Bear Hug Mountain Festival Contra Dance Camp

26th Annual Bear Hug Mountain Festival
Contra Dance Camp
September 11-13, 2009
Flathead Lake, near Rollins, Montana

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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.

Woman Playing Fiddle 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 Cantrells (Al and Emily) and the Richtones (Rich Sobel and Susan Blake). Sherry Nevins from Seattle and Ron Buchanan from Philadelphia have signed on to do the calling.

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!

Group of fiddlers 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.

Woman on the dock 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 for setting up tents.

FOOD. The camp staff prepares meals starting with Friday dinner 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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Created June 1999.
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May 2009.

Laura Lundquist