26th Annual May Jam
Friday - Sunday, May 26-28, 2017
with
Photo by John BarrettRachel Schwartz
Artist-in-residence
All Jamming
All Weekend
⇒ Friends! Fun! Community!
⇒ Great breakfasts and lunches included
⇒ Financial aid & Work exchange available
⇒ Monday, off-the-dance-floor gathering
⇒ Saturday night: Live Music & Dance Jam
(with music by Stephen Katz)Stephen Katz
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
YOU CAN STILL WALK-IN TO ANY AND ALL PARTS OF MAY JAM
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday
Registration and Welcome jam................................7:00-10:00pm
Saturday
Doors open for personal warm-up and breakfast........9:30am
Opening Circle and group warm-up.........................10:00am
All day jamming...................................................10:00am-5:30pm
Lunch served (times approximate)...........................1:00-2:30pm
Dinner break at local restaurants.............................5:30-8:00pm
Music and Dance Jam w/ Stephen Katz.....................8:00-10:30pm
(Saturday night is open to the public, invite your friends)
Sunday
Doors open for personal warm-up and breakfast........10:00am
Gather for group warm-up......................................10:30am
All day jamming....................................................10:30am-4:00pm
Lunch served (time approximate)..............................1:00-2:30pm
Closing circle..........................................................4:00-5:00pm
Out of the space.....................................................6:00pm
Monday
Off-the-dance-floor gathering. Likley a picnic.............details TBA
ON-LINE REGISTRATION DISCOUNT PRICING:
IMPORTANT: Discount pricing applies ONLY if you register and pay on-line.
Early-Bird registration pricing: (These prices are expired)
Must register before midnight, May 10
♦ $85 - Full-time student (also those unemployed or severe economic issues)
♦ $105 - Regular rate - Employed (including self-employed). That is, most of us.
♦ $120 - Professional rate - Please pay this rate, if you can.
♦ $135 - Supporting the Arts!
Regular on-line registration pricing:
Regular on-line registration available until midnight, May24
♦ $95 - Full-time student (also those unemployed or severe economic issues)
♦ $115 - Regular rate - Employed (including self-employed). That is, most of us.
♦ $130 - Professional rate - Please pay this rate, if you can.
♦ $145 - Supporting the Arts!
♦♦ Register Here ♦♦
FULL JAM "At the door"
♦ $105 - Student Rate - Full-time student or those unemployed
♦ $125 - Regular rate - Employed (including self-employed). That is, most of us.
♦ $140 - Professional rate - Please pay this rate, if you can.
♦ $160 - Supporting the Arts!
Friday Night Jam only, $12 ($10-16, sliding scale)
Saturday Daytime, only - Jamming & food: $65 (sliding scale, 49-70)
Saturday evening Dance and Music Improv Jam, only - $17 ($15-25, sliding scale)
Sunday Daytime only - Jamming & food: $65 (sliding scale, 49-70)
FINANCIAL AID and SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS:
To Apply: If the lowest level of our sliding scale is too expensive for you, we offer a limited number of applicants $25 off their fee on a first-come-first-served basis. Apply on the registration form.
To Donate: If you have even a little extra, please donate to the scholarship fund as you register. Your support enables more dancers to attend CIB events.
WORK EXCHANGE:
We have a limited number of positions available enabling dancers to save up to one half of their jam registration fee. Some are appropriate only for local dancers; some make sense for anyone. Contact the Work exchange (WEX) coordinator, to be considered.
wex@contactimprovboston.com
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTERING:
Email Paul: registrations@contactimprovboston.com
HOUSING AND OUT-OF-TOWNERS:
Out-of-towners: You are welcome - come one, come all! We can help you with housing here in the homes of local dancers. Please pre-register and indicate you need housing; we'll work it out for you.
Locals: Please open your guest bedroom, extra couch, floorspace, etc, to our May Jam visitors. We need the space and it builds the community. Also, it's fun to get a little closer to dancers from afar.
Questions about housing: Email housing@ContactImprovBoston.com
LOCATION:
All the weekend's events take place at:
Cambridge Masonic Hall, 1950 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA (Porter Square)
Right across the street from the Porter Sq stop on the MBTA Red Line.
Park on far side of the lot behind Elephant Walk Restaurant, 2067 Mass Ave (across the street, north 3 blocks)
Here's a link to a map showing the Masonic Hall, the T stop and where to park: http://maps.google.com
ARTISTS BIOS: To Follow
THE FINE PRINT:
Regarding product sales at the May Jam:
If you have items of interest to contact improv dancers (generally clothing) that you would like to sell at CIB events, please contact the organizers in advance. We have limited space available for vendors, and may not be able to say yes to everyone, so it is important you let us know well ahead of time.
Cancelation Policy:
• If the whole event is canceled, we will refund the entire registration fee of pre-registered participants. If we cancel an event part-way through, we will pro-rate that refund.
• If a registered participant withdraws from an event more than two weeks before the event, we will fully refund their registration fee, minus a $10 administration fee.
• If a registered participant withdraws less than two weeks before the event, no refund will be issued. Also applies to no-show, (but please let us know so we can plan better.)
• We will consider hardship situations for refunds before and during the event. Please contact the registrar.