Schedule

May 30 - June 3, 2013
Registration will begin February 4
Thursday, May 30, 2013
   
2:00-5:00 pm Arrival and Registration at the Education Center
Follow the signs to the Education Center. There you will receive cabin assignments, folders, and turn in your liability release forms. You may drive to your cabin to drop off luggage but we ask that you then park in the main parking lot. Early arrivals (2:00 pm on) should feel free to stroll the grounds. Canoes and kayaks will also be available for participants to sign out.
3:00, 4:00, 5:00 pm Pontoon rides on the hour. Sign up at the tables at the entrance to the Education Center - upper level. Meet at the Boathouse.
4:00 and 5:00 pm Camp Tours
Meet in front of the Education Center
5:00-6:00 pm Settling In
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
Dining Hall
7:30-8:00 pm Welcome and General Orientation
Forum Room, Education Center
8:00-8:30 pm First Workshop Group Meeting
Workshop groups meet together at various locations in the Education Center. Maps to your workshop locations will be given out by your workshop leader at this time.
8:30-10:00 pm Faculty Reading: Jerry Dennis, Bich Nguyen, Porter Shreve, Forum Room at the Education Center
8:00-10:00 pm Cocktails-beer and wine available, donation requested
Education Center
  After hours gathering at the Education Center.
Bonfire (weather permitting) on the Swimming Beach.
 
Friday, May 31, 2013
   
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall
9:00-12:00 pm Workshops
Meet your workshop leader at your designated area
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch and Announcements
Dining Hall
2:00-3:30 pm Craft Talk with Rhoda Janzen, Forum Room, Education Center
3:30-6:00 pm Writing and Free Time
Canoes and kayaks are available for you to sign out at the Boathouse.
4:30-5:30 pm Directors Reading:  Keith Taylor and Friends, Forum Room, Education Center
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner, Barbecue (weather permitting)
Dining Hall
7:30-9:00 pm Faculty Reading:  Richard Tillinghast, Thomas Lynch, Richard McCann, Valerie Laken, Forum Room, Education Center
7:00-10:00 pm Cocktails—beer and wine available, donation requested
Education Center
  After hours gathering at the Education Center.
Bonfire (weather permitting) on the Swimming Beach.
 
Saturday, June 1, 2013
   
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall
9:00-12:00 pm Workshops
Meet your workshop leader at your designated area
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch and Announcements
Dining Hall
1:30-3:00 pm Guided Hike to Two Lakes, Pontoon Rides (Sign up at Ed Center)
(There will be two hiking routes, easy and advanced)
3:00-4:30 pm Panel: Three Memoirists - Three Stories, Forum Room, Education Center
4:30-5:30 pm Free time
Canoes and kayaks available for participants to sign out at the Boathouse.
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
Dining Hall
7:30-9:00 pm Readings by:  Rhoda Janzen, Marianne Boruch, Peter Ho Davies
9:00 pm Cocktails—beer and wine available, donation requested
Education Center
11:00 pm Special Gathering and food and drink at the Education Center Bonfire (weather permitting) on the Swimming Beach
   
Sunday, June 2, 2013
   
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall
9:00-12:00 pm Workshops
Meet your workshop leader at your designated area
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch and Announcements
Dining Hall
2:00-4:00 pm FIRST PARTICIPANT READING - (Sign up if you have to leave the conference early)
Forum Room, Educations Center
4:00 & 5:00 pm Pontoon Boat Rides (limited numbers, please sign up in advance)
Meet at Boathouse
4:00-5:30 pm Guided Canoe and Kayak Trip on Walloon Lake to Lily Pad Bay.  Guests are encouraged to bring a sketchbook to draw lakeside flora and fauna.
Meet at Boathouse
4:00-6:00 pm Free time
Canoes and kayaks available for participants to sign out at the Boathouse
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
Dining Hall
7:30-9:30 pm SECOND PARTICIPANT READING - (Please sign up in advance if you wish to read )
Forum Room, Educations Center
7:30-10:00 pm Cocktails, beer & wine available
Forum Room, Education Center
   
Monday, June 3, 2013
   
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall
9:00 am Farewells
11:00 am Check-out Time
Please strip your bed and leave sheets and towels in the bins at the lower level entrance to the Education Center and return all flashlights to the Education Center.