The Scarlet Sirens : Where All Bodies Dance ™

I've been trying to think about what I wanted to say because thank you doesn't really feel enough.

When I first had the idea for Camp, it wasn't because I wanted to create another event. We already have so many brilliant events in our industry. I love them. They've given me friendships, opportunities and some of the best memories of my life.

But over the years I realised something.

As performers, we're nearly always 'on'. Introducing ourselves by our stage names, networking, talking about acts, bookings, costumes and the next project. I love that because we're all so passionate about what we do.

I just wondered what would happen if we created a space where all of that could exist... but where it didn't HAVE to.

Where you could still learn from incredible teachers, watch unique shows under the stars and meet amazing people, but the biggest thing you took home wasn't a new routine or booking... it was genuine friendships and some space to just be you, away from all the noise.

Looking around this weekend, I kept catching little moments that nobody else probably noticed. People sitting outside chatting for hours. Someone quietly encouraging another person before a class. Camp chairs pulled into circles. New friendships forming without anybody even realising it was happening.

That was Camp.

Of course the workshops were incredible. The shows were everything I'd hoped they'd be. Watching world-class performers in the middle of a field as the sun disappeared was genuinely indescribable.

But for me, the magic was always in everything happening around those moments.

The conversations. The laughter. The connections.

The feeling that, for one weekend, nobody had to prove anything.

You could just be YOU.

Thank you for trusting an idea that only existed in my head not that long ago. Thank you for embracing it exactly as I'd hoped, and for reminding me that sometimes the most important thing we can create isn't a show.

It's a space where people feel like they belong.

If that's how even one person felt this weekend, then every sleepless night, every wobble and every bit of hard work was worth it.

From the bottom of my heart... thank you. ❤️