NorthWest Lousiana Pagan Pride Day
WOW! What a weekend! OK, so it wasnt a large festival with bands and such. It was a small event with a handfull of vendors, some speakers but alot of fun. My roommate and I are vendors we sell Mia Bella Gormet Candles. Be sure to visit and sign up to win a free candle, just click the jar candle at the top of the page.Aside from selling the candles, i had the bright idea to sell Cokes and Water. Last year there wasnt much of either and people where hot and dehydrated. I also bougt a 50 pack of chips in case people get the munchies. It was great, i sold most of the cokes, half of the water, and some of the chips. From what i understand next year theyre going to try and have a coke trailor and sell fountain cokes. Thatll be great.
Aside from us selling candles and drinks. There was the Enchanted Forest, the shop owner, Tindy, makes jewelry, wands and staffs. Very Pretty stuff, my roommate even bought one of the wands for me, for an early birthday present :) Im waiting on Tindy to send the picture of me holding it with a shocked look on my face :)
The Gem Tree, custom Jewelry, was accross from Tindy, he had more of the cut stones avaliable and some set in jewlery peices. I had him take a look at a large stone i got from my grandmother ages ago and he thinks it might be Topaz. You can contact hima dn see what he has avaliable at jelawless@comcast.net. If thats not hte right E-mail let me know.
The last booth indoors was The Twisted Cauldron, run by BJ and Sam. a really nice couple with a cute baby who had her baby blessing ritual at this Event. They sell herbs and oils, some Across from Bud and Jackie was Tuts Toys. Sharon sold some egyptian figurines, and had a few peices of anime artwork.
Also selling outside at the event was Apache Tears. As far as i know there isnt a web site. but she sold some candles, soaps, jewelry and head dresses, Which i bought one. Ill try and get a picture of me in it later ;)
OK now that the vendors have been listed on to the speakers:
"Sharon "Tut" LaBorde" from Tuts Toys: A native of Shreveport-Bossier, fell in love with ancient Egypt in sixth grade history class and hasnt been able to get enough of it since. Although she dropped her plans to become a full-fledged archaeologist (for now,) she currently writes and illustrates Egyptian-themed stories and maintains a memorial shrine to Tutankhamun in her home and on the Internet.
"Tony M Kail": Author of A COPS GUIDE TO OCCULT INVESTIGATIONS & founder of THE FORENSIC THEOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER, he has served as a police consultant and trainer since 1990. Kail has spent several years performing research with various religous communities thoughout the United States. He has observed and documented a number of rituals and ceremonies of various religous sects. His focus is on African & Neo-Pagan religous traditions. He has performed research in East Africa with ritual specialists and members of the African traditional religions.
"Dorothy Morrison": Author of EVERYDAY MAGIC, THE CRAFT, & several other Neopagan/Wiccan
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