After a decade of cold-weather camping on the courthouse lawn, and after raising over $100,000 for the Cancer Connection last year, Monte has decided to CANCEL the Cancer Connection Campout.

BUT! This year, Monte and YOU can raise money for The Cancer Connection and experience the sweet life INSIDE the luxurious Hotel Northampton. The Cancer Connection Camp-IN! A Glampout. A glamourous Jerry-Lewis style telethon with tuxedos, ball gowns, “celebrity” guests, music, comedy, indoor plumbing, a dance party and a hotel room to rest your head after all the fun.

All the room keys are spoken for BUT you can support the “Campers” here:

To donate: Pledgereg.com/montecampin

We’re excited to announce that LUX DELUXE will be playing a dance party on Wed. 2.22 starting at 7 with a VINYL MOTOWN DANCE PARTY to follow with DJ Cashman and Snack Attack to follow. SUGGESTED DONATION $10 but we’re happy to take up to $100,000,000.

Here is the tentative schedule of all of our other special guests.

9AM- Simulcast of WHMP’s The Bill Newman Show with Word Nerd, Emily Brewster, resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster

10AM; live music with Henning Ohlenbusch

11AM: The Doctor of Rock, Smith College’s Steve Waksman

1:00 –Mo Willem’s Exquisite Corpse: An Original Children’s Book written and illustrated before your very ears with: Mo, Jane Yolen, Heidi Stemple, Jeanne Birdsall and Hillary Price

2PM live music with Winterpills

PLUS CAMPIOKE WITH KALIISIOKE until 6PM

3PM-live music with Workman Song

3:30 Happier Family Comedy Improv Show

4PM-live music with Mikey Sweet

5PM-Deerfield Academy Students acapella group

5:30 Lord Russ as Elvis

6:30 Valley Women’s Drummers

7-Dance party with live music from Lux Deluxe

8-Vinyl Motown Dance Party w/ DJ Cashman and Snack Attack

Thursday Morning from 6-10 Monte will be joined by the “Key-Holders” who raised money and spent the night as well as sculptor James Kitchen and his time machine

Plus The Bill Newman Show with members of the Cancer Connection and Oncology doctors from Cooley-Dickenson Hospital

Want to come and dress up fancy? Monte has an idea for you.

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