Youth Traditional Song Weekend is a youth-focused (though not youth-exclusive) weekend for singers and session leaders interested in traditional songs. Each year we gather for an awesome weekend of singing, learning, teaching, sharing, growing, and all-around good times!
The 10th Annual Youth Traditional Song Weekend will be:
Lottery registration will be open until October 31, 2020. Waitlist registration will be open from November 1, 2020 until December 15, 2020.
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Even though we can’t share space, we are looking forward to sharing songs and geeking out with you! Our goal is to have some of the same types of of connection, discussion, hangouts, and singing that usually happen at YTS. To that end, YTS will be hosted on two digital platforms this year: Zoom and Discord. We will have Zoom rooms for workshops and for group sings, as well as some spaces for hangouts. There will be some dedicated “dry” zoom rooms where participants are asked to remain sober. There will be singarounds, structured workshops, social video chats, text chats, and audio-only spaces, with breaks between sessions. After the zoom workshops, we’ll open up discussion “channels” (like chatrooms) on Discord so that we can continue discussing or sharing resources on the topic. We’ll be sharing more about how this will work closer to the event.
Singing together online and running online sessions present many challenges, especially sound lag. The best we’ve found is to take turns leading songs, and for everyone else to sing along with the leader while muted. We also know that screen fatigue and Zoom fatigue are real, and a virtual event may be draining rather than invigorating for some folks. There will be breaks between sessions, but also feel free to join in for what feels right for you, whether that means logging in to everything or attending only certain sessions over the weekend.
YTS this year will be sliding scale. When we email you with lottery results, we will send information on our operating costs to help inform your choices regarding what to contribute this year. We encourage you to contribute to our costs as you are able. If you’re able to contribute $0, that’s also great! Please feel free to buy merchandise even if you are not able to contribute to our costs.
We are anticipating our costs this year will primarily include staff compensation, virtual platform, live tech support for attendees, and accessibility features.
Singing together online and running online sessions present many challenges, especially sound lag. The best we’ve found is to take turns leading songs, and for everyone else to sing along with the leader while muted. We also know that screen fatigue and Zoom fatigue are real, and a virtual event may be draining rather than invigorating for some folks. There will be breaks between sessions, but also feel free to join in for what feels right for you, whether that means logging in to everything or attending only certain sessions over the weekend.
YTS this year will be sliding scale. When we email you with lottery results, we will send information on our operating costs to help inform your choices regarding what to contribute this year. We encourage you to contribute to our costs as you are able. If you’re able to contribute $0, that’s also great! Please feel free to buy merchandise even if you are not able to contribute to our costs.
We are anticipating our costs this year will primarily include staff compensation, virtual platform, live tech support for attendees, and accessibility features.
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