Central Florida Volusia Pagan Pride Day Sept. 13

[vikinggoddess]

Volusia Pagan Pride Day is coming to Central Florida on September 13th.
Come visit us if you are in the neighborhood. I will have a booth set up there, and I would love to meet any forum members.

http://www.volusiapaganpride.com (http://www.volusiapaganpride.com/)

[Chaos Hawk]

Hmmmm...have to see how far away it is from where I live.

[vikinggoddess]

where are you located? i'm near daytona. :)

[vikinggoddess]

bump... here is the schedule of events:

12:00pm - doors open to public, meet-and-greet
12:30pm - THETA HEALING hosted by Carolanne
1:00pm - VOTER EDUCATION/REGISTRATION by Lady Tara
1:30pm - WHAT'S IN YOUR AURA hosted by Dru Ann
2:00pm - ALTAR SETUP WORKSHOP hosted by Holly
2:30pm - DANI THE UKELELE LADY Performance
3:00pm -POI/SPINNING WORKSHOP hosted by Cadea
4:00pm -BELLY DANCING WORKSHOP hostedy by Holly
5:00pm - Harvest Healing Ritual
6:00pm - doors close

COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE - our open drum circle will be hosted by Jim from 3:00pm - 5:00pm. We will be providing music for the belly dancing and poi workshops. Those who wish to drum as well as dance or spin are welcome to move back and forth between the groups.
Cadea will be hosting children's events throughout the day.
A blessings-altar will be for available for participants to request healing, count their blessings, give thanks, or just visibly mark that they were there. At the altar, light a candle or write your healing requests in the log to be incorporated into our main ritual.

[vikinggoddess]

sweet.. we have a news article about tomorrow.........
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Lifestyle/Headlines/lifeREL01091208.htm

Pagan Pride Day set for Saturday
By RICK de YAMPERT
Staff Writer NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Seven years ago, Dru Ann Welch put on a Wiccan pentacle -- a symbol of her newfound Pagan faith."I had a friend, one of the first people I met in Paganism, and one of the best things she ever taught me was 'I will never hide my pentacle from anyone,' " Welch says. "To me that was profound. Why should we hide? If you want to believe in a pentacle, a cross or an Egyptian ankh, you should be able to believe, be proud of that and never have to hide anything."
That's part of the motivation behind Pagan Pride Day events that are held across the country each September. Welch, a New Smyrna Beach resident, is the coordinator for Volusia Pagan Pride Day, which will be noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at a rented hall in the city.
One purpose of the event is to educate the public about Paganism, which is an umbrella term that embraces many nature-oriented religions, including Druidism and Wicca (as practitioners of one type of witchcraft call their spirituality).