<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Myriad, Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 0.8em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Myriad, Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(212, 73, 68); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.3em; "><a href="http://svionline.org/events/734/solstice-celebration-weekend/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Solstice Celebration Weekend" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(212, 73, 68); text-decoration: none; ">Solstice Celebration Weekend</a></h2><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A3A3A3"><br></font><div class="entry" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><table class="ec3_schedule" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1ex; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(136, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse; float: right; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td colspan="3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5ex; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5ex; color: rgb(136, 0, 0); "><b>Save the date!<br></b>December 11, 2009</td></tr><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td colspan="3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.5ex; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.5ex; color: rgb(136, 0, 0); ">December 12, 2009</td></tr></tbody></table><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">Solstice Celebration Weekend</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">The weekend begins with the Sequatchie Valley Artisan Collective and Novel-Tea Lounge , then a workday at Alpen Glow, then the Solstice celebration Saturday night…</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">On Friday December 11, we will have space in Shukun, the open air covered pavilion next to Moonshadow, available to anyone interested in bringing things to trade, sell, share, give, etc. Artists will need to bring their own displays and there is plenty of space for everyone. Folks interested in the event are welcome to arrive as early as Friday and set up can happen any time Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Please call Patrick at 423-949-4598 with questions about the artist co-op or to reserve a space. Friday evening we will have food and games until 10:30ish at MoonshaMoonshaddowdow for those who can come. Covered structures and camping are available, so please see website for packing list or call Chris Gilligan at 423-949-5922 for more details.</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">We will be hosting a Tea Lounge during the event and we encourage people to bring food, ferments and other edibles and libations of their choice to share at our Saturday Evening Feast. The Moonshadow Mead Bar will be open for sale/trade Saturday Night and many other wild ferments will be explored. Our kitchen will be open to warm up food and to help cook.</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">Saturday morning on the 12th, we will share a hearty breakfast, then don our work clothes and all strain together (many hands make light work!) to raise the beams for Alpen Glow–a village sized wood fired kiln which local ceramic artists will be welcome to utilize in partnership with Sassy Shadows; the tea lounge will be open to keep us all warm & happy!</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">We will follow this with a celebration in the evening at Moonshadow to welcome the pending return of the sun. This includes a beautiful bountiful feast (please bring food), the Moonshadow Mead Bar, a festive Dance Party, games, gifts & all sorts of festivities. We encourage each participant in this event to bring a sampling of their favorite chocolate yummy. Seriously, if you bring a chocolate Santa Claus, we will hurl you into the pond. We’re talking dank chocolate here–no Hershey’s Cadbury or Russell Stover’s! We want organic/fair trade style deep dark delicious goodness. Your homemade chocolate confections are welcome.</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">Sunday morning will close the event with John Johnson’s infamous Dutch Oven Style Home-fries, hugs & kisses until the New Year!</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">Parents will collaborate on childcare during the weekend, and we are looking for folks to help out in the following rolls:</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; white-space: pre; "> </span>-Meal Planning & prep</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; white-space: pre; "> </span>-food donations</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; white-space: pre; "> </span>-clean-up crews</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; white-space: pre; "> </span>-games/music (live would be great!!!)</div><div id="_mcePaste" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; white-space: pre; "> </span>-PA system to borrow</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">The weekend begins with the Sequatchie Valley Artisan Collective and Novel-Tea Lounge , then a workday at Alpen Glow, then the Solstice celebration Saturday night…</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">On Friday December 11, we will have space in Shukun, the open air covered pavilion next to Moonshadow, available to anyone interested in bringing things to trade, sell, share, give, etc. Artists will need to bring their own displays and there is plenty of space for everyone. Folks interested in the event are welcome to arrive as early as Friday and set up can happen any time Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Please call Patrick at 423-949-4598 with questions about the artist co-op or to reserve a space. Friday evening we will have food and games until 10:30ish at Moonshadow for those who can come. Covered structures and camping are available, so please call Chris Gilligan at 423-949-5922 for more details.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">We will be hosting a Tea Lounge during the event and we encourage people to bring food, ferments and other edibles and libations of their choice to share at our Saturday Evening Feast. The Moonshadow Mead Bar will be open for sale/trade Saturday Night and many other wild ferments will be explored. Our kitchen will be open to warm up food and to help cook. Saturday morning on the 12th, we will share a hearty breakfast, then don our work clothes and all strain together (many hands make light work!) to raise the beams for Alpen Glow — a village sized wood fired kiln which local ceramic artists will be welcome to utilize in partnership with Sassy Shadows; the tea lounge will be open to keep us all warm & happy!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">We will follow this with a celebration in the evening at Moonshadow to welcome the pending return of the sun. This includes a beautiful bountiful feast (please bring food), the Moonshadow Mead Bar, a festive Dance Party, games, gifts & all sorts of festivities. We encourage each participant in this event to bring a sampling of their favorite chocolate yummy. Seriously, if you bring a chocolate Santa Claus, we will hurl you into the pond. We’re talking dank chocolate here — no Hershey’s Cadbury or Russell Stover’s! We want organic/fair trade style deep dark delicious goodness. Your homemade chocolate confections are welcome.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">Sunday morning will close the event with John Johnson’s infamous Dutch Oven Style Home-fries, hugs & kisses until the New Year!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; ">Parents will collaborate on childcare during the weekend, and we are looking for folks to help out in the following roles:</div><ul style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 50px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 50px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; ">Meal Planning & prep</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; ">food donations</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; ">clean-up crews</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; ">games/music (live would be great!!!)</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; ">PA system to borrow</li></ul></div></span></body></html>