Hola, you crafty chicas! Time to get creative! This is the right time to think about Trade Circle, any giveaways you want to bring for special friends and Elders, and thinking about Beauty Way for any Lodge you are in.
Hello Home Lodge! Have you gotten your assignment for Home Lodge from
Hua? Have you spoken with your Lodge Leads yet? Please help us to make this a fun year for everyone by participating in this important window of getting ready. This is the right time to get into shape for any more physical duties you may have - especially for the Firekeepers!
Salut to all the healthy ones out there! We need some donations of fruit, vegetables and a big box of avocados. Got any leads for us? Please contact
Hua or
Hawk Woman with your fresh produce leads. These donations are tax deductible! Hua: 805 489 0892 Hawk: 805 801 2911.
Have any Kachinas been calling you forward? If this is the year you want to be in on the secret, (and if you don't know what we're talking about, wait until next year when you do!) please contact
White Heart. She'll also keep you posted on the Kachina class she'll be offering (dates still TBD). White Heart: 805 203 5183.
And everyone, please note that we have a new Lodge this year called
Take Down Lodge. Take Down Lodge is where the community helps us to set up and take down the Village. They can come to Village Building and learn how to build a tipi, how to build a Sweat Lodge and help to shape the Dance Circle, among other things that happen during this special time.
During the 4 days of Long Dance, they are invited to be part of Community in every way except the Dance itself. So they can come to our Thursday night Brothers' Sweat, our Friday Pipe Ceremony & concert, and more! Then instead of dancing, they come in Sunday morning, fresh as daisies and help us take down, pack, transport, unpack and put away the Long Dance equipment in the garage at the Church grounds. Please use the email below to invite friends to become a part of
Village Building & Take Down Lodge.
"Dear friends & community,
Please help us with your strong arms and legs to add Beauty to the world with our special
Circles of Empowerment. Every year we sponsor a
Long Dance from sunset to sunrise for over one hundred women to pray to make the world a better place for everyone. Brothers in
Thunder Lodge add their prayers as well - safeguarding the future for the next seven generations.
We could really use your help for building and taking down our Village. It's become a bigger task as we add more and more people every year, with more teachings and ceremony for everyone. We offer lessons in putting up Tipis, building a Sweat Lodge, forming the Dance Circle and many more little jobs. Imagine learning how to build your own shelter, wherever you may be!
We also need help taking it all down and putting it away too. If you can help us with a day or so of your time, we'd be truly appreciative. You are more than welcome to join us for community events such as the Brothers' Sweat Lodge on Thursday night, the Sacred Pipe Ceremony and an evening concert on Friday.
The dates for Village Building are the weekend of September 10 & 11th. You can even come for just a few hours! The day of Take Down is Sunday Sept 25th. Ideally we'd like to see a crew of twenty or more, which means it would probably be less than 8 total hours to get it back into our storage area in Arroyo Grande.
Please let us know if you can help. Contact White Heart at (805) 203 5183 or Hawk Woman at (805) 801 2911 for details. Thank you so much and thank you for all you do to make the world a more beautiful place. AHO!"
