The vendors registration deadline has been extended to May 21st!
Our 2011 festival opened our eyes to a whole line of possibilities when we seen the theme growing from...
...with our full day of speakers: Robert Converse, Jeffrey Wilson, Steve Free, Dave Raymond, Douglas Ross Hamilton, Marilene Isaacs, & Ed P Grondine. Therefore, for 2012 and beyond we decided to call it the "Summer Solstice Celebration" and spend the day focusing on not just the Native American Historical aspect of Serpent Mound but also the many facinating unexplainable aspects!
We've asked Jeffrey Wilson and Marilene Isaacs to join us again this year and they have accepted! We're no way close to our final line-up of speakers, but we do have several new and interesting ladies that have agreed to speak like Tammy Peach, Ruby Lowery, and Terri Rivera! I'll be presenting thier very interesting bios in the weeks ahead!
Here's our tenative presentors schedule:
9:00 AM - Tammy Peach
A descendent of Daniel and Jenny Wallace the first park caretakers. She will discuss both her family and personal connection to Serpent Mound.
10:00 AM - Delsey Wilson, Jim and Bev McKenzie
Delsey and her parents Jim and Bev are founding members of FOSM and will be discussing the many aspects of dowsing. The three are also members of the Great Serpent Mound Chapter of the American Society of Dowsers.
11:00 AM - Steve Free
Steve is an internationally known singer/songwriter/recording artist who draws upon his Native American & Appalachian roots through songs and stories to educate and entertain audiences of all ages. We’re honored to have this award winning, chart topping artist perform for everyone. (Ruby Lowery will be talking about her Book of IS at 1:00 under the demonstration tent.)
12:00 PM - E.P. (Ed) Grondine
"E.P." ("Ed" for those of us who know him), veteran space reporter and the author of "Man and Impact in the Americas", who has been involved with comet and asteroid impact research since 1997. He will share with us his knowledge of the effects of comet impacts on the first peoples in the Americas, and his ideas on who built Serpent Mound and why they built it.
1:00 PM - Terri Rivera
Terri Rivera (Sings with Ravens) is known by many as a gifted psychic, Reiki Master/Teacher, and Curandera. She sometimes employs the use of a Temezcal (sweat-lodge) to talk to spirit and find the source of an illness, then cleanse, heal, and retrieve lost parts of your soul. She can also see and hear people's spirit names.
2:00 PM - Tom Johnson
Tom is a geologist and owner of the House of Phacops. He will discuss the Crater that Serpent Mound sits in.
3:00 PM - Harold Darding (Singing Horse)
Singing Horse, an Oneida-Iriquois, is a regular at Sunwatch's Flute Festival and the Fort Ancient Annual Gathering. We are excited to have him with us!
4:00 PM - Marilene Isaacs
Marilene Isaacs, founder of The Center of Peace in Indianapolis is a renowned spiritual teacher, intuitive therapist and healer of people, animals, and places. Marilene first came to Serpent Mound to film THE HARMONIC CONVERGENCE in 1987, for her then Comcast TV show The Psychic Connection...on the Winter Solstice of 1988 she bought the 16 acres that back up into the mound which she called The phoenix Foundation Sanctuary, after years of doing retreats and teachings there she sold the property in 2003..Marilene will share her visions, knowledge, and amazing experiences that she has had in the last 24 years of connecting with Serpent Mound.
5:00 PM - Ross Hamilton
Ross Hamilton volunteers at Serpent Mound as both interpreter and tour guide. He and his companion Lesley LaBoda have been studying the mysteries of the Ohio Valley earthworks for years and offer new ways to approach the earthwork studies that emphasize geometry and stellar astronomy as means for determining both design methodology and age of the many Ohio sites. Ross is author of several books, including The Mystery of the Serpent Mound, A Tradition of Giants, Wonders and Mysteries of the Great Serpent Mound, and his newest book through Random House Books, Star Mounds: Atlas of an American Mystery will be his focus today.
6:00 PM - Jeff Wilson
Jeff is a volunteer and a founding Board Member for the Friends of Serpent Mound, he has given many lectures and tours on or at Serpent Mound and the crater. With his Master of Science and a double major in English Literature and History from Eastern Michigan, Jeff’s lectures bring a scientific approach with a refreshing side of Native American mythology. His recent discoveries are with the new LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data and how it is changing the way we see ancient sites – LiDAR: A Revealing Look At Ancient Ohio.
7:00 PM - Jeff Wilson
Jeff will also be giving the evening tour around Serpent Mound that will end at the Oval and the sunset alignment.
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The Summer Solstice Celebration is open to apply as a vendor, but it is a juried festival and everyone will need to apply early to see if you've been accepted! We are looking for individuals or groups that specialize in...
- Native Hunting – knapping, bow making, Atlatl, and more…
- Native Farming – 3 Sisters, food preparation, herbal uses, tools, and more…
- Native Living – pottery, baskets, weaving, jewelry, crafts, ceremonies, housing, and more…
- Native History – ceremonies, mounds, story telling, petroglyphs, legends and lore, reenactors, and more…
- Serpent Mysteries – dowsing, ley lines, archaeoastronomy, archaeology, standing stones, crop circles, mound builders culture, spiritual living, and more…
If you fit one of these ares, or if you're not quite sure, please fill out a Vendor's Form and either snail mail or email it to us, and once the committee reviews it, we'll get back to you! (The vendors registration deadline has been extended to May 21st!)
We had about 300 visitors throughout our 2011 one day event, that enjoyed 7 speakers and 11 vendors - many vendors are returning next year. Our goal is to double the number of vendors this year, but that's now our limit! We even shared the park with a spiritual workshop group that had no complaints with us and later we turned the entertaining over to a local drumming and dance group. One complaint was about our one food vendor having to use a generator, this shouldn't be a problem next year as the park is getting more electrical service. Maybe, even the running water and toilets upgrade will be done and ready!!!
Join us on June 20, 2012!
Here's some images from 2011...
Our Speakers tent. This year our Speaker will be in the shelter house.
We had a professional Atlatl doing demonstrations for us, from Athens, Ohio!
The beautful Tammy Peach, a decendent of the first Serpent Mound park manager, Daniel and Jenny Wallace. She will be speaking this year about her Grandparent's and the family's connection with the park.
Some awesome pottery from Ms. Dora Anderson (standing next to the red table cloth).
She gave clay demonstrations to those of all ages.
A shot from between the museum and speakers tent, looking back at our vendors.
Yes, we are still growing, so come join us! |
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