{"id":241,"date":"2007-04-08T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2007-04-30T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T13:54:15","slug":"spoutwood-a-celebration-of-spring-for-faeries-and-nature-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/2007\/04\/08\/spoutwood-a-celebration-of-spring-for-faeries-and-nature-spirits\/","title":{"rendered":"Faerie Festivals at Spoutwood celebrate Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Premier Faerie Festival in USA at Spoutwood Farm in Glen Rock, PA<\/a><\/p>\n

The 16th Annual May Day Faerie Festival<\/p>\n

May 4th, 5th, and 6th 2007 at Spoutwood Farm in Glen Rock, PA<\/p>\n

Spoutwood Farm Center, an organization dedicated to bringing people and nature together, presents this year's May Day Faerie Festival at Spoutwood Farm on May 4th from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and May 5th and 6th from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day. Admission is $10 for adults (over 12), $5 for kids (ages 3 to 12), and free for those 2 and under. Those who decide to volunteer when they arrive at the festival can request a 2-hour job assignment; upon completion, the admission fee will be refunded.<\/p>\n

Spoutwood Farm is just outside of Glen Rock, PA, 45 minutes north of Baltimore, 30 minutes south of York, PA. Parking will be available near the farm.<\/p>\n

The May Day Faerie Festival is the brainchild of Rob and Lucy Wood, owners of Spoutwood Farm, an organic farm in the Community Supported Agriculture movement. It began as a party for about 100 friends, and was last year celebrated by 12,000 “friends” of the little people from the area and as far away as Texas. Previously a one-day festival, a second day was added as a response to the festival's rising popularity.<\/p>\n

Once again, the festival will celebrate the beginning of spring and all of the nature spirits return to the warm world with 70 arts and crafts vendors (mostly featuring handmade art inspired by the little people), performances by celtic musicians and dancers, magicians, participatory maypole dancing accompanied by bagpipes and other music, fairie craft activities such as faerie wand and garland making (involves a small fee), food vendors, fairie and other nature spirit environments to explore, a Nature Place offering a place for environmental, health, animal interest and other groups to share their vision, woodland gnome and elf tours, faerie tea parties, guest appearances by the Green Man, Shadow Faerie, and others.<\/p>\n

Families attending this event have discovered that this event is not just for kids!<\/p>\n

The faerie and May Day themes go back to ancient times in almost all cultures, especially to the Celts of the British Isles who had a festival on the first of May called Beltane. It was a time of great rejoicing at the return of the earth’s abundance in spring and the impending bounty of summer. The Celts celebrated the spirits of nature by honoring not only the plants that they could see and smell but also the unseen beings of the faerie realm.<\/p>\n

Performers at the Festival<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the performers for this year’s festival, featuring Woodland and Tartan Terrors. Check here for times and performances<\/a>
\nIf you’d like to get an idea of who is performing when, check out the Performance Schedule.<\/p>\n

Musical Groups
\nWoodland – Tartan Terrors – Life in Balance – Scott Helland and the Traveling Band of Gypsy Nomads – Spootiskerry – Caryn Lin – Birds in broken Radios – Pat Panther – Ellis Woodward – Kiva – Telesma –
\nStorytellers
\nAndrew Steed – Genevieve The Jingle Gypsy – Sweet Pea Faerie – Krystinia le Fey and the Elfniks – Posie the Fairy – Middle Earth – Tale Strings – Blue Rose Moon Theatre<\/p>\n

Dance Groups
\nScheherezade The Gypsy Temptress – Garland Dancers – Strolling Performers – Maugorn the Stray – Linda Huber – Fabularia – Rhianna Dean – Jon Protopapas – The Lewis Brothers – Judi Marti – Strings on Wings – Wizard’s Dream –
\nArtist Books
\nBobbie Hinman Best Fairy Books – Kim Cross Faerie Magazine – Gwynn Oak – Derf Maitland – Reader’s Cafe’ Hanover PA<\/p>\n

Clothing
\nStephanie O’Brien Designs In Fabric Hanover PA
\nSandi Waldron Faery Wear By FaeryMage Rochester NY
\nCesar Jerez Mallky Traditional Incas Crafts Saugerties NY
\nDavid And Dorita Reyen Reyen Design Studios Baldwinsville NY
\nAndrea Linebaugh The Alexandrea Collection York PA<\/p>\n

Costumes
\nMay Burnett Custom Fairy Wings Dobbs Ferry NY
\nMarley Nickle Darklocks Aberdeen MD
\nDinah, Claire, Bill And Kirsten Kirby Devadasi Wilmington DE
\nLynne Jones Faerie Trail Parkton MD
\nJessica Cowan Imagination’s Flight Columbus PA
\nNancy-Jayne And Keith Lerner Lerner Holler Berkeley Springs WV
\nNikki Cohen Mayfaire Moon Corsets And Costumes Philadelphia PA
\nDana Stout Posie The Fairy Carlisle PA
\nSade Wolfkitten Thee Faerie Ring Arts And Crafts Olmsted Township,OH<\/p>\n

Glass
\nCynthia King Magic Moonshadows Harrisburg PA<\/p>\n

Home Accessorires
\nCynthia Enig Blue Moon Stones Glenview PA
\nCarrie Romano Ccquilts Carlisle PA
\nGary And Kathy Anderson Iron Intentions Spring Grove PA
\nLisa Mercer Lisa Mercer Beads & Wirework Lancaster PA
\nChris And Lauren Mason Masons PA
\nDawn Lavallee Rook Eldred NY
\nMelissa Grove Sweet Melissa’s Dream York PA<\/p>\n

Jewelry
\nSally And Jim Smith The Bead Lady Hanover PA
\nCatherine Valle And Jillana Burgess Enchanted Loft Jarrettsville MD
\nLynette Miller Faerierings Dallas TX
\nBrad Dunn Father Dunn York PA
\nEmery And Georgina Buziak Keeper Of The Stones Mount Joy PA
\nSean And Erika Potter Medieval Metal Cardiff CA
\nMary Wright Rocks Of Ages Pylesville MD
\nLaura Falcon And Maria Merriman Wings Of The Woodland Harpers Ferry WV
\nLouise Devery Word Of Mouth Easton PA
\nJen Feldman Hestia's Hearth<\/p>\n

Leather
\nDavid Mantz Big Horn Trade Co. Honey Brook PA
\nElizabeth Earhart Emporer’s Needle Leather Lancaster PA
\nLeah And Shane Odom Miscellaneous Oddiments LLC Mt. Savage, MD
\nMelissa Smith Grichels Ltd Wadsworth IL<\/p>\n

Other 2-D Art
\nLaura Myers-Burns Lady Laura Caricatures Baltimore MD
\nShannon Reinbold-Gee Razor’s Edge Creations: Fine Art Otego NY<\/p>\n

Painting\/Drawing
\nMark Kelso Amhakia Studio Indianapolis IN
\nNicole Pisaniello Deramis Creations Midlothian VA
\nCJ Randall Faerie Portraits Asheville NC
\nJane Starr Weils Grey Fox Works Salem NY
\nLinda Biggs Linda Biggs – Rainbow Fairy ART Parkton MD
\nNeil And Alicen Geddess-Ward Orkney Faerie Museum And Gallery Orkney Scotland
\nRuth Kelso Siodach House Indianapolis IN
\nKathleen Neiman Imagine That York PA<\/p>\n

Pottery
\nKim Fritts Ash And Griffin Pottery St. Louis MO
\nVirginia Virkus Dancing Pig Pottery Arnoldsburg WV<\/p>\n

Re-seller
\nCynthia Lollo Esmeralda’s Closet Lemoyne PA
\nTony Schlerf Turning Wheel Baltimore MD<\/p>\n

Sculpture
\nDeb Pittenger Bashful Dragon Red Lion PA
\nTheresa Popiolek Celestial Creations White Haven PA
\nIna Spicer Courting The Muse Newmanstown PA
\nKathy Martinez Earthenware Berkeley Springs WV
\nBeth Rosemarie And Zeeb Peterson Feywood, The Faerie Garden Bloomington IN
\nMatthew Kent Laughing Hill Studios Lakeville IN
\nKate Sjoberg Red Wyvern Studio Carlisle PA
\nPam Keefer Wanderlust Dover PA
\nBruce Porter Wee Wyrms Pasadena MD<\/p>\n

Services
\nRhonda Shomper and Lisa Reigle
\nMehndi and Intuitive Readings Dancing Moon Beam
\nMehndi By Arabella Elizabethville PA
\nChristin Ashway
\nPhotos while you wait Fairie Fotos Columbia PA
\nAndrew Steed
\nCeltic Tours, Shamanic work, Firewalks etc. Gifts Of The Standing People York PA
\nElizabeth Farrell
\nFace Painting Painteresse of Faerie Fantasy Makeups & Traditional Henna Greenwood Lake NY
\nEllen Cobb Hair braiding Pandora’s Locks Hampstead MD
\nBeth Taylor Rune Goddess Rune Readings Mount Airy MD
\nHeather Bull Seated Massage Glen Rock PA
\nBruce Porter Face painting Pasadena MD<\/p>\n

Soaps and Herbals
\nChristina Clarke Sunrise Soap Company York PA
\nSusan Kiskis The Naturelle Shoppe Mechanicsburg PA
\nSusanna Reppert The Rosemary House Mechanicsburg PA
\nRuth Roy Wellcat Herbs Lebanon PA<\/p>\n

Toys
\nAna-Liisa Aubry-Walton Echo Lodge Crafts Mount Joy PA
\nSuzanne Lucas Garden Gate Dreams LLC Hagerstown MD
\nChristine Ferrito-Easton Treasures of Another Time Lemoyne, PA<\/p>\n

Woodcraft
\nKathleen J. Nelson KJ Craftworks Odenton MD
\nNeil Claypoole Moonspoon Kempton PA
\nDavid Sutton Wooden Wand Melville NY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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