Appalachian Festival of Young Voices

The festival is 4-day event that immerses your children's choir into the music and culture of the Appalachian Mountains. Through this festival, we hope to preserve the wonderful history and culture of Appalachia and share it with choirs across the nation.

World-renowned composer/conductor Dr. Rollo Dilworth and ACC Founding and Artistic Director Selina Midkiff have created an event your choir will not want to miss. Since we are one of the few national children's choir festivals to organize activities in house, we believe it allows for a more personalized touch for our guests.

The deadline to register for the 2012 Festival is: November 30, 2011.

If you are interested in receiving more information about the 2012 festival, we have free packets available to send to you. These packets include items that provide a little insight about the festival and all the exciting activities for the children during the four days they are in our fair city.

We are also accepting reservations for 2013.

What to Expect… Expect to have FUN!

Besides learning about the music and culture of Appalachia, we want our guests to have fun and enjoy themselves. Your hosts, the Appalachian Children's Chorus, are eager and excited to learn, sing and befriend their guests. For a brochure about the 2012 festival, please click here: Festival Brochure

How Much Does it Cost?

The Festival fee, for 2012, is $500.00 per person. This is for choristers, staff, chaperones and accompanying travelers. For every 25 traveler, the guest choir receives one complimentary trip.

For payment information and registration for the festival, please view our payment schedule.

Activities

Our festival includes a wide variety of activities including:

• 4 night stay in Charleston's luxurious Embassy Suites Hotel
• Performance with a traditional string band and orchestra
• Individual and festival choir performance at Charleston's state-of-the-art Clay Center
• Participation in West Virginia's culturally-rich Vandalia Gathering
• A visit to the Clay Center's Avampato Discovery Museum
• Outstanding opportunity to work with Dr. Rollo Dilworth
• Q&A Session with Dr. Dilworth, singer/songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler and singer/songwriter Ron Sowell
• Square dancing with a live band and storytelling with a West Virginia artist

Accommodations

Our guests stay in Charleston's gorgeous Embassy Suites hotel. The $500 festival rate is based upon quad occupancy. If there are only three participants in one suite: There will be an extra $45 charge per person, so the registration fee would be $545.

If there are only two in the suite: There will be an extra $134 charge per person, so the registration fee would be $684.  If only one person stays in a suite, there is an extra $350.00 for the weekend making the fee $850.00. 

The hotel is a short drive from Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va. Please note that your group will NOT need transportation during your time in Charleston. You are only responsible for getting to the hotel at the start of the festival and for your transportation home.

Our hotel is centrally located in Charleston's downtown district, right across from the Charleston Town Center Mall. The mall features 130 stores and a large food court.

Guests enjoy a hot, made-to-order breakfast each morning at Embassy Suites. There are many amenities for participants to enjoy, including an indoor swimming pool, an on-site restaurant and a business center.