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Music on the Water
Sunday, July 6 - Sunday, July 13, 2025
Song Leaders: Elsie Gawler, Ethan Tischler, and Mia Bertelli
Boating Leaders: Arista Holden and Dylan Ladds
Cooks: Phoebe Tucker and Olivia Keene
Immerse in a week of rowing and singing while camping together on Greens Island, Maine. This will be a joyous week of learning three-part harmony singing on land and on the water while rowing. We will build a tight community while learning new skills in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Singing while hauling sails or pulling oars is an age-old boating tradition, which has supported both the timing of the work, and has made it a lot more fun, too. Our oars create a wonderfully percussive sound while rowing which will strengthen our sense of rhythm. Singing together greatly supports the timing of our rowing strokes. Rowing while singing helps us to breathe more fully, and create a fuller sound with our voices (we will find our inner foghorn). No prior musical or boating experience necessary!
With guidance from AC USA leaders, participants will be invited to rotate through a range roles throughout the week to keep our crew healthy and our boats well tended. For example, you may refill the group's water jugs, stow the sails and oars at the end of the day, or assist our cook with preparing a group meal. Under sail, your leadership role may rotate from coxing, to being the mast captain, to doing a specific task such as raising and lowering the sail. While rowing, you may cox, navigate, lead the other rowers by keeping the stroke, actively follow the stroke oar, or perhaps be inspired to lead a call-and-response song to help keep the rowers in sync.
Instruction, all meals, and safety equipment will be provided. There are always a handful of open spaces in the boat for those who need a break from rowing and would prefer to ride-along.
Typical Daily Schedule:
Activities will be adjusted in accordance to the weather and needs of the community.
6:30am Gather to stretch
7-7:30am Light Morning Row (and sing)
7:45-8am Morning Dip (required for all participants on the first day, then will be optional for the following days)
8:30am Breakfast and coffee/tea (all are expected to be present at all meal times to check in/stay updated with the plans)
9:30am Clean up, group chores, and personal time.
10:30am Gather to sing (on or off the water)
12:30pm lunch onshore
1:30pm Clean up/personal time
2:30pm Gather to sing (on or off the water)
5pm Put the boats to bed for the night (pump out any water, tie them securely to the dock, stow equipment).
6pm Dinner
7pm Clean up
7:30pm Evening meeting/group check in, and songs and tunes.
9-10pm Folks typically head to their tents.
No prior experience necessary. Instruction, and meals provided. This program is on Greens Island and starts and ends in Rockland, Maine. We will take the ferry to Vinalhaven, and a short power boat ride to Greens.
Detailed logistics to follow.
Have any questions? Please get in touch.
Maximum group size 24 people. Ages 15 - 70+ and all experience levels.
Sunday, July 6 - Sunday, July 13, 2025
Song Leaders: Elsie Gawler, Ethan Tischler, and Mia Bertelli
Boating Leaders: Arista Holden and Dylan Ladds
Cooks: Phoebe Tucker and Olivia Keene
Immerse in a week of rowing and singing while camping together on Greens Island, Maine. This will be a joyous week of learning three-part harmony singing on land and on the water while rowing. We will build a tight community while learning new skills in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Singing while hauling sails or pulling oars is an age-old boating tradition, which has supported both the timing of the work, and has made it a lot more fun, too. Our oars create a wonderfully percussive sound while rowing which will strengthen our sense of rhythm. Singing together greatly supports the timing of our rowing strokes. Rowing while singing helps us to breathe more fully, and create a fuller sound with our voices (we will find our inner foghorn). No prior musical or boating experience necessary!
With guidance from AC USA leaders, participants will be invited to rotate through a range roles throughout the week to keep our crew healthy and our boats well tended. For example, you may refill the group's water jugs, stow the sails and oars at the end of the day, or assist our cook with preparing a group meal. Under sail, your leadership role may rotate from coxing, to being the mast captain, to doing a specific task such as raising and lowering the sail. While rowing, you may cox, navigate, lead the other rowers by keeping the stroke, actively follow the stroke oar, or perhaps be inspired to lead a call-and-response song to help keep the rowers in sync.
Instruction, all meals, and safety equipment will be provided. There are always a handful of open spaces in the boat for those who need a break from rowing and would prefer to ride-along.
Typical Daily Schedule:
Activities will be adjusted in accordance to the weather and needs of the community.
6:30am Gather to stretch
7-7:30am Light Morning Row (and sing)
7:45-8am Morning Dip (required for all participants on the first day, then will be optional for the following days)
8:30am Breakfast and coffee/tea (all are expected to be present at all meal times to check in/stay updated with the plans)
9:30am Clean up, group chores, and personal time.
10:30am Gather to sing (on or off the water)
12:30pm lunch onshore
1:30pm Clean up/personal time
2:30pm Gather to sing (on or off the water)
5pm Put the boats to bed for the night (pump out any water, tie them securely to the dock, stow equipment).
6pm Dinner
7pm Clean up
7:30pm Evening meeting/group check in, and songs and tunes.
9-10pm Folks typically head to their tents.
No prior experience necessary. Instruction, and meals provided. This program is on Greens Island and starts and ends in Rockland, Maine. We will take the ferry to Vinalhaven, and a short power boat ride to Greens.
Detailed logistics to follow.
Have any questions? Please get in touch.
Maximum group size 24 people. Ages 15 - 70+ and all experience levels.
Sign Up and Payment Information
Atlantic Challenge USA Sliding Scale:
The sliding scale represents the idea that financial resources, including income, are not and should not be the only determining factor in whether or not someone can access our program. If you have greater financial means and are able to contribute more, you will be allowing greater accessibility to other participants to join our program.
If you need financial assistance beyond what is reflected in our sliding scale, please fill out the Financial Aid Form as part of your registration packet.
Atlantic Challenge USA Sliding Scale:
The sliding scale represents the idea that financial resources, including income, are not and should not be the only determining factor in whether or not someone can access our program. If you have greater financial means and are able to contribute more, you will be allowing greater accessibility to other participants to join our program.
If you need financial assistance beyond what is reflected in our sliding scale, please fill out the Financial Aid Form as part of your registration packet.
Total Annual Household Income(s) |
Cost |
Up to $49,000 |
$840 |
$50,000 - $69,000 |
$1050 |
$70,000 - $89,000 |
$1400 |
$90,000 - $119,000 |
$1610 |
$120,000 - $184,000 |
$1750 |
$185,000 or more |
$1960 |
To Sign Up:
Payment questions: Please email Erin Ferree to discuss payment plans or financial aid questions.
Cancellation:
In the event that you must cancel, please do so by sending an email no later than 1 month before your program starts. Cancellations received on or before 1 month prior to your start date will be refunded the cost of tuition minus the $100 deposit. Cancellations received within 1 month of the start date will be refunded 50% of tuition minus the $100 deposit.
Atlantic Challenge USA reserves the right to cancel programs in cases of emergency, insufficient number of registrations, or other situations. In the event of program cancellation, all tuition and deposits will be refunded.
All program participants are responsible for finding their way to the Rockland Ferry Terminal at noon on Sunday, July 6th and home again from the Rockland Ferry Terminal at 2:15pm at the end of the program.
- Select the appropriate tuition on the Sliding Scale table above.
- Sign up here. Fill out the Registration Packet and make a $100 deposit (or complete the Financial Aid Form) to hold your place in the program.
- You will be notified by email once your application and deposit have been received and to confirm your place in the program. If a program is already full, you will be put on the waiting list and subsequently notified when there is an opening.
- Final payments must be received 1 month before your program start date, example: If your program starts on June 23rd, you need to have paid in full by May 23rd, 2025.
Payment questions: Please email Erin Ferree to discuss payment plans or financial aid questions.
Cancellation:
In the event that you must cancel, please do so by sending an email no later than 1 month before your program starts. Cancellations received on or before 1 month prior to your start date will be refunded the cost of tuition minus the $100 deposit. Cancellations received within 1 month of the start date will be refunded 50% of tuition minus the $100 deposit.
Atlantic Challenge USA reserves the right to cancel programs in cases of emergency, insufficient number of registrations, or other situations. In the event of program cancellation, all tuition and deposits will be refunded.
All program participants are responsible for finding their way to the Rockland Ferry Terminal at noon on Sunday, July 6th and home again from the Rockland Ferry Terminal at 2:15pm at the end of the program.