Dance, Music, & Song Camps“Imagine getting to spend a week with equally enthusiastic nerds—dancing, singing, swimming, and eating good food to your heart’s content—this utopia exists at Harmony of Song & Dance!”
Lisa Keegan
August 8-13, 2026 // Plymouth, MA
For singers who love to dance and dancers who love to sing
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2026 info coming soon!
Program Description
Harmony of Song & Dance offers a diverse variety of music and dance experiences packed with learning opportunities in a friendly atmosphere.
The day begins with an all-camp singing session, a powerful harmony singing experience taught by ear and with sheet music. Different staff lead the camp through a broad repertoire of rousing and inspiring harmony singing, accommodating all forms and levels of experience. This is followed by a period dedicated to dancing, again with something for everyone: a session just for folks with little to no dance experience as well as more challenging contra and English country dance sessions.
The afternoon program offers shorter workshops on a range of themes in traditional singing, harmony singing, instrumental playing, English ritual dancing and more social dancing. In the evening, we enjoy inspiring staff concerts followed by English country and contra dance for everyone.
Instrumental jam sessions and rollicking pub sings set in the incomparable peace and beauty of Pinewoods make this week a haven for lovers of both song and dance.
Schedule
Arrival & Departure
Saturday Arrival Schedule:
| 3:00 p.m. | The earliest you can start arriving at camp |
| 4:30-6:00 | Welcome party / lifeguard on duty for swimming |
| 6:00 | Tour of camp starting from the Camp House |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:30 | Orientation gathering |
| 8:15 | Opening night dance and party |
Thursday Departure Schedule:
| 7:45-8:15 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 10:00 a.m. | Final departure |
Draft Daily Schedule
| 7:45 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:00 | Class Period 1 |
| 10:15-11:15 | Class Period 2 |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:15 | Class Period 3 |
| 2:30-3:30 | Class Period 4 |
| 3:45-4:45 | Class Period 5 |
| 5:00-6:00 | Late afternoon jam, sing, chat, and swim |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:15-8:00 | Mini-concert |
| 8:15-10:15 | Evening dance |
| 10:30 onward | After-dance activities |
Class Descriptions
2026 info coming soon!
Dance Terminology
| English country dances | TBD |
| Contra dances |
TBD |
CDSS camps use a variety of calling terms, including gendered and non-gendered role terms, as well as positional language, at the discretion of each week’s Program Director. Read more about CDSS and dance calling language here.
Registration and Fees
Camp fees cover all accommodation, meals from dinner on the arrival day to breakfast on the departure day, and all of the various dance, music, and song events in the program.
Sliding Scale Fees
This year, all of our weeks have sliding scale pricing for adults to help make camp financially accessible to more people. The fee you choose will not affect your chance of getting into camp.
How it works:
- The standard camper fee covers program staff pay and travel costs, facility fees, and all of the other costs associated with running this camp week.
- The higher price options allow you to add an additional amount to your registration fee to help make camp more accessible to more people. Thanks for supporting this community!
- If the standard camper fee doesn’t work for you, no worries! Feel free to choose one of the lower price options.
- If the lower price tiers still leave camp out of reach for you, we encourage you to apply for a scholarship and/or work exchange. See our Scholarships page for more details
| Standard Fee (2025) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $850 | $1,000 | $1,125 | $1,200 | $1,350 | $1,500 |
You can find more information about the registration process here.
