Dance, Music, & Song CampsAll details below are for the 2026 season. Please check back later this fall for 2027 camp admissions updates.
| Program | Lottery Deadline |
|---|---|
| all camp sessions | March 15 |
| all intensive courses | March 8 |
We use a lottery system for over-subscribed sessions to make camp admission as fair as possible. We know waiting to find out if you got in can be frustrating! We have a lottery date in early spring to give a little extra time to people who need to get approval for time off of work, arrange for camp funding, get access to our website or assistance with online registration, or even find out about CDSS camps for the first time.
All registrations received by March 15 will be pending until after the lottery.
- If the number of registrants for a camp session exceeds capacity, we will hold a lottery on March 16 to determine whether campers are accepted or on a waitlist.
- If you apply by the lottery deadline, you’ll be notified about your acceptance status around March 17.
The intensive course lottery is one week earlier than the regular camp lottery.
- If you apply to an intensive course by March 8, you’ll be notified about your acceptance status around March 10.
- If you are accepted to the course, you will also be accepted to its host session.
After the lottery dates:
- We process all registrations and applications as first come, first served.
- You can see the number of open spaces at each session here.
You’re welcome to register for any session with open spaces or join the waitlist for any sessions that are full.
- To join a waitlist, just register yourself for camp.
- You will be asked to pay a deposit, which will be refunded if space doesn’t become available or you choose to leave the waitlist.
