Registration is now open for Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay
August 17 – 23, 2013
at the fantabulous Lair of the Golden Bear
in Pine Crest, California
Please visit the website for more information or take a peek at the video below to see how much fun we had last year.
Better yet, if you’re already just raring to go, you can fill out the registration form right now:
Hope to see you there!
Here’s another video documenting the shenanigans of the 2012 Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay!
Better start making plans for next year! (And be sure to “like” us on facebook.)
Sorry if you missed it! Just look at how much fun we had:
Camp Oski, at the Lair of the Golden Bear, will never be the same.
We’ll be baaaaaaack! Hope you can join us next time……
(Please, visit our facebook page to see more shots of our fabulous week and ”Follow Blog via email,” to get all the latest information.)
Even if you haven’t already signed up for camp, you can still join us at beautiful Pinecest Lake for a full day of ‘ukulele merriment ending with a rip-roaring Suki Jump Song and Dance Party hosted by Heidi Swedburg on Sunday, August 19.
Here’s how the day will unfold:
9:30 am Ukulele workshop with Heidi Swedberg
11:00 am Play and Jam by Ear workshop with Jim D’Ville
12:15 pm Scrumptious lunch in the Camp Oski Dining Hall
1:00 pm Pool time…or jam in the woods…or not
3:30 pm Play Hank Williams by Ear with Jim D’Ville
4:45 pm Beginning Jam Band & ‘Ukulele Happy Hour
6:00 pm Delicious dinner in the Camp Oski Dining Hall
7:15 pm Optional sunset hike with wine & cheese
8:15 pm Suki Jump Song and Dance Party with Heidi Swedberg
All this for just $118 for each adult and $41 for kids 17 and under! (In addition to all activities, lunch and dinner, the price includes breakfast either Sunday or Monday morning & all other camp activities.)
The cost to sleep over either Saturday or Sunday night is $118 per tent-cabin! (We’ll have a great jam session around the old campfire if you’d like to join us Saturday night! S’mores included)
Extra days at camp can also be arranged for just $96/day.
Please contact us for more information. You don’t have to attend Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay to attend the Suki Jump, but we do need to know you are coming!
The people have spoken! And what we are hearing is that most of you are not all that interested in sleeping in “rustic” tent cabins with a walk (albeit short) in the dirt to a communal bathroom.
So, we’re going to shake it up a bit and change our offerings somewhat.
While the rustic tent cabins are still available at Camp Oski, as originally planned (and will be until sold-out), we have added more lodging options (all with ensuite bathrooms) at nearby Pine Crest Chalet for your sleeping/bathing pleasure. This will give you quite a bit more comfort and flexibility.
The other new option we’re offering is flexible stays. That is, as a “walk-in,” you can come for as many, or as few, days as you’d like and you can choose to take your meals at Camp Oski…or not.
To attend Camp OoKooLayLay for a day, with all of the Camp Oski privileges (that includes three full meals a day and all of the other scheduled activities), the cost is $115/day.
If you prefer to fix your own meals and just hang out at your chalet when you’re not ukin’, the cost is $60/day.
And what do you get for that $60 a day?
This opens up another option that might have some appeal. Camping at nearby Pincrest Campground for $20/site/ night. Camp sites are being snapped up fast, so you should make your reservations, now.
Reserve your space now for the first, but certainly not the last, Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay, August 18 – 24, at the Lair of the Golden Bear in the beautiful Central Sierra Nevada, with your hosts Elaine de Man and Jim D’Ville, and special guest instructor Heidi Swedburg for a full week of ukulele instruction and merriment in the context of a regular summer camp.
The Lair of the Golden Bear is the acclaimed annual summer camp owned and operated by the Cal (UC Berkeley) Alumini Association. Everyone who goes to Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay will have full access to all of the activities and programs available to every other Lair camper with the added benefit of specific ukulele instruction, workshops, jam sessions, and ukulele camp fires each night, and our own stage. It’s a summer camp for people of the ukulele persuasion, especially those who’d like their non-uke-centric family members to join them.
And it’s cheap! Just $849 gets you a spot at Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay for the entire week! Special rates for kids (free – $569) makes this an ideal family vacation, as well. If you’d prefer the comfort of indoor accommodations during your stay, there are motel-style units (Bosch Hall) available at the camp for a small additional fee, cabins at neighboring Pinecrest Chalet, and even a few spots to hook up your motor home. And we’ve added some new options. If a week seems just a little too long, or you have scheduling conflicts, you can come for a day, or two,or three, or four with our new flex plan for as little as $93 a day with meals and all camp priveleges and activities.)
It’s not too late to register. All options are still available. If you’d like to join us, please send in in your Registration Form for Camp Oo-Koo-Lay-Lay, as s0on as possible.
Be sure to check out our FAQ page for answers to any questions you may have.
