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a Fine & Performing Arts Camp
Camp Ballibay offers a unique non-competitive and individual choice fine and performing arts camp program in a fun, friendly, and accepting environment for kids.
Ballibay is a summer sleep-away arts camp for boys and girls ages 6 through 16. We offer a wide range of non-competitive fine and performing arts camp activities in a fun, friendly, and authentic summer camp setting. We are located on an exquisitely beautiful 175-acre mountaintop campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our sessions range from 2 to 7 weeks in length.
We offer exciting programs in theater, the visual arts, music, dance, video, radio, and rock-n-roll music. We have an outstanding horseback riding program, swimming instruction, and daily sports activities.
Our program is completely individual choice: campers can focus on a single activity all day, pick several to focus on, or try a little of everything! For campers who know what they want to do all day, we offer dance camp and rock camp intensive programs. Our 3-week and 4-week programs are perfect for campers who want to do theater, art, or music all day, or try a little of everything!
Camp Ballibay for the Fine and Performing Arts was established in 1964, and is American Camping Association accredited.
What are Kids and Parents Saying About Ballibay?
What's new at Ballibay?
"Perhaps the best camp food I've ever had"
Said one long-time camping professional who visited us this summer and enjoyed a meal from our dining hall. Visit our food website to read more, and hear about it from the kids themselves in this video.
Dining Hall and Kitchen Expansion
Plus More Food Education and Gardening!
For 2010 we will continue to put great food at the top of our priorities by adding a 24' x 110' addition to the current facilities, effectively doubling our dining area, and nearly tripling the size of our kitchen; the largest expansion at Ballibay since the construction of the new camp office in 1996. Click Here to Read More.
Meet the Camp's Staff and CITs
Our new staff directory allows families to get to know our teachers, counselors, and Counselors in Training. Staff can be viewed by specialty, or by categories such as "returning staff," or "staff whose children attend camp," &c...
High Definition Video
We shot all camper performances in 4-camera live-switched high definition video last summer, as always with campers on the cameras and behind the switcher! Campers watch videos from their Ballibay summers for years and years, and we have always prided ourselves in teaching and producing professional-quality video. See this video on our Facebook page for an example of the amazing difference in quality!
Our Campus in Google Earth
Parents say that our excellent, well-maintained campus and facilities are extremely impressive; but many families don't get a sense of our campus until they are dropping off or picking up their campers, and our international families rarely see our campus. So we have embarked on a major project to model our campus in Google Earth. Download this file and open it in Google Earth to see our project-in-progress.
Wonderful Donations to Camp
Our thanks to Vitamix and Sodastream for their generous donations to the camp kitchen this summer. We are receiving such support for our new foodservice from campers, families, staff, and now the larger food-minded world. Thank You! Here are some photos from the smoothie bar we've been setting up on opening days to refresh parents dropping off their kids!
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