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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • History >
      • Previous Staff
      • Previous Schedules
      • Artwork
    • Rules and Policies
    • Discussions & Resources
    • The Organizing Committee
    • How We Choose Our Staff
    • Facing and Challenging Racism in the Trad Song community
  • 2020 Weekend
    • Register
    • 2020 Staff
    • 2020 Schedule >
      • Lead a Workshop!
    • Rules and Policies >
      • Camp Rules
      • Code of Conduct
      • Substance Policy
      • Recording Policy
    • Packing List
    • Venue and Travel
  • FAQS
    • General FAQS
    • Registration FAQS
  • Support YTS
    • Friends and Sponsors
    • Publicity Material
  • Contact

Registration

Registration for the Waitlist is Open 
Priority registration for the lottery has closed, but waitlist registration is open  Monday, October 14 to Sunday, December 15. 
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To ensure a prominent youth presence and inter-generational learning and community building, we offer 80% of our registration slots to attendees under the age of 50 and 20% of registration slots to those age 50 and older. 

How to Register
Cost
Scholarships and Travel Grants
Info for Families
Cancellations
Day Passes
Registration FAQs
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How to Register

Registration is a 2-step process:

1) Fill out our registration form. At any time during lottery registration, fill out our online form. We'll ask you questions about housing and food preferences, scholarship and travel grant requests, whether you'd like to register in a party with others, etc. 
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At the close of lottery registration, if we have more people registered in the Youth or Young-at-Heart category than we have space to admit, we will hold a lottery for that category and return results by October 20th. If you don't get in during the lottery, we'll add you to our waitlist in the order that your name was drawn during the lottery.  Read more about the lottery, and about why we switched from first-come first-serve to lottery admission.  

2) Confirm and pay. If you got in, we'll send an email letting you know (including how much scholarship we're able to offer you, if you applied). We'll ask you to pay within a week to hold your spot, either online or by check. As always, you can contact registration@youthtradsong.org if you need to arrange an alternate payment plan. Once we've confirmed your payment, you'll be officially registered! You can also purchase T-shirts at that time.
​If you register after lottery registration closes, and your age bracket is full, we’ll add you to the waitlist on a first come, first serve basis.
 

Cost

Registration fee includes all event programming, housing on Friday and Saturday nights, and meals from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch.

Adults (18+): $165
Teens (12–17): $135
Kids (6–11): $70
Small Kids (3–5): $35
Very Small Kids (0–2): Free
 

Scholarships and Travel Grants

YTS strives to be an accessible event for singers in a variety of financial situations. Limited scholarships and travel grants are available. Scholarships for up to $120 are available, and may be supplemented by travel grants for singers who face significant travel expenses, like  plane fare. You can apply for a scholarship or travel grant while filling out the registration form. When you’re admitted to the weekend, we’ll tell you how much scholarship we’re able to offer. If it’s not enough to enable you to attend, let us know and we’ll (regretfully) give away your spot.
 

Families With Children

​We encourage families with children to attend, and we are working on ways to make that easier! Please contact registration@youthtradsong.org if you have questions about registering your family. Adults can serve as chaperone for more than one child, though each child needs a named chaperone.
 

Cancellation Policy

Until November 15, you may cancel your registration and get a full refund. From November 15 to December 31 you may cancel your registration, but you are only guaranteed a refund if we are able to fill your spot from the waitlist. After December 31, we aren't able to guarantee refunds. In case of last-minute extenuating circumstances (severe illness or weather-related travel issues), contact registration@youthtradsong.org to talk about options for a partial refund.
 

Day Passes

Community is important to us and we would like everybody to have a fully immersive experience. We encourage all who are able to commit to attending for the full weekend. Therefore, we are offering only a limited number of day passes.

If you have financial need, please apply for a weekend scholarship. Day passes are intended for individuals with work, parenting/family, or other obligations that would prevent them from attending the entire weekend. Please note that you may either register for the full weekend or apply for a day pass — not both.

A day pass costs $80. As a day guest, you will be invited to attend YTS on Saturday only, from 9am through the end of our evening Open Mic concert, approximately 9pm. Lunch and dinner are included.

Day pass applications will be accepted until December 15, but we’ll give priority to applications received by October 13. We will consider applications on a case-by-case basis. To apply for a day pass, please fill out the regular registration form at the link at the top of this page, writing "day pass" in any spaces that ask about housing/roommates or any spaces that seem appropriate. Email registration@youthtradsong.org with any questions. 

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