April Announcements

Hi all, and thank you to Linda for her very interesting talk last night. The book is officially out on Monday 26th April. It's available on Amazon if you must, but we suggest you go to your nearest independent bookseller instead and ask for:

Lancashire's Sacred Landscapes
Edited by Linda Sever
Published by The History Press
(and if anyone can give me the ISBN, I'll be terribly grateful)

NEXT!

The next Moot will be on Tuesday 11th May and we're handing over to you this time. The subject is "What's your path?" and we'd like everybody to tell us!

Daniel will be taking the Moot on June 8th with revision of his Wheel of the Year study. Is it interesting and radical or is it heresy? Come and decide for yourself.

The Moots for July to October are now open to offers. It has been suggested that I rope Mark the Compost Elf into doing one, so I'll be elf hunting soon and will let everyone know how we fare asap.

Coming Up
We have an absolute raft of announcements, so let's take a deep breath and dive in.

On Saturday 17th April (as well as Tasha's birthday party) there's the Halliwell Cultural Festival taking place at Bolton Rugby Club. Various genres of music and dance will be happening, including several sets from the wonderful Rivington Morris. The whole shebang starts at 10:30am and finishes at 5pm, but that will be followed by an English music session, then a ceilidh and another session late for the real hard-liners.
On the same evening will be the first social of the New Bolton Moot, (Facebook link, sorry!) at the Man & Scythe on Churchgate. 8pm onwards.

On Sunday 25th April Manchester will be having its annual St George's Day parade. The start is at midday from Albert Square and will include . . . Rivington Morris!
ALSO - UCLan Pagansoc in Preston are having a trip to Long Meg. Contact Linda if you fancy joining them on the bus.

On the next evening 26th April Clarian Faeries will be holding their April Moot in Westhoughton, and there's a real treat this time in the shape of Wiccan High Priestess, Joan Withington giving a talk on the various branches of Wicca. Contact the Faeries for details of where to go.

For anyone who's into life drawing Nexus Art Café are having life sessions on Tuesday evenings from 7:30pm. It costs £4, and get there early because they lock the doors when they start. On Tuesday 27th their model will be me!
Talking of which (and shamelessly plugging my own career) look out for The Naked Office on Virgin1, coming out soon. The episode about a company called Farmshed will feature a rather familiar face, and other bits too!

For those rare souls who aren't going to Thornborough or Grey Mare for the weekend we are holding our annual Bealtaine Wicker Man Party on Friday 30th April. There will be fire, a wicker man to burn, live music, a maypole, THAT film (with songsheets) and many other summery goodies.

On the 1st May the Faerie Ball is happening in Garstang. Tickets are £20 each but that's all-in, and you need to get them before the 17th April because they need to know what you can and can't eat. Contact Clarian Faeries for your tickets.

On the bank holiday Monday 3rd May (as well as it being Andrea's birthday) Moses Gate Country Park will be holding its annual Frog Parade. It's a great family event to celebrate summer, ecology and all things froggy including the dunking of the Frog King. It all starts from 10:30am at Smithy Bridge which is opposite the Farmers Arms pub on Radcliffe Road, Darcy Lever.

Hawky of the New Bolton Moot is organising a special Picnic in the Park (another FB link, I'm afraid) on Saturday 8th May in Queens Park, Spa Road, Bolton. Starting at 2pm it'll go on all night, but it's not just a picnic, it's also specifically to protest Bolton Council's felling of mature trees to "take the park back to its Victorian roots".

And there's more!
These last few things aren't happening until after the next Moot, so here are some dates for your diary and we can give you details should you need them.

May 15th - Bellydance flashmob in Manchester OR Rivington Morris performing in Rivington.

May 28th - A possible trip to ARA (oh look, it's almost Daniel's birthday too)

June 11th - World Naked Bike Ride
AND that weekend, Jim's Manning Ceremony/Linda's birthday camp at Silverdale.

July 3rd - Pagancon in Preston. Tickets are £12 in advance.

That's it! My typing finger hurts now!

Love,
Seán