2019 Party Themes
Mix and mingle at Folklore Camp Happy Hour Celebrations! Each day we explore a different culture or theme. Influences from this year's cultural themes will be sprinkled throughout the day in both our happy hour parties and also in the meals. On other days it is the frontiers of the creative mind that are the territories traversed and explored, sparked by a bit of suggestion on our part. Our joy is to explore a new culture daily through music, dance, rituals, traditions, food and drink... plus infusing a bit of Folklore Camp fun along the way as well!
**Dressing up for our parties is part of the tradition & fun of our camp... Join in if so inclined, but it’s not required**
**Dressing up for our parties is part of the tradition & fun of our camp... Join in if so inclined, but it’s not required**
SATURDAY - WHERE IN THE WORLD!
Where's Waldo? Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? Where have you been!? Come start off Camp with get-to-know-you mixers and ice breakers. Explore the world through your fellow campers! How many places can have you visited on the map? Come dressed representing your favorite destination, as a well-known explorer, or of course as a tired world-traveler who finally made it to the Mendocino Woodlands.
SUNDAY- 1920s SPEAKEASY
Pssst.... what's the password? Lay low to avoid the agents of the Bureau of Prohibition. Come on down to the whoopie spot, where the gin is cold, but the piano’s hot! Come in your favorite flapper dress, your spats and suspenders, and maybe even your tommy gun in case things heat up!
MONDAY - PURIM (ISRAEL)
"Rumor has it someone is trying to take over and rule camp... Will our campers be able to defeat these foul individuals? It will require some participation from you, but I have no doubt that all will be restored. You can dress as one of the characters (King Achashverosh, Esther, Haman, Mordechai, etc) of the Purim story. Crowns, capes, robes, dresses, tiaras! Or, like most Israelis, wear a creative costume, completely unrelated to the Purim story, so that your creativity will help defeat those who would ruin camp!
TUESDAY - горско село Мендочино (BALKAN VILLAGE)
Come celebrate the festive air of our Mendocino Woodlands Village. Smell the roasting lamb, mingle with the other village folk, and be ready to kick up some dust dancing! Wear traditional well-coined colorful Bulgarian (or other Balkan costumes), or come as an always welcome tourist ready to dance up a storm!
WEDNESDAY - WILD WILD WEST and LIVE AUCTION
Hey you city slickers, grab your hats and boots, and get your bones over to the Saloon for a wild Western stampede! We'll have a Tall Tale contest, Cowboy Poetry reading, and maybe even a jug band! Come as your favorite legendary cowboy or cowgirl, or a modern wrangler in cowboy hat, your sharpest shirt, jeans, bandanna, belts & buckles, and of course, your finest fringe!
THURSDAY - SCOTTISH BALL
The clans gather at the Linscott Pub for a Ceilidh with dancing, singing, games, and of course lifting a pint or a wee dram in honor of our decades of joyous revelry. Then musicians lead a merry procession up to the banquet hall for a traditional Robert Burns Supper, with raucous and poignant poetry, toasts, songs and feasting…
"Wi' quaffing and laughing they ranted and they sung;
Wi' jumping and thumping the vera girdle rung!"
Revelers, don formal or country casual attire, with tons of tartans!"
FRIDAY - ALOHA! FRIDAY'S FINAL FUN FAREWELL LUAU!
We say Aloha to Folklore Camp with one final night of celebration. Ohana means family, and we will celebrate our Folklore Camp Ohana with presentations from the week's workshops, along with memories of past camps!
Aloha ʻoe, aloha ʻoe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo
One fond embrace, A hoʻi aʻe au
Until we meet again!
Where's Waldo? Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? Where have you been!? Come start off Camp with get-to-know-you mixers and ice breakers. Explore the world through your fellow campers! How many places can have you visited on the map? Come dressed representing your favorite destination, as a well-known explorer, or of course as a tired world-traveler who finally made it to the Mendocino Woodlands.
SUNDAY- 1920s SPEAKEASY
Pssst.... what's the password? Lay low to avoid the agents of the Bureau of Prohibition. Come on down to the whoopie spot, where the gin is cold, but the piano’s hot! Come in your favorite flapper dress, your spats and suspenders, and maybe even your tommy gun in case things heat up!
MONDAY - PURIM (ISRAEL)
"Rumor has it someone is trying to take over and rule camp... Will our campers be able to defeat these foul individuals? It will require some participation from you, but I have no doubt that all will be restored. You can dress as one of the characters (King Achashverosh, Esther, Haman, Mordechai, etc) of the Purim story. Crowns, capes, robes, dresses, tiaras! Or, like most Israelis, wear a creative costume, completely unrelated to the Purim story, so that your creativity will help defeat those who would ruin camp!
TUESDAY - горско село Мендочино (BALKAN VILLAGE)
Come celebrate the festive air of our Mendocino Woodlands Village. Smell the roasting lamb, mingle with the other village folk, and be ready to kick up some dust dancing! Wear traditional well-coined colorful Bulgarian (or other Balkan costumes), or come as an always welcome tourist ready to dance up a storm!
WEDNESDAY - WILD WILD WEST and LIVE AUCTION
Hey you city slickers, grab your hats and boots, and get your bones over to the Saloon for a wild Western stampede! We'll have a Tall Tale contest, Cowboy Poetry reading, and maybe even a jug band! Come as your favorite legendary cowboy or cowgirl, or a modern wrangler in cowboy hat, your sharpest shirt, jeans, bandanna, belts & buckles, and of course, your finest fringe!
THURSDAY - SCOTTISH BALL
The clans gather at the Linscott Pub for a Ceilidh with dancing, singing, games, and of course lifting a pint or a wee dram in honor of our decades of joyous revelry. Then musicians lead a merry procession up to the banquet hall for a traditional Robert Burns Supper, with raucous and poignant poetry, toasts, songs and feasting…
"Wi' quaffing and laughing they ranted and they sung;
Wi' jumping and thumping the vera girdle rung!"
Revelers, don formal or country casual attire, with tons of tartans!"
FRIDAY - ALOHA! FRIDAY'S FINAL FUN FAREWELL LUAU!
We say Aloha to Folklore Camp with one final night of celebration. Ohana means family, and we will celebrate our Folklore Camp Ohana with presentations from the week's workshops, along with memories of past camps!
Aloha ʻoe, aloha ʻoe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo
One fond embrace, A hoʻi aʻe au
Until we meet again!
