Follow-up: a thank-you note
Dear pagan festival organizers and event organizers who treat your musicians well,
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you!
Among the shining examples of getting it right or trying their damnedest to get it right are the following festivals and groups I've worked with in the past or am currently working with, in no particular order:
Heartland Spiritual Alliance/Heartland Pagan Festival
CAYA Coven, CA
WytcheHaven, AR
Wolvenwold, MO
Mid-Missouri PPD
Witches Brew Denver
The Sacred Paths Ctr, St. Paul
Summerland Grove, TN
SDCW, ATC, AR
The ATC, Washington state
Pagan Unity Festival, TN
The Goddess & the Moon, Nashville
Florida Pagan Gathering (though I've heard there's been some static about being able to feed vegan performers lately--wtf guys, it's a lot less trouble than feeding omnivores can be!)
Phoenix Festivals (AutumnMeet, PhoenixPhyre), Florida
PantheaCon (which admittedly is pay-to-play and a bit of a madhouse, because SO MANY PAGANS OF DIFFERENT FLAVORS UNDER ONE ROOF ZING!! but I found it to be a wonderful madhouse, and when I asked for sound gear and a room to put a concert in, I got both, at the appointed time, and that room got packed.)
Bengalhome
Mystickal Voyage/Lori Savko Perdue, Maryland
Squanderosa, Maryland
Brotherhood of the Phoenix
HeARTbeat Collective, Boston
TOTEM, Oklahoma
Pooh Clan and CMA, TX
OurHaven (I love you!)
Faerieworlds/Faeriecon/Mythic Faire (we have our speedbumps, but everything always turns out well in the end.)
Sunflower River, NM
Albuquerque Witches' Ball
...and any other festival/group I may have forgotten in error. I am not including filk cons or scifi cons in this list because I think they deserve their own thank-you note.
Thank you all. You are in my fondest dreams and memories. Thank you for supporting me, for giving me sacred space in which to make music and/or fire, and for always inviting me back. You mean the world to me, you do. I urge you to keep up the good work, and to keep on making your guest performers AND guest authors feel like rock stars.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you!
Among the shining examples of getting it right or trying their damnedest to get it right are the following festivals and groups I've worked with in the past or am currently working with, in no particular order:
Heartland Spiritual Alliance/Heartland Pagan Festival
CAYA Coven, CA
WytcheHaven, AR
Wolvenwold, MO
Mid-Missouri PPD
Witches Brew Denver
The Sacred Paths Ctr, St. Paul
Summerland Grove, TN
SDCW, ATC, AR
The ATC, Washington state
Pagan Unity Festival, TN
The Goddess & the Moon, Nashville
Florida Pagan Gathering (though I've heard there's been some static about being able to feed vegan performers lately--wtf guys, it's a lot less trouble than feeding omnivores can be!)
Phoenix Festivals (AutumnMeet, PhoenixPhyre), Florida
PantheaCon (which admittedly is pay-to-play and a bit of a madhouse, because SO MANY PAGANS OF DIFFERENT FLAVORS UNDER ONE ROOF ZING!! but I found it to be a wonderful madhouse, and when I asked for sound gear and a room to put a concert in, I got both, at the appointed time, and that room got packed.)
Bengalhome
Mystickal Voyage/Lori Savko Perdue, Maryland
Squanderosa, Maryland
Brotherhood of the Phoenix
HeARTbeat Collective, Boston
TOTEM, Oklahoma
Pooh Clan and CMA, TX
OurHaven (I love you!)
Faerieworlds/Faeriecon/Mythic Faire (we have our speedbumps, but everything always turns out well in the end.)
Sunflower River, NM
Albuquerque Witches' Ball
...and any other festival/group I may have forgotten in error. I am not including filk cons or scifi cons in this list because I think they deserve their own thank-you note.
Thank you all. You are in my fondest dreams and memories. Thank you for supporting me, for giving me sacred space in which to make music and/or fire, and for always inviting me back. You mean the world to me, you do. I urge you to keep up the good work, and to keep on making your guest performers AND guest authors feel like rock stars.