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April 19-21 Spring Sing Retreat Registration 

We are so excited to invite you to a weekend-long community singing retreat from April 19-21 at Camp Courage in Maple Lake, MN!! We’ll gather together to sing our hearts out, deepen community and relationships, and spend some time in the woods as the Minnesota winter thaws into spring. Organized by Sarah Abbott and Sarina Partridge, and featuring Sarina and other local songleaders, this will be a welcoming weekend of simple, satisfying community singing – all voices are welcome! No prior musical experience is necessary, just a desire to sing with others.

Arrivals at the retreat will begin at 5pm on Friday April 19. We will end after lunch on Sunday April 21. We plan to have between 30-40 people in attendance. 

We welcome teens and adults of all races, religions, genders, sexualities, abilities, and identities. As organizers of the retreat we are committed to anti-oppression practices in how we treat each other, strive to meet people’s needs, and we are committed to being open to feedback about how to make the space as welcoming and accessible as possible.

We will be at Camp Courage, which lies on 305-acres of lakeshore, woods and fields with walking paths and indoor and outdoor facilities. We will have our own area of the camp, and there will be other guests on other parts of the campus, who we will overlap with in the dining hall. 

Registration includes lodging for Friday and Saturday night, and 6 meals (Friday dinner - Sunday lunch)

The sliding scale cost of the retreat is $240 - $400, and the break-even cost per person is $290. We want the retreat to be as accessible as possible, so please choose an amount on the sliding scale that reflects what is affordable and generous for you. Any money you contribute over $290 will make it possible for other people to pay lower on the sliding scale. Your generosity will help enable others to attend and helps us compensate our song leaders and lead organizers. Let us know if you have questions! 

We have a few lower-cost registrations available, starting at $135 and going up to $239, for folks who need a lower-cost slot. If this is you, don’t hesitate to request one! You can mark on the registration form if you’d like to request one of these spots and after you register we'll follow up to confirm if we have a lower-cost slot available. 

Please read through this information sheet before registering: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQuG1m7U0-E7cIPTD79nvD_GS658VzKvkypoFltNLhs/edit#heading=h.6ciov6jhndix


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Please indicate any dietary restrictions. We will work with Camp Courage to do our best to accommodate dietary restrictions. If we can't fully meet your restrictions, we will let you know and ask that you plan to bring additional food. There are kitchens in the cabins available for general use. 
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Throughout the retreat, participants will gather once a day for 20-30 minutes in a small group, to build relationships and get to know each other. These groups can also serve as an affinity space to connect with people of shared identities. Would you like to be in a small group with other people who have a similar identity to you? We will do our best to meet these requests, though we can't promise to as our ability to do so will be based on numbers of other registrants with shared desires. Please only check a box if you hold that identity. Feel free to use the "other" box if you don't see an option here that is important to you. You are also welcome to opt-out of participating in a small group.  *
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We are asking everyone, as they are able, to pitch in to help make the retreat a success by signing up for one volunteer shift over the course of the retreat. Please select 3 or more options, and we'll assign you one. 
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Lodging will be in large cabin buildings that each sleep up to 30 people in individual twin beds. Each cabin is divided into several rooms. There are no private rooms, so everyone will have roommates in groups of 3-4. If you'd like to make arrangements at a nearby hotel or airbnb, we can offer a day rate. Is there anyone who you wish to share a room with? We can't promise room arrangements, but we will do our best to accommodate requests.  

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The sliding scale cost of the retreat is $240 - $400, and the break-even cost per person is $290. Any money you contribute over $290 will make it more possible for other people to pay lower on the sliding scale - please choose what is affordable and generous for you. Your generosity in choosing the highest amount possible on the sliding scale helps enable others to attend and helps us compensate our song leaders and lead organizers. 

We have a few lower-cost registrations available, starting at $135 and going up to $239, for folks who need a lower-cost slot. If this is you, don’t hesitate to request one! You can mark on the registration form if you’d like to request one of these spots and after you register we'll follow up to confirm if we have a lower-cost slot available. 

Given our networks and the specific lineages of community singing that our retreat organizers come from, we anticipate that this retreat will be majority white people, though people of all racial identities are warmly invited. As one small way to redistribute wealth, we are committed to redistributing 5% of the retreat costs to Minnesota-based BIPOC-led arts, culture, or music organizations. 

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Payment in full is due upon receiving a confirmation email from us confirming your spot, unless you choose to pay in installments. Please read the cancellation policy in the info sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQuG1m7U0-E7cIPTD79nvD_GS658VzKvkypoFltNLhs/edit 

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Refund Policy:

Cancellations before March 8 will result in loss of a $50 deposit, and a refund of any payments made over $50. 

Cancellations between March 8 and March 22: 50% refund of payment commitment 

Cancellations after March 22: 100% of funds will be withheld

In case of last minute illness or emergency, reach out to us and based on the finances of the retreat, we can discuss what kind of refund is possible. 

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Please read over our COVID policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQuG1m7U0-E7cIPTD79nvD_GS658VzKvkypoFltNLhs/edit *
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