Shakori Hills Alt-Blues Recess
September 25th - 28th, 2014
outside Chapel Hill, NC
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Tentative Event Schedule
Know that Recess very intentionally runs on a "tentative," "rolling," "inspired," schedule at all times, so that we are able to make the best decision for the moment in that moment. But if you are off site and curious, this is the "idea."
Thursday Event Arrival Information: Dinner and opening circle at 6pm, feel free to arrive anytime earlier, but know that we'll joyfully ask (and expect) you to help us set up! Music starts at 9pm.
Daily Meal Times: (all heavy on the "ish"): 11am Brunch, 6:30pm Dinner, 1am Late Night Meal.
Morning Movement Session: Post Brunch
Daily Workshop Times: 2pm -4:30pm.
Dancing Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun nights:: 9pm - We stop, with venue changes and transitions.
Monday Noon: We miss you already, thank's for the beauty! now lets clean up!
Daily Meal Times: (all heavy on the "ish"): 11am Brunch, 6:30pm Dinner, 1am Late Night Meal.
Morning Movement Session: Post Brunch
Daily Workshop Times: 2pm -4:30pm.
Dancing Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun nights:: 9pm - We stop, with venue changes and transitions.
Monday Noon: We miss you already, thank's for the beauty! now lets clean up!
Finally, after years of anticipation, Recess is producing its first event on the East Coast!! The setting is 84 acres of hardwood forest in their peak fall color 20 minutes outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There will be dancing and skill-share workshops during the day and dances raging into the dawn. We will have ecstatic dance sessions, contact jams, and 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. Stay tuned as we confirm details with live acts, instructors, scheduling, and DJs.
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. If you pay through our credit card checkout the set prices will be slightly higher to account for our credit card fees.
Can't Afford A Low-Income Ticket? Fill out our Scholarship Form
$55 Day Pass
$95 Low Income Ticket
$125 Mid-Low Income
$155 Mid Income Ticket
$195 Upper Income
$250 Benevolent Gentry Ticket
Recess Food Coop Prices (read bellow for details)
$10/day Vegetarian Meals
$17/day Meat Meals
Can't Afford A Low-Income Ticket? Fill out our Scholarship Form
$55 Day Pass
$95 Low Income Ticket
$125 Mid-Low Income
$155 Mid Income Ticket
$195 Upper Income
$250 Benevolent Gentry Ticket
Recess Food Coop Prices (read bellow for details)
$10/day Vegetarian Meals
$17/day Meat Meals
Instructor and Class Lineup - with Skill Shares
The hired 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?
Shakori Hills Recess Rainbow Forms
Scholarship Forms: Because Rich In Heart Doesn't Always Translate...
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Teaming Up with Tobacco Road Blues
Recess is teaming up with the Research Triangle's premier blues dance event: Tobacco Road Blues. Tobacco Road will be held the weekend before the Recess only 30 minutes away from the Recess venue. If you register for the Shakori Hills Recess, you will get 20% off your Tobacco Road registration. We are also planning a full lineup of events during the week between the two events. So if you want to come and dance 10 days straight with us..... you can! Follow Tobacco Road's event updates by clicking here.
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. This event and this community belong to you!
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. This event and this community belong to you!
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 You Should Know
This is a mostly off-the-grid event: Please don't expect to be able to charge your cell phone or your air mattress pump. We will have a showers with hot water available and an army of porta-johns. To make sure you are fully prepared, make sure you bring all of the following:
- Build will begin Wednesday at 5pm, and official arrival is at 5pm on Thursday, feel free to arrive before the 5pm start time, but plan to help us set up!
- Everything you need for camping (or have some prearrangements to share tent space). We are talking ground pad, sleeping bag, tent, the works.
- Sun screen, bug spray (there are ticks!), and clothes to be in the sun for much of the day. Temperatures at night will probably be in the 50s with daytime highs in the 80s.
- Snacks, If you buy meal shares we will feed you three meals a day plus snacks, (with vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and meat options). If, however, you have other crazy allergies or dietary restrictions, it's probably a good idea to bring some of your own food regardless of whether you buy meal shares.
- Your own eating utensils. We can't possibly provide enough cups, bowls, plates, and silverware for everybody without resorting to the environmentally insensitive use of disposable dishware. We will provide a washing station, but please bring a set of reusable utensils. Please note that during the event dishware inevitably becomes communal when left on our drying rack. Put your name and city on whatever you bring and don´t bring your grandmother´s china or anything else you'd be devastated to lose).
- 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.
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 shares, and our kitchen team will pool all the cooperative food funds and volunteer labor, and use it 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.
One share ($10/day) entitles you to 24 hours, which includes 3 meals. You may buy any combination of regular (vegetarian) or meat shares you like. The total number of shares you purchase should be the same as the total number of days you plan to attend (and eat at) the event. The first official meal of the event will be Thursday dinner, and the last Monday Brunch. If you would like to eat every meal with us, you will want to pay for 4 meal tickets total.
Meat will be available at this event. Because meat is extremely resource intensive not just to produce, but to buy, refrigerate off grid, and prepare safely, meat shares will be more expensive. One meat share ($17/day) will entitle you to one day of meals, including two 3 - 4 oz. servings of meat. If you think you want twice that amount, feel free to purchase multiple shares for each day.
One share ($10/day) entitles you to 24 hours, which includes 3 meals. You may buy any combination of regular (vegetarian) or meat shares you like. The total number of shares you purchase should be the same as the total number of days you plan to attend (and eat at) the event. The first official meal of the event will be Thursday dinner, and the last Monday Brunch. If you would like to eat every meal with us, you will want to pay for 4 meal tickets total.
Meat will be available at this event. Because meat is extremely resource intensive not just to produce, but to buy, refrigerate off grid, and prepare safely, meat shares will be more expensive. One meat share ($17/day) will entitle you to one day of meals, including two 3 - 4 oz. servings of meat. If you think you want twice that amount, feel free to purchase multiple shares for each day.
bellow 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.
