Corbett, OR: Balkanalia! (Aug. 29 - Sept. 1)

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It's time for Balkanalia 2025!

Camp Angelos

32149 SE Stevens Rd, 

Corbett, OR 97019

Get ready for another music- and dance-filled weekend at beautiful Camp Angelos along the Sandy River! Balkanalia will take place on Friday, August 29 (4 PM) until Monday, September 1 (10 AM).

This year’s camp will have classes specifically geared for beginners! Are you new to Balkan music and dance? Never danced in the line before? Never jammed with a band or ensemble? This year is your chance!

Beginner classes:

• Beginning Balkan Dance with Jana Rickel
• Beginner Ensemble with Tung Pham

Classes for all levels:

• Bulgarian dance with Tanya Dimitrov
• Bulgarian singing with Maria Bebelekova
• Bulgarian ensemble with Bill Cope & Veseljatsi
• Macedonian dance with Susan Reagel and Amy Mills (first-time teachers!)
• Macedonian singing with Dragi Spasovski
• Macedonian ensemble with David Bilides
• Modern Ensemble with Mark Levy
• Romani singing with Carol Silverman
• Tambura with Adam Good and Kristina Vaskys
• Tupan with Jerry Kisslinger

Evening party bands:

• Staro Selo (Macedonian)
• Veseljatsi (Bulgarian)
• Gora Gora (Balkan Brass from Colorado — first time at Balkanalia!)

And also

• Kids program with Fiore Grey
• Delicious food by Hristo Kolev
• A new Kafana jam space!

There may be last-minute changes to the program! We’ll keep you updated on our website.

New in 2025: Subsidized tuition! Due to increased costs, we have to raise tuition prices this year. To make sure everyone can still attend, we are offering options to pay the full cost, a subsidized rate, or a “pay-it-forward” rate to help those in our community with fewer financial resources. We want to keep Balkanalia affordable for everyone!

Adults

• Full cost: $430 until August 1 / $480 August 1 & later
• Subsidized rate: $350 until August 1 / $380 August 1 & later
• Pay-it-forward: $480 until August 1 / $530 August 1 & later

Children

• Age 6–17: $215 (by July 31) / $240 (after July 31)
• Age 5 and under: free

Work Exchange
If you can put in a little elbow grease in exchange for half the tuition, we have plenty of positions open on the dish crew, floor crew, coffee crew, bathroom crew, and registration crew! Read more about work exchange positions.

Register on our website at https://balkanalia.org/registration-2025/

Any questions? We’ve answered some on our About Balkanalia page. If you still need to get in touch, drop us a line at balka...@gmail.com, or leave a message at 503-662-7895.

See you at camp!