Registration for the Spring 2025 East Coast Jam is open!
The Spring 2024 East Coast Jam has passed. To be notified when registration opens for the next jam, please subscribe to our email announcements.
Spring 2024 jam registration reached capacity by the end of the early-bird deadline, April 14, and we have closed registration.
If you have any questions contact us using the organizer contact section at the bottom of this page.
Where: Claymont Society, Claymont Mansion Road, Charles Town, WV 25414. See Travel Info for travel details
When: May 8 2024, 5:00 PM to May 12, 2024, 2:00 PM
Official kickoff is Wednesday night, May 8 at 6:30 PM dinner. Jammers can begin arriving as early as 5:00 PM. Contact us if you need to arrive earlier.
To register: After getting acquainted with the details below visit the Register page. (Always findable via the Register entry in the menu at the top of this site's pages.)
Our continuing mission is the opportunity to gather to share Contact Improvisation. Bring your whole dancing self, share quests and questions, connect and explore!
See our home page for general info about the East Coast Jam
See the At-the-ECJ Details page for various particulars
Visit Claymont Court Seminars for info about the Jam retreat center.
The rest of this page has the jam-specific details like costs and organizer contact info. Registration rates are organized around the actual costs, which vary depending on when and how you'll be attending.
Early Bird Deadline: April 14, 2024 (after April 14, rates increase by $50 until registration close)
Registration close: by April 20, 2024, 11:59 PM or sooner if we reach our jam capacity before then.
Full Balance Due for all and work study sign-up closes: April 20, 2024
Deposit and balance paid is fully refundable until: April 14, 2024
Balance paid is fully refundable minus deposit: April 15-May 1
Balance paid is 50% refundable minus deposit: May 1-May 8
If you have an exceptional situation contact the organizers and we’ll work with you.
Registration costs include:
A bed in a shared room. Camping reduces your cost by 20$/night.
If camping, please indicate that choice on the registration form. If you choose camping on the form and then change your mind before (let us know as soon as possible) or decide to crash indoors at the last minutes to escape weather, etc, know that there might not be spare beds for last minute changes (though that’s unusual) and you’ll need to pay the cost difference.
Delicious vegetarian meals
Blankets and pillow. Sheets and towels are available for a laundry fee of $5 per person.
Kids are welcome!
Kids 0-5 are free; kids 6-11 get 50% off the registration fee.
We welcome kids but those bringing them must agree they will be responsible for their supervision.
Work Study
Work Study pays $25/hour and entails working in the kitchen for meal prep/clean-up. Work study hours occur during times when we are jamming. Please contact the work study organizer as soon as possible if interested.
The total cost depends on your dates of attendance, when you register (before or after the Early Bird deadline), if you are tenting or sleeping in the mansion, and if you choose work study.
Early Bird registration fees:
$550 - 4 nights (Full Jam)
Arrive Wednesday before dinner and depart Sunday after lunch
$470 - 3 nights
Arrive Wednesday after lunch and depart Saturday after lunch or arrive Thursday after lunch and depart Sunday after lunch
$350 - 2 nights
Arrive Thursday after lunch and depart Saturday after lunch or arrive Friday after lunch and depart Sunday after lunch.
Registration must be for contiguous days – you can't skip days
We encourage attendance for the full 5 days, especially for first timers. Experiencing the full jam allows you to be part of creating a deeply connected enriching space.
For those who are unable to attend the full jam, we do have options for later arrival or Saturday departure.
Arrival for any day starts after lunch. If you want to arrive earlier that day you need to bring your own lunch or check the box on the registration form to have lunch provided by Claymont.
Late Registration fees: Add 50$ to your total due
To reach the Spring ECJ organizers as a group, send an email to spring-ecj@googlegroups.com.
To reach a specific organizer:
Kathleen Hunter, Email: khunterphoto@gmail.com, Phone: 919 360-8601
Contact Kathleen particularly for registration questions
Abby Williamson, Email: abigailrwilliamson@yahoo.com, Phone: 512 573-1325
Contact Abby particularly for work study questions
Ken Manheimer, Email: ken.manheimer@gmail.com, Phone: 202 525-6260
Contact Ken particularly for communications and online facilities questions (websites, online registration and payment, mailing lists and outreach, etc)