SUMMERFEST
GOD’S OF CARNIVALE
WEB FAMILY HOMECOMING – 10th ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION
June 23rd ‑ June 27th
2004
A weekend of camping, drumming, vendor’s, celebration, dedication, healing, renewal, friendships, relaxation, storytelling, massage, hot tub, jacuzzi/whirlpool, festival & more
The Web PATH Cultural Center
4030 Galen Road
Clyde, New York 14433
(315) 594-9586
groups.yahoo.com/group/webpathcenter
* Each year SummerFest has a theme that includes a physical symbol on the land. The first year it was the Labyrinth. The second year, the Medicine Wheel. The third year it was the Circle of Truth. This year it is the MAZE as a celebration of the God’s of Carnivale, in the spirit of the Mardi Gras and Sacred Clowns |
We look forward to seeing you in June!
Hail and welcome!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY------ pre session event
WORKSHOP
THURSDAY----
CAMPERS SET UP CAMP
REGISTRATION
WORKSHOP
TEEN ORIENTED WORKSHOPS
COMMUNAL DINNER
OPENING RITUAL
MC: Raven
BONFIRE: TEEN POWER PLUGGED IN
MC: Dragon Shadow Wolf & Enigma
FRIDAY‑‑‑‑‑
WORKSHOP
COMMUNAL LUNCH
WORKSHOPS
COMMUNAL DINNER
ANCESTRAL BONFIRE
MC: Pegqua & Stonefinder
SATURDAY‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
WORKSHOPS
COMMUNAL LUNCH
WORKSHOPS
FAMILY MEETING
Facilitator: Akosua
COMMUNAL DINNER
AUCTION/RAFFLES
MC: Rosewycke
** OPEN and FREE to pagan community-at-large
BONFIRE: DANCING THE DIRECTIONS
MC: Ditchwitch
SUNDAY‑‑‑‑
WORKSHOPS
COMMUNAL MEAL
CLOSING RITUAL
MC: Bekki & Crow
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
RATTLEMAKING - Bekki
pre-session starts on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning ***requires pre-registration and materials fee of $15
TEEN WORKSHOPS- Dragon Shadow Wolf & other teen’s
These workshops are still being formulated at this time
WEBWEAVER’S WORKING: IT’S A-MAZING! - Webweaver
Introduction to the Web Maze and journey for your mask design. This session is required for all participants
MASK MAKING - Anj & Bekki
There are two different sessions at different times of this workshop. Bring your sacred items, your creativity and your journey work idea’s. ***requires pre-registration and materials fee of $15/session
ETHICAL WILDCRAFTING & GATHERING - Lady Luna
There will be sessions on different days of this workshop
INTRODUCTION TO DRUM CIRCLE, BEGINNING MIDDLE EASTERN RHYTHMS &
INTERMEDIATE RHYTHMS AND DANCE – Kia Marie Wolfe
Two different sessions on two different days of this workshop
DREAMING & DREAM CIRCLES - presenters TBA
TIE DYE - Marie the Ditchwitch
Bring clean white tee’s, muslin, or fabric for dyeing
COYOTE AND THE TRICKSTER GODS - Webweaver & Stone Light Weaver
CRYSTALS, STAFFS & WANDS - M’Lyssa, AmeyaSpirit, Pegqua & Soft Moon Rising
Part I focuses on Crystals and Part II focuses on fashioning wands and staffs. Bring items you want to add to your projects
THE ART OF RUBBER STAMPING - Hillwoman
***requires pre-registration and materials fee of $15
INTRODUCTION TO REIKI & HANDS ON HEALING – Jennifer
PAPERMAKING WITH RAVEN - Raven
And more to come!!!!
RITUALS & CEREMONIAL BONFIRES
THURSDAY
TEEN POWER PLUGGED IN: Dragon Shadow Wolf & Enigma
Join us in celebration of young energy. For the young and young at heart.
FRIDAY
ANCESTRAL BONFIRE - Pegqua & Stonefinder
In honor of the ancestors and their prophecies
Bring stories to share and your power animal costumes
SATURDAY
BONFIRE:DANCING THE DIRECTIONS - Ditchwitch
Bring your dancing shoes, stories to share, masks & costumes
AUCTIONS/RAFFLES/SWAP MEET
Raffles/Auctions! Please see Rosewycke with any items you bring so that she can sort them into an assortment of raffle and auction offerings. The goal is to have opportunities for everyone to win- raffle tickets for as little as $1 and auction items for as high as you choose to bid, and everything in between. There will be a 50/50 raffle to stir up green energy.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Please be mindful of the registration dates. Adult registration prior to June 1st is $65 with a 50% deposit due by June 1st. After this date, adult registration is $85. Youth 13-18 are $32.50 with 50% due prior to June 1st and $40 after that date. Children 0-12 are free. One day teen pass is $10 and a one day adult pass is $15. One day passes will only be issued for Saturday. If you plan to attend longer than one day or any day other than Saturday, you must pay for the full weekend.
2. Campers let us know what your needs are; ie; water, electric, etc -no air conditioning is possible
3. Also included in your registration packet is the general release, teen permission slip and childcare registration and vendor application that must be signed and returned to the appropriate coordinator.
4. Please bring your poems, stories from the land, personal stories, writings, dramatic readings, etc for the bonfires.
5. Cancellations will be honored for the 50% deposit, after June 30th, if the cancellation is received prior to June 1st. After June 1st your deposit is non-refundable.
6. We will be asking folks to contribute towards the communal meals. The food coordinator will contact you with details about your contribution. We will be buying some foodstuffs, etc from the common funds
7. We will have both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals
8 . Vendors- you are welcome to set up shop! Please contact coordinator Joanna at for information. There are no booth fees. We are creating a vendor’s area where all vendors’s can set up. We need the vendor application returned prior to June 1st , in order to allot space for everyone
9. No nudity, except for the clothing optional hot tub. But, bring your festival clothing!
10. Please bring your own plates, cups, glasses and silverware for meals. Clean them and keep them at your campsite. THINK GREEN. Avoid disposables.
11. Meals will be cooperatively planned, cooked and served . Everyone must volunteer for a meal detail or cleanup detail. It’s fun! You’ll like it!
12. Breakfast is on your own, but the food is there.
13. Children and pets are welcome. Keep them safe and under your control. Please sign and return the childcare authorization with your registration so that we can plan younger set activities.
14. Absolutely no drugs allowed!
15. Alcohol is permitted BYOB
16. We will have someone with first aid/medical training available
17. Please bring water hoses and buckets so that you will have water at your campsite.
18. Please bring lawnchairs, sunscreen, bug and bee repellent, tiki torches, lanterns, flashlights, etc. It’s dark in the country! Bring mud shoes/boots, jackets/coats (it get’s damp at night), festival clothing, rain gear and extra tarps for you camp
19. We have rented port-a-potties/port-a-janes, so plan accordingly.
20. If anyone has extra tent cover for shade, let us know, thanks
21. Registration is located in the camp kitchen (the back side of the barn). Everyone must check into registration, including those that are pre-registered. Check here for changes, updates, information
22. You are welcome to come for extended camping at no extra fee
23. In keeping with the Carnivale theme, there will be prizes awarded for the most festive vendor area and the most festive campsite. So bring your pennants, flags, bells and whistles.
ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Campout facilitators - Ameya, Akosua, Raven, M’Lyssa & Pegqua,
Workshop coordinator - Webweaver
Bonfire coordinator - Pegqua
Children’s/Youth programming – Emerald, Callie
Food coordinator - Ameyaspirit & Eugene
Vendor coordinator - Joanna
Meal captains: volunteers needed for all meals - each family is responsible for a contribution to a meal
Meal coordinators will assign your contributory item
* please plan vegetarian dishes for all meals
* please get your menu’s and bulk purchase items to the food coordinators by June 1st
Traffic manager - Merlin
Security - Juggler
First Aid – Ditchwitch, Raven & Callie
Set up/break down crew/cleanup/site prep crew- Bill, Merlin, Matt, Ben - more volunteers are needed
Meal prep & cleanup - everyone must volunteer
On-site registration - Akosua & Jessie Silvermoon
Bonfire MC’s - Thursday – Dragon Shadow Wolf & Enigma
Friday -
Saturday -
Auction donations/coordinator – Rosewycke
Drum circle coordinator – Kia Marie Wolfe
SUMMERFEST 2004 COMMITTEE
Dorothy (Webweaver) and Eric (Merlin) at (315) 594-9586
or merlin1443@yahoo.com
Valerie (Akosua) at (315) 428-4641 (w) or (315) 383-4423 (cell)
or
Carina (Raven) and John (Juggler) at (585) 281-0312
carijohn@rochester.rr.com
Rosewycke (Ellen) at (315) 253-4146
M’Lyssa (Mary) at (315) 594-9586
guardian@othalagrove.com
Chris (Juniper) at (315) 331-7567
Pegqua (Stitchwitch) at (315) 539-0986
pegqua@localnet.
Ameya Spirit (Rhonnie) at (315) 420-7476
ameyaspirit@yahoo.com
Joanna and Eugene at (585) 436-0726
GENERAL RELEASE, WAIVER, HOLD HARMLESS NOTICE
I, _____________________________________ do hereby release The Web PATH Center at 4030 Galen Road, Clyde NY, Dorothy Abrams, Eric Reynolds, The Web Family Reunion and all individuals at 4030 Galen Road, Clyde NY from any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities and causes of actions of any type arising from or accruing on or before the date I execute this agreement as result of or because of any act, omission or failure to act, including but not limited to those arising out of or relating in any way to my association with The Web PATH Center. This release includes, but is not limited to, personal injury of any sort. This release covers claims both that I know about and those that I may not know about. I release and hold harmless The Web PATH Center at Galen Road. This is a general release.
______________________________________
Registrant
______________________
Date
TEEN AUTHORIZATION
I, _______________________________________give permission for my minor child,
__________________________ to attend Summerfest 2004. I, hereby release The Web PATH Center at 4030 Galen Road, Clyde NY, Dorothy Abrams, Eric Reynolds, The Web Family Reunion and all individuals at 4030 Galen Road, Clyde NY from any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities and causes of actions of any type arising from or accruing on or before the date I execute this agreement as result of or because of any act, omission or failure to act, including but not limited to those arising out of or relating in any way to my association with The Web PATH Center. This release includes, but is not limited to, personal injury of any sort. This release covers claims both that I know about and those that I may not know about. I release and hold harmless The Web PATH Center at Galen Road. This is a general release.
____________________________
Parent or Guardian signature
______________________________
Teen Signature
_______________
date
REGISTRATION
Name(s):
Address:
Phone: work:
home:
Email:
Accommodation: Tent RV Camper
Cost: Adults for the weekend: $65
Adults after June 1st: $85
Teens 13-to-18: $32.50
Teens after June 1st: $40
Children under age 12: free
Information for children(s) programming: I will be bringing children ages: .
Enclosed is my check for: ___adult(s) = + teen(s) = Total: $______
Pre-registration for Mask making: $15 Rubber stamp: $15 Rattlemaking: $15
***The Maskmaking, Rubber Stamp and Ratttlemaking fee’s must be paid directly to the workshop presenter on-site, but pre-registration is required.
Please mail registration to Valerie Y Woods (Akosua), 4914 South Salina Street, Syracuse NY 13205 e-mail or The phone number is (315) 383-4423 or (315) 428-4641
Please make checks payable to Web PATH Center, Inc or pay via PAYPAL at Paypal.com at address WebPathPaypal@yahoo.com
VENDOR APPLICATION
Name(s):
Business name:
Address:
Phone: work:
home:
Email:
Tax ID number:
Product description:
Space/facilities needs:
Please send your completed vendor application to Joanna Conrad-Pacelli at 109 Genesee Park Boulevard, Rochester NY 14611 or
Do you wish to donate item(s) for the auction or raffle? Yes No
Please contact Rosewycke at for further information and notify Joanna at strixvari@yahoo.com
Description of the goods or services for donation:
DIRECTIONS
from Syracuse:
690 West to 370 West to stop sign- (Cottage Inn is on your right)
left at the fork on to Ridge Road to stop light-
left on 104 West-
go through the next stop light- (McDonald’s & Rite Aid on opposite corners)
go one block after stop light-
left on to Limekiln Road to the end-
right on to Salter Colvin Road-
left on to Galen Road-
cross Armstrong Road-
3rd house on left after Armstrong -(across from horse corral)
from NYS Thruway:
Exit 41 Clyde/Waterloo
North on 414 through Clyde
take first right outside village of Clyde (Clyde Hunts Corners Road)
follow to Galen Road (look for blue silo’s)
continue on Galen across Meehan Road
3rd house on right (across from horse corral)
from Rochester via 104
take 104 East from Rochester
pass Webster, Williamson & Sodus
cross routes 14 & 414
after route 414 take 3rd right on to Lasher Road
(look for pine trees)
turn right on to Galen Road
cross Armstrong Road
3rd house on left - (across from horse corral)
Teaching, Healing and tattooing at many Web festivals:
Bekki Shining Bearheart LMT & Crow Swimsaway PhD
Bekki and Crow are pleased to be active at the Web festivals to teach shamanism and related shamanic topics based on our 20+ years of active shamanic practice. We also offer all major forms of shamanic healing including soul retrieval.
Bekki offers Structural Therapy, a deep-tissue massage akin to Rolfing. Crow and Bekki do Upledger CranioSacral work.
We are professional tattoo artists with 20+ years active years of experience, especially with ritual, ceremonial and healing tattoos in the Pagan community.
For advance planning of our work for you (especially tattooing) and to connect with our extensive schedule of teaching see our website: and e-mail at healing@frognet.net |
