Kids Beltane Festival Schedule
At every major festival, a talented and dedicated group of volunteers strives to provide quality childrens' programming at Circle. At Beltane, this programming is a coherent and intensive curriculum which leaves all who take part more deeply connected with the Land and with some field of Pagan studies.
FRIDAY, April 29th |
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| 4 pm - 5 pm | KIDS WORKSHOP #1: DIVINATION: WHAT IS IT? This session introduces kids to the concept of Divination. It also explains how magical technologies can be used to engage patterns in the natural world so that the course of future events can be revealed. The discussion concludes with an outline of Saturday's and Sunday's activities for the kids including the creation of a 'magical querent set' for each child, the process for using it to do divining spreads, and the challenge of doing a spread for their parents or guardians on Sunday. |
SATURDAY, April 30th |
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| 9 am - 10 am | KIDS WORKSHOP #2: QUERENT SET MATERIALS HARVEST FIELD TRIP Kids will be making their own querent set on Saturday afternoon. This morning session takes the kids on a one-hour hike to collect materials for creating the set. There will be a discussion along the hike of each piece of the set to be collected and its meaning and purpose. |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | 11:30AM-12:30PM KIDS WORKSHOP #3: MORRIS DANCING The kids get in the act. Materials will be provided for the kids to learn a Morris dance of their own. They will also be joining the Oak Apple Morris Dancers when they teach the community how to dance traditional Morris dances. |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | KIDS WORKSHOP #4: QUERENT SET CREATION Having collected the proper materials in the morning hike session, the kids will now meet in the summer kitchen to use materials to create their magical querent sets and querent bags to keep them in. |
| 3 pm - 4 pm | KIDS WORKSHOP #5: HOW QUERENT SPREADS ARE DONE This session teaches the kids how to use their newly made querent sets to do divining spreads for themselves and for other people. Three questions will be put to each child and they in turn will use their new sets to get their answers! |
| 7 - 8:30 pm | KIDS WORKSHOP #6: MAIN RITUAL A portion of the main Beltane ritual will involve the kids. The exact activity will be explained to them on Saturday prior to the ritual. It's a surprise. |
SUNDAY, May 1st |
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| 10 - 11 am | KIDS WORKSHOP #7: QUERENT SET SPREADS FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS Having made their querent sets and having practiced using them, the day before, the kids have the opportunity to do a spread for their parents or guardians. |
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