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Saturday of MerryMeet
After breakfast we were back in Grand Council. Despite my fears of last night we got through the entire agenda very expeditiously. Amazingly we had two offices which were not only contested but the vote tied! I'm sure that is a CoG first. We decided MerryMeet locations for the next two years (beyond next year which we already knew as we usually do). Next year is in Ft. Lauderdale, the 2007 will be in Amherst, MA and the year after that in Southern California. I was hoping 2007 would be in SoCal (avoiding east coast trips two years in a row) but the Amherst venue does sound very good and the 2nd officer involved is very interested in Interfaith and has some ideas for making that a theme of the Leadership Institute. I talked to Rayna about the dance at the MM in Florida and she's going to put me in touch with the DJ who is going to be doing it. Maybe I can finally get actual meaningful Pagan music into the mix. Looking at my iBook which less music than my work machine I have 10 hours of Pagan rock and 12 hours of folk. Granted not every song is great... but surely I could do a 1-1/2 hour mix CD set that would be fun to dance to. *bounce*
At lunch I ate a hamburger in the restaurant because it was chicken again and the sides were black beans and rice which I really didn't want to eat before sitting in a room with people all afternoon. Even if we all ate the same thing. *laugh* The hamburger was wonderful. The Blue Heron Restaurant is really quite good from all the reports I've heard.
before sitting in a room with people all afternoon. Even if we all ate the same thing. *laugh* The hamburger was wonderful. The Blue Heron Restaurant is really quite good from all the reports I've heard.
During the afternoon we managed to get through all of the outstanding issues, elections and budget as well. The officers for next year will be:
First Officer – Kathryn
Second Officer – Bridget
Correspondence – Bryan
Membership – Stachia
Publications – Daryl
PIO West – Lisa and Yvonne
PIO Central – Janine
PIO East – Cynthia
Pursewarden – Scott
Recorder – Gordon
Plus we chose MerryMeet sites for the next three years (instead of just two). The next two are on the East Coast which is a bit of a bummer of those of us in California. It would have been nice to reverse the 2007 and 2008 sites.
MM 2006 – Ft. Lauderdale, EMLC (Bridget)
MM 2007 – University of MA Campus, Weavers (Laura)
MM 2008 – Southern California, TLC and OCLC (Jeff and Yvonne)
We adjourned and vacated the room so the staff could set up for the banquet. I sat at a table with a bunch of folks from EMLC and chatted mostly about plans for next year's MerryMeet. I am looking forward to visiting Ft. Lauderdale and doing ritual on the beach. And touring botanicas. And eating Cuban food. I haven't been to South Florida in a couple of decades, it will be interesting to see how it has grown. I had worried that we'd have chicken on the menu, but it was a lovely salmon with rice and veg followed by a truly decadent chocolate cake. The catering at this MerryMeet has been very, very good.
I went back and changed into clothes for the Tea Dance. Rayna pointed out later I chose the same dress as last year. How embarrassing. Nevertheless, I started out with a couple of layers - sparkly club dress under blue slip dress with sparkly red jacket on top. I did my lips with red fairy dust (several people asked me to provide red lip marks which I did... I like leaving sparkles!). Folks were hanging out on the patio with a no-host bar. I had brought up a $1 diet coke from the machine since it was about twice as much as the glasses they sell for $1.50.
There was a concert by a local coven called Crowomyn who sing together. Wow. I love acapella singing done well. They had original chants and tunes, Sweet Honey in the Rock covers and some delightful filks. Among the latter was a filk on The Lion Sleeps Tonight called The Witches Dance Tonight with a chorus that went A-Wiccan Way, A Wicca-Way which got the whole audience singing. Crowomyn is planning a CD and put my name on the list to be notified.
The band for the Tea Dance was a local band called Tathata (a Sanskrit word meaning "suchness" or "as it is"). They had great vocals, Middle Eastern rhythms and more. I bought their CD, Vesica. They do an amazing up-tempo version of Barge of Heaven! Everyone was garbed in their finery and it was really fun to dance. Amongst the folks dancing there were some carrying silk fans with long tails. Wow, I want some! I have googled for all kinds of things without finding them though. I see ones with a small fringe like these But the ones they had had about 2-3 ft trains. Does anyone know where they might be found?
Rayna and I danced together, continuing our flirtation from last year. I had a wonderful time chatting and dancing. We stayed until the last raffle prize was awarded and then wandered back to drop things off at our rooms and head for the hot tubs. I stayed up in the tubs with Rayna, Jeff, Elvis, Kirk and others talking about a wide range of topics from Wicca to Santeria to morphogenic fields to Foucault's Pendulum and Godel, Escher, Bach. It was wonderful! I didn't get to bed until around 2:30.
At lunch I ate a hamburger in the restaurant because it was chicken again and the sides were black beans and rice which I really didn't want to eat before sitting in a room with people all afternoon. Even if we all ate the same thing. *laugh* The hamburger was wonderful. The Blue Heron Restaurant is really quite good from all the reports I've heard.
before sitting in a room with people all afternoon. Even if we all ate the same thing. *laugh* The hamburger was wonderful. The Blue Heron Restaurant is really quite good from all the reports I've heard.
During the afternoon we managed to get through all of the outstanding issues, elections and budget as well. The officers for next year will be:
First Officer – Kathryn
Second Officer – Bridget
Correspondence – Bryan
Membership – Stachia
Publications – Daryl
PIO West – Lisa and Yvonne
PIO Central – Janine
PIO East – Cynthia
Pursewarden – Scott
Recorder – Gordon
Plus we chose MerryMeet sites for the next three years (instead of just two). The next two are on the East Coast which is a bit of a bummer of those of us in California. It would have been nice to reverse the 2007 and 2008 sites.
MM 2006 – Ft. Lauderdale, EMLC (Bridget)
MM 2007 – University of MA Campus, Weavers (Laura)
MM 2008 – Southern California, TLC and OCLC (Jeff and Yvonne)
We adjourned and vacated the room so the staff could set up for the banquet. I sat at a table with a bunch of folks from EMLC and chatted mostly about plans for next year's MerryMeet. I am looking forward to visiting Ft. Lauderdale and doing ritual on the beach. And touring botanicas. And eating Cuban food. I haven't been to South Florida in a couple of decades, it will be interesting to see how it has grown. I had worried that we'd have chicken on the menu, but it was a lovely salmon with rice and veg followed by a truly decadent chocolate cake. The catering at this MerryMeet has been very, very good.
I went back and changed into clothes for the Tea Dance. Rayna pointed out later I chose the same dress as last year. How embarrassing. Nevertheless, I started out with a couple of layers - sparkly club dress under blue slip dress with sparkly red jacket on top. I did my lips with red fairy dust (several people asked me to provide red lip marks which I did... I like leaving sparkles!). Folks were hanging out on the patio with a no-host bar. I had brought up a $1 diet coke from the machine since it was about twice as much as the glasses they sell for $1.50.
There was a concert by a local coven called Crowomyn who sing together. Wow. I love acapella singing done well. They had original chants and tunes, Sweet Honey in the Rock covers and some delightful filks. Among the latter was a filk on The Lion Sleeps Tonight called The Witches Dance Tonight with a chorus that went A-Wiccan Way, A Wicca-Way which got the whole audience singing. Crowomyn is planning a CD and put my name on the list to be notified.
The band for the Tea Dance was a local band called Tathata (a Sanskrit word meaning "suchness" or "as it is"). They had great vocals, Middle Eastern rhythms and more. I bought their CD, Vesica. They do an amazing up-tempo version of Barge of Heaven! Everyone was garbed in their finery and it was really fun to dance. Amongst the folks dancing there were some carrying silk fans with long tails. Wow, I want some! I have googled for all kinds of things without finding them though. I see ones with a small fringe like these But the ones they had had about 2-3 ft trains. Does anyone know where they might be found?
Rayna and I danced together, continuing our flirtation from last year. I had a wonderful time chatting and dancing. We stayed until the last raffle prize was awarded and then wandered back to drop things off at our rooms and head for the hot tubs. I stayed up in the tubs with Rayna, Jeff, Elvis, Kirk and others talking about a wide range of topics from Wicca to Santeria to morphogenic fields to Foucault's Pendulum and Godel, Escher, Bach. It was wonderful! I didn't get to bed until around 2:30.
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Perhaps it'd be possible to get Gaia Consort to play? I know they just got back from an event in Maine, so apparently travelling isn't an issue for them
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