Day & Evening Activities
Wednesday Evening
Village Meeting
Opening Ritual, the Lighting of our Eternal Flame and the Blessing of the Drum Circle
Everyone is welcome to come and participate in the building of our Sacred Space. We will be casting our eternal circle, call the quarters, invite the Lady and Lord, and bring forth the spirit of festivals past as we light the Eternal Village Fire. This is our beacon of light and the symbol of our coming together until we extinguish and dismiss it at the end of our festival.
Please bring Percussion, wind and string instruments. Chanters and dancers are encouraged to attend. This ritual will bring into our circle, the elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth to join us in our music and dance. Come prepared to feel the blessings of sound, fire, movement, comrades and the Universe. We will ask that we are watched over and blessed at this place of gathering, to enrich each of our experiences, to guard our trances, and give strength to our drummers and dancers. We will celebrate the gifts of the elements by partaking of their manifest forms as we dance, drum, and chant the night away. Filling us with the joy of phamily and blessing of community.
Fire Drumming and Dancing
Thursday Evening
Early Evening Sports Tournament: For those who wish to participate in a little competition, the game of the day will be volley ball.
Village Meeting
Crone / Honoring Ritual (Ritual Circle) This evening’s ritual will be facilitated by our community’s crones. Everyone is invited to come participate and benefit from the experience of our elder ladies. The crone’s will be facilitating our honoring ritual, a time of celebration. Did you, or someone you know and love, get a promotion, graduate from something, have a rite of passage, get initiated or elevated, join the military, have a baby, get hand fasted, or experience any other momentous event in life that you wish to have honored or recognized? Have you had a loved one or family member pass into Summerland? W e have set aside this time for such honoring and recognition.
Friendship Lodge ~ 8 PM – A light, warm, mixed, social Lodge with a gentle, friendly ritual. Approx: 1 hour
Song of the Bard – Bardic Circle We are honored to have the lovely and talented Michele Grant facilitate our Bardic Circle. The bardic tradition has been with us for eons and is a time of gathering and sharing of stories, song, and laughter. We are sure everyone has something to share or just relax and enjoy the sharing of others.
Fire Drumming and Dancing
Fire Spinning
Friday Evening
Daytime Sport Tournament: Golf is a favored game but so is throwing a Frisbee. Today’s game will be Frisbee-golf!!!
Village Meeting
Womens’ Lodge ~ 6 PM- A gently, hot Lodge dedicated to Womens’ spiritual and social needs. Approx: 1 hour
Mens’ Lodge ~ 9 PM - A good hot Lodge dedicated Mens’ spiritual and social needs. Approx: 1 hour
Sage Ritual As with the Crones, the Sages will be facilitating our sage ritual. Come on folks, our elder males can do more than just cook. They will have a variety of rituals in the future (including but not limited to) “Coming of Age”, Induction into Sagedom, etc….
Theses elder rituals are designed to bring our community closer to our elders. So don’t miss them.
Echoes of Song Spells Come join us in song and story.
Music, chanting, and singing has the power to influence all three circles of being – bridging the normal limits of mortal consciousness. Such power is known to us simply as Song Spell. It has survived from the lost civilization of Atlantis, Egypt, Greece, throughout history and into the present day.
So join us as we celebrate the “Echoes of Song Spell” and experience the real talent of our community. Do you play an instrument, sing, do a bit of karaoke, like to sing along, or just have a laugh and a bit of merriment. See you there!!!!
Fire Drumming and Dancing
Fire Spinning
Saturday Evening
Daytime Sports tournaments: With all the horses that grace the land that we use for our festival, the game of the day is Horse Shoes.
Trophy Awards Ceremony
Village Meeting
Main Ritual – This ritual is planned by members and volunteers of the Phamily during the festival and everyone is welcome to attend and participate as we celebrate our coming together and honor the Universe around us.
Questors’ Lodge ~ 10 PM - A harsh, hot, powerful Lodge dedicated to the search for enlightenment. Mixed, non-social, Shamanic Ritual. Approx: 1 hour
Every Evening
Fire Dancing & Drumming Our Phamily is blessed with the best late night drumming and dancing that can be found in the pagan community. All drummers, all dancers, all chanters are welcome. Our hearts sing together in joy and love.
All members of the Phoenix Phyre Phamily are asked to come and participate as feasible. Bring Drums, or Horns, Flutes or Guitar, Tambourine, Cymbals, Banjos, Whistles, or just your Voice. Dance if you can, Clap along or just sit and Watch, what ever makes you happy. There is room and a place for all in this Celebration.
