Welcome Spring Festival
Saturday, March 20, 2004
at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve
near Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Program Schedule
| 11:00am | Arrivals begin: Circle Resources shop opens. |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Spring through a Bard's Eye, by Turner Collins: A Pagan bard shares multicultural perspectives on Spring and the Seasons. He presents reflections on the balance of Ligh and Dark at Spring Equinox time. |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Ostara Egg Games: A magical egg hunt for participants of all ages. Prizes will be awarded in adult and youth categories. |
| 3:00pm: | Springtime Tale by Jean of Storylore |
| 4:00pm | Spring Equinox Ritual, faciltiated by Selena Fox: Welcome Spring in this ritual celebrating rebirth, new growth, and balance. Rite includes a seed blessing and a personl egg rolling choices divination. Ritual will be held outside, weather-permitting. |
| 5:30pm | Potluck Feast & Celebration |
| 7:00pm | Clean-up and Departures. |
What To Bring
- Contribution for the potluck feast (see details below).
- Hardboiled egg or egg shaped object prepared for ritual divination. Click here for instructions
- basket or bag for gathering eggs during the Egg Hunt
- Seed for Spring planting to be blessed during the ritual (optional). Be sure to bundle the seed packets together and mark them with your name --and remember to take them home with you after the rite.
- Fresh flowers (optional) to decorate the Temple Room for the day.
- Stone to give away to the Stone Circle (optional)
- Rattle or drum (optional)
- Personal snacks and/or a sack lunch for midday nourishment (optional)
- Wear something Green to celebrate Spring (clothing, jewelry, etc.)