Please forward this on to anyone you know who is attending
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Greetings & Salutations!
Beltane quickly approaches, and with it the promise of deep magick and joyous revelry. This year the festival will be held entirely in Pwyll's Meadow and the surrounding woodlands as it was in days gone by. Even as old customs are renewed, change is thick in the air at Annwfn. This dark moon Beltane is a time where we may release that which no longer serves, and open to the wisdom that exists within our land, our tribe, and ourselves. Major themes for the weekend include healing, renewal, and building community.
What is your intention? What is Our intention? This ceremony has its own intention ... to weave us together through the next cycle. Clarify your intentions before the gathering starts. Come prepared to step into the Practice of Perfect Love and Perfect Trust. Arrive Ready! Remember what has worked in the past, and what hasn't. Let us embrace what works and build upon it.
What can you expect at Beltane this year? Many things! Loving our Sanctuary, healing and renewing the Earth. Frolicking, gamboling, sauntering, and carousing. Dressing up, flirting, making friends, hanging out. Safe and sensual loving. Cooking big delicious meals and doing the dishes together. Singing and drumming around the fire. Playing in the woods, celebrating the season, doing our tribal magic. Turning the Wheel!
BELTANE SCHEDULE 2008
All activities scheduled to occur in the upper meadow and surrounding woodlands
FRIDAY, MAY 4th
Afternoon: Arrive when you can! Park in the lower lot and call up for a shuttle to take you and your gear to the upper meadow.
Evening:
6pm Dinner on yer own
7pm Kidz Circle
8pm Opening Ritual
SATURDAY, MAY 3rd
Morning
10:30am CAW Annual Membership Meeting
11am Flower Crowns & Decorations
Afternoon:
1:00PM Adults: May Games in the Fire Circle
Children: To Be Determined. Volunteers needed!
Evening:
6:00pm Potluck Feast (Main Beast Provided)
Dusk Walpurgisnacht Rite
Bardic & Vigil to follow
SUNDAY, MAY 4th
Morning:
10am Potluck Beltane Brunch
Afternoon:
12pm Women's Circle & Men's Circle
1:30pm Dancing the Maypole in the Garden
4pm Clean-Up
5pm Go if you must, stay if you will
MONDAY, MAY 6th
Clean up and enjoy the land.
HOW CAN I HELP OUT?
How nice of you to ask! The success of this year's festival depends more than ever on community involvement and participation. We are all co-creating this festival together. No one is in charge, and we all are. Please be responsible for yourself and actively look for ways to support our Beltane gathering.
A GREAT way to support the festival is to mail in your festival donation if you have not already done so. The suggested donation for the festival $50-$200 per adult. You can do it! Make checks payable to "Annwfn" and mail them to:
Annwfn
PO Box 48
Calpella, CA 95418
Limited work trade is available at $10/hr. For more information on arranging a work trade, call Juan at (707) 486-1419 or email him at: xolotl2001@yahoo.com. Some specific goods and items--such as flowers, food, gasoline--will also be accepted in trade for cash donations. If you wish to do a work trade, or to bring supplies in place of a cash donation, please contact Juan ASAP.
We ask that everyone offer at least one hour of community service to support the festival. There will be a sign up sheet on the community board near the registration table with a variety of needful tasks. Please take a moment to sign up when you arrive and register.
Here are just a few of the jobs just waiting for your loving attention:
*Four wheel drive shuttling from the lower lot to the upper meadow
*Merry Schleppers to help folks unload and get gear moved across the meadow to the campsites
*Kitchen Witches to help keep the kitchen area clean and organized
*Flower Children to bring flowers for decorating altars and making beautiful crowns for our new May Royalty
*Friendly Fairies to organize and lead activities for the Kidz Path
*Beltane Brunch preparation. We need you!
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD
We ask that every one Be Aware of the young ones—be they toddlers or teens—that dwell amongst us. Take a moment to connect with some of our kids; they are super cool, and they are the link to our future.
A Kidz Zone will be created in just the right spot in the meadow. If you have items that will enhance the Kidz zone--rugs, pillows, small chairs, etc.--please bring them with you to the festival.
Parents! Help contribute to a great Kidz Zone by bringing books, face painting supplies, costume items, art supplies, stickers, and any other little treats that will help our young ones to have just as fabulous a time as we big people plan to enjoy at Beltane.
Jonna and Ryan will host a kids dinner of pasta and fruit at 6pm on Friday evening, and then circle with the children at 7pm to prepare them for their role in the Opening Ritual.
We are seeking volunteers to organize the Kidz Path during the time that the May Games will be held on Saturday, from about 12:30pm-3pm. If you would like to take up this important work, please let us know! Contact Travis at travio@gmail.com.
THE VILLAGE KITCHEN
We will create a kitchen in the upper meadow for the preparation of all of our meals. One propane stove/oven will available to use. There will also be a designated area for setting up additional stoves, so if you have a camp stove, please bring it along to use and share.
In order to better love our Earth Mother, we ask that each person bring their own cup, bowl, plate, and eating utensils. A cloth napkin is also a nice touch if you have one, and don't forget your chalice!
Additional kitchen supplies such as dish towels, sponges, dish drainers, and dish washing tubs are also needed. We encourage you to bring these items along with you if you have them!
FESTIVAL FOOD
All meals for the weekend are left up to individuals. In the spirit of community building, please bring along enough and some to share. The Saturday evening and Sunday morning meals will be potluck. Talk to your friends and see what they plan to bring. Do as much food preparation ahead of time as you can. Coordinate. Delicious, nutritious dishes are encouraged!
There is no refrigerator in the upper meadow. There will be no refrigerator usage in the lower village. Please bring an ice chest and extra ice for your chilled food and an animal-proof container (such as a Rubbermaid bin) for your dry foods. Coolers and bins may be stored at your campsites or right in the kitchen if you wish. It is a good idea to label your cooler and your food bins.
Wash water has been restored to the upper meadow, but we ask that each person bring along a of couple gallons of potable water to be sure that we have enough for drinking and cooking. Water shared is life shared!
CAMPING
Dozens of wonderful campsites have been reclaimed in the woodland adjacent to the upper meadow. Most of them can comfortably fit a 4 person tent, while some of the larger sites will accommodate the Really Big Tents.
Everyone is encouraged to make their camp in the upper woodland. Camping in the lower village is also an option for those with special needs. A shuttle will run periodically to the meadow as needed to assist those that are camping in the lower village.
The upper meadow and woodlands are equipped with three privies and running water for hand washing. Remember, no pee in the privies. Please water a tree!
We ask that all fire be used in designated areas only. A comfortable smoking area will be designated for those amongst us that choose to use tobacco.
WHAT TO BRING
A tent, tarps for your tent, sleeping bag, warm blankets, flashlight (it's a dark moon!)
Warm clothes and hat for chilly nights, layered clothing, cloak or windbreaker
Rain gear, sunscreen, sun hat, towels
personal toiletries, personal medications, ear plugs, biodegradable shampoo and toothpaste (all water drains into the land!)
personal eating gear/utensils, cooler, food & beverages
extra ice for the community beverage trough, extra toilet paper for the privies, trash bags for your campsite
Water bottle, 2-3 gallons potable H2O per person
EZ-Ups, tapestries, camp chairs
FLOWERS for crown and altar decorations
goodies to beautiful our village and your campsite
Firewood, firewood, firewood
Extra gas (for shuttles), candles (taper, votive, 7 day) for the temple and ritual circles
Festival garments & ritual garb, tarot cards, tools of magick
An offering for the Bardic on Saturday night—a song, poem, performance, etc.
Drums, musical instruments, songs to share
Checks or cash for the Silent Auction
Willingness to pitch in where help is needed
A vision of what you want this community to be/look/feel like
SILENT AUCTION
There will be a silent auction at Beltane to raise money for the various projects critical to Annwfn's well being—projects including the water system, the road, and routine maintenance costs.
WE NEED YOUR HELP organizing and running the Silent Auction! You can help by:
* Working with Wren to organize and coordinate the Silent Auction!
* Donating items. Look around your home for those items you don't really need or use which someone else might love: magical tools, art, CDs, great books, special candles, musical instruments, etc.
* Offering services or craft work for auction—counseling, body work, tattoos, house cleaning, house painting, jewelry, home brews, portraits, etc.
* Picking up, sorting and organizing items as needed by the silent auction coordinator
* Bidding on items you like (bring $$ or checks for this!)
LEAVE NO TRACE
Please plan to take away from Annwfn whatever trash and recycling you create at Annwfn. Haul away your own, and then some. Do your best to walk lightly on the land. Let us leave our spiritual sanctuary cleaner than we found it.
Don't Bring a Mess * Don't Be a Mess * Don't Leave a Mess
CARPOOLING
Is encouraged. If you have room in your car and would like to offer a ride to a fellow pagan, or if you need a ride, make it known by emailing Juan at: xolotl2001@yahoo.com.
Contact Juan if you need directions to Annwfn.
QUESTIONS?
Contact: Juan - xolotl2001@yahoo.com
Joe & Aileen - frakkiwarrior@yahoo.com
Queen Seasons - dancinghathor@juno.com
Travis – travio@gmail.com
Many Thanks to Everyone for all that you do to weave this special Beltane Magick!
BLESSED BE!
******************
Greetings & Salutations!
Beltane quickly approaches, and with it the promise of deep magick and joyous revelry. This year the festival will be held entirely in Pwyll's Meadow and the surrounding woodlands as it was in days gone by. Even as old customs are renewed, change is thick in the air at Annwfn. This dark moon Beltane is a time where we may release that which no longer serves, and open to the wisdom that exists within our land, our tribe, and ourselves. Major themes for the weekend include healing, renewal, and building community.
What is your intention? What is Our intention? This ceremony has its own intention ... to weave us together through the next cycle. Clarify your intentions before the gathering starts. Come prepared to step into the Practice of Perfect Love and Perfect Trust. Arrive Ready! Remember what has worked in the past, and what hasn't. Let us embrace what works and build upon it.
What can you expect at Beltane this year? Many things! Loving our Sanctuary, healing and renewing the Earth. Frolicking, gamboling, sauntering, and carousing. Dressing up, flirting, making friends, hanging out. Safe and sensual loving. Cooking big delicious meals and doing the dishes together. Singing and drumming around the fire. Playing in the woods, celebrating the season, doing our tribal magic. Turning the Wheel!
BELTANE SCHEDULE 2008
All activities scheduled to occur in the upper meadow and surrounding woodlands
FRIDAY, MAY 4th
Afternoon: Arrive when you can! Park in the lower lot and call up for a shuttle to take you and your gear to the upper meadow.
Evening:
6pm Dinner on yer own
7pm Kidz Circle
8pm Opening Ritual
SATURDAY, MAY 3rd
Morning
10:30am CAW Annual Membership Meeting
11am Flower Crowns & Decorations
Afternoon:
1:00PM Adults: May Games in the Fire Circle
Children: To Be Determined. Volunteers needed!
Evening:
6:00pm Potluck Feast (Main Beast Provided)
Dusk Walpurgisnacht Rite
Bardic & Vigil to follow
SUNDAY, MAY 4th
Morning:
10am Potluck Beltane Brunch
Afternoon:
12pm Women's Circle & Men's Circle
1:30pm Dancing the Maypole in the Garden
4pm Clean-Up
5pm Go if you must, stay if you will
MONDAY, MAY 6th
Clean up and enjoy the land.
HOW CAN I HELP OUT?
How nice of you to ask! The success of this year's festival depends more than ever on community involvement and participation. We are all co-creating this festival together. No one is in charge, and we all are. Please be responsible for yourself and actively look for ways to support our Beltane gathering.
A GREAT way to support the festival is to mail in your festival donation if you have not already done so. The suggested donation for the festival $50-$200 per adult. You can do it! Make checks payable to "Annwfn" and mail them to:
Annwfn
PO Box 48
Calpella, CA 95418
Limited work trade is available at $10/hr. For more information on arranging a work trade, call Juan at (707) 486-1419 or email him at: xolotl2001@yahoo.com. Some specific goods and items--such as flowers, food, gasoline--will also be accepted in trade for cash donations. If you wish to do a work trade, or to bring supplies in place of a cash donation, please contact Juan ASAP.
We ask that everyone offer at least one hour of community service to support the festival. There will be a sign up sheet on the community board near the registration table with a variety of needful tasks. Please take a moment to sign up when you arrive and register.
Here are just a few of the jobs just waiting for your loving attention:
*Four wheel drive shuttling from the lower lot to the upper meadow
*Merry Schleppers to help folks unload and get gear moved across the meadow to the campsites
*Kitchen Witches to help keep the kitchen area clean and organized
*Flower Children to bring flowers for decorating altars and making beautiful crowns for our new May Royalty
*Friendly Fairies to organize and lead activities for the Kidz Path
*Beltane Brunch preparation. We need you!
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD
We ask that every one Be Aware of the young ones—be they toddlers or teens—that dwell amongst us. Take a moment to connect with some of our kids; they are super cool, and they are the link to our future.
A Kidz Zone will be created in just the right spot in the meadow. If you have items that will enhance the Kidz zone--rugs, pillows, small chairs, etc.--please bring them with you to the festival.
Parents! Help contribute to a great Kidz Zone by bringing books, face painting supplies, costume items, art supplies, stickers, and any other little treats that will help our young ones to have just as fabulous a time as we big people plan to enjoy at Beltane.
Jonna and Ryan will host a kids dinner of pasta and fruit at 6pm on Friday evening, and then circle with the children at 7pm to prepare them for their role in the Opening Ritual.
We are seeking volunteers to organize the Kidz Path during the time that the May Games will be held on Saturday, from about 12:30pm-3pm. If you would like to take up this important work, please let us know! Contact Travis at travio@gmail.com.
THE VILLAGE KITCHEN
We will create a kitchen in the upper meadow for the preparation of all of our meals. One propane stove/oven will available to use. There will also be a designated area for setting up additional stoves, so if you have a camp stove, please bring it along to use and share.
In order to better love our Earth Mother, we ask that each person bring their own cup, bowl, plate, and eating utensils. A cloth napkin is also a nice touch if you have one, and don't forget your chalice!
Additional kitchen supplies such as dish towels, sponges, dish drainers, and dish washing tubs are also needed. We encourage you to bring these items along with you if you have them!
FESTIVAL FOOD
All meals for the weekend are left up to individuals. In the spirit of community building, please bring along enough and some to share. The Saturday evening and Sunday morning meals will be potluck. Talk to your friends and see what they plan to bring. Do as much food preparation ahead of time as you can. Coordinate. Delicious, nutritious dishes are encouraged!
There is no refrigerator in the upper meadow. There will be no refrigerator usage in the lower village. Please bring an ice chest and extra ice for your chilled food and an animal-proof container (such as a Rubbermaid bin) for your dry foods. Coolers and bins may be stored at your campsites or right in the kitchen if you wish. It is a good idea to label your cooler and your food bins.
Wash water has been restored to the upper meadow, but we ask that each person bring along a of couple gallons of potable water to be sure that we have enough for drinking and cooking. Water shared is life shared!
CAMPING
Dozens of wonderful campsites have been reclaimed in the woodland adjacent to the upper meadow. Most of them can comfortably fit a 4 person tent, while some of the larger sites will accommodate the Really Big Tents.
Everyone is encouraged to make their camp in the upper woodland. Camping in the lower village is also an option for those with special needs. A shuttle will run periodically to the meadow as needed to assist those that are camping in the lower village.
The upper meadow and woodlands are equipped with three privies and running water for hand washing. Remember, no pee in the privies. Please water a tree!
We ask that all fire be used in designated areas only. A comfortable smoking area will be designated for those amongst us that choose to use tobacco.
WHAT TO BRING
A tent, tarps for your tent, sleeping bag, warm blankets, flashlight (it's a dark moon!)
Warm clothes and hat for chilly nights, layered clothing, cloak or windbreaker
Rain gear, sunscreen, sun hat, towels
personal toiletries, personal medications, ear plugs, biodegradable shampoo and toothpaste (all water drains into the land!)
personal eating gear/utensils, cooler, food & beverages
extra ice for the community beverage trough, extra toilet paper for the privies, trash bags for your campsite
Water bottle, 2-3 gallons potable H2O per person
EZ-Ups, tapestries, camp chairs
FLOWERS for crown and altar decorations
goodies to beautiful our village and your campsite
Firewood, firewood, firewood
Extra gas (for shuttles), candles (taper, votive, 7 day) for the temple and ritual circles
Festival garments & ritual garb, tarot cards, tools of magick
An offering for the Bardic on Saturday night—a song, poem, performance, etc.
Drums, musical instruments, songs to share
Checks or cash for the Silent Auction
Willingness to pitch in where help is needed
A vision of what you want this community to be/look/feel like
SILENT AUCTION
There will be a silent auction at Beltane to raise money for the various projects critical to Annwfn's well being—projects including the water system, the road, and routine maintenance costs.
WE NEED YOUR HELP organizing and running the Silent Auction! You can help by:
* Working with Wren to organize and coordinate the Silent Auction!
* Donating items. Look around your home for those items you don't really need or use which someone else might love: magical tools, art, CDs, great books, special candles, musical instruments, etc.
* Offering services or craft work for auction—counseling, body work, tattoos, house cleaning, house painting, jewelry, home brews, portraits, etc.
* Picking up, sorting and organizing items as needed by the silent auction coordinator
* Bidding on items you like (bring $$ or checks for this!)
LEAVE NO TRACE
Please plan to take away from Annwfn whatever trash and recycling you create at Annwfn. Haul away your own, and then some. Do your best to walk lightly on the land. Let us leave our spiritual sanctuary cleaner than we found it.
Don't Bring a Mess * Don't Be a Mess * Don't Leave a Mess
CARPOOLING
Is encouraged. If you have room in your car and would like to offer a ride to a fellow pagan, or if you need a ride, make it known by emailing Juan at: xolotl2001@yahoo.com.
Contact Juan if you need directions to Annwfn.
QUESTIONS?
Contact: Juan - xolotl2001@yahoo.com
Joe & Aileen - frakkiwarrior@yahoo.com
Queen Seasons - dancinghathor@juno.com
Travis – travio@gmail.com
Many Thanks to Everyone for all that you do to weave this special Beltane Magick!
BLESSED BE!
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