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Camp Life

The Best Summer Camp Ever

Grier Summer is a one-of-a-kind camp experience. Nestled in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian mountains, Grier’s campus boasts state-of-the-art dance, fine art, and equestrian facilities. Girls from all over the world come to our campus to dance, create, ride, and most importantly, forge friendships that last a lifetime.

The Best Kind of Busy

At Grier Summer, girls stay busy with fun activities throughout their day. Recreational Campers get to pick from a variety of activities to fill each of their four activity periods. 

Campers in the Intensive Program spend three of their four activity periods immersed in a single concentration but still get to fill one activity period with an activity of their choosing – A great opportunity to try something new!

After lunch, we have some leisure time built in to help campers transition into the afternoon. We find this time helpful especially for our campers in intensive programs. During leisure time, campers can decide what they need individually; options such as swimming, siesta, composing a letter home, catching up on laundry, and crafting will be available daily.



Sample Daily Schedules

Recreational Camper (7-8 year old example)

List of 14 items.

  • 7:00 AM

    Wake Up
  • 7:30-8:30 AM

    Breakfast
  • 8:30-8:50 AM

    Morning Meeting
  • 9:00-10:15 AM

    Activity Period 1
    Baking
  • 10:30-11:45 AM

    Activity Period 2
    Drama/Musical Theater
  • 12:00-1:00 PM

    Lunch
  • 1:00-2:15 PM

    Activity Period 3
    Art
  • 2:30-3:45 PM

    Activity Period 4
    Recreational Dance
  • 4:00-5:00 PM

    Free Choice Time
  • 5:00-6:00 PM

    Dinner
  • 6:00-7:30 PM

    Evening Activity 
  • 7:30-8:15 PM

    Cabin Time
  • 8:15-9:00 PM

    Get ready for bed
  • 9:00 PM

    Lights out

Dance Intensive (12-14 year old example)

List of 15 items.

  • 7:00 AM

    Wake Up
  • 7:30-8:30 AM

    Breakfast
  • 8:30-8:50 AM

    Morning Meeting
  • 9:00-10:15 AM

    Activity Period 1
    Dance Intensive
  • 10:30-11:45 AM

    Activity Period 2
    Dance Intensive
  • 12:00-1:00 PM

    Lunch
  • 1:00-2:15 PM

    Activity Period 3
    Dance Intensive
  • 2:30-3:45 PM

    Activity Period 4
    Creative Writing
  • 4:00-5:00 PM

    Free choice time
  • 5:00-6:00 PM

    Dinner
  • 6:30-7:30 PM

    Evening Activity
  • 7:30-8:30 PM

    Cabin time
  • 8:30-9:00 PM

    Evening Free Time
  • 9:00-9:45 PM

    Get ready for bed
  • 9:45

    Lights out

Riding Intensive Program (9-11 year old example)

List of 15 items.

  • 7:00 AM

    Wake Up
  • 7:30-8:30 AM

    Breakfast
  • 8:30-8:50 AM

    Morning Meeting
  • 9:00-10:15 AM

    Activity Period 1
    Hunt Seat Intensive
  • 10:30-11:45 AM

    Activity Period 2
    Hunt Seat Intensive
  • 12:00-1:00 PM

    Lunch
  • 1:00-2:15 PM

    Activity Period 3
    Dressage Intensive
  • 2:30-3:45 PM

    Activity Period 4
    Dressage Intensive
  • 4:00-5:00 PM

    Free Choice Time
  • 5:00-6:00 PM

    Dinner
  • 6:00-7:30 PM

    Evening Activity
  • 7:30-8:15 PM

    Cabin Time
  • 8:15-8:45 PM

    Evening Free Time
  • 8:45-9:30 PM

    Get ready for bed
  • 9:30 PM

    Lights Out

Riding Non-Intensive (15-17 year old example)

List of 15 items.

  • 7:00 AM

    Wake Up
  • 7:30-8-:30 AM

    Breakfast
  • 8:30-8:50 AM

    Morning Meeting
  • 9:00-10:15 AM

    Activity Period 1
    Drama
  • 10:30-11:45 AM

    Activity Period 2
    Archery (Mon/Weds/Fri)
    Swimming (Tues/Thurs)
  • 12:00-1:00 PM

    Lunch
  • 1:00-2:15 PM

    Activity Period 3
    Riding - Western Recreational 
  • 2:30-3:45 PM

    Activity Period 4
    Riding - Western Recreational 
  • 4:00-5:00 PM

    Free choice time
  • 5:00-6:00 PM

    Dinner
  • 6:00-7:00 PM

    Evening Activity
  • 7:30-8:30 PM

    Cabin time
  • 8:30-9:15 PM

    Evening Free Time
  • 9:15-10:00 PM

    Get ready for bed
  • 10:00 PM

    Lights out
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