I CANT AFFORD THE CAMP FEE BUT STILL WANT TO COME. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
We don’t want finances to bar anyone from coming to camp. There are work-trade discounts which reduce the fee by about one-third. If you take one of these, you are expected to actually do work, which won’t be extremely onerous but may involve missing a few minutes of class time or getting up earlier than you’d ideally want to. (You’re supposed to appear before each meal and help move tables, for example.) If you have some physical problem let us know, and we’ll see if we can give you work you can actually do. (Some work-trade jobs will require people with particular skills and track records.) In addition, there are a few scholarships that make it possible to get in free. Mayfield Morris has a scholarship for a female ritual dancer (the Betty Hennessey Memorial Scholarship); Berkeley Morris administers one for any ritual dancer (the Dana Pettingill Memorial Scholarship); and the camp managers administer the Karl Uggla scholarship, for anyone in financial need. We may also be able to wor