Another successful year of Vancouver Island Pagan Pride Day is complete. Before we say farewell, we have a few people to thank.First of all, thank you to all of our vendors. Thank you for supporting Pagan Pride Day by bringing us so many wonderful things and services! We had a huge variety, and there was definitely something for everyone.
Our Vendors:
- AIDS Vancouver Island
- BaBa Gannouj Restaurant
- Bat-Fish Studio
- Catherine Dextrase
- Catherine Whittall
- Changes by Jenna, Color by Amber
- Circle of Kindred Spirits
- Circle of the Sacred Muse
- Comox Valley Red Tent
- Cornus Nuttallii
- Daughters of the Willow
- Deep Peace
- Earth Based Spirit
- EH Pottery
- Elijah’s Stones & Art
- Elle My Belle
- Ethereal Earth
- Faerie Ring
- Faye-The art of Melissa Mary Duncan
- Health, Light & Love
- Heathen Freehold Society of BC
- HeavenLee Messenger – Psychic & Angel Card Readings
- Knicker Nation Tye-dye Empire
- Mara’s Henna
- Moonlight Dimensions
- Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society
- Mystic Lotus
- Mystic Mountain Lodge
- Prim Stargazer
- RavenSong Love
- Sedna Designs
- Simply Crystals
- Studio-Eclectica
- Sunlover Creations
- Suzannart
- The Power of Three – Holistic Health, Salon and Spa Services
- The Romance Shop
- The Zen of Why Energy Products
- Through the Clockwork Door Jewelry
- Transformational Healing
- Trew Believers
- Trinity Yoga and Spiritual Services
- Wacky Wizarding Wands and Other Wonderful Whats’its
- West Coast Witch
A huge shout out and deep wells of gratitude to all of our sponsors. Thank you for helping make the day successful!
- Games and Grounds
- CR Hydraulics
- Quality Foods
- Walks Within
- Sacred Space Intuitive
- Trew Believers
- Ted Christensen Gallery and Graphic Arts
- Mystic Earth Creations
- Gypsy Cece Tattoo
- Circle of the Sacred Muse
- Aquarian Tabernacle Church of Canada
- Faerie Ring
- Nature of the Bead
- Ethereal Earth Fantasy Art
- Mystic Lotus
- Catherine Whittall
- HeavenLee Messenger – Psychic & Angel Card Readings
- Deep Peace
- Catherine Dextrase
- Wacky Wizarding Wands and Other Wonderful Whats’its
- Natasha Robson – Arbonne
- Knicker Nation Tye-dye Empire
- Moonlight Dimensions
- Sedna Designs
- Glittering Streaks
- Faye-The art of Melissa Mary Duncan
- Changes by Jenna, Color by Amber
- Sunlover Creations
- The Zen of Why Energy Products
Thank you so much to our ritual presenters for this year for leading an energizing and fun ritual:
- Dallas Magnell and David Zunker of Serendipity Celestial College
Music makes or breaks an event, and the lineup for this year’s Vancouver Island Pagan Pride Day was definitely a hit! Thank you to all of our performers for the day:
- Amy Muloin
- Roger Helfrick
- Viv & Steve Ruskin with Blaine Dunaway
We had some very informative workshops this year. Thank you to all of our workshop presenters for donating your time and sharing your knowledge!
- David Zunker
- Fae Huxtable
- Dawn Kirkham
And lastly, but definitely not least! Our volunteers. You’ve been working on making this event happen for months. Planning, strategizing, promoting and making things happen. Mary, Heather, Sarah R, Melissa, Candy, Cece, Ursula, Cathy, Calvin, Nate, Laura, David, Alex, Peter D, Ted, Kathy, Sarah C, Bill, and Peter R – we definitely could not have done it without you!
Thank you to Dave, the groundskeeper at Lewis Park, for getting everything set up for us.
And thank you to all of you for showing up!
If we’ve left anyone out, please forgive our memory lapse – chalk it up to post-festival exhaustion!
Huge gratitude to Mary and her crew for all their hard work and long hours of prep that went into making Pagan Pride 2016 such an enjoyable event!
Blessings to all!