RIVENSTONE FESTIVAL 2004 - ARCHIVE

Celebrating the ancient spirit of wild land

AUGUST Saturday 28th to Monday 30th at Lower Merripit Farm, Dartmoor

Once again the Rivenstone festival was a great success despite August rains (up to the evening before) and power cuts. The quality and diversity of workshops was the best yet. New skills were learnt and beautiful creations made. The music programme was much more extensive and included some of the best bands on the festival circuit. Amongst the highlights were incredible performances by Michael Ormiston, Seize the Day, Domenic and Vince from Praying for the Rain. Carolyn and Nigel would like to thank all of those involved in this year's festival.

Dom & Vince Decicco and Vanessa Vine from Praying for the Rain; Mark Robson; Michael Ormiston; Seize the Day; Misericordia; Madrum; Shaun Farrenden, Brian Abbott and Jackie Juno from Riven; Clive Pig (the Storyfella); Scot Jasper and Sue Garlick; Carole and the fire show team; thank you all for your wonderful and spirited performances.

All the workshop leaders for their patient and generous teaching of ancient skills.

The Chai Shop for the heart-warming food and drinks.

Jay Bosisto and Terry Larter and the rest of our amazing and hard-working crew.
Special thanks to Steve Teers for the photo record (see photo gallery below); John Mead for the DVD recording; Brian Abbott for holding the stage-sound together; and Trudo White, our neighbour, for her support and help.

Last and not least a huge thank you to all the people who came to the event and entered into the spirit of the ancient land.

	PHOTO GALLERY
	Full moon over the roundhouse
Ancestors	Cloutie Tree	Chai Shop
Earth painting	Fire making	Greenwood carving
Fire labyrinth 1	Fire show	Fire labyrinth 2
Totem carving	The Storyfella	Copper working
Seize the Day	Nigel and Carolyn	Riven
Night Fire	Roundhouse with rowan tree	James Richardson dance
	All photos by Steve Teers, with thanks www.divapix.co.uk

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