Over 1300 people attended Pagan Pride Day 2007 on September 9, 2006, which featured 5 rituals, a full schedule of workshops, performers, and area authors, and almost 60 merchant and organization booths. You donated 1076 Lbs. food for the Los Angeles Food Bank.

See the pictures, re-live the event

Special thanks go to our entertainers, workshops leaders, and authors.

The 2007 Pagan Pride Community Service Award recipient was Yvonne Conway. Yvonne has served as the the First Officer of the Orange County Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) and the National Public Information Officer for CoG. She volunteered to organize OCLCs first Summer Solstice Festival. Currently with CoG Yvonne is working together members from OCLC and Touchstone Local Council (San Bernardino) to host Merry Meet 2008, a Pagan event that encompasses many events over several days including workshops, lecturers, vendors and entertainment as well as the CoG Grand Council. Yvonne has been an organizer of both the Orange County Pagan and Witches Meetups since 2003. For three years the Orange County Pagan Meetup was the world's largest Pagan meetup. Because of her connections with both Meetup and CoG she is regularly asked to conduct interviews for newspapers, magazines, radio shows and TV to speak about Wicca and Witchcraft, to bring awareness and help dispel misconceptions.

We also held a poster contest and sold the winning poster, designed by Dawn Wolf, at the event. Dawn Wolf is a free lance artist who enjoys telling stories in her artwork. She is a student at Pasadena City College and hosts her artwork at different locations throughout the year - from her school campus to the San Diego Comic Convention. "Art is magic, the creation of something from nothing" embodies how Dawn feels when drawing her artwork and she uses that as a personal quote in her life.

This year featured rituals from many paths, including: Elf Mill, presented by Ristandi & Rune-Gild, A Druidic Ritual, presented by Ravens Cry Grove, Neo-Druid Ritual of Inspiration, presented by The Mother Grove of FoDLA, a Dragon Ritual, presented by Ed Fitch, and a Women's Moon Circle, presented by Reseda Women's MoonCircle.

This year's workshops included Fiona Horne, Ristandi (Blåkulla Hall (Rune-Gild)) "Turning the Elf-Mill: A traditional Germanic rite for communicating with the Hidden Folk," Jerry O'Dell's "Medicinal & Native Herbs," Tony Mierzwicki's "Commerce Magick in the Ancient World", Donald Michael Kraig's "Tarot & Magic"," Alfred Surenyan (aka Shadow Wolf) "Voices of the Gods: Modern Pagan Music", Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor "Ritual Tools & Magickal Alignments," Patrisse Marie Cullors "The 4 Orishas," Julie James "Healing the Planet, Healing Ourselves: Abundant, Nourishing Weeds," Clare Fox "Honoring those who have gone before," Luna's "Moon Cycles," Bill Maxwell's "White Road" and Brian Ewing's "Discussion group about Nonprofits"

Authors included Fiona Horne, Ed Fitch, Donald Michael Kraig, Katie Olivares, Jamie Wood, Tony Mierzwicki, Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor. Performers included The Spiritual Flute of White Feather, The Spiritual Outlaws featuring Phoebe Phaigh, Miranda Rondeau, Gratia Placenti, Miri, The Conductors, Lust 4 Nightmares, League Of Vampiric Bards, Lora Cain, and Akasha Drum Circle with Candy Eaton.

See you in 2008!

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