Ireland Camp
Ireland Camp is a week long summer camp dedicated to promoting Irish history and culture through the arts.
Monday-Friday
August 11th-15th | 9am-4pm
WELCOME TO CAMP!
Ireland Camp is a week-long day camp for kids age 8+ located in Annapolis, MD. It promotes Irish culture through daily activities involving Irish history from ancient to modern times and Irish folklore. These activities will include: Irish dancing, painting, storytelling, costume and set design, singing, and poetry. Campers do not need to have prior experience in Irish dancing or music in order to attend.
The week will culminate in a performance that the campers will produce and design. Campers will present what they have learned throughout the week to their friends and family members. Ireland Camp 2025: “Mummers, Wren boys, and Other Uninvited Guests” will be organized around the four Celtic seasonal holidays and the traditions and festivities accompanying them. Many of these traditions include uninvited guests showing up in disguise at their neighbors’ homes. Campers will be learning about these different yearly traditions and attempt to recreate them for their own friends and family members to enjoy.
The end-of-week performance will be held on Friday at 7:30 pm at Hollywood Farm. After the Friday evening performance, campers and their friends and families will be invited to stay for a “bonefire” celebration, which will include a small family ceili. Kids can take home their props and costume pieces after the production.
DIRECTIONS TO CAMP
Camp will be held in The Barn at Hollywood Farm. Enter through the farm’s north entrance off of Holly Drive, located across the street from 696 Holly Drive N, Annapolis, MD 21409.
Parents will need to park along the driveway beside the community garden plots and walk their child up to the barn to avoid a back up of cars at the barn.
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Early bird registration available before May 15th!
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Tuition for camp is $325.
If you are registering siblings, please use our family discount code, Family20% for a 20% discount at check-out!
If your child would like to participate, but you have financial difficulties, please reach out to Catherine at cmarafino@gmail.com. We would like to make sure your child can join the fun!
Schedule and Supplies
BRING TO CAMP
Packed lunch (we have very limited refrigerator space)
Water bottle
Dance shoes (any shoe with a smooth sole) and socks
Sandals (for sprinkler time on hot days)
Sun hat
Sun screen
Bug spray
Sunglasses
Change of clothes just in case we get too wet in the sprinkler
Notebook
Pencil
Art smock (or wear clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty with paint)
CAMP WILL PROVIDE
Back up bug spray and sunscreen
Tap water for refilling bottles (city water)
Cooler for keeping water bottles cold
Daily snacks (cheese sticks, clementines, crackers, Gatorade, etc)
Art and craft supplies
It’s going to be hot, so please dress accordingly. There will be drinking water to refill bottles at the camp and we will have Gatorade available. We hope to have an air conditioner in the barn to provide a place to cool off between activities.
Campers should be prepared to participate in all activities: dancing, singing, crafts, poetry memorization and recitation, and creative writing. All of these activities will be performed in groups, and our hope is to allow campers with special interests the opportunity to shine in their area of talent.
DAILY SCHEDULE MONDAY-FRIDAY
8:45-9:15 Drop off/free time/play/craft table
9:15-9:30 Centering activity
9:30-10:20 Dance lesson
10:20-10:30 Bathroom and water break
10:30-11:00 Snack/Lesson #1 on Celtic holiday and accompanying traditions
11:00-11:30 Craft
11:30-12:00 Song
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Lesson #2 on Celtic holiday and accompanying traditions
1:30-2:30 Craft
2:30-3:15 Practice and review
3:15-4:00 Journaling and narration writing
FRIDAY EVNEING SCHEDULE
7:00 Dancers arrive at Hollywood Farm to prepare for production
7:30-8:15 Student production for friends and families
8:15-9:45 “Bonefire” celebration and small family ceili