[Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.

[Sonja Crocker]

I really like it too. I am so sorry I did not make the meeting. I was
working.

Cait
On Aug 10, 2013 7:53 PM, "Julie Self" <julie_self at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I REALLY like it!!  Gwenllian
>
> Loch Ruadh Rocks!
>
> Beam me sideways, Scottie. These people don't know which way is up!
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:00:16 -0500
> > From: ladycearamac at gmail.com
> > To: loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org
> > Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.
> >
> > I came up with a name suggestion that people seemed to like, so I thought
> > I'd throw it out on here.
> >
> > Do go along with the celtic festival theme that we've always done,
> > Lughnasadh, I suggested Meán Fómhair. It is the September celebration,
> and
> > that actually works really well because the autumn equinox is on Tues,
> Sept
> > 23rd, 2014. The event would fall on Sept 26, 2014.
> >
> > Meán Fómhair [ˌmʲɑːn̪ˠ ˈfoːwəɾʲ] or (myawn FOE-wir)- the literal
> > translation is actually September, but it is the mid-harvest
> > celebration.Link to pronunciation:
> > http://www.forvo.com/word/me%C3%A1n_f%C3%B3mhair/
> > **
> > *
> > *
> > I'm reading it as a time of celebration for the wealth of your harvest.
> > Here's an except from a 2011 celebration:
> >
> > "The holiday of Autumn Equinox, *Harvest Home*, *Mabon*, the *Feast of
> the
> > Ingathering*, *Meán Fómhair* or *Alban Elfed*, is a ritual of
> thanksgiving
> > for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them
> to
> > secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the winter
> months."
> >
> > and
> >
> > "The 'Second Harvest' is known by many names: Cornucopia, Wine Harvest,
> > Harvest Home, and the Feast of Avalon.
> >
> > *Avalon, one of the many Celtic names for the Land of the Dead, literally
> > means the “land of apples*…*Celebrating new-made wine, harvesting apples
> > and vine products, and visiting burial cairns to place an apple upon them
> > were all ways in which the Celts honored this Sabbat.*
> >
> > Edain McCoy, Celtic Myth & Magick
> >
> > It’s a joyous celebration, but whereas the spring festivals celebrate
> birth
> > and fertility, at the time of the harvest, the Autumn Equinox or 'Mabon'
> > participants remember their ancestors." (Mabon a term coined in the
> 1970s)*
> > *
> >
> >
> https://www.facebook.com/notes/lorin-morgan-richards/celebrate-the-autumn-equinox-at-the-2011-west-coast-eisteddfod-welsh-festival-of/10150156322022403
> > **
> >
> > Sorry to ramble on, but just thought I throw it out there to see what you
> > guys thought. Love and miss you all.
> >
> > -Ceara
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Kathy Baxley <k_baxley at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > great!
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >  From: Donna Wallis <sca004 at sbcglobal.net>
> > > To: Donna Wallis <sca004 at sbcglobal.net>; "Shire of Loch Ruadh,
> Kingdom of
> > > Ansteorra, SCA, Inc." <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 7:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.
> > >
> > >
> > > Our request has been approved starting in 2014!!!
> > > Now is the time to consider putting in a bid and budget for our
> September
> > > 2014 bid.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *¨¨*:.(¯`'.¸ Dana ¸.'´¯) .:*¨¨*
> > > Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning
> > > how to dance in the rain.
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Donna Wallis <sca004 at sbcglobal.net>
> > > To: Loch Ruadh Shire of <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 5:28 PM
> > > Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Perpetual Event Date selection.
> > >
> > >
> > > All of the comments on the 4th weekend of September for our perpetual
> > > event date were positive.
> > > The request for this date was emailed today to the Deputy for Kingdom
> > > Calendar Requests.
> > >
> > >
> > > I want to thank everyone for their input on this matter.
> > >
> > >
> > > *¨¨*:.(¯`'.¸ Dana ¸.'´¯) .:*¨¨*
> > > Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning
> > > how to dance in the rain.
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