Lark Camp

Lark Camp

Lark Camp World Music, Song & Dance Celebration, originally called Lark in the Morning Music Celebration, is an American annual week-long world music and dance celebration that includes dozens of instructional workshops for both professional and beginner musicians and dancers.

Camp instructors come from all over the world to staff the workshops.

Lark Camp takes place in the Mendocino Woodlands State Park, a National Historic Landmark built in the 1930s, nestled in 700 acres (2.8 km2) of redwood trees, ferns, and glades, near the coastal village of Mendocino, California, USA.

There are three primary camps, divided by the following criteria, with workshops, sessions, dances and events:

  • Camp One is focused on Irish music, Irish dance, English folk music, including English Country Dance, Morris and Sword dance, Greek music, Greek dances, Balkan music, Bulgarian dances, and Swedish folk music,
  • Camp Two is focussed on Old-time music, Square dance, Cuban music, Latin dances, Tango dance, Andean music, Galician music and dance, French folk music, and Swing dances,
  • Camp Three is focussed on Middle Eastern music, Turkish music, Bellydance, Zimbabwean music, Samba Brazilian music and hand drumming.

There are hundreds of workshops offered daily and jam sessions 24 hours a day. Each evening there are dances where everyone can participate.

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