Clear Lake   fiddle Camp 

Come celebrate Music and Dance at Western Canada’s

25th Annual Clear Lake Fiddle Camp

Sunday, July 12th – Thursday, July 16th, 2026

 

2026 Clear Lake Fiddle Camp Instructors:

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Patti Kusturok - Fiddle

Daria Watkin - Fiddle

Caitlin Baker - Fiddle

Jeremy Rusu - Piano

Skender Sefa - Guitar

Kharytia Bilash - Voice

Mitchell Mozdzen - Fiddle
 

About Our Camp

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Clear Lake Fiddle Camp offers an immersive musical experience where participants explore a wide range of playing styles under the guidance of professional musicians and instructors. Lessons are available in fiddle, guitar, piano, and vocals, all set against the stunning backdrop of Wasagaming on Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. Comfortable on-site facilities provide full meal service and accommodations. The camp runs from Sunday, July 12 through Thursday evening, July 16, 2026.

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Clear Lake Fiddle Camp is proudly family-friendly, offering much more than instrumental instruction. Participants can enjoy songwriting sessions, record a professionally produced CD, take tennis lessons with certified professionals from the U.S. and U.K., and join in dancing, concerts, bonfires, and open jam sessions. Highlights include an Old-Time Dance at historic Danceland—a designated provincial heritage site—and a traditional feast, concert, and dance at the iconic 1929 Dining and Lounge.

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Beyond the music, campers can take advantage of the many recreational activities available in the park, including swimming, fishing, canoeing, tennis, pickleball, golf, bowling, horseback riding, volleyball, nature trails, bison viewing, the naturalist museum at the Interpretive Centre, a spa, a movie theatre, and much more.

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Clear Lake Fiddle Camp Registration 2026​

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Classes are small.  They include group lessons; groups are split into three levels: novice, intermediate, and advanced.  Focus: to prepare students to be comfortable playing/dancing at an old-time dance, to prepare students for competition, to experience recording.  Some materials are available before camp.

Cost for instruction is $380 CAD per student/$400 CAD after May 31st.

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Accommodation:  Students are responsible for their own accommodation.Cabins can be rented, or you can reserve a space in the camp ground (look under Clear Lake Riding Mountain National Park of Canada accommodation).

 

Meals:  This year lunch and dinner are served at the 1929 Dining and Lounge Restaurant, next to the Idylwylde cabins (set menus).  Students supply their own breakfast The cost for these meals, beginning with supper on Sunday, July 12th, is $200 CAD.  Price includes final dinner/dance. 

 

The camp begins with a Supper and Jam on Sunday, July 12th at 5:00, and ends Thursday evening, July 16th, with a dinner and dance at the 1929 Dining and Lounge.  Bring your dancing shoes! Friday, July 17th there is an open jam with Daria for anyone who would like to play before they head home.

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For further information, please contact: 

Daria Watkin (204) 471-2894, Email: dariawatkin@gmail.com

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