Samhain 2011 Flash Rite Pub Moot with Mummers' Play

Coven Oldenwilde's 17th Annual Samhain (Halloween) Public Witch Ritual was held Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, from 8-10 pm in downtown Asheville, NC. This year's rite was a Flash Rite Pub Moot with Mummers' Play — a short, humorous, poignant play about the seasonal death and rebirth of John Barleycorn, spirit of hops and grains, that we performed at three brewpubs in downtown Asheville — The Thirsty Monk, Jack of the Wood, and Hannah Flanagan's — and rehearsed in West Asheville at Tolliver's Crossing.
In this photo album you'll see pictures of the pub performances, the costumed mummers' ceremonial processions along downtown Asheville's reveler-crowded main streets, and the culminating Spiral Dance around the famous Magnolia trees we saved. You can follow our cast of mummer characters — the Witch, John Barleycorn, Death, the Healer, Ol' Charmer, the Priestesses, the Fool.

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• See also our photo albums of the Flash Rite Pub Moot first dress rehearsal near the Covenstead and final dress rehearsal at Tolliver's Crossing. showing pub performances, processions, and spiral dance.


• Read about Samhain 17, including the cast (with mug shots!), script, and the history and meaning of mummers' plays.


• Photographers were Jack Hedden, Tyrfire, and Monty, as credited in each photo's filename. Do you have photos or videos of Asheville's Samhain 2011 Flash Rite Pub Moot with Mummers Play? Please contact us so that we can post them (or a link) here!