contra Dance Camp is held every year on the third weekend in September. Our mission is friendly music and dance fun for all. We offer music and dance workshops, dancing and late night music jams. We're confident that you will love our unique, contra-focused camp in Canada's beautiful Pacific Southwest.

artwork courtesy of June Harman

The Lodge is situated in a scenic, wooded area alongside the Chehalis River (click here for directions, here for Google maps) and consists of a single building where all activities will take place. Each sleeping room contains its own bathroom facilities and sleeps 8-12 people per room. There are no private rooms available, but there is ample room to set up your own tent or to park your camper.

If you're wondering what kind of bands and callers come to Chehalis, here's a history of the camp's staff since it started in 1988.

Several Chehalis campers have put their photos of the camp online.

• Milton From and others (with arrangement and commentary by Bill Gibbens): 1996+1997
• Wm Leler: 1999 2003
• Matt Fisher: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2010
• Rich Sobel: 2006
• Annette Le Faive: 2006
• OutdoorsyIsIn: 2009
• Jeremy Korr: 2009

More recently, people have been posting videos:

• The Nettles: 2005 (1 2)
• Matt Fisher: 2008 2009 2010 (1 2 3)
• OutdoorsyIsIn: 2009 2010

If you have Chehalis-related photos or videos on the web, and you'd like to see them listed here, let us know!