SongCamp
4-Night/5-Day "Songwriter Camp" Sept 17-21, 2009
The shining jewel of CharlieFest is the songwriter camp itself which includes 4 nights lodging in gorgeous cabins, 10 hot home cooked meals, a full recording studio and engineer to record the songs as they're written, a finished CD of all the songs recorded during the camp, educational sessions on songwriting, campfire song shares (w/FREE Marshmallows!), and loads and loads of collaborative songwriting and recording with other great songwriters and players in a beautiful 400 acre facility on Ryerson Lake. Hiking, boating, swimming, fishing, bike riding, and suntanning are all available for your enjoyment in-between writing and recording sessions.
Songwriter Camp Schedule:
Thurs Sept 17th
1pm: Check in, cabin move-in
2pm: Afternoon writing session
7pm: Welcome Dinner, introductions, select collaboration teams
8pm: Evening writing session
10pm: Campfire song share
Fri Sept 18th
8am-11am: Breakfast is served
9am: Morning writing session
1pm: Lunch is served
2pm: Afternoon writing session
3pm: Recording Studio Opens
7pm: Dinner is served
8pm: Recording/Writing
11pm: Campfire song share
Sat Sept 19th
8am-11am: Breakfast is served
9am: Morning writing/recording session
1pm: Lunch is served, listen to recordings thus far
2pm: Afternoon writing/recording session
Performances In Downtown Fremont:
5pm-7pm - Veterans Park Amphitheater
7pm-9pm - Koffee Kuppe
7pm-9pm - Indigo Wireless Cafe
7pm-9pm - 1 East Main
9pm-1am - Moose Lodge
At Camp (for those who want to stay at camp rather than come to town)
5pm: Evening writing/recording sessions
7pm: (No dinner served, sorry, we're eating in town)
11pm: Campfire song share
Sun Sept 20th
8am-11am: Breakfast is served
9am: Morning writing/recording sessions
1pm: Lunch is served
2pm: Afternoon writing/recording sessions
7pm: Dinner is served, listen to recordings thus far
8pm: Evening writing/recording sessions
11pm: Campfire song share
1am: CDRs burned of all recorded songs for all songwriters
Mon Sept 21st
8am-11am: Breakfast is served
11am: pack up, checkout
4-Nights/10 Meals Songwriter Camp $299.95/person
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Songwriter Scholarships
Please ask for a scholarship if you need assistance! We will be working very hard with our sponsors and donors to help artists with travel and lodging expenses. Contact Charlie directly at 215-825-6913.
Don't forget the free marshmallows!
SongCamp Facilities
The SongCamp is hosted at the YMCA Camp Echo, and the camp's facilities are spectacular...
First off, it has almost 500 acres of land tucked in around Ryerson Lake just 5 miles from Fremont Michigan:
Our Song Share Campfires will probably take place here in the beautiful lakeside Amphitheater:
Our meals will be prepared by the wonderful Chef Laurie, with an emphasis on healthy living and local produce, and will be served in the Dining Hall pictured below:
Attendees can hike or bike on the many miles of nature trails, or take part in water sport activities:
Our recording studios and sleeping quarters will be housed in heated cabins like these:
