We
are a *community driven* festival.
We need your participation to make
this happen for the community at large.
To all
volunteers we can only offer free admission to the festival. For presenters,
we only
offer honorariums, traveling expenses, and meals to the most well known
authors and elders, and sometimes to those who travel great distances. This
is negotiated in advance through contracts.
Write
to us at: PaganOdyssey@aol.com
Ways
you can contribute
SPONSOR
US!
Yes, the festival does
require money to run! If you would like to see more well-known guest
speakers and bands, you can help us grow. Please consider becoming a sponsor
of our festival. Sponsors will be given free advertising in our program.
FESTIVAL
VOLUNTEER
Want to help or can't
afford admission? Never fear. We need people for
set-up, break down, fire watch, security, go-fers and lots more. We ask that
our volunteers put in four hours per day for the duration of the festival. Please contact us if you would like to be
a volunteer.
"Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in."
To Become a Volunteer:
1. You must be available Thursday morning
at 10 am to help set-up the festival.
You must be available until Sunday at 8:30 pm to assist with
clean up.
You must be put in at minimum of four hours per day of
solid work.
You must be willing to work hard and to co-operate with staff fully.
You must have a good attitude. "Can-do" people
only.
If you are not available for all four days for the time specified do not apply.
If you arrive late, you will be expected to pay FULL
PRICE for your
admission.
If you are a no-show for any reason, you will never
be allowed to volunteer again.
If staff feels you have not complied at any time,
you will be asked to pay admission instead or go home.
2. Please write us at PaganOdyssey@aol.com
to apply.
Tell us how you wish to contribute - skills, etc.
3. You must fill out the Volunteer form and send it in by April 15th.
4. You will also need to sign up for our e-list at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaganOdyssey
SORRY,
NO SCHOLARSHIPS!
"Time or
treasure" is an old church saying. If you can't give one, you give
the other. We have volunteers instead of scholarships. Sorry, but we also find
it demeaning to give scholarships if someone doesn't have funds, and it does
not create empowerment. Just about anyone can volunteer or can share a talent
at the festival. And again, we are a community driven festival - no elitism
here!
Applications for volunteers
will not be accepted after April 15th
MUSIC
Everyone loves music! If
you are interested in playing at our festival, please let us know!
Please send us a CD, or consider playing back up for one of our bands. Light,
sound and stage people are always needed too!
As with all volunteers, you must be willing to co-operate with staff fully.
You must have a good positive attitude. "Can-do" people only.
Everyone here works hard, we expect you to as well.
PRESENTERS AND TEACHERS
Teaching is often
by invitation, but we encourage members of other local groups, covens and
organizations to be actively involved. We ask that you be as flexible as
possible for scheduling dates and times, otherwise we might not be able to
include your class. Friday Morning/Afternoon and Sunday Morning are often
available.
Applications for presenters
will not be accepted after April 1st
If you would like
to teach, please list the following:
(cut and paste into email)
1. Dates and Times
you will be available at the festival:
2. Specify length of class: 1 or 2 hours
3. Bio: Please
include membership with organization, titles held, tradition and list books
published, if any. This should be a paragraph in length. If it is too long it
will be trimmed to fit the program.
4. Class Title and
Description: Again, this should be a paragraph in length. Please specify if
this is an Event, Workshop, Class, or Lecture. Please submit several classes,
including descriptions, so that we may choose and let us know how many you are willing to
teach.
5. Have you taught
before? If so, where?
6. Info such as an email address or a URL to list in the program
7. Personal info so
that we can contact you. (This will remain confidential)
Legal Name:
Address:
Daytime
Number:
Nighttime Number:
Personal Email Address:
8. Please fill out either the Registration
Form, or the Vendors form if you will be vending. Write presenter on the top
of the form and mail it in.
Please call
and introduce yourself before you submit your classes. We’d like to get to
know you. 203-469-5625.
You will be
sent a contact if you will be teaching at the festival. If you do not return
the required information by April 1st you may not teach and your name will not
be added to our list of teachers. You will not receive free admission. If you
cancel or do not show at the festival for any
reason, you will not teach again at our festival. The best names in the
community honor ALL
commitments, and we expect professionalism.
Teachers
are offered free admission.
One class = one free admission, but most teachers do two at the festival.