W.O.W.

Representing the Women's circle we opened, cleansed and blessed the W.O.W. evening( Women on Wednesdays ) at the Brass Monkey in Cronulla. This is a night created by Jamie Kearney to provide a showcase of local women artists and performers, a safe and supportive space for women to raise their voices! Jamie is a active wanai (young woman) who is passionate about creating community - a fine ally of our work. We were invited to open the night (held monthly) because I went to the first W.O.W. night to see Jo and Jacqi present a fashion parade launching their label "NISUOC" (cousin backwards- Jo and Jacqui are cousins with a passion for fashion - 2 very creative wanais who have many talents) so Jamie said we could teach about witchcraft at the night and I thought we could offer a smudging/drumming launch to the evening.

Tara smudged and feathered and i rattled my way through the audience we then met Jean and Kay onstage and banged our drums loud and clear! Tara led us in singing a song to call up the spirits and then a few more and I declared W.O.W. well and truly open it was great to see smilimg faces in the front row who were singing right back at us, a very public event different from our usual safe space of circle, but I thought it was a great opportunity to take what we do out into the world and give women a taste of what we offer...think we caused quite a stir...it was lots of fun and mysterious...we left flyers for the women and I think for most of the audience it was a new experience- HO!