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CHESSIECON 2014 |
Where Traditions Evolve
North Baltimore Plaza Hotel. November 28-30, 2014
By TSFS, the people who brought you Darkovercon 36.
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CHESSIECON 2014 |
Where Traditions Evolve
North Baltimore Plaza Hotel. November 28-30, 2014
By TSFS, the people who brought you Darkovercon 36.
2PM-3PM Setting the Wards
As this is a new space, it's time to bless the room, the con, and the hotel that the place be a peaceful, playful, learning environment. Butler. Open Participation
3PM-4PM The Dragon at the Door
A discussion of dragons in Myth and SF/F. From The Flight of Dragons to Pern and Smaug, bring your points of discovery. Butler
4PM-5PM Shabbat
Traditional Shabbat candle-lighting with Torah portion and open discussion. Butler, MacLeod
5PM-6PM The Myth of Chessie the Seamonster
Chessie, the Chespeake Bay creature, has become the icon of ChessieCon. What do you know about this mysterious creature that swims through the Bay and in local Maryland and Virginia lore. M. Woodling talks about the different aspects about Chessie, cryptid, lake monsters and sea monsters, manatees and harbor seals, Chesapeake Bay environmental icon, tutelary spirit of the Bay region, etc. Let's talk legends, lore, and water creatures!
Woodling
6PM-7PM Making Wands
Come and make something for enchantment. Glitter, wood, seeds, and stones provided. Having fun. Children and adults 12 and over. Children under 12 must have an accompanying adult Butler
9PM-10PM Tea With the Ancestors
A quiet time with those who have passed this year of others. Rothschild
10PM-11PM Open Drumming and Noisemaking
Bring your rattle, your drum, your blocks, and enjoy.
11PM-Midnight Healing Circle - no incense
Haven circle representatives
Midnight-? Ochossi and Oshun - Circle of Light
A meditation on the journey of a shepherd to become the Divine Hunter. Charles Butler, Fancy Butler, and others
10AM-11AM Shapeshifters and Shamans
A discussion of shapeshifters from werewolves to vampires, and those who see through the eyes of animals. The Wizard of Earthsea, Rhomylly from Darkover, Wolverine, the Wolf-Man, Dracula, and other beasts. Butler & Hird. Hird
11AM-Noon Signing Practice for Hallelujah
Learn basic ASL signs for this song to be sung at midnight. We will need a team to take parts so anyone with basic sign knowledge is welcome to participate. I will be leading the chorus so I can’t sign at the same time. We are looking for four individuals or groups of individuals to take each of the parts. Butler
Noon-1PM KaffeeKlatch for Klergy
Do perfect strangers ask you for spiritual help, prayers, healing, comfort, how to connect to the universe? Annual tea for those in service. Open discussion Butler and others.
2PM-4PM Tea and Tarot
Open reading swap for diviners sponsored by Chesapeake Pagan Community Woodling
4PM-5PM Labyrinth Class
Talk and walk. Labyrinth history, story, drawing, and uses; questions encouraged. Lindsay
5PM-6PM Falling Stars Ritual
Remembering those who have died this past year in fandom and in family. Rothschild
6PM-7 The Parable (video & discussion)
Butler
10PM-Midnight Dangerous Meditations
Limited to people aged 18 and over who are stable, because some kinds of energy work can affect your psychological structure. Intended to be a mix of warnings, ideas, and some experience, but if a proposed meditation bothers you, just sit it out. Knowing how to ground is a good idea. Tamar Lindsay
Midnight-1AM Healing Circle - incense may be used
Haven, Rising Sun, and others.
10AM-Noon Michaeline Mass
Open Mass for fandom presented by the Order of St. Michael. Rev. Katherine Kurtz and Others. Kurtz
Noon-? Feedback Session for Mythic Track
What worked? What we can add? Open Participation
2PM-3PM Closing the Wards
Cleaning the space for the next occupants.