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If
Montana is the "last best place", then the
Bear Hug Dance and Music Festival on Flathead Lake is the last best place
to dance. While the beautiful location exceeds what mere words can express,
it is the spirit and camaraderie of the campers and staff that truly sets
Bear Hug apart from any other dance camp.
What could be
better than a fun-filled (woo-hoo!) weekend of music, dancing, and storytelling
on the shores of the largest natural fresh water lake west of the Mississippi
River? Come experience a Montana tradition.
This year's bands include the Avant Gardeners
, featuring Laura Light on fiddle, George Paul on piano
and accordion, and David Bartley on mandolin. Also on
the bill will be the Fiddlerats , featuring on fiddle, Caroline
McCaskey , the piano, Eric Anderson , and flute,
Cole Ingraham. To guide your feet, callers are Spider Vetter
out of Sacramento and Susan Petrick from the San Francisco Bay
area.
The Saturday night special features a fun costume dinner, followed by
a concert by staff musicians. While at camp, you can take music
and dance workshops with the staff.
And of course, the biggest attraction of all--making new friends and checking
in with old ones. Sign up now!
LOCATION.
Only an hour and a half from Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake United
Methodist Camp is located near Rollins, Montana, on U.S. Highway 93 between
Polson and Kalispell. The camp's multi-windowed, airy log lodge shelters
a spacious dance floor. Click here for more complete travel directions.
For outside activities, campers
can swim, sun or paddle canoes from a sand beach or deep water dock. The
park-like wooded grounds of the peninsula offer many sanctuaries along
the lake shore for self-reflection or quiet talks with old friends. For
the more competitive at heart, there's basketball and volleyball courts,
outdoor ping-pong tables and horseshoe pits.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
Rustic, cozy cabins--many with porches overlooking the water--line the
peninsula's shore. Large and small, the cabins offer various combinations
of single and double bunks, fireplaces, and sitting areas. There's also
space under the trees for setting up tents.
FOOD. The camp staff prepares meals starting with Saturday
breakfast and finishing with Sunday lunch. Vegetarian cuisine is available;
please note this preference on the registration form. Most of the cabins
have kitchenettes with electric stoves and refrigerators for those with
special diets.
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