Hey there y'all, Utu here from the troupe. So we have just come back from Cornstalk on the historic and magikal Wisteria property in southern Ohio.  I don't think I can properly describe what we saw there, it is a wonderful place. The community that lives there takes things to another level. There are homes there that are off the grid, they recycle the water through the plant and organism method right back to its source. The amenities are incredible, with a main stage that is stunning. We know that droves of people have been there before but it was our first time there, and the impression they made was top shelf.
Todd and Charlene were very good to us, as was their entire family and community that live there, we will be back several times, and we will be there next year for Summer Solstice for starters, with our full bag of tricks.
There are several highlights to see and experience, but the turtle mound was one thing that blew us all away, standing on that was quite the experience. If you have never been, go!
We saw some of our staple friends and colleges, Kenny and Anna Klein along with Stephanie from Odd's Bodkin, always a pleasure with them, as well as Mambo Madison, Judith and our man Savage. Also a pleasant surprise running into a fellow New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple brother of mine, Marty Labach, who is a professor at a university in West Virginia. He had just completed a study on how the voodoo communities in New Orleans fared after Katrina, something I saw first hand while helping the temple once people were allowed back in the city. Marty is awesome and one of those rare elders that has it all. It was such a wild surprise to see him there, and the rest of the DRD got to meet one of their extended "uncles" *lol*  Marty came up and opened our main stage set with us while we honored Papa Legba, along with our Carolinian wild man "Savage" who reprized his harmonica playing like he did at Sirius Rising for the same opening. Totally awesome.
So a huge cool thing and bonus for us was getting to spend some time with our darlin' Starrfire Price from Paganspace.net. Paganspace was live video streaming many parts of the festival, a first for any fest, and it was a big success. We were honored to host the Paganspace meet and greet live on the internet. Paganspace is celebrating the fact that it is the #1 visited pagan web site on the planet! That is a fact y'all, and that is huge. We got Kenny Klein and Marty Labach to get up with us and share their knowledge, as well as Starrfire to talk about the success of Paganspace. Todd and Charlene talked about the history of Wisteria as well, very cool. And the living legend Owen Phyfe played live at the meet and greet as well, and tore the roof off of Caffina's, where the meet and greet was filmed and held. Owen is quite the talent, and he rocked it..12th century style! Thanks Owen, hope to see you again soon amigo!
Such a huge accolade for Paganspace.net to hit #1 for pagan web sites on the planet, and we cant thank them and Starrfire enough for everything they have done for us and the world wide pagan community at large! Congratulations!!!!...And to our new friend Dusty, thanks for everything Buddy! You took some great photos for us, it was a pleasure to meet you and get to know you. Hope we can see you again some time..watch out for the mud *lol*
So there it is, we have a couple of weeks of down time, finishing of our new CD "Tribal Magik" and getting ready for September. We will be back in Ohio for the Earth Warriors Festival, along with our sweetie and world talent Kellianna, Carlo Hawk Walker, and Raymond Buckland. The Niagara Voodoo Shrine along with the DRD will be doing the main ritual, with the previous mentioned..we are so excited for that!
So things that are coming up...new CD, our first annual U.S. men's circle weekend at Brushwood, a feature in Faerie Magazine, and a plug from our man Kenny Klein in Green Egg Magazine, thanks buddy!!
Check our listings here on myspace for details as they come.
Once again thanks to everyone at Wisteria and Paganspace.net, we love you all for everything you did for us.
Brightest blessings everyone, enjoy that last stretch of summer!!
xoxoxoxoo