| Thursday 9/3 |
Activities |
Locale |
Description |
| 4:00 PM |
Welcome Home Registration |
Circus Tent |
Please come to the registration table to check in, get your wristband, and get oriented. Welcome home! |
| 6:00 PM |
Dinner and Free Time |
Cafe |
Eat Dinner with your campmates or in the cafe if you're on the meal plan |
| 8:00 PM |
Opening Ceremony |
Trilithon |
Cast the Sacred Circle with a Spiral Meditation: A walking meditation in Spiral form upon the topic of appreciation of daily wonder. If walking is difficult, please bring a chair.
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Fire Circle and Bardic |
Trilithon |
This year we’ll gather around the fire near the
trilithon while our stones stand watch. Quiet hours are in effect at 10 pm
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| Friday 9/4 |
Activities |
Locale |
Description |
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Cafe |
Meal Plan Breakfast in the cafe |
| 9:30 AM |
Ropes and Rollers 101 |
Trilithon |
Curious how ropes and rollers work? Whether you've been on rollers a hundred times or it's your first time, come get a refresher course. |
| 10:30 AM |
Mala Bracelet Making |
Island |
Malas and Prayer Beads have been used for centuries all over the world to help focus the mind during meditation and prayer. Perhaps most famous in Tibetan and Buddhist rituals, as well as Christian Rosaries, prayer beads can be used in any practice as part of religious faith or non-religious spirituality and meditation.
Pagans of many kinds have adapted the concept as well, using mala-style bracelets and longer bead strands to focus energy for personal magic practice as well as meditate and pray to their deities of choice.
Join Birdie Fireheart in the crafting of your own mala bracelet to aid in your personal practice. We'll craft and leisurely discuss our thoughts and ideas on prayers or meditation mantras we can use for our final products. |
| 12:00 PM |
Free Time |
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| 1:00 PM |
Drumming and Quire Workshop |
Island |
Drumming and singing are intrinsic to the stone-raising tradition. Feel the power of the rhythm and join
our workshop where you’ll learn the traditional drum patterns, chants, and songs of the Stones Family Gathering.
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| 2:00 PM |
Inner Child Play Time |
Island |
Ages 1-100 welcome, to let go and become kids again! Play Duck Duck Goose, twirl a whirly, throw a frisbee, Hula Hoop, launch a marshmallow, Hop Scotch and unleash your inner child. |
| 5:00 PM |
The Sacred Fool - The Rights and Responsibilities of Speaking Truth to Power |
Island |
Join Eldritch and friends to explore the roles and responsibilities of a radicalized spiritual practice, speaking truth to power, liberating the oppressed, mediating divergent points of view, and shifting paradigms.
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| 6:00 PM |
Dinner and Free Time |
Cafe |
Meal Plan dinner in the Cafe and free time |
| 8:00 PM |
Friday Ceremony and Night Pull |
Cul de Sac |
Greet the new Stone before we perform the Night Pull. We will welcome this stone into our Circle. Night pull immediately follows.
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| Post Ceremony |
Fire Circle and Bardic |
Trilithon |
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| Saturday 9/5 |
Activities |
Locale |
Description |
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Cafe |
Meal Plan breakfast in the cafe |
| 10:00 AM |
Pull |
Upper Parking |
The second half of our pull, starting where we left off near upper parking. See map in program! |
| 12:00 PM |
Free Time |
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| 12:00 PM |
SFG Date Change Chat with Your Advising Officer |
Island |
Join your Advising Officer to discuss when future Stones Family Gatherings should be held.
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| 1:30 PM |
Town Hall Meeting |
Island |
Join us for a relaxed chat with your Officers where you'll hear organization updates and be able to ask questions. All are welcome! |
| 4:00 PM |
Faerie High Tea |
Pavilion |
It’s easy to be silly when the sun is shining, but it
takes courage to laugh in the rain. Join the faeries for our annual High Tea to find laughter in the rain and
enjoy silliness in the sun.
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| 6:00 PM |
Dinner and Free Time |
Cafe |
Meal plan dinner in the cafe and free time |
| 8:30 PM |
Saturday Ceremony |
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The Wonder in the Stars, a Stargazing ceremony.
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| Post Ceremony |
Fire Circle |
Trilithon |
Gather under the twilight to launch Stone’s Eve with an
immersive Bardic Circle. As the drummers and Quire raise a wall of sacred sound, we will call in and celebrate our newest stone. Bring your drum, your lyrics, your chants, and your truest self. Don't forget a chair! |
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| Sunday 9/6 - Rising Day! |
Activities |
Locale |
Description |
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Cafe |
Meal Plan breakfast in the cafe |
| 10:00 AM |
Commitment Ceremony |
Trilithon |
Join us at the Trilithon for the start of Rising Day. We gather together and fortify ourselves for the day’s work. This is a time to commit to the work, to the stones, to the community, and to ourselves. Then stone raising, crafts, concrete work, Ribbons, and more! |
| 11:00 AM |
Raising the Stones! |
Trilithon |
Gather with community to complete our sacred work: raising stones! Featuring ropes, concrete work, sacral foods, singing, and crafts with community. Rock painting, trilithon origimi, and bring your own craft! |
| 4:00 PM |
Stones Feast |
Trilithon |
Celebrate a job well done by sharing a feast with your community. |
| 5:00 PM |
Loading the Gear (Part 1)! |
Trilithon |
Help load the truck for the storage unit with all of our sacred tools and equipment. Many hands make light work! |
| 8:00 PM |
Consecration and Transitions Rituals |
Trilithon |
Come get your medallion and recognize the hard work we have done. |
| Post Ceremony |
Fire Circle |
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Join us for song, dance, fire, and fellowship. Quiet hours are in effect at 10PM. |
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| Monday 9/7 |
Activities |
Locale |
Description |
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Cafe |
Meal Plan breakfast in the cafe |
| 10:00 AM |
Closing |
Trilithon |
We unwind our Sacred Circle in another walking meditation, where we reflect upon the wonders of the event. We say goodbye to the land, the stones and each other. |
| 11:00 AM |
Loading the Gear (Part 2)! |
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Come earn some swag and help us load the truck as it's bound for the storage unit. Bonus points if you help unload the truck in Hagerstown! |
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