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Registration Information

To attend the American Banjo Camp you must preregister, and for 2026 you must be tested for Covid-19 just before camp. (See our covid policy). Space is allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, visit the registration form page, fill it in, and either click the PayPal button (to use a credit card or PayPal) or send the registration form with payment to the address indicated below.

You can send the full amount or you can hold your place with a deposit of $100 and pay the balance by July 1. Full payment is required on any registrations after July 1. Make checks out to "American Banjo Camp." If you've already paid a deposit and now you wish to pay the balance with a credit card or PayPal, visit the registration balance page.

The postal address for ABC is:
American Banjo Camp
9228 1st Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98117

If you use any kind of spam filtering, make sure that email from any of the following email addresses will get through otherwise you will miss important information!
psl@acm.org
KenPerlman@aol.com
PeterSLangston@comcast.net
PeterSLangston@gmail.com
suzannejam@comcast.net

Email Problems: If your email to us bounces for any reason, or if you don't get a reply within a week or two, please send a copy of the bounced email (complete with all the headers, if possible) to us at <psl@acm.org> and make sure the Subject: is "American Banjo Camp" (to avoid spam filters). You can also send the registration info there if you're having trouble getting through to the regular email address.

Covid Policy: Please read our covid-19 policy before registering.

Tuition Prices:

The various rates are summarized in the table below. Three options affect the cost of attending camp.
+ You can stay on site as a Resident or stay offsite as a Commuter (see "Lodging" below).
+ You can attend the Full Camp (three days) or you can just attend for the Weekend (two days).
+ You can attend classes as a Student or you can accompany a student as a Spouse.

ABC Cost Summary	Student	Spouse
Resident Full Camp	$966	$483
Commuter Full Camp	$894	$447
Resident Weekend Only	$844	$422
Commuter Weekend Only	$756	$378

Tuition Options

The current tuition costs are also displayed on the Registration Form.

Resident Residents stay onsite in cabins, lodges, tents, campers, or RVs (see "Lodging" below). We are charged the same for all residents, regardless of where they stay.

Commuter We offer reduced rates for people wishing to stay off-site (see "Lodging" below).

Full Camp: The full camp starts on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. and runs to Sunday at 2:00 p.m. It includes nine meals (Thu dinner, Fri breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Sat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch.

Weekend Only: The weekend camp starts on Friday at noon. and runs to Sunday at 2:00 p.m. It includes seven meals (Fri lunch and dinner, Sat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch. Note that starting this year the weekend option includes Friday lunch!

The Student Rate: The student rate includes classes, room, board, staff concerts, scramble band performance and all evening activities.

The Spouse Rate The Spouse rate includes everything but the classes and performance in the student concert (i.e. room, board, staff concerts, and evening concerts are all included). A spouse, parent, or significant other who does not want to take any classes can accompany a student attendee at the reduced Spouse Rate. The "spouse" should fill in a separate registration form (see "Couples & Groups" below).

Work/Trade and Scholarships

We offer work/trade positions that reduce the tuition by $100 in exchange for up to 5 hours of work at camp or $200 in exchange for up to 10 hours of work. The work/trade positions are given out in a first-come first-served basis. Here are further details.

Supported by the generosity of our students we have a scholarship program for people who could not afford to come to camp without financial aid and for whom a work/trade position would not suffice. If you want to come to camp but simply can't afford it, consider asking for an ABC Scholarship.

Deposits and Cancellations

Deposits: Anyone registering before July 1, 2026 can send a deposit of $100 to hold a space until July 1, at which time the balance must be paid. All registration requests must be accompanied by at least a $100 deposit before July 1, and by full payment thereafter.

Cancellations: If you cancel for any reason before July 1, 2026 your entire payment will be refunded, although we ask that you consider donating the deposit amount ($100) to the scholarship fund. If you cancel between July 1 and Aug 27 all but $100 will be refunded. If you cancel between Aug 27 and Sep 9 all but $200 will be refunded. There are no refunds after Sep 9.

Students Under 18

Young Students: Minor students may attend ABC if accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult guardian. Parents must sign a permissions form that allows their child to attend (contact us and ask for a Youth Permissions Form). A non-parent may act as guardian, but must have a signed permission to do so from a parent (and they must sign a form acknowledging this responsibility). Parents or guardians may register for camp, and if they do not wish to fully participate in Camp they may register at the non-playing, discounted "spouse" rate.

Birthdate: ABC is a camp for adults. We know that some adults are quite young chronologically — we need to know your age for several reasons. If you are worried about telling us your age, please bear in mind that we won't share that information with anyone else other than emergency medical personnel should they be needed (age is always their first question). We ask because it may be needed in an emergency, our insurance needs to know numbers of people in different age ranges, and because it helps us make better decisions about lodging, class locations, ability to climb stairs, etc.

Other Registration Details

Payment: You can pay online using PayPal or a credit card (through PayPal). You can also pay with a check or money order. Please make checks or money orders payable to "American Banjo Camp." All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars. We cannot take payments in any foreign currency via personal check. Foreign bank checks in US dollars are acceptable if made out to: "Ken Perlman for American Banjo Camp".

Wait List: Registration is first-come, first-served. If camp is already full when we receive your registration we will put you on the wait list and inform you that you are wait listed. We will also inform you if space opens up so we can register you. You can ask to be taken off the wait list at any time before camp starts and your deposit will be refunded. If we can't get you into camp from the wait list your deposit will be refunded.

Lodging: There are eleven cabins with two four-person bedrooms and one or two bathrooms and a few two-person lodge rooms on site, along with two tent-camping areas and a parking lot for RVs (no hookups). These facilities are first-come first-served, so register early if you want to stay on-site. If you wish you can stay off-site at a reduced rate (the "commuter" option). There are a number of motels in the area; we have arranged a discounted rate from the nearest one. Click here for more lodging information.

T-shirt Size: We make a group order for ABC commemorative T-shirts ahead of time. If you'd like one, enter your size in the appropriate blank on the registration form. You can order several if you'd like; if you want to order more than 3, send us email and we'll work it out.

Couples & Groups: To register more than one person please use more than one registration form (i.e. one form per person). We need to know things like age, food allergies, emergency contacts, etc. for all attendees, including spouses. Spouses should ignore the FOCUS, SKILL, and INTERESTS sections on the form.

Registration Form Questions: Questions on the registration form like skill level, jam preferences, interest areas, etc. are there to help us in planning; you are not "locked in" to whatever you answer. In particular, you will choose which classes to attend at class time, and you can always change your mind.

Gift Registrations: If you want to give a session of camp as a gift for Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, a special birthday, Father's Day, Mother's Day, or even April Fool's Day, and you'd like to surprise the recipient, you can send us the payment with a minimally filled-out registration form showing the recipient's name and address as well as your email address and phone number, and a note saying it's to be a surprise. We'll reserve a place at camp and keep the secret until the time you've specified, at which point we'll collect the other registration information.

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