Congratulations Harmony Tribe we did it !!! This starts a new chapter for us and the preservation of gathering @ our sacred HOME.

Thank you all for trusting us and responding to the challenge of reclaiming the “Vibes”. Project Earth has proven what we all are capable of and with twice the people we expect 10 times the energy !!! This is HUGE …we are ECSTATIC !!

We put our faith in you to help us make a change this year and you all have responded in force ! We never imagined that we would sell out Harvest this fast ! and we did it all word of mouth through the Jam Fam Roots connections. Guaranteed to have the highest vibes ever !!

Please help us to spread the word not to come to the Gate unless you have Tix. We really dont want to have to shatter kids spirits by turning them away.  and make no mistake about it … we have before and will send heads away again. (I can send you some hate mail we got from P.E. if you doubt it ) hehe

We made the deal with yall to reclaim the vibes by shrinking the event and you have lived up to your part…

now we will too!

Thank you !! We are sooo excited to have Project Earth vibes amplified by twice the heads !! WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN ?!?

respect and luv

the Lorax

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fB_oaLwKBA

This is WookieFoot Charities’ fifth update telling the story of where money raised at their charity fund raising festival get distributed around the globe. After this year’s Project Earth fund raiser, our total is well over $200,000 raised for these and other international causes. Thank you all for your support!

Also a bonus is Friday morning we are doing Ecstatic Dance Yoga party in the Tent @ 10am ( do yoga with Mark on Sitar and Jojo on flutes) . Jojo will then be work’n the booty blaster starting with chill ambient music and stretching ramping up to a full on ass shaker !

Come early and claim your favorite camping spot gates open at 3pm / Tix are $25 @ the gate

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“Be Fearless and Play” was put to the test this weekend. Mark and I used to live on a Sailboat. As Captains you never really know how good a crew is until you weather a storm together. We would… and will …. proudly Sail anywhere and everywhere with you ! love – Respect – and thanx to all of you

We had completely surrendered any hope of playing. We were hunkered down under the stage ready to go down with the ship when the whiskey came out. In a fit of liquid courage Patrick made a mad dash into the storm…. and returned with his Bag Pipes.

We started with piping and clapping and singing Irish tunes of valor. Then as the rain let up we made it up to the stage where Joe threw down on the sax and Buku spun fire. Then Chris Berry plugged in the mbira and started in with some chanting and Jenny came up and danced. Gilli of Luna fire and I got the drums going and a few other jumped in while Butterfly bliss did a fan dance. Then Matt Cartee got his kit put back together and Larry showed up with his bass. The whole stage was a whirl with technicians trying to set back up what we could. Cole got the front lights to come on and Scooter was added to the mix. We flipped the monitors over so the gathering crowd could have some sound and suddenly ….it was all together !!! Mark looked over in shock and excitement and said ” its go time”. Eventually the mains were added and performers kept showing up. The crowd swelled as the sound swam through the park and summoned everyone back home. It was sheer raw energy and by the end the bowl was packed and we were all singing together…. Welcome Home. A very surreal and cathartic experience, a true team effort, and way beyond our expectations. Thanx soo much to Matt James and his Amazing stage crew for putting in that effort and making magic happen.. ! lol jojoxoxo

Our hope is to stay more in touch with all of you… offering more insights into our communities collective mind. We want to provide more music, more videos, more writings, more often!… so please come visit. We will also feature art from the many random people who have inspired us through out the years. Thanks for checking it out… Welcome Home!

This is why we started Project Earth to preserve an intimate gathering at our Home. We are still very proud to have grown and shared our magic forest with many others. We have witnessed this love spread to many communities in the surrounding states. 10KL Fest and Rothbury further expanded the Jam Fam Scene in the Mid-west creating thousands of new Festi-Freaks. The World is Better for it!!

Now that these two Festy giants will not be in effect this year…. The council has convened to contemplate the effects this will have on Harmony Park. We have been BOMBARDED with mail from new Jam Fam who want to come this year for the first time and Bands looking for a new home to play. Project Earth Tix are SOLD OUT a month earlier than last year and Bella will go to capacity !!!! This summer the park is headed for record numbers of people. BUT HAVE NO FEAR!!!!!! We can navigate these troubled waters to the shores of Bliss again!!!….. and this is how…… The Project Earth Festy Model is the answer!

At P.E. you have the space to make a little camp with your friends and we all have the room to create more magic in the park. If we had more land we know these Vibes could work with more people…. but alas… we don’t. It is by limiting the capacity and placing more focus off the stages into interactive areas and activities that P.E. has become a favorite Festy Secret to many of us. This year Harvest Fest is going to follow the P.E. model!

Image you and your friends in the full Energy and Power of Harvestfest … with 500 less tents and space for you to make camp again, with clean toilets and less trash to manage. This is exciting to us!!! But is a big risk for us too. It’s no small deal to turn away 1/4 of our friends and family as well as the financial support that goes with it. BUT THATS WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO!! Harvest Fest will be limited to only 2800 heads this year. That will be a cut from a projected crowd of 4000 this year if we do nothing.

We expect to sell Harvest out in advance in the same way that Project Earth does. Whether or not there are Tix avail at the door will be determined by availability. It is not our desire to send people home at the gate who have driven far and have their spirits dashed at a closed gate. (I can see the angry mail already). We will be raising the average Ticket price to try and fill the gap of 1200 less heads and to help limit capacity. We recognize that this will keep some of you from being able to afford to come. Please know that we are truly sorry for this. In our hearts we feel deeply the responsibility to make these sacred gatherings safe and highly focused with the intention of love and peace… which is something we can no longer control with the growing demand for HOME. We are putting our trust in you… and your testimony to us about this Family and preserving the vibes.

Thanx for this community and this opportunity. A family that plays together Stays together.
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Also….. There is a Cancer that has been creeeeping into the Jam Fam scene all over the Nation. Harmful Chemicals are being introduced with the sole purpose to deceive and make $.  Every year at Events across the country hundreds of kids come looking for love and communion and leave in an Ambulance.

DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING!…  Its not worth the risk!

We are asking this community to step up to this challenge. We have a family that watches out for each other and stands up for its self…. use your voice and tell them these things are not welcome at our Home !  This will test the resolve of this community, to show the Jam Fam Scene what is possible when caring people shine.
I have no doubt we will succeed!  Long live the trees!  AMEN !

Love,
The Lorax (speaking on behalf of the trees)
and the Jedi council