Workshops

Saturday, August 1

Wand Making with Lavender Pavilion
10AM – 12PM
Community Center
Use your magic and creativity to make a wand! Bring your existing wand to embellish with provided materials, bring a stick to start from scratch, or choose from a limited selection of spun wood wands. 

Jason and Thor have been a part of the Lavender Pavilion for two years, and are pleased to bring back this fun, creative workshop. 

How to Plan a Ritual with Vanth Angeles
10AM – 12PM
Workshop A
Have you ever thought about putting on a ritual, but frozen because you weren’t sure how to get that great idea out of your head and make it happen? Or perhaps you tried, and all the information you could find on how to do it seemed to be from a tradition or path not your own? Then this workshop might be the one for you! Join Vanth Angeles in going over the critical components of ritual and different ways of fulfilling them. Then, for anyone who wants to help, we’ll craft a Closing Ritual for Dragonfest that we’ll perform on Sunday.

Vanth Angeles is a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant specializing in funeral and memorial ceremonies, plus a Priestess for the Unforged Path Wiccan tradition. Vanth helps people craft ceremonies—whether as writer and performer or only as a consultant—that are authentic and meaningful. 

Wicca 101 with Tanna Sage Waters
10AM – 12PM
Workshop C
Come explore Wicca!

Tanna Sage is a Third Degree High Priestess and Witch.

Runic Breath Circle with El-Shaddhai and Matrika Morningstar
10AM – 12PM
Workshop D
Come sit in circle with community as we combine breathwork and Elder Futhark rune divination. Each participant will draw a rune and receive a brief reading, then as a community, we are guided through a cathartic breathwork technique. This feminine breathwork technique invites Spirit into the body to help move stuck emotions and receive messages from the divine. 

Matrika Morningstar is a licensed massage therapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and breathwork facilitator. Informed by classical Ayurveda and therapeutic touch, her work centers on the intelligence of the body and the steadying power of breath.

El Shaddhai Morningstar is a breathwork facilitator and ritual craftsman. His work is shaped by rhythm, symbol, and craft, extending from breathwork to rune-inspired jewelry and divination tools created for lived ritual.

Tai-Chi & Chair/Walker Yoga
10AM – 12PM (Daily, Thursday through Saturday)
Camp Crone/Grounding & Centering
Starlight Meadow
Start your day with an easy 10 minute Tai Chi exercise at the Grounding & Centering Pavilion 

Following Tai Chi Mary Ann will be leading a chair Yoga class with her walker. Easy movement to improve mobility. Come and start your Dragonfest morning with me. 

Mary Ann Bonetti is a beginner in Tai Chi and would like to welcome others to join in her morning routine. Mary Ann Bonetti has been attending Dragonfest off and on (mostly on) since 1993. Mary Ann Althaber aka Artemis became Mary Ann Bonetti in 2001.

Shaman Hoop Drum Making Workshop with  Phil
10AM – 12PM
Phil’s Merchant Booth
*Pre-Registration Required*
Make your own Shaman Hoop Drum – workshop is approx. 2 hrs. long. Several Hide and Hoop sizes available. 

The Native Americans have been making different kinds of Hoop Drums for many centuries. This workshop will concentrate on a design made popular with the availability of pre-made hoops, skins, and hides. The techniques are taken from the traditional methods and updated for the use of the more contemporary hoops and preparation methods. Prices range from $144 to $265+ depending on size and selected skin/hide. Email wizard1phil@gmail.com to pre-register and for more information on Hoop or Octagonal Frames sizes and Deer and Elk Hides. 

NOTE: if you would like to make your drum before Saturday, stop by Phil’s – Creative Earth Designs

Phil has offered this Drum Making Workshop for more than 30 years at Dragonfest. 

Bring It and Dye with Deb Myers
10AM-5PM
Deb’s Merchant booth
Do you have a favorite t-shirt with a stain? Bring it. Or even bring a new one. Want a colorful pair of socks? Maybe you want to live on the wild side. Then bring a pair of boxers or a jog bra. Whatever you bring should be lightly colored or white, and preferably a high % of cotton- 70% or more. If less, you can still dye it, but it won’t be as bright. Materials fee is $3 – $7 depending on the size. You’ll get a quick lesson in color theory and technique, then you dye, and let it sit in a plastic bag for a day or two. Then wash it numerous times to get the dye out. All materials provided except what you want to dye.

Community Meeting
Saturday, August 2, 12-1:30 PM, Community Center
Come to the Community Center and bring a bag lunch to listen to the facts and figures being presented by the Board, ask questions, express concerns, or comment on Dragonfest’s operations.

Daily Recovery Meeting in Phoenix Circle
Daily, Wednesday – Saturday, 12-1 PM, Phoenix Camp
Bring your bag lunch to Phoenix Circle for a meeting with other Pagans in recovery.

Pillage the Village at Merchant’s Row
Daily, Wednesday – Saturday, 12PM-1PM, Merchant’s Circle (around Main Circle)
Come raid the treasures of the many fine merchants that have set up around our main fire circle! By which we mean: come take advantage of this time when most shops will be open to see the many fine wares that our vendors have available for purchase. Every day from 12-1PM.

Healing Art with the Major Arcana
1PM – 3PM
Workshop D
In this workshop we will develop a relationship with one Major Arcana card through guided meditation and art. My intention is creating a space of self-expression where we can explore each archetype’s wisdom inviting inner growth and healing. 

Altair (pronounced ahl-tah-EER) She/her, is an eclectic witch from Caracas, Venezuela, influenced mostly by the Reclaiming tradition, a very eclectic pagan Venezuelan community, and traditional folk magic and wisdom from her country. She does not describe herself as a tarot specialist, just a practitioner exploring it in her own practice. She wants to share this exploration with the collective through a healing arts perspective. 

Yeast Herders’ Gatherum with Dan
1:30PM – 4PM
Community Center
The Yeast Herders’ Gatherum is a great place for brewers of all stripes and abilities to come together sharing experiences, techniques, and discussing this great craft of ours. Herders new to brewing and those who have been doing it for years are sure to find new ideas and inspiration. There is a small of sampling of your fellow brewers’ labors as well – just enough to understand the techniques they are describing. Be sure to bring a bottle of homebrewed beverage to share – Wine, Beer, Cider, or Mead, etc.; a small cup to sample from; water; and a snack item to share.

Dan has been an active homebrewer of wine, meads, ciders, and beers for more than 20 years and is honored to continue Dragonfest’s Yeast Herder tradition, sharing inspiration and knowledge.

Tarot Club with Merit
1PM – 3PM
Workshop C
A community of tarot enthusiasts getting together in fellowship to discuss tarot and have a tarot swap. Bring decks to show off and/or decks to trade!

NOTE: Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Merit has been attending Dragonfest since 1995, minus the COVID years. She’s been involved in tarot longer than that. She currently runs a tarot club at her local library that has been active for over 3 years.

Ancient Music Through the Lyre with Kell
3pm – 5PM
Workshop A
Come listen to the Grecian lyre and learn about the different ancient modes and how they relate to modern music, and the ways in which music and magic are intertwined. There will be a short introduction to Ancient Greek music, and a performance of the lyre. 

Kell is a Hellenic path Pagan and has been blessed to study the lyre in Greece and is always looking to further her studies in the lyre. She’s been playing the lyre for two and a half years now. 

HeartSongs: Community Vocal Improv with Boogie
3PM – 5PM
Workshop D
HeartSongs is community coming together in voice through group toning, vocal improv games, and circle singing in the style of Bobby McPherrin. No choral experience necessary, just a voice, ears, and a desire to sing and listen with others. 

Z.C. “Boogie” Boogfield styles himself as a “Reality Engineer” who has tinkers in numerous disciples: ceremonial magic, music education, software architecture, sound engineering, auto mechanics, and the vocal and percussive arts. 

Jewelry – Mini Mala
3PM-5PM
Workshop B
(Description Coming Soon)

Bob Key’s Memorial Community Dinner
5-7PM
Community Center
In Dragonfest’s past, Bob Key opened his camp to all, providing oatmeal every morning and creating a Stone Soup one night; it was a night in which all were invited to contribute something to the pot and eat together. After an unfortunate incident, the dinner could no longer be a true “Stone Soup”, but carries on in spirit with our Community Dinner, now named in honor of the man that began it.

Please bring your mess kit and share a meal with all Dragonfestians at this long-time community soup dinner. Participants can bring side-dishes (chips, crackers, bread, etc.) to share with the community. Door prizes will be given out during the dinner.

Family Drum & Dance Fire Circle
9PM Main Circle

Chant & Storytelling Fire  Circle
9PM Trance Circle

Drum & Dance Fire Circle
9PM Freedom Circle