Welcome Fall Festival
Saturday, September 24th, 2005
at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve
near Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin

About the Site
About Fall Equinox Customs


 





Program Schedule




9:00am Open for Arrivals. The Resource Shop will be open throughout the day.
10:00am - 1:30pm Cider Making with Naturalist Reed Cockrell: help make & taste fresh apple cider. Prepare apples for pressing & take a turn at the press.
10:00 am - 1:30pm Honey Extraction with Don Goodrich & Norma Bounk: learn how honey is extracted from honey comb, help with the process and sample the honey.
11:00am Welcome to Circle with Morningstar: an introduction to Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve
11:30am Origin, Lore, and Magickal Making of Scarecrows with MoonFeather: scarecrows can be found throughout time and cultures in literature, festivals, legends, art, theatre, poetry, movies, and even dancing in fields. Come learn about the origin of the Scarecrow as it began with live people dating back to 400 BCE when a Greek boy was said to be so ugly that he went to the fields to scare birds. Listen to the history and lore of the Scarecrow as it evolved across many cultures as Jack a Lent, Hodmedod, Tattie Bogie, Gally Wager, Straw Man, Straw Woman, Kakashis, Bootzamon, Bootzafrau, Wooden Witch, God of Vegetation of the Harvest Festival, to the current North American version of a dummy stuffed with straw. Be inspired as you learn what the horizontal, vertical, and intersection point on the cross of a Scarecrow mean and then magickally create your own variation of a Scarecrow to take home and scare crows! All craft supplies will be provided but please feel free to bring scissors, glue, and any other item you may want on your Scarecrow.
1:00pm Songs and Chants of the Season: Mabon with Windwalker and Dr. John: come learn and share songs and chants for Mabon. We will also sing chants and songs that can be used any time of year. Bring along your favorite chants and songs and your instruments. Listeners are also welcome. Open to all ages.
2pm Harvest Potluck Feast
4pm Fall Equinox Harvest Thanksgiving Ritual facilitated by Selena Fox & others: our community welcome of Fall includes a harvest thanksgiving, chanting, drumming, and meditation. Scarecrows created in the workshop will be energized.
6:00pm Farewells & Cleanup








Items To Bring




  • A contribution for potluck feast to feed at least two dozen people. If your contribution is to be served hot, it should be in a microwave or oven reheatable dish and not require more than 10-15 minutes of reheating, otherwise, bring it in a crock pot. Contributions that do not need reheating should be ready to serve. Fruit should be pre-washed and cheese pre-sliced. There is no kitchen space to prepare or cook contributions on site, but refrigeration space is available for storage. Please label contributions with ingredients and serving instructions.
  • An offering representing Nature's bounty to give to the Land (fruit, vegetable, herbs, nuts).
  • A donation of apples for cider making and a cup or container for cider tasting.(optional)
  • A jar or container for honey extraction. (optional)
  • A rhythm instrument to play and ritual garb. (optional)








    		• Registration




    		To register online for Welcome Fall click here.

    To register by phone contact the Circle office at (608) 924-2216, monday-friday central time.

    For more information or questions about the Welcome Fall Festival email Nancie at:
    nancie@circlesanctuary.org.