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THE TENTH ANNUAL ATLANTIC EARTH FESTIVAL
JUNE 6-7, GEORGE DIXON CENTRE, HALIFAX
What are you doing on the weekend of June 6th and 7th? You could be having
a fabulous time at the Atlantic Earth Festival's tenth anniversary
festivities! Come celebrate the Earth, take in many wonderful musicians
and entertainers, and learn a whole lot more about the issues affecting
our environment and our communities. Throughout the two day event there
will be live music and theatre, interactive displays and workshops
(including fun stuff like pottery, hand drumming and belly dancing),
presentations, vendors, delicious food, children's activities and a
community garden! Not bad for a festival with free admittance for the
general public!
The Atlantic Earth Festival is an annual event produced by the Atlantic
Earth Festival Association, a non-profit society whose mandate is to
promote environmental awareness by providing a forum for concerned
individuals, groups and organizations to share their knowledge and
perspectives. It is also a celebration and an opportunity to see how
people in our communities are working towards positive change.
This year the Atlantic Earth Festival brings several exciting and
significant changes. Rather than occurring in mid-summer, the tenth
anniversary festival will be taking place outdoors/indoors on the grounds
of the George Dixon Centre in north-end Halifax, 2pm through 11pm,
Saturday June 6, and noon through 7pm, Sunday June 7, as a finale to the
province wide environment week activities. Another change is that the
Earth Festival is working with and moving into a centre that is already
active in and connected to a vibrant surrounding community. The
connections made here will build further on the festival's established
themes of celebration, education and community involvement.
The main stage and entertainment areas will be located outdoors on the
spacious Dixon Centre fields. Displays, information tables and workshops
can set up indoors, although some of these may migrate outdoors with
favourable weather. There will also be a small second stage inside the main
auditorium featuring acoustic performances. All indoor scheduling can
proceed regardless of rain or wind!
We would like to invite you, the environmentally concerned organizations
and individuals in our communities, to think about how you or groups of
you might be able to put together displays, workshops and/or activities
that will creatively interact with and engage the public while spreading
your specific message about environmental awareness and action.
Because the festival is a free event, we ask for a $25 donation from
participating groups to cover our costs. You can also get listed in our
yearly Resource Directiory within the Festival Program (approx. 2000
distributution - program deadline is May 10!!). One 6-foot table and two
chairs will be provided for your display. Display/workshop hours are 2pm
to 7pm on Sat 6, and noon to 5pm on Sun 7. You have the option of
attending all weekend or any part of it. Please provide your own
backdrops, extension cords and other display/presentation items if needed,
and please arrive early enough for your setup (setup can begin anytime
after 9am either day). Also please let us know if there are any affiliated
organizations you want to set up displays beside. Your organization can
also get listed in the Program Directory for $10 if it is unable to attend
the festival.
What we need to know by May 10 is if you are:
-setting up a display
-giving a workshop
-doing children's activities
-advertising in the program (in addition to the program directory listing)
Info to include in the program (by May 10)
-your organization's name
-contact information
-description of your group (and display) - approx 3 sentences
-description of your workshop or activity
-your ad (business card ad for non profit groups is $50).
We welcome and encourage interested persons and organizations to contact
us, discuss ideas with any of our volunteers, and/or attend any Earth
Festival meetings (Tuesdays, 8:00pm, Oxfam Office, 2099 Gottingen). AND
we are always interested in recruiting new volunteers! It's a great way to
develop skills and contacts and you'll meet some really fun people in the
process!
We offer the Atlantic Earth Festival as a vehicle for you to promote
environmental awareness and much more. We are, like so many of you,
entirely run by volunteers. Please contact us (see below) and tell us how
you can participate. Remember - the whole point of the Earth Festival is
to provide an enjoyable forum from which you can share your perspectives
and knowledge!
Thanks all,
Peter Watson, for the Atlantic Earth Festival Association
Contacts:
* AEF office phone(902) 425-1755 * Fax: (902) 425-7778
Victoria Ridler (902) 477-0592 * e-mail: ip-aef@chebucto.ns.ca *
Katherine Winlo (902) 483-8838 aq071@chebucto.ns.ca
Peter Watson (902) 454-4224
Jen Macdonald (902) 477-1262
Mail: Atlantic Earth Festival Association
2099 Gottingen St.
PO Box 36093, Halifax, B3J 3S9
http://chebucto.ns.ca/Current/AEF/index.html
George Dixon Centre: (902) 490-4550
Location: 2502 Brunswick St, Halifax, between Brunswick and
Gottingen, just south of North St, near the Hfx end of the old
(Macdonald) bridge.
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