Oktoberfest Weekend
International Dance and Music Camp
October 12 - 14, 2024
Potash Hill
2582 South Road
Marlboro, VT
Join us in Vermont for Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend in October, for some wonderful dancing and music.
Weekend and a la carte meals registration is now open!
This year’s the weekend will begin a day later than usual, due to the overlap with Yom Kippur. We will open in the late afternoon for registration and settling in, dinner will be served for those who can make it, then a dance party in the evening with live music will really start the ball rolling! The hope is that, for those observing Yom Kippur, you can have it all! Depart after sunset (at 6:06pm) and arrive in time to change into your dancing shoes to join – and undoubtedly enhance - the fun!
Our new Venue
The Potash Hill campus is situated near Hogback Mountain and, thus, affords beautiful, hilly views whichever way one turns. Its facilities are first-class, with improved housing options and a spacious Dining Hall. The relationship between Potash Hill and Folk Arts Center is one of mutual admiration and understanding, and both organizations feel this is a match that will please everyone for years to come.
2024 staff
Konstantin “Kotse” Marinov
Originally from Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, now living in the Chicago area, Konstantin was a hit at the East Coast Balkan Camp in 2023, and comes enthusiastically recommended by several Boston-area folk dancers who met and danced with him there. He will be teaching dances from his native Bulgaria.
Laurel Swift
Laurel, who is active in the region’s ritual dance community and lives in Brattleboro, will round out the teaching staff. She will lead music-making (both instrumental and singing), plus some dancing – perhaps ceilidh, maybe morris, and possibly clogging! Some of you may even have enjoyed Laurel’s music-making and calling at the first Greenway dance of the summer a few months ago.
The Spice Squirrels
The Spice Squirrels will supply the musical motivation to boogie the night away at the Saturday and Sunday evening dance parties.Background photography: Sue Flint