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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEARS RETREAT WILL BE POSTED AS IT DEVELOPS. Community Center Food Donations: In the spirit of community service, we are again asking for food donations for one of the local food banks. Please bring your donation in a non-perishable sealed package. (Can, Jar, non-Frozen) Harmony Kitchen: Harmony kitchen will be open this year in Area 5 to provide hot and cold drinks and a continental style breakfast. Bob Key Memorial Stone Soup: The Community Center Team has again planned for the stone soup celebration. All soups are cooked on-site, from scratch. As always, we look forward to the great variety of side dishes provided by attendees as part of the celebration. Please remember we are cooking for a few hundred people. Although we have planned for some dietary preferences, we are not equipped to meet all needs. If you have strict dietary restrictions, you need to bring food you can eat. To assist those concerned, all soups will have an ingredient list displayed on or near the pot. Thank You. Breakfast Registration: This year in order to better serve you better and keep our costs down, we are asking you to register for breakfast. In years past the Community Center has ended up with an embarrassing (and costly) surplus of food at the end of Retreat. Having an accurate count of how many servings are needed would greatly reduce unknowns and costs and the way for us to get this information is for you to tell us on your registration form. Since breakfast is included in the price of registration this information also serves to keep ticket prices as low as possible. Please be considerate and only sign up for those mornings you know you will be eating at the Community Center. Merchants Merchant arrival is Tuesday August 5th from 10am – 8pm no late entry after the gate is closed. Please plan travel accordingly. Merchants will be limited to two helpers. Helpers must be on the Merchant Early Arrival l\List. The only exceptions are registered children under 18 of the vendor whose names must also be on the early arrival list. All merchants and helpers MUST sign up for a work shift. EACH MERCHANT MUST HAVE A SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER FOR THEIR BOOTH! You can now download the new Merchant Registration form at: Merchants can download the new Booth Registration Form at http://www.Dragonfest.Org/FI/Registration.html. Please contact Tony or Gypsy with any questions at Merchants@Dragonfest.org Fire Circles There will be 5 Drum/Fire Circles at Dragonfest this year Freedom Circle - (located in the Boy Scout camp). It is a “clothing optional” circle and no one under 18 years of age will be allowed. The circle starts at dusk and closes at midnight Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night, and 1 AM on Saturday night. Inspiration
Circle – A facilitated magical drum circle providing a focused,
balanced and intense blend of drumming, dancing and chanting. Located near
the new
Wednesday Night: TBA Thursday Night: TBA Friday Night: TBA Saturday Night: TBA You can e-mail alane@frontier.net if you would like to discuss something special you’d like to do for Inspiration Fire. We’d love to have many delights for the eye and ear. Ideas very welcome. Let’s make magic together Trance
Circle – Located
near Hecate’s Grove, is a
more laid back,
Merchant/Family Circle, Located in Merchant Row near the Entertainment Stage. It is a “clothing required” circle and anyone is welcome to join in. This circle is in the 10:00 PM curfew zone and therefore drumming ends at 10.
Each circle will have appointed Fire Tenders that will start, tend and put the fire out each night. Please follow the rules set forth by Dragonfest and respect the Fire Tenders. Please inform the Fire Tenders of any UNWELCOME conduct ASAP. They will contact the Heads of Operations and Safety immediately. Remember, NO means NO. Setup/Takedown/Truck Volunteers TSetup/Takedown/Truck Volunteers: Volunteers are needed each year to help set up the Retreat on Tuesday, take it down on Sunday, and help with the loading and unloading of the Retreat equipment truck. Volunteers who are interested in joining the setup/takedown/truck crews can get more information at http://www.dragonfest.org/VI/Volunteer_Positions.html under the Setup/Takedown Work shift Crew option or by email at Medical Volunteers There are two different types of volunteer work shifts for Medical this year. If you have a First Aid or better certification, you can choose either the Medical Tent 1 or the Medical Tent 2 near the Boy Scout gate. If you want to volunteer but are not certified, you may volunteer for the Medical Tent 2. We also need volunteers for the rapid response team. These volunteers must be first responder certified or above. CPR/First Aid classes are being offered for a nominal fee for Dragonfest participants. Please see the website for more details.
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