Dog Days Ale 2018

The Dog Days Ale will be held from July 6 - 8 in the heart of New York State’s Finger Lakes Wine Trail district.

We will be camping once again on team member Peter Hoover’s property in Trumansburg, New York, about 10 miles northwest of Ithaca. This site, a lovely farm and orchard with plenty of room for camping, has been Morris-tested for the past 19 years as the base camp of our Dog Days Ale. It boasts a mind-melting sauna, a guaranteed fine campfire, gorgeous scenery, and plenty of very fresh air.

We expect to take advantage of the area’s abundance of wineries, brewpubs and state parks. There is a swimmable pond at the campsite and the lovely beach at Taughannock Falls State Park is only 15 minutes away.

On Saturday and Sunday, we'll be dancing in Watkins Glen, Trumansburg, Ithaca, and wineries and cideries on the east and west sides of Seneca Lake.

Tour details are still being finalized – times may be tweaked a bit – but the performance schedule will be approximately as follows:

Saturday:

10:00 AM: All tours dancing at Watkins Glen State Park, Main Entrance

1:00 PM: Yellow Tour dancing at Lakeside Park in Watkins Glen

1:00 PM: White Tour dancing at Finger Lakes Distilling

1:00 PM: Blue Tour dancing at Seneca Lake Brewing and Beerocracy

2:00 PM: Yellow Tour dancing at Finger Lakes Distilling

2:00 PM: Blue Tour dancing at LaFayette Park in Watkins Glen

2:10 PM: White Tour dancing at Lost Kingdom Brewery

3:30 PM: All tours dancing at Wagner Valley Brewing Company

Sunday:

11:00 AM: All tours dancing at Ithaca Commons

2:30 PM: Pub Stop at the Atlas Bowl in Trumansburg, NY

• A Sworded Affair, Burlington, VT
• B.F. Harridans, Binghamton, NY
• Bassett Street Hounds, Syracuse, NY
• Forest City Morris & Sword, London, ON
• Hart's Brook Garland Women, Hadley, MA
• Heartwood Morris, Ithaca, NY
• Not For Joes, New London, CT
• On The Border, Burlington, VT
• Pokingbrook Morris Dancers, Albany, NY
• Red Herring Morris, Boston, MA
• Snowbelt Morris, Rochester, NY

Like last year, we would like an online form filled out for each person who is registering as a part of your team.

• https://goo.gl/forms/R39m3mNMJv0YvLXr2

This online form includes:

• Each person's name.
• Age category.
• Any food allergies or other food restrictions. We will do our best to reasonably accommodate these. The menus for this year’s Dog Day’s Ale are available at http://bassett-street-hounds.org/hounds/ale/menus
• Any tour restrictions (e.g., do you need to tour with a particular team to accommodate “cross-dressers”?). The tour schedule will be available at http://bassett-street-hounds.org/hounds/ale/2018/tours in late June.
• A link to the shirt order form. You can order multiple shirts with each registration.

In the Chinese zodiac, this is the Year of the Dog. In the corresponding rotation of the Five Elements, this year's element is Earth.

This year’s shirt, expertly designed by Susan Galbraith, is based on our 2018 theme Earth Dog. It comes in various sizes and styles. You’ll find pictures of the shirt on the order form:

https://goo.gl/forms/0KFeashKEpzX4kvm1

• Check in and site information
• Directions to camp
• Off-site accommodations – a list of nearby B&Bs for the camping-reluctant.
• Meals at the Ale
• Mass Dances – guidebook and individual dance pages.