{"id":1291,"date":"2022-10-06T00:28:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T04:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2023-01-13T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:20:16","slug":"samhain-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/1291\/events\/samhain-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Samhain 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 590px; height: 155px;\" src=\"\/oldenwilde\/samhain\/rite2022\/samhain2022_BANNER.png\" alt=\"Samhain MMXXII spelled out in brooms and staves, flanked by a broom-riding Witch and our ugly stick's goofy face\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: auto; background-color: #000099; background-image: linear-gradient(#000099, #050505); text-align: center; border: 1px solid #050505; margin: 1em 0 1em; padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, 'URW Palladio L', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 26px; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; line-height: 1.3;\">The Rite<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%);\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTvtGHM-xNA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 22px;\">\n<p><strong>Samhain MMXXII<\/strong> (2022), Coven Oldenwilde\u2019s 28th annual Samhain Sabbat, featured a group Broom &amp; Staff Dance, Lady Passion&#8217;s take on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1786295798055291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolfsh\u00e4ger-Hexenbrut Witch Dance<\/a>. Women wielded brooms, men staves; Rowan Greenleaf wore traditional mummer\u2019s garb and kept the beat with <a href=\"#Mendoza\">Mendoza, our new &#8220;ugly stick&#8221;<\/a>. Afterward, we circled in our torch-lit backyard wildlife habitat to keen the dead and turn the Wheel of the Year, and thence proceeded into the Covenstead for a fine feast and goodly libations.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Lady Passion received the rite&#8217;s trance dance music from deity <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eTvtGHM-xNA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Read YouTube video description\">in a dream<\/a>, and *Diuvei and she perfected it. The final result is &#8220;Coven Oldenwilde\u2019s Processional&#8221; (33 minutes, but meant to be played on a continuous loop):<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sound_icon\" href=\"\/oldenwilde\/sounds\/Coven-Oldenwildes-Processional.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hear or download Coven Oldenwilde&#8217;s Processional<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Also heard at the end of this video is &#8220;Harvest&#8221; by Lisa Theriot, one of our favorite Samhain songs, which we interspersed between repetitions of the Broom &amp; Staff Dance. Thanks to Murphy Kalil for filming and providing this video.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: auto; background-color: #000099; background-image: linear-gradient(#000099, #050505); text-align: center; border: 1px solid #050505; margin: 1em 0 1em; padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, 'URW Palladio L', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 26px; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; line-height: 1.3;\">The Invite<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, 5 pm until &#8230; at the Oldenwilde Covenstead<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">Our 28th Annual Samhain Rite<\/span> will feature an easy dance in front of the Covenstead, accompanied by Mendoza, our brand-new &#8220;ugly stick&#8221; whose winsome selfie appears above.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Women bring broom, men staff. We&#8217;ve brooms and staves to borrow &#8230; but time enough &#8216;tween now &amp; then to personalize one yourself &lt;];-D Dress black Witchy, <em>masked<\/em> (please!), with jingly jewelry or belly-dance hip wraps, etc!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Inspired by video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1786295798055291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Witch Dance&#8221;<\/a>, courtesy of Wolfsh\u00e4ger-Hexenbrut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">However, MY widdershins STEPS ARE SIMPLER, SO e-z learn on arrival or, better yet, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OSZa78fSJeM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demo video<\/a> we shot at Mabon:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><!-- Featured Video Plus v2.3.3 -->\n<div class=\"featured-video-plus post-thumbnail fvp-responsive fvp-youtube fvp-center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Broom\/Staff Dance demo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSZa78fSJeM?width=640&height=360&autoplay&rel=0&origin=https%3A%2F%2Foldenwilde.org%2Fblog\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Beat is slow 1-2 mesmerizing!<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-size: 22px;\">\n<li>Two slow turns round vertically held broom\/staff.<\/li>\n<li>Turn broom\/staff horizontal, push twice toward the 4 directions.<\/li>\n<li>Then pull backward in each of the 4 directions.<\/li>\n<li>Hold broom\/staff vertical and hip thrust on each side of it, 2x.<\/li>\n<li>Do two &#8220;butt pushes&#8221; with broom\/staff horizontal, outward directions.<\/li>\n<li>Finish with 3 body twirls, broom\/staff held horizontal over head. &#8220;Hurrahaya!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a id=\"Mendoza\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">The dance will debut a traditional Nova Scotia mummers&#8217; instrument: an &#8220;Ugly Stick&#8221;, Mendoza by name. Feel free to bring a drum, tambourine, or such to accompany her and the weird Witchy folk instruments *Diuvei will play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 530px; height: 707px;\" src=\"\/oldenwilde\/samhain\/rite2022\/Mendoza_full-length_530px.jpg\" alt=\"Full-length view of Mendoza with colander head, and bottlecap jingles nailed to mop stick, which stands in an old boot.\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">After breath catch, dance repeats till trick-or-treaters dwindle, and we move to the ritual room for the traditional keening of our beloved dead. Then we&#8217;ll rest, chat, feast, and (optionally, of course) imbibe! Hope to see you here and DARE!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">For more information including directions, or to coordinate feast food or drink, contact Queen Lady Passion at (828) 251-0343 or <a href=\"mailto:oldenwilde@gmail.com?subject=About%20Samhain%202022\">oldenwilde@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rite ? Samhain MMXXII (2022), Coven Oldenwilde\u2019s 28th annual Samhain Sabbat, featured a group Broom &amp; Staff Dance, Lady Passion&#8217;s take on the Wolfsh\u00e4ger-Hexenbrut Witch Dance. 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