Winter Adventure 2021 ===================== WHEN ---- December 27, 2021 – January 1, 2022 Starts 4:00 PM · Ends 10:30 AM WHERE ----- The Y at Watson Woods Painted Post, NY ABOUT ----- ECRS Winter Adventure returned in person for 2021 with a full vaccination and rapid-testing policy, plus four days of classes, evening programs, and New Year celebration. TUITION ------- Plus: $350 Full: $250 Reduced: $150 Child (3-17): $125 Child (0-2): Free ROOM & BOARD ------------ Main Lodge Dorm-style rooms with twin or bunk beds and shared bath; guests must bring sheets and towels. 2-4 per room: $215 Single: $265 West Wing Attached to Main Lodge. Hotel-style rooms with two double beds, private bath, and carpeting; all linens supplied. 2-4 per room: $430 Single: $650 Hillside A short walk up a hill from Main Lodge; limited rooms with shared baths. Guests must bring sheets and towels. 2 per room: $340 Single: $540 MEALS ----- Food charge: $200 per adult, $100 per child (3-17), free for children 0-2. A $25 per person fee was added to cover on-site rapid COVID tests. SCHEDULE -------- International Folk Dancing — Patricia Williams All 4 days Cultural appreciation, physical movement, community-building, and fun, with a wide variety of dances. (Ages 9+, opportunities for practice teaching) Wish You Were Here: Crafting Postcards to Send — Teri Wilkinson Days 1-2 and Days 3-4 A crafts class in the ECRS tradition of "process over product." Energy + Creativity = Community. (Age 16+, class size limited to 16) Valued Living — Heather Klemanski Days 1-2 Discover your core value statements through journaling, games, meditation, and personal reflection. (Age 18+) Joy, Games, Vocals and Rhythm — Julie Lipson Days 3-4 Use vocals and rhythms to explore joy, emotions, silliness, and spontaneity through sound, movement, and improvised vocal tapestries. (Age 18+) Printing with Adinkra Symbols — Julie Siftar Days 3-4 Create small Adinkra-style symbols from cardboard for rubbing patterned arrangements on paper, inspired by traditional Ghanaian symbolic language. (Age 14+, class size limited to 20) The Write Stuff — Beverly Pincus Two 2-day minis Original exercises to stimulate creativity and break through writing blocks, then write from what you know best — the stories of your lives. (Age 16+, class size limited to 16) The Joy of Movement — Judi Powers, Marko Schmale Days 1-2 Exercises and dance exploring rhythm and full-body movement. Fun for all ages and abilities. Informal Dramatics — Lane Neubauer Days 1-2 Use your imagination to bring whatever you choose to life through creative dramatic warm-ups, exercises, and games. (Age 11+) Outdoor Meditation — Dan Nicholson Days 1-2 Disconnect and refocus attention to the natural environment — walking silently, centering, and becoming more aware of the senses. Improv — Isaac Lebwohl-Steiner Days 3-4 Learn the basic tenets of improv and the core ideas. No age restrictions. Leadership: Skill or Art? — Lane Neubauer Days 3-4 Examines what it means to be an effective leader, with emphasis on ECRS leadership philosophy and group dynamic theory. (Age 13+) Song and Joke Swap — Jacquie Adain Days 3-4 Take turns leading a song and telling a joke. Instruments optional. Small Scenes — Isaac Lebwohl-Steiner All 4 days Comedy, drama, and everything in between — using scripts to rehearse, create, and perform. (Age 16+, class size limited to 16, commitment to all four days) Active Games and More — Jacquie Adain Days 1-2 Interactive, active, sedate, dramatic, quiet, raucous, and silly games, revisiting old favorites and discovering new ones. (Age 16+) Late Night Dances — Rain Woods Days 1-2 Learn the steps to the dances everyone else seems to know at New Year's Eve. All ages and energy levels welcome. Active Games and More — Jacquie Adain Days 3-4 Interactive, active, sedate, dramatic, quiet, raucous, and silly games, revisiting old favorites and discovering new ones. (Age 16+) Children's Program (Elementary ages) All 4 days A completely integrated program for children ages 5-11 during two class periods, cooperative-led for the remaining period. HEALTH POLICY ------------- Every attendee age five and up was required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend (children under five were exempt). Proof of vaccination was required at online registration, plus a rapid antigen test at check-in and a follow-up test on day 3. Anyone with symptoms or a positive test was required to quarantine and mask until cleared. Masking was otherwise optional. The board reserved the right to cancel the in-person event if COVID conditions made it unsafe. TAGS ---- multi-day, new-year