Renew, Rekindle and Restore your Passion! Beltane 2012 invites you to bring your open heart and a spirit for new adventures with you to Ramblewood Retreat Center in Darlington, MD. There, you'll find a community of like-minded people who are excited about sharing passionate endeavors with each other.
Each year
pagans, polyamorists, swingers, tantra practitioners, members
of the leather community and other people with a passionate attitude
towards life gather together in Northern Maryland to celebrate
Beltane with a variety of rituals, workshops and experiences.
We embrace life and each other in an open environment full of
excitement and joy. We invite you to become part of that community.
Here,
you will find a supportive environment for exploring the sexually
sacred
and celebrating the ecstatic. You will find others with whom you can experience different ways of loving, different
roads
to achieving bliss. You'll be able to join an intentional community
exploring the many facets of love and sex and the many ways
they can be sacred.
In
2012, we'll
have nationally and regionally known presenters offering workshops,
lectures and hands-on demonstrations
covering topics such as tantra, polyamory, personal intimacy,
sexual orientation & gender issues, the changing definition
of the family and communication skills. And of course, we
had workshops where the focus
will be fun. All with a spiritual bent.
We
will also have drumming and dancing around the bonfire each night,
and we are putting extra effort into making our fires real events. Play parties and other fun things are offered nightly as well.
Our pansexual, clothing optional retreat attracts
adults 18 & over from
all backgrounds, orientations and walks of life. The only thing we ask is
that you have an open mind and be nonjudgmental. Changes for 2012:
- Arrive Wednesday: The event has been extended, officially, to Wednesday, and instead of pre-conferences, we'll be starting our wonderful workshops first thing Thursday morning. So you can register to arrive Wednesday afternoon and get settled in. In the evening we'll have a Meet & Greet around the fire and there will be open play in the play space.
- Sensual Feast Saturday Night: We'll be holding our Sensual Feast again this year (and, yes, the bacon-wrapped dates will be on the menu, we promise). It's limited in size, so register early!
Private Housing: In response to feedback, we've decided to discontinue our semi-private housing and sell a very limited number of private rooms in the White House instead. These rooms are $80 each for the duration of the event and can house at least 2 people. They have doors that close and a lot of privacy, plus the bathrooms are used by far fewer people. We think you'll agree these rooms are a great deal. Sorry! Private housing is already sold out! You can select it and join the wait list if you like.- New Bathrooms: Speaking of bathrooms, the camp staff has been hard at work, and they tell me most of the cabin bathrooms will be completely renovated by next Beltane.
- T-shirt Presales: You can pre-order your Renew, Restore, Rekindle Passion t-shirts and sweatshirts when you register for the event. These shirts will be pre-order only, so be sure to add them to your registration.
- New location for HQ: We experimented at Fires of Venus and Rope Camp last year with moving our base of operations down to the breezeway by the pool. This central location worked so well we've decided to go ahead and do it at all of our events. The Coffee Club (see below) will be located there, as well as check in during quiet times. During busy periods, we'll be checking people in up in the parking field gazebo by the backstop.
- Coffee Club: In response to requests, we've decided to add a Coffee Club to the event this year. You pay for it in the pre-registration (it's not available on-site) at a rate of $19 and you get a gorgeous thermal travel coffee cup with our Renew, Restore, Rekindle Passion logo on it and all the coffee or tea you can drink for the duration of the event. We have a Keurig system which is easy to use and allows you to brew each cup fresh. We'll provideunlimited coffee (decaf and regular), tea (herbal, black and an assortment of others) and hot chocolate throughout the event. The only catch is you must use your new cup. We'll also provide whole and skim milk, soy milk, rice milk, honey, splenda and sugar. As a reminder, the Coffee Club is available for pre-registration ONLY. The Keurig will be available 24 hours a day.
- Playspace Improvements: We're building our own equipment! One of the things we've always wanted to do was to provide you with a better experience in our playspace. Towards that end, we're working on a complete equipment set which we're having built to our own specifications by artisans. As we add to this inventory, I think you'll find our space becoming more and more user-friendly.
- Raffle: We are holding a raffle to raise money to allow people who can't afford it to attend our event. Lots of great things to win! Just $1 a ticket, and you can pre-purchase them. For every $10, you get as many tickets as can go around your chest or up your inseam. Pay now and pick them up at check in. As easy as that!
Beltane is held on a private 200-acre campground
on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Northern
Maryland. Only minutes from I-95, it is about
90 minutes from Philadelphia and 45 minutes
from Baltimore.
Want to come to the event but can't afford it? Ever thought of joining our staff? We're often looking for more service-minded, reliable staffers. Click here for more info.
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