photo by Karin Cole Photography (Shakori Hills Recess 2014)
East Coast Appalachia Recess
Outside Asheville, in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina
20 min east of Asheville, NC
April 8th - 11th, 2016
REGISTRATION IS OPEN HERE!!!
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Recess is back on the East Coast! The setting is 50+ acres of North Carolina's Appalachian mountains. Dance and skill-share workshops during the day and dances raging into the dawn. Countless hours of some of the most inspiring live and DJed Blues, Alt-Blues, and Fusion music you'll hear anywhere. You will be fed all local, organic food as we all work together to co-produce an experience beyond the every day. Recess events are usually camping events, but this is a special one where anyone who wants a bed will have one! There is still of course the option to camp, but we have enough beds for everyone, and at no extra cost! You will just have to bring your own bedding.
Event Pricing: Sliding Scale
Please pay at the upper end of what you can afford to help make this event
affordable and accessible for everyone in the community.
Can't Afford A Low-Income Ticket? Fill out a scholarship form*
$147 Low-Income Ticket
$167 Mid-Low Income
$197 Mid Income Ticket
$257 Upper Income
$297 Benevolent Gentry Ticket
Recess Food Co-op Prices (read bellow for details)
$27 veggie meals for your 3 days at the event
$12 (in addition to above veggie ticket) for 3 days of meat with your meals
*Please note that Scholarship covers only entrance to the event and does not cover food. While we really believe in financial accessibility, the amount we charge for food is literally the cost it takes us to feed you, so we ask that you try to cover your food costs if at all possible. We are charging less than $3 dollars a meal for local, organic food with big portions. We generally ask that people either cover their own food costs to buy meal tickets or that they try to feed themselves at the event.
affordable and accessible for everyone in the community.
Can't Afford A Low-Income Ticket? Fill out a scholarship form*
$147 Low-Income Ticket
$167 Mid-Low Income
$197 Mid Income Ticket
$257 Upper Income
$297 Benevolent Gentry Ticket
Recess Food Co-op Prices (read bellow for details)
$27 veggie meals for your 3 days at the event
$12 (in addition to above veggie ticket) for 3 days of meat with your meals
*Please note that Scholarship covers only entrance to the event and does not cover food. While we really believe in financial accessibility, the amount we charge for food is literally the cost it takes us to feed you, so we ask that you try to cover your food costs if at all possible. We are charging less than $3 dollars a meal for local, organic food with big portions. We generally ask that people either cover their own food costs to buy meal tickets or that they try to feed themselves at the event.
Instructor and Class Lineup — With Skill Shares
The full instructor lineup is still to be announced, but we will have multiple class periods a day with a large assortment of classes and instructors to choose from. There will be classes held on partner dancing, solo dance, non-dance movement arts, social and community building topics, and more! There will also be opportunities for anyone to teach workshops through a Skill-Share. Meaning, if you have something (anything!) you want to teach, you bring the class and we'll create the space where you get to teach it to your community. Because to be real, aren't we all both students and teachers?
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Plugging Into The Recess
Recess events are not run by some huge production company; they are run and produced by you! Every single person who registers will work one volunteer shift during the event. You will get to choose where you plug in: working in the kitchen, building one of our structures, helping folks register and find their way around, creating a enchanted ambiance for the dances, supporting all our hard-working volunteers… whatever you decide, you’ll be helping to make the Recess magic happen.
The Recesses have had required volunteering for years, and many participants tell us that their volunteer shift was a highlight of their experience. You’ll get to hang out with people you may never have otherwise met, and most importantly you'll have an opportunity to spend time in genuine service to your community.
When you arrive at the event you will have a chance to pick how you want to plug-in and who you want to work with.
The Recesses have had required volunteering for years, and many participants tell us that their volunteer shift was a highlight of their experience. You’ll get to hang out with people you may never have otherwise met, and most importantly you'll have an opportunity to spend time in genuine service to your community.
When you arrive at the event you will have a chance to pick how you want to plug-in and who you want to work with.
Recess Survival Guide: What To Know + What To Bring
- The Recess Gender Bender Action Camp is happening the days before this event, please do not show up early, as we will have a closed, held container for the workshops until 8pm on Friday. If you want to come early, come to the entire Action Camp!! For those who prefer to arrive before dark, check-in is available starting at 6:30pm.
- Bedding! Or, everything you need for camping. This event has enough beds (with summer camp style mattresses) for everyone! We'll be housed in communal dormitories. Be sure to bring your own bedding (sleeping bag, pillow, or sheets/blankets) if you would like one of the beds.
- Sun screen, bug spray, and clothes to be in the sun for much of the day. Temperatures at night will probably be in the 30s with daytime highs in the 70s.
- Snacks. If you buy meal shares we will feed you two meals a day (brunch + dinner) plus snacks, (with vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and meat options). If, however, you have other allergies or dietary restrictions, it's probably a good idea to bring some of your own food regardless of whether you buy meal shares.
- Vessel for warm beverages. While Recess is equipped with reusable food vessels and utensils, if you would like to sip your coffee or tea in the morning, please BYOM (mug). And a water bottle, of course!
- Clothes to be screen printed! We will be offering custom-prints on any clothes you choose to bring. Clothing must be dropped off for screen printing on Friday and/or Saturday morning and will be available for pick-up Sunday afternoon. The inks will be black and white, so bring clothes that will show those colors well. Also keep in mind that textured fabric and seams are hard to print on and often produce less-than-ideal outcomes. We love to pay artists for their work! We suggest a$5-10 donation per screen print.
Tentative Event Schedule: All Heavy On the "Ish"
Friday Event Arrival Information: Arrival beginning at 8pm. Please do not arrive early, unless you have made specific arrangements with us or are attending the Recess Gender Bender Action Camp. 6:30pm check-in is available for those who prefer to arrive before dark.
Daily Meal Times: (All heavy on the "ish") 11am Brunch, 6:30pm Dinner, 1am Late Night Snack.
Morning Movement Session: Post Brunch
Daily Workshop Times: 2pm -4:30pm
Dancing Fri/Sat/Sun nights: 9pm - When we stop. With venue changes and transitions..
Monday Noon: We miss you already, thanks for the beauty! Now let's clean up!
Daily Meal Times: (All heavy on the "ish") 11am Brunch, 6:30pm Dinner, 1am Late Night Snack.
Morning Movement Session: Post Brunch
Daily Workshop Times: 2pm -4:30pm
Dancing Fri/Sat/Sun nights: 9pm - When we stop. With venue changes and transitions..
Monday Noon: We miss you already, thanks for the beauty! Now let's clean up!
What is the Recess food Co-op?
As always, collective meals and snacks will be available all day every day. Everyone who wants to eat with us can buy a food share and our kitchen team will pool all the cooperative food funds and volunteer labor to provide totally awesome meals made with the most fresh, local and organic food possible.
Vegan and gluten-free options will be available at every meal.
Meal Tickets and Meat Shares Close Wednesday, March 30 (so we can order the food!)
One food share ($27/event) entitles you to 3 days of vegetarian food, which includes 2 meals a day plus snacks.
The first official meal of the Appalachia Recess will be Friday LATE NIGHT and the last Monday Brunch.
In addition to your veggie share, you can buy a meat share at the event. Because meat is extremely resource intensive not just to produce, but to buy, refrigerate off grid, and prepare safely, there will be an additional cost for meat shares. One meat share ($12/event) will entitle you to meat meals, including one 3 - 4 oz. serving of meat each day. If you think you want twice that amount, feel free to purchase multiple meat shares.
Below is our 4in x 6in promo flyer. feel free to print and distribute, or email us if you would like us to snail mail you some to help flyer your local dance scene.
Vegan and gluten-free options will be available at every meal.
Meal Tickets and Meat Shares Close Wednesday, March 30 (so we can order the food!)
One food share ($27/event) entitles you to 3 days of vegetarian food, which includes 2 meals a day plus snacks.
The first official meal of the Appalachia Recess will be Friday LATE NIGHT and the last Monday Brunch.
In addition to your veggie share, you can buy a meat share at the event. Because meat is extremely resource intensive not just to produce, but to buy, refrigerate off grid, and prepare safely, there will be an additional cost for meat shares. One meat share ($12/event) will entitle you to meat meals, including one 3 - 4 oz. serving of meat each day. If you think you want twice that amount, feel free to purchase multiple meat shares.
Below is our 4in x 6in promo flyer. feel free to print and distribute, or email us if you would like us to snail mail you some to help flyer your local dance scene.
