4-6 p.m. - Registration and check-in
6 p.m. - Welcome Dinner
7:30-9 p.m. - Introductions and introductory writing and singing activities

Monday, May 9th
8 a.m. - Breakfast
9-11:30 a.m. -  Writing workshop (details to come) — Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
11:30 a.m. - Replenishing Movement/Dance with Laura Ramberg
12 - Lunch
1-2 p.m. -”Care and Feeding of the Creative” — presentation by Caryn & Kelley
2-6 p.m. - Free time (including massage appointments with Rachel Craeger, 2-6 p.m.)
6 p.m. - Dinner
7:30-8:30 p.m. - An Intimate Concert with Kelley Hunt
9-10 p.m. - Open mic and jam session

Tuesday, May 10th
8 a.m. - Breakfast
9-11:30 a.m. - Singing/songwriting workshop — Kelley Hunt

11:30 a.m. - Replenishing Movement/ Dance with Laura Ramberg
12 - Lunch
1-2 p.m. - “Care and Feeding of the Creative” — presentation by Kelley & Caryn
2-6 p.m. - Free time (including massage)
6 p.m. - Dinner
7:30-8:30 p.m. - An Intimate Reading with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, featuring poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction.
9 p.m. - Stories, poems & songs around the campfire (weather-permitting)

Wednesday, May 11th
8 a.m. - Breakfast
9-11:30 a.m. - Writing workshop — Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
11:30 a.m. - Replenishing Movement/Dance with Laura Ramberg
12 - Lunch
1-2 p.m. - Canoeing (small fee)
2-6 p.m. - Free time (including massage)
6 p.m. - Dinner
8 p.m. - Collaborative Performance with Kelley Hunt & Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Thursday, May 12th

8 a.m. - Breakfast                                                                                                               9-11:30 a.m. - Singing/songwriting workshop — Kelley Hunt                                                                                                               11:30 a.m. - Replenishing Movement/Dance with Laura Ramberg
12 - Lunch
1-5:30 p.m. - Free time
5:30 p.m. - Special dinner at the camp.

8 p.m. - A Celebration of Ourselves: Readings and Performances Solo and Choral with all participants ready to share their work.

Friday, May 13th

8 a.m. — Breakfast

9-11 a.m. — Closing circle, pictures and farewells

Afternoon Arts & Activities: Each afternoon features a stretch of open space and time for you to write, sing, create (art supplies will be available), walk, boat, do yoga, nap, or take field trips by foot or car (maps to interesting sites will be available). Laura Ramberg, an accomplished artist, dancer, sculptor and writer, and Ardys Ramberg, an accomplished musician, songwriter, and artist, will be on hand to offer guidance, artistic prompts, support, and help with crafting your art, music, writing or movement. We will also have a massage therapist on site for some of the afternoons if you wish to sign up for a massage (additional charge paid directly to massage therapist). At least two afternoons, Caryn will lead a poetic-inspired (and poetry-filled) yoga session. Kelley and Caryn will also be available for consultations each afternoon (Ardys Ramberg, left, and Laura Ramberg, right).

Songline Project: Our Lives in Song: The traditional Aborigines in Australia follow “Songlines” wherever they walk: notes and melodies to sing depending on where they’re walking, each place they step having a part of a song that they all know. While their songlines relate to place, we can also explore our songlines in time. Throughout the week, we will  have a long strip of paper circling our meeting area, marked off with the years of our lives. We invite you to write on the Songline any songs particularly important to you at different ages (e.g. “I’ve been working on the railroad” at age 5, “People who need people” at age 9, “I can’t get no satisfaction” at age 18, “I’m just a happy girl” at age 29, “Give me a ticket for an airplane” at age 49, “I’ll be seeing you” at age 62, etc.). The songs don’t have to have been new or popular at the time they spoke to you — often, we find old songs or rediscover ones from our youth throughout our lives, and the songs can be in any genre. By the end of the week, we’ll have a collective life time line of the soundtracks of our lives.