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A taste of our past with an eye on our future
 
     
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Programme of Events for Inishowen Summer Gathering 2007.

The programme of events for the Gathering is outlined below. If you require more detail please contact us directly. Download the programme here (gif, 600KB).

SATURDAY 30th June, Dé Sathairn

Children - Painting for all; Clay pots; Card making; Pre-School Music & Song Circle; Rag Weaving; Baking & Storytelling; Art with reccyled materials; Willow Weaving; Circus Skills (for youth).

Workshops - Heartlight Meditation; Yoga (postures); Hand Drumming; Egyptian Dancing; Rag Weaving; Art; Labyrinth Making; Clay Pots.

Talks - Composting; Homeopathy; Permaculture; Local History; Sustainable Consumption; Surviving Global Warming.

Entertainment - Henry Girls plus Special Guests; Fireside Music Stories & Song; Ceili.

 

SUNDAY 1st July, Dé Domhnaigh

Children - Candle Making; Primary School Music & Song Circle; Jewellery Making with Natural materials; Animal Sculpture; Willow Weaving; Art/Painting; Hand Drumming (for Youth).

Workshops - Meditation for all; Yoga (breathing); Wander through the Weeds - wild herbs; Sing for Fun; Circle Dancing.

Talks - Aromatherapy; Donegal's Natural Resources - discussion forum; Recital with Inch Writer's Group & local poets; Archaelogy, Ecological Housing.

Entertainment - Inishowen Gospel Choir; Galliagh Carnival Group.

 

ALL WEEKEND EVENTS

Market Place
Bookshops; Organic Farm Shop; Country Market (Sunday); Jewellery; Kitchen Compost Bins; Hindu Kush; Organic Skin Care; Hand made cards.

Information Skills
Recycling; Renewable Energy; Organic Farming; Geothermal Heating; Inishowen Genealogy; Seedsavers; Inishowen Community Groups.

Craft Village
Stone Walling; Willow Basket making; Woodcarving; Pole Lathe Turning; Green Woodworking; Stone Polishing; Charcoal Making (Sunday); Besom Brooms (Sunday); Coppersmithing (Sunday); Blacksmithing (Sunday).

Healing Area
Aromatherapy Massage; Reiki; Angel Card Reading; Reflexology; Indian Head Massage.

Food
Organic Food available all weekend; Crepes & Smoothies; Tea & Homebakes; Organic Beef BBQ (Sunday); Chai Tea; Fair Trade Coffee & Munchies; Carribean Cooking Demonstration.

and more.... Birds of prey (Saturday); Donkeys; Children's Play area.

The Inishowen Gathering is a registered charity (No. 16940). It relies on everyone making their contribution both monetary & otherwise. ~ Welcome tent has a site map, up-to-the-minute programme details, camp guidelines & a lost and found area. ~ Electrical power is provided by a wind turbine ans solar panels ~ Recycling & toilet facilities are available on-site ~ Family camping area is provided ~ Events start at 9am on Saturday & end at 6pm on Sunday ~ "Opening" at Welcome tent at 10am Saturday ~ Bring your hand drum & all-weather camping gear ~ Come to the "Seed Camp" & learn to make natural structures & More, while helping to prepare for the Gathering anytime from Monday 25th June.

 


Girl with an owl at the Gathering 2006.
Children's Parade 2006. Children enjoying a teepee erected at the Gathering 2006.
Wind Turbine at the Gathering 2005.
Milking a cow.
Welcome Flags at the Gathering 2005.

   
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