Pagan Pride 2015

Chokecherry had a good Pagan Pride Day today. We talked to a bunch of folks who hadn't known about us before and some who had, handed out a lot of informational brochures and flyers for our upcoming Retreat, sold some books and awen patches, and even made a little money. We also did a Core Order ritual in under 30 minutes (our allotted time slot)! The only drawback was the hot weather - but on the other hand in Denver this time of year snow would also have been possible, so we're not complaining too much!

Chokecherry at Denver Pagan Pride

Join us tomorrow (Sept. 26th) for Denver's Pagan Pride Day! We will be presenting an ADF core order Druid ritual - our first at PPD - and will also be waiting to talk to you at our booth, where we will have lots of information about ADF and about our upcoming (in two weeks!) ADF Colorado Retreat! Hope to see you there!

August Update #1

The last month has been busy for Chokecherry! After performing at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival as 80% of the Front Range Druid Players, we followed this up with several important milestones for our little protogrove ("protogrove", btw, is an ADF term for a small new local group). On August 1 our protogrove application was approved by the organizing committee, making us an official part of ADF, and allowing us to affiliate with Chokecherry through the ADF website. We now have five members who are also paid ADF members - an impressive start for a new group. Three of us, moreover, are already experienced celebrants and liturgists - an almost unheard of situation.

Following our approval, we held our second public High Day ritual at Overland Pond Park - First Harvest, or Lughnasadh. The deities honored this time were our bountiful Mother Earth and the Corn King, also known as John Barleycorn. Seventeen people attended and shared fellowship in ritual and afterwards on a relatively mild Denver summer day.

The last act of our busy month was another performance of "Blodeuwedd, or the Betrayal of Lleu" at the Colorado Scottish Festival, once again sponsored by the Colorado Welsh Society. Some of us will also be at the Long's Peak festival next month in Estes Park - stop by the CWS booth if you'd like to chat or get more information.

The Front Range Druid Players...

From time to time over the last two or three years some of us from Chokecherry and other local ADF groups have got together to put on short plays based on Welsh medieval stories from the Mabinogion.  Next Saturday we plan to do one again at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival. The play will be "Blodeuwedd, or The Betrayal of Lleu", a tale of magic, lust, and murder, and will be hosted by the Colorado Welsh Society booth. Look for us there!