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Coed Hills Spring Equinox Gathering
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COED HILLS SPRING EQUINOX GATHERING
Come get down in the green and brown...
Friday 20th March - Sunday 22 March 2009
Friday...
6pm - Equinox Opening Ceremony with Priestess Juliette
7pm - Storytelling with David Ambrose 'Tales from Wales & The World', as part of World Storytelling Day
All evening - Music and jamming round the fire
10pm - Temescal Sweat Lodge with Claire Barraclough - £10 / £5
Come sit with the Mystery in the sacred temescal and receive the blessing of the sacred Fire and celebrate your life and thank your ancestors and raise your voice in prayer and song to Great Spirit. Part of Coed Hills celebration weekend of the Spring Equinox come join your brothers and sisters; special events and connections all weekend! The first medicine of the water awaits you! The Fire will be lit at 7.30pm . Entrance to temescal anticipated 10pm x A ha Mitake Oyasin
FREE CAMPING
Field parking for live-ins and caravans.
Communal accommodation also available in the underfloor biomass heated barn chillout space or giant Yurt in the woods (Bring mat and bedding)...
Saturday...
Workshops throughout the day - see onsite board for details.
- Yoga with Tim
- Permaculture tour With Charly Le Marchant and Chris Lenaerts
- Stone carving with Saul Nicholas
- Dance with Nily Ron
- Fire performance with Organised Kaos
- Sacred geometry / Mandalas - Tim Halewood
- Dowsing with Shawn Kirwan
- Sunset Vigal with Shawn Kirwin and Hugh Newman
From 6pm THE COSMIC CABARET
In the huge barn-housed Multi-Yurt (Open Mic 6pm - 8pm)
KANGAROO MOON
RENTHOUSE GROOVE
PARADOX
KEV THE POET
MINIMA With images of silent and avant-garde film
AVALON ROOTS
JUSTIN LOVE & THE LOVELIES (Susie Ro & Ayla)
CORNEILIUS
JENFIRE
DARLINI
PATIENT PACIFIST
DOROTHY
LOU NOBLE
& THE COEDSTERS
Dr Hoflishkadu, Clemence Viel & Sabrina Danielle
Performing as the Bus Stop Theatre Co. with 'Hiawatha'
and more...
With your Compere DR HOFLISHKADU (Adam)
Dissolving the barrier between stage and audience...
A Magickal, Musical, Creative, Theatrical and Poetic Celebration of Life
Comedy, circus, fireshow, face and body painting and dressing up!
8pm - Fireshow
Fireside Stage - Round the fire: singers, poets and players plus open mic, singalongs and jamming. Get involved!
Chillout Space with ambient sounds and comfy cushions.
Sunday...
10am EQUINOX CELEBRATION - Stone Circle Ceremony
No police, no fences, no tourists, no road, just a joyful welcome to the Spring Sun!
Hannah's fried breakfast
Workshops during the day.
3pm Astroshamanic Trance Dance with Dave Mountjoy - £10 / £5
An opportunity to align with and explore the direct and pioneering energy of Aries and honour both the beginning of Spring and the rebirth of the zodiac cycle. The arrival of Spring signifies the entry into the element of Fire and the Spiritual Realm and is a period most suitable for the planting of precious inner seeds.
An opening healing ritual will be followed by the trance dance. Combining the sound of a range of percussion instruments with electronic music delivered through a sound system, the ultimate purpose of the dance is to let go so totally that nothing exists but the dance itself – no ‘I’ or ‘me’ or ‘self’, just the dance. In this state, when the dancer is danced by the dance, ecstatic healing and transformational experiences are possible, as perception expands into non-ordinary states of consciousness.
Riddler's Sunday roast
Throughout the weekend...
Riddler's Organic Cafe
Licensed Bar
Wood-fired yurt Sauna
Indoor healing area
Crystal Chai Kiva
Coed Crafts Stall
Families welcome!
Site powered on renewable and sustainable energy.
Visit the woodland low-impact village.
Permaculture gardens, Compost toilets, full-size solar-aligned stone circle, goats and chickens...
Low impact community living in action!
Entry: Only £20 for a whole weekend of fun (Pay on gate)
(Includes camping/communal accommodation, sauna and workshops)
£18 Unwaged / Kids 16 and under free
Dogs welcome on lead
Full car? Drivers free entry! (three or more passengers)
Come and have a blast of country lushness and fun!
TRAVEL INFO
Only half an hour from Cardiff (X2 bus to St Hilary) and an hour from Bristol.
London to Cardiff return
COACH Nat.Express/Megabus - 3.5 hours, £16-22 return.
TRAIN 2.5 hours, £27 return if you book now! Try Trainline.
CAR: Map: http://www.coedhills.co.uk/UserFiles/Image/map.gif
M4 J33 to St Hilary, 8 miles West of Cardiff. It's easy to get here by car!
LIFTSHARE FOR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS: http://www.freewheelers.co.uk/Coed_Hills
Also try https://www.liftshare.com and post on the FB event wall.
Free entry for drivers with a full car (three or more passengers).
