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October 23-25, 2009 come to Avalon Gardens next to the historic Tumacácori Mission for a Sacred Global CosmoPop Concert & EcoFest featuring Gabriel of Urantia & his 11-piece, international Bright & Morning Star Band! If you missed this fantastic Festival of Hope last June, youve got another chance to enjoy all the sights, sounds, flavors and more this time around as there will be added vendors, campers, and fun for the whole family. Festival activities include live music, independent film, activist theater, eco-conscious speakers, a unique eco-village experience, a sweat lodge and Medicine Wheel ceremony, a variety of ethnic foods, vendors of all sorts, and Camelot Kids Village, a fun, playful space where kids are encouraged to think about a sustainable future for the planet in interactive, creative and entertaining ways. With the theme of creating our future together as a global ecovillage, the activities and games inspire kids to have hope for our world and empowers them to be a part of the change..
Avalon Gardens is 165 acres of organic gardens and farm fields nestled right along the Santa Cruz River. Organic fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and beautiful ponds grace the property and festival events take place around a beautiful stage built by one of the ponds. Tours will be offered where festival-goers can learn about organic gardening and permaculture, as well as explore green-building projects including Cal-Earth domes and buildings made with a variety of recycled materials. There will also be an inipi (purification or sweat lodge) and Cosmic Wheel of Destiny ceremony (based on the Native American Medicine Wheel) offered. The Inipi or Sweat Lodge is an ancient ceremony of the Lakota people passed down through generations. In Native American spirituality, the Medicine Wheel represents harmony and connections and is considered a major symbol of peaceful interaction among all living beings on Earth.
This 3-day festival features Global Change Music Nonprofit Record Label artists including VansGuard, Starseed Acoustic Ensemble, and The Change Agents Band, and culminating in a grand finale Sacred Global CosmoPop Concert by Gabriel of Urantia & The Bright & Morning Star Band on Sunday afternoon, October 25th. Gabriel of Urantia is the founder of Global Change Music Nonprofit Record Label. His own unique style of music, CosmoPop, attracts people from all religions and walks of life, who seem to come together under the banner of One God, One Planetary Family. With the continued recession and economic crisis, it seems more people are open to hearing the lyrics of spiritual unity in CosmoPops content, as people are looking more inward and upward in these times of national and international crisis. CosmoPop itself is a fusion of rock, pop, jazz, folk, Celtic, and even country-western, with added mantras. Also from this unique music a unique style of dancing has emerged called CosmoDance in which people seem moved by the Spirit within.
The featured independent film for the festival is Before The Music Dies. Narrated by Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker, Before The Music Dies is an unsettling and inspiring look at todays popular music industry featuring interviews and performances by Erykah Badu, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Branford Marsalis, Questlove and a wide variety of others. The documentary film has built a passionate following as the most important film a music fan will ever see (XM Radio) by providing a balanced overview of the state of the rock scene of America (The Wall Street Journal) and adding passion to the eternal debate about the industry (The New York Times).
People of all ages, all races, and all economic brackets are encouraged to come to the festival as Gabriel of Urantia is advocating what he calls new paradigm admission for these Sacred Global CosmoPop Concerts & EcoFests. The festival is by suggested donation. Because of this, many poor and disenfranchised are able to attend often making pilgrimages across the country and world to gain faith and hope in these troubled times. Donations benefit nonprofit teen & young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance. Keep the dream alive!
To reserve your camping spot and for more information call: (520) 603-9932 or visit http://cosmopopfestivals.org/
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