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Photos Credits to: Gabe Kircheimer
DIRECTIONS 2006:
From Steamboat Springs: Follow rt 40 west out of town. Turn north at the light
on rt 129, and follow this to Clark (last stop for gas). Continue on CR 129
another 12 miles to FS 550. Turn right (east) on FS 550 and follow this for
3.7 miles to FS 500. Turn right on FS 500 and continue another 2.6 miles to
FS 505. Turn right onto FS 505, and continue 0.3 miles to bus village and
parking.
Welcome Home & Drive Safely!!!
Everybody welcome!! Everything free!!
Yoga meadows, African dance, healing circles, drum circles, community kitchens, acoustic music, pageants, campfires...
The 35th annual Rainbow Gathering will be held July 1 – 7 near Steamboat Springs, Colorado (see directions at bottom of page).. Set-up begins June 21, but peak activities are July 1-7. MORE INFO.
You could call it the Largest, Free Form, Non-Authoritarian
Village on Earth. Free and non-commercial. Bring food and
joy to share, but sales of anything are discouraged, and in fact illegal
on National Forest lands.
Bring your musical instruments. There are dozens of acoustic woodland stages,
and lots of jammin'. And drums. Huge, All-nite drum circles. Hundreds of drums
and wild dancing around a "boogie meadow" firepit.
Kiddie Village with art events, nature learning, woodland
skills teaching, and crafts, as well as cooperative childcare, kid foods,
& entertainment.
On the Fourth of July, beginning at dawn, there's
a Meditation for Peace in one of the main meadows of the gathering...the
whole encampment grows quiet - except at Kid Village where the huge flock
of children are dressing up and facepainting for the Kid's Parade that ends
the silence at about High Noon.
Things to bring: Raingear, warm clothing, your
own cup, bowl and spoon, sleeping gear, warm things (nites can get cold
high in the mountains). Bags to carry out trash. There's a medical area
called C.A.L.M. and many other cooperatively-run social services.
Lots of booths promoting all kinds of environmental,
social, humanitarian causes, so if you have a cause, bring your banner,
bring your literature, set up along one of the many interconnecting trails,
sign up volunteers for your cause!
No admission charge. Parking is Free, food is Free, beverages are Free,
health care is Free, entertainment is Free -- and so are You!
www.Rainbow2006.com