Dear Friends, Family & Community ~

Come be in nature & dance with us to celebrate the changing of the season, and the abundance of the fall harvest ~

We're having the event on the weekend of October 5th at our place about an hour an a half north of Toronto on the way towards Collingwood, just off Airport Rd, just south of Creemore ~

Schedule

Saturday12pm ~ Arrival, settling in, nature time, sauna & hot tub by the river

4pm ~ Permaculture garden tour and nature walk

6pm ~ Potluck by the fire at the outdoor kitchen

8:30pm ~ Ecstatic dance begins

10:30pm ~ Meditation and closing circle

11pm - 4am ~ Music to carry us into the night

Sunday

10am ~ Yoga & sound bath

3pm ~ Song circleEvening ~ Fireside jam, sauna & hot tub

The Flow

Come for early afternoon on Saturday if you'd like to spend some time in nature ~ bring some food to share in the early evening if you think you'll be hungry, potluck style ~ we'll make some food at the outdoor kitchen space in the early evening around 6pm or so ~We'll move inside around 8pm and have some gentle music playing ~ at that time we'll stretch out, relax and prep for the dance ~ we'll drop into silence by 8:30pm and make our movements meditative ~ around 9pm we'll launch into our dance journey, which will be about 2hrs long ~ likely finishing up that portion by 11pm or so ~

We'll finish our ecstatic dance journey with a closing circle and open up the space for more relaxed hanging out, and some epic tunes from a fantastic line up of DJs

Music from our favourite friends of the familia; Paz, Freehand, and Bringo Jingo all playing in turn ~ rolling from deep dubstep, to midtempo folkoric electronic, right through uplifted tech-house ~ we'll likely curtail the festivities around 3 or 4am and take rest at that time ~ if you'd like to rest earlier, you can find camping spots further from the house for some more quiet repose

Accommodation

If you do want to stay overnight you can bring a tent or stay around in the loft space where the music is ~ there's lots of cushions and mats, sorta collective crash pad style ~ and again, there will be music playing fairly loud for a good portion of the night ~ if you feel like an adventure into the night, please stick around for follow up late night dances and whatever other adventures ~

Contribution

We'll accept e-transfer in advance to the email below or cash at the door to save some fees, or you can buy a ticket online from Eventbrite ~ the cost is $50 per person for the Saturday and $100 for Saturday & Sunday ~ if you just want to come for the dance portion and you're finding that too much to pay, then just write us a message and we'll figure something out ~

Food is potluck style ~ if you come just for Saturday and plan to be there for dinner, please bring a prepared meal to share ~ if you're planning to stay for the entire weekend then we ask that you bring about $50 of food to share, and help with meal prep at some point ~

Music

The bulk of our journey will be free-form dance expression and moving meditation, guided by rich and soulful, tastefully bass-augmented music from around the world, moving gently from quiet beginnings through a raucous and ecstatic culmination, and back to stillness. Guaranteed to gather all the goodness. We've put the utmost care into selecting the best tracks to be played on the most robust sound system.

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