The 11th Annual Centralia Campout ATTENTION...ATTENTION...ATTENTION!!! The Campout is scheduled to start on the second Sunday in August and run until the third Sunday. So, go ask your boss for the time off right away! The dates are: August 11-18, 2013 You can check out Doc Huff's banjos at: Doc's Banjos The 2011 Photos are ready for viewing. Check 'em out! The 2010 photos are still available here! Also, check out the videos at the bottom of this page! Welcome to the Centralia Old-Time Music Campout homepage!  Imagine warm summer days, a beautiful river front setting while jamming all day long for more than a whole week!  There won't be any contests, stages, performers, or schedules to keep track of.  This is a relaxed event for musicians who like lots of jamming and hanging out with old friends and making new ones.  Spontaneous, participant organized activities, such as a cocktail party, a square dance (yes, I built a dance floor!), a birthday party, a cornfeed or a hamburger and bacon feed, could occur at any moment.  If you enjoy Stickerville at Weiser, you'll like this event too!  All the fun without the long drive or the intense heat.  We even have showers!  Speaking of showers, the Perseid meteor showers will occur during the campout, peaking on the night of the 11th and morning of the 12th with a last quarter moon, so it shouldn't interfer with your viewing! We're easy to find.  We're located half-way between Portland and Seattle on I-5 in Centralia, Washington at exit 82.  Click here for directions.  If you live in Portland or Seattle or even California and want to take the train here, I'll shuttle you to and from the station. The picture above is of the east meadow - a quieter, spot favored by those wanting a little peace from all the hub-bub.  The picture to the right is of the west side meadow. The weather is usually warm and dry this time of year, but come prepared for anything!  Gather up your friends and family and come on down for a week of relaxation, fun and music! An upstream view from the swimming hole. Here are some happy campers enjoying the swimming hole.  It has a rocky river bed so don't forget to bring your river shoes! (2012 Note) We had the best turnout ever and anticipate an even better 2013!  Click here to see a few images of the 2011 COTMC. If you need more information, email me.  This is a 'by donation' event.  The suggested donation for the week is only $80.00 per person or $20 per day!  I gratefully accept donations in an attempt to recover my expenses such as pasture rent, insurance, flush toilets!, garbage collection, extension of city water to the site, a shower house, maintainence to the shower house and toilets, tractor fuel, mowing the field, wi-fi!, dance floor, etc.  Of course, if you can afford more than $80, that would be welcomed too!  Your generous support is greatly appreciated and is what enables us to do this year after year.  Drinking water is available in the camping area as are showers that are available 24 hours a day.  There is ample room for your tent or RV.  There are no RV hookups.  And for you non-camping types, there are a few motels and B&B's in town.  For directions to the camp, click here and print them out. To register, print this registration form, fill it out, attach your check made payable to Ray Leach, and snail-mail it to: Ray Leach 815 W. 6th St. Centralia, WA 98531 If you want to register electronically, and have scanning capabilities, you may print out this registration form, fill it out, scan it, email it to me as an attachment, and pay with PayPal below. Phone: 360-269-8833 for questions or if you need more information. Help us continue to put on this event by donating as much as you can! Your online donation to CENTRALIA OLD-TIME MUSIC CAMPOUT will be processed by PayPal, the most widely used and secure internet payment source available. It's quick and easy.  Simply click on the button below. (the extra $2 is for PayPal's fee to me). Choose how many campers 1 camper $82.00 USD 2 campers $164.00 USD 3 campers $246.00 USD 4 campers $328.00 USD 5 campers $410.00 USD 6 campers $492.00 USD 7 campers $574.00 USD 8 campers $656.00 USD Click here to register for the 2013 Campout Home 2011 Photos Links Campout Directions Registration Form 2013 Campout Remember to Bring flashlight earplugs (only if you plan on sleeping!) tent tarps warm sleeping bag shade/rain canopy warm clothes for cool weather cool clothes for warm weather rain gear (it's best to be prepared!) swim suit towel river shoes (to protect your feet in the river!) raised fire pit and some wood musical instruments recording device extra batteries camping gear cooking gear cooler I've had to lay down some rules to help make everyone's stay a little nicer! DOG POLICY: Dogs are welcome, but must stay in your camp and be tethered at all times! Always pick up after your dog! (Do I really have to mention this!?) I suggest that, anytime you see a pile of dog doo, you pick it up! It's just good PR for all the rest of the campers...THANKS! PLEASE NO GENERATORS! What is this Old-Time Music? Mark Olson - 'Indians Over the Hill' Allegra Ziffle and Matt Novak Barnum Jack - 'Parted by the Riverside' Oliver Abrahamson - 'Jack of Diamonds' Jim Newberry - 'Brushy Fork of Johns Creek' Mark Olson - 'Grigsby's Hornpipe' Lee Birch, Hank Bradley and friends Maggie and friends - 'Goodbye Liza Jane' 2007 Campout Pictures 2008 Campout Pictures Centralia Campout 2008 Maggie and her band plays 'Sandy Boy's River jam at the 2008 Centralia Campout Glimpses of the 2008 cotmc River jam at the 2008 cotmc playing 'Twin Sisters' Centralia Campout 2008 "Rochester Schottiche" Centralia Campout 2008 'Cuckoo' Centralia Campout 2008 'Pretty Polly' Centralia Campout 2008 'The Girl Behind the Bar' Centralia Campout 2008 'Red Prairie Dawn' Centralia Campout 2008 'New Five Cent Piece' Centralia Campout 2008 'Rachel' Centralia Campout 2008 'Texas' Centralia Campout 2008 'Sally Ann' Centralia Campout 2008 'Marthy Won't You Drink Some Good Ol' Cider' Centralia Campout 2008 'Rickett's Hornpipe' Centralia Campout 2008 'Half Past Four' Centralia Campout 2008 'Twin Sisters' Centralia Campout 2008 'The Little Drunken Man' Come visit our 'space' at 'myspace.com'. To get on the Centralia Campout email list, Click here Getting on the list lets me get you the latest news easily. (To make sure you continue to receive my e-mails in your inbox (so they're not sent to a junk folder), please add jammerray@gmail.com and centraliacampout@gmail.com to your address book or safe sender list) This page was last updated on October 4, 2012. 41308 If you'd like to help me spread the word about the Centralia Campout, click here for suggestions. Did you find a link that isn't working?  Please let me know. Copyright © 2013 CentraliaCampout.com All Rights Reserved From the 2006 Centralia Campout... Want to be in contact other old-time musicians? Click here and list yourself in their old-time musican's directory! It's quick and easy and you can edit it anytime! Page Counters