A Four Quarters Fundraiser
Beltaine at Four Quarters
Our Return to the Land A
Members and Guests Weekend
Fri May 1st - Sun May 3rd, 2009
Schedule Highlights for 2009
Scroll down for the full schedule
Friday Evening:
Traditional First Fire Ceremony
Storytelling for kids
Opening Bardic Circle of the season
Saturday:
Reweaving the Web of the World workshop
Kids Tribe activities
Wreath Making for adornment of the Maypole
Craft Asylum
Several Workshops
Dancing the Great Maypole
Beltaine Feast hosted by The Starvin Artist Cafe featuring:
Green Salad, Vegetarian Barley and Bean Soup, Roast Beef au jus, Roasted
Root Vegetables and Braised Brussel Sprouts with almonds, with a bread
selection of Irish Soda Bread, Cheese Scones, and Oatcakes!
The Beltaine Members and Guests Meeting serving Ice Cream dessert!
Beltaine Ceremony with The Standing Stones:
The Giving and Receiving of gifts between Ourselves, the Tribe, and
the Land.
Community Fire Circle !
Community Bardic Circle !
Sunday Morning:
A Journey into Healing Meditation
Youth Tribe Seed Stone Pull
Closing Ceremony
Sweat Lodge all weekend
"Now the green blade riseth, from the buried grain; Wheat that in dark earth, many days has lain..."
Real People,
Real Traditions,
Real Community.
It's about Spring,
It's about Family.
It's for Babies and Children,
Maids and Gallants.
Our Aunts, Uncles,
Mothers and Fathers,
Elders and Ancestors.
Our joyous journey through the Wheel of the
Year and the Web of Life.
Join us for our
annual homecoming and celebration of the Delights of Spring –
it’s Beltaine at Four Quarters! Time for the season of hibernation
to end, and the season of joyous activity and growth to begin! Come
and see the Land in its springtime splendor, bedecked in a blanket
of wildflowers and budding trees, with every morning borne on the
music of songbirds. Greet the tribemates you haven’t seen all
winter, and bring new friends to learn what Four Quarters is all about!
In addition to all your gear and springtime finery, please bring flowers
to share with the Beltaine ceremonialists. We want to the see the
beauty of flowers everywhere we turn, so, if you would, pick up a
grocery store bouquet or two on your way, and drop them off at the
buckets by the Coffee Dragons.
Friday night join us for our First Fire celebration
in the Fire Circle, where we burn sacred woods and offerings to sustain
the sacredness of the Land. For the children, we host a storytelling
hour at our Bardic Circle. Saturday is a full day complete with workshops
on singing, crafting, Earth Spirituality, Ecology & Sustainability.
In the afternoon we raise the May Pole to bless the land with fertility,
life and love. The whole Tribe is welcome to lend a hand to raise
the May Pole, dance and sing.
After a sumptious Feast by the Starvin' Artist crew, we concregate
in the Fire Circle for Ice Cream dessert and the Members Meeting where
we lend our ears and our voices to the Community. Topics include news
from the Winter and projects for the Summer Season. At Main Ceremony
we focus our spiritual intent to the giving and receiving of Blessings.
Capping off the day the Tribemates congregate for a joyous Fire Circle.
After Sunday morning meditations and yoga, we gather as the Children
of the Tribe raise the Seed Stone, where we pass on our Traditions
of Stone Raising to the next generation. At Closing Ceremony we re-affirm
our committment to living Spiritually with respect for our Mother
Earth.
Looking forward to being involved? Keep an eye on the Four
Quarters Forum for news about ceremonial needs, and reminders
about the festival.
2009
Membership Privileges Apply
Children under 16 are Loved, Cherished and Free!
Members $50, Guests $65, Pre-reg by April 25th
$75 at the Gate
Sat Arrival $55 pre-reg by April 25th
$65 at the gate
Register for Beltaine at our OnLine Store
You are welcome to arrive before Friday and stay later than Sunday.
Early In and Late Out camping is $5 a night for Members,
and $10 a night for non-members.
Four Quarters has
two hot shower buildings equipped with super low-flow dual-flush toilets,
state of the art on demand heaters for our low-flow showers and drinking
water spigots throughout the camp. Try our RideShare database to carpool
to our events and become eligible for our fuel subsidy! Four
Quarters is Green! Carpools to Beltaine are eligible
for the Four Quarters Fuel Subsidy!
We are closer than you think,
100 miles and less than 2 hours from Baltimore Washington Beltways. About 2 hours
from State College, Pitt's, Harrisburg and Harrisonburg VA, 3 hours from
Philly and Wilmington, about 6 hours from NYC, Columbus and Cinn. OH.
~~Beltaine Schedule
2009~~
Friday, May 1
7pm: Traditional First Fire Ceremony at the
Community Fire Circle with Dougie. Bringing it back to the basics
of thankfulness for having what we needed to live through the winter.
9pm: Storytelling
for kids at the Bardic Circle "The reading of The Lorax".
Followed by the Opening Bardic Circle of the
season
Saturday, May 2
10am - Noon: Reweaving the Web of the
World with Elspeth. "We have each chosen to be born into this
time; amid the degrading environment, the ending of fossil energy,
the rapid socio-political changes, and the growing knowledge of the
power of the individual to alter reality. Only when we learn to see
the patterns, and recognize the intrinsic values of each being, will
we begin to find our own place in it, and recognize our power to be
the co-creators of a more compassionate and sustainable world."
11am - Noon: Chants for Fire Circle with Patricia.
A chance to learn favorite chants to give as vocal offerings at Four
Quarters' Fire Circles.
11am - Noon: Kids Tribe Activities with Em
and John. Craft time where the kids recycle and repurpose common materials.
11am - 2pm: Amulet-pouring workshop with Brendan.
Brendan and gang will be pouring the aluminum "Seed Stone"
amulets to give to the kids after the Seed Stone pull on Sunday morning!
11am - 2pm: Craft Asylum at the Coffee Dragon.
"Do you, like many of us, have a little secret? Something you
could stop "any time" if you wanted to? But since you don't
want to, you carry it around with you, and devote yourself to it whenever
you have a few minutes...You know what I'm talking about. That craft
project that goes wherever you go. Maybe it's knitting, or crocheting,
or beading, or macrame, or some other form of Making... it was probably
first on your packing list for the Farm, wasn't it? That's what the
Craft Asylum is for... all us crazies who carry our handcrafts around
with us. Come sit, have a cup of coffee (keep it away from my yarn,
thank you very much!), keep your hands busy, and let's play! "
Noon - 2pm: Wreath Making for Maypole Ribbons
with Allison and Erin. Where many crafty hands are needed to decorate
the two Maypole wreaths with ribbons and flowers.
1pm - 2pm: Stones Rising Call for Content
with the Stones planning committee. We know that our members have
lots of knowledge on topics of Sustainable Living, Gardening, Building,
Earth Spirituality, Holistic Living, and more. Here is your chance
to share that knowledge in the form of workshops or activites that
we can schedule for Stones Rising 2009.
2pm - 4pm: Raising and Dancing the Maypole
with Mel. Bring out your dancing feet and frolicky finery for this
ceremonial Springtime blessing of the Land
2pm - 4pm: Kids Tribe Activies with Em and
John in the High Meadow. Games and dancing for the kids in the Meadow.
4pm - 6 pm: Feast at the Starvin'
Artist!
6pm - 7:30pm: Members Meeting
in front of the Main Stage. Bring a chair and take this opportunity
to provide your input on what’s in the works! ICE CREAM DESSERT
WILL BE SERVED!
8pm: Beltaine Ceremony with
Aase in the Stone Circle at the ringing of the Church Bell. The giving
and receiving of gifts between ourselves, the Tribe, and the Land.
Followed by Community Fire Circle and Bardic
Circle
Sunday, May 3
9am - 10am A Journey into Healing with Elspeth.
"This journey is a present life regression for the purpose of
recognizing wounds and healing them. You will have the opportunity
to examine neglected, wounded, and painful places in your life; and
to heal them. Do not eat just before this working; bring something
to lie down on, and prepare to work hard."
11am: Seed Stone Rising at the Stone Circle.
One of the most important Traditions that we can teach our children
about the Tribe of Four Quarters is the Knowledge of Raising Stones.
All children are welcome! Come work the rollers and ropes to raise
the Seed Stone..
Followed by Closing Ceremony with Dougie
in the Stone Circle
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