Beltane/Spring Festival!

 

 

bernadette@bridscloset.com

(845)458-8726

Open Mon-Sat. 11am-7pm

296 Main Street

Cornwall NY 12518

brid's closet logo
 
    home
 

 

brid's closet-maypole1

Beltane Ticket! Please use your receipt as your ticket!

$25 per person/under 12 free!

 

Our flyer!

Brid's Closet Beltane Poster 2011Brid's Closet-Elizabeth Muise feather

About Me

Performance Description:

Boom Boom Shake

A collaboration of Sarah Jezebel Wood, Elizabeth Muise and Shane Chikeles

Beguiling bellydancers sweep your hearts and minds away as pulsating rhythms of the doumbek played by Shane mesmerize. Sure to entrance, these sassy ladies and classy gent bring a good time in hips, heels and hands.

Blending the ancient with the contemporary, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Shane bring you a timeless encounter that is sure to entertain and inspire! These gypsy's make a living, living art. Savoring the ephemeral and celebrating that which is soulful and passionate as they deliver a show that is mysterious, powerful and intelligent.  Mixing modern sensibilities with archaic visions, they bring you an experience that plays the wide range of human emotions from the silly to the heartfelt, the dark to the light.

 

 



Relevant Biographical Information:

Elizabeth's Biography:

As a graduate of Alfred University with a Bachelor in Fine Arts and minor in dance, Elizabeth is now pursuing a life as a dancer and yoga instructor.  With nineteen years of dance experience, Elizabeth has explored many styles such as Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop, Butoh, and African.  Middle Eastern Dance, her true passion, has been an area of focus in most recent years.  Fusing traditional middle eastern dance movements with modern sensibilities, as well as drawing from her training in art, Elizabeth has a unique brand of Tribal Fusion Bellydance.  She has been described as playful, elegant, graceful, powerful, and passionate, as she accesses this sensual art form with sophistication and class.  She has taught at the Starwood Festival and performed at the New York Renaissance Faire, Wicked Faire, RenCon, Steampunk Worlds Fair, and Alex Grey’s CoSM to name a few!  Hailing from the Hudson Valley NY, Elizabeth is looking forward to teaching and performing around the world as she travels to share this important art form!  She likes to keep it classy and sassy and shake it ancient!!

brid's closet-shane
Shanes Biography:
Shane Chikeles is a professional musician that has been playing around the world with local and national acts since 1995.  
Shane is known for his previous work with the well known rock band The Ataris which he did extensive touring with worldwide as well as performing with on the Craig Ferguson show (CBS Late Nite).  He also played with the progressive indie band Joshua and is currently playing drums for the New York based indie rock band Park Ranger. 
Always trying to stay musically diverse in his playing, he’s played many different styles of music from metal to country and even polka in the studio and live. 
Continuing on with that thirst for diversity and learning more about different types of music he has recently discovered a new passion- Middle Eastern hand drumming. 
He’d Like to see just how far he can take playing the doumbek and above all to have a lot of fun doing it!
Brid's Closet-Sarah Jezabel Wood
Sarah's Biography:
Tribal Fusion Artist Sarah "Jezebel" Wood is a new arrival to New York Bellydance scene. She moved to the Hudson River Valley from Boston to follow her heart and work for visionary artist Alex Grey/ CoSM. Upon arriving she was welcomed into the Solstice Studio community by artistic director Sera Solstice and worked with Solstice Dance Ensemble fastidiously her first year in New York. She has also appeared in three of Sera's instructional videos; The Foundations of Bellydance, Lunar Bellydance and Solar Bellydance. Sarah teaches weekly at Solstice Studio and the in the Hudson Valley area.
Sarah loves to nurture and cultivate the deep creative beauty and strength that we each hold as dancers and envisions dance as fluid meditation where our bodies are the catalyst to experience higher levels of consciousness.
Before tuning in to the Tribal Fusion movement Sarah spent a considerable amount of time in the Goth/Industrial scene where she explored gothic subculture and movement as a performer and go go dancer at club Man Ray. Later on Sarah tasted a bit of the Burlesque scene performing with the Boston Babydolls in Miss Exotic World and Viva Las Vegas. She has also studied traditional Indian dance: Bharatanatyam, and spends many a summer adventure in the shamanistic fire circle community. Sarah has studied and performed Bellydance with Sera Solstice, Solstice Ensemble, Shakti Rowan, Vadalna, and Naraya and taken workshops from Zoe Jakes, Mardi Love, Rachel Brice, Sharon Kihara, Zafira, Unmata and Jill Parker.
Sarah frequently and infrequently performs alongside musical talent Incus, HuDost, and Copal. She is available for performance, workshops and private lessons. Please use the contact portion of this website to obtain further information. 


 

 

brid's closet-heather1

Heather Killen Bio:

On top of being a mom of two very active boys, she is an ordained Wiccan Clergy Woman in the State of Ohio and actively practicing witch of over 15 years. Heather is a High Priestess for Circle of Solitaries-Central Ohio. She is a member of Black Thorne Temple and does Clergy work for the Ohio Prison system); the organizer and director of the Earth Warriors Festival and owner of Violet Flame Gifts. Heather is a no-nonsense, down to earth witch who is frequently called an irrepressible force of nature.

Class description:

* Faces of the Morrigu: workshop and discussion on the Triple Irish Goddess of Sovereignty and War. Queen of shapeshifting, and how Her energies and blessings can aid us in Modern times.


* Warding for the Home and Family

Some of our wonderful vendors!

Palaia vineyards-Their own brand of Wine & Mead

Elisabeth Muise

PanGia Pottery creations

Divining D'Amoiselle Handmade and custom scrying mirrors

Brid's Closet

Hudson Street Cafe

Shooting for the Moon

Akasha Star-handmade crafts-altar cloths & more

Jennifer Fletcher-Handmade & custom jewelry

Blooming Grove Animal Shelter

Fiddlestix resturant

Lou Pizz0-cystals-handmade cards-stones

Spiritual Journeys-tarot readings

Mike Engenito-handmade Brass & Silver Pagan jewelry

Altar Egos-Handmade altar cloths

Lailani Martinez-Tarot Therapy

Desthamone

The Fairy Apothacary

The Cystal & Stone Experience

A touch of Glass and... Handmade stanined glass items

Rebecca Gordon-astrology

brid's closet-rebecca gordon

Brid's Closet-tarot of the boroughs

www.tarotoftheboroughs.com

Brid's Closet earth and light

www.facebook.com/PaulFKorker.photographer

Brid's Closet-deadly threads

http://www.DeadlyThreads.com

brid's closet-renee ad

http://www.diviningdamoiselle.com/

more to come!

 

 

4 th annual Beltane/Spring

Festival

sponsored by Brid's Closet

at Palaia Vineyards

Beltane Festival 2011
 

845-458-8726

Event Details

Brid's Closet 4th annual Beltane/Spring Festival

Sat. April 30, 2011 - 11.00 am til ?

Admission: $25/under 12 free

Come and celebrate spring with us! Dress in your renaissance. faire best! (fantasy, pirate, renaissance, fun)

Tarot readers, Dance the Maypole, Live entertainment, games of chance, classes, music, belly dancing, tons of shopping and food from our fine vendors, and so much more!!

Where: Palaia Vineyards
10 Sweet Clover Rd Highland Mills
NY
10930

Directions:http://www.palaiavineyards.com/directions.html

Sponsored by Bernadette Montana of Brid's Closet www.bridscloset.com

(845) 458-8726

Interested in vending or performing, call me at (845) 458-8726

This year's performers & vendors!

Brid's Closet-Raquy and the Cavemen

Raquy and the Cavemen!

Raquy and the Cavemen - Biography

Middle-Eastern drumming sensation Raquy and the Cavemen are a duo of virtuoso drummers / multi-instrumentalists who bring hard rock energy to the mystical rhythms of the Middle East.

Raquy Danziger and Liron Peled, a former couple, started the band when they were married - Raquy is a world renowned virtuoso on the dumbek (Middle-Eastern hand drum), expressing her love of Middle Eastern music with the inspiration she absorbed in her travels. Liron has had a rich background as an incredible, world-touring hard rock drummer. Together they've created a fresh new sound, bringing out the best of both genres.

Raquy and the Cavemen switch between energetic drumming compositions and intoxicating melodic pieces. Utilizing a variety of unusual instruments including the Kemenche (an ancestor of the violin), Dumset (Middle Eastern drumset) and Mongolian Throat singing (see full instrument descriptions below), Raquy and the Cavemen's huge sound and mind-blowing show leaves listeners transported, uplifted and full of joy.

Raquy and the Cavemen have released Six CD’s (See discography below). They have performed at Central Park SummerStage, LollaPalooza and PASIC, and have collaborated with some of the biggest names in Middle-Eastern music, including Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Saiid El-Artist. They have also shared the stage with Mickey Hart.

Their music has received radio airplay (reaching the top 20 in the CMJ Radio Airplay chart) and has been licensed in movie soundtracks and dance performances worldwide.

Their show features several exotic instruments:

Dumbek
Raquy specializes in the dumbek, the Middle Eastern goblet drum.  She has shared the stage with some of the greatest drummers in the Middle East.  Her style combines techniques that she learned in various countries, but especially features the amazing new Turkish Split Hand Technique that she has been studying in Istanbul.   In Raquy’s original drumming compositions, the dumbek, usually used as accompaniment in ensemble pieces, becomes a shining solo instrument.  Audiences are amazed by the speed, dexterity and finesse of Raquy’s playing.

Kemenche Tarhu
Raquy's other instrument, the Kemenche Tarhu, is a haunting 12 stringed spiked fiddle designed after the Persian kemenche (spikefiddle.com).  Raquy plays original compositions on the Kemenche, based on the Middle Eastern tonal modes, as well as a selection of favorite traditional tunes.

Dumset
Liron combined his hard rock drum set background with Middle Eastern traditional drums by inventing the Dum Set.  The Dum Set consists of Liron's "Baboombeck" (big copper dumbek), a bass dumbek played with one foot, a Riq (tambourine) played with the other foot, and cymbals played with his hands.

11 String Guitar
Liron took a beautiful 12-String guitar, and restrung it with 11 thin strings to sound like a cross between a guitar, a sitar and a saz, bringing the instrument a new exotic character.

Throat Singing
Liron learned how to throat sing from his friend Nezih, who figured out how to do it himself while he was on mushrooms. Now Liron uses this incredible sound to entrance listeners and add a synth bass-like sound to Raquy and the Cavemen.

"Raquy and the Cavemen's music is a remarkable demonstration of what Page and Plant have always wanted to do but have never succeeded at."
- David Dacks, Exclaim Magazine

Raquy and the Cavemen also give workshops

and master classes in Middle-Eastern drumming.

Brid's Closet-Kellianna

Kellianna is an American pagan artist internationally 
performing song and
chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places & ancient times. With guitar and vocals she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods and Goddesses. With Native American frame drum and chant she honors the Earth
and the Ancestors using primal drumming and powerful vocals.
Discography:
Lady Moon 2004
I Walk with the Goddess 2007
Elemental 2010
Voice of the Goddess Vol. 1 2009 - compilation by Run Wild Records
www.kellianna.com
kellianna@kellianna.com

 

A most love book reading and signing by Carolyn Turgeon!

Brid's Closet Carolyn turgeon mermaid

Carolyn will be reading exerpts from her newest book called "Mermaid"! Come by to meet Carolyn at her table! She will be selling her book "Mermaid" and some wonderful items related to anything "Mermaid"!

http://iamamermaid.com/

Brid's Closet Mermaid book

Our Sponsors!

Brid's Closet-Black and blue

http://www.upstateblacknblue.com/

Brid's Closet-Palaia sign

http://www.palaiavineyards.com/

 http://srdediting.com

brid's closet-vendors

ONE OF OUR MANY VENDORS FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENT!

BRID'S CLOSET-MAYPOLE

OUR MAYPOLE

 

 

Brid's Closet-Raven Gramassi & Stephanie Taylor

Readings by Raven Gramassi and Stephanie Taylor!


Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor will be giving readings! Please call to RSVP

Raven and Stephanie do all their readings together

Stephanie Grimassi (aka Rasenna Elvenstar) is dedicated to guiding and teaching those who seek the Old Ways. She is a 3rd degree initiate of a Celtic Traditionalist system of Wicca, and a 3rd degree initiate of Italian Arician Tradition Witchcraft. She is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Stephanie is also the co-author and co-creator of The Well Worn Path Divination kit and The Hidden Path Divination kit. She has studied, taught, and used the arts as a transformation tool throughout her life. Stephanie is also a Tarot reader and teacher with many years of experience. She is co-founder and co-director, alongside her husband Raven Grimassi, of The College of the Crossroads, an e-correspondence Mystery Tradition School and owns and operate Raven’s Loft, an online store. Visit them at www.collegeofthecrossroads.org.

Raven Grimassi is an award-winning author of twelve books on Witchcraft and Wicca. He is also co-director of the College of the Crossroads, a modern Mystery School devoted to the preservation and continuation of pre-Christian European religion and spirituality. Raven is a practitioner and teacher of the Craft with over 35 years of experience. He is an initiate of several traditions, including Brittic Wicca, the Pictish-Gaelic Tradition, and Italian Witchcraft. Raven's most recent projects are The Well Worn Path and The Hidden Path oracle systems, which he co-created with wife Stephanie Taylor. Having been born on the festival day of the goddess Ceres, Patroness of the Mysteries, Raven is devoted to preserving and teaching the Mystery Tradition of pre-Christian Europe. The oracle decks are designed to capture and transmit the foundational and mystical components of these ancient mysteries. Visit Raven’s author site at www.ravengrimassi.net.

 

Baños and Limpiezas literally means Baths and Cleansings.
This is a workshop on how to create ones own spiritual purifications in the form of baths and house-cleansings. These are rituals that can be performed by anyone regardless their spirituality or faith, using simple ingredients. I will share how to banish negativity and attract the positive both from your life and your home by creating personalized herbal bags and washes.

Lisa Vazquez

My Bio
Lisa Vazquez comes from a diverse spiritual background. She was baptized by the Catholic Church, raised in Espiritismo using traditional Puerto Rican folk magic and began studying Wicca in her early teens. A native New Yorker she has also lived in Puerto Rico and California. Lisa has been a member of Novices of the Old Ways since Samhain, 2008 and is currently a priestess in training dedicated to the Goddess Hekate. In keeping with her multifaceted spirituality she also works very closely with Yemaya the Yoruba Mother Goddess of the Ocean and the protector Saint Michael the Archangel. Lisa is bilingual and presently lives in Harlem, New York.


Brid's Closet-Lisa Vasquez
Baños Y Limpiezas
(Baths and Cleansings)


*A bit about me and my background

Baño – Bathing to wash away or invite emotions and situations to your life
Limpieza – Cleansing a space or area to clear or welcome emotions and situations to it.

Why do baños and Limpiezas?

How to prepare each
Ingredients such as herbs/crystals/oils/amulets etc.

• Bring some herbs, mortar and pestle, measuring spoons
• Rose water, agua Florida, holy water
• Boil ingredients (can strain out herbs before use)
~ To bathe, mop the floor, mist bottles

How to use each

Wash away/rinse off negativity (always a shower)
• Use on your body / on a sponge ~ to lift and pull away negativity from your skin
• Use in a sachet (also for your body) ~ to rinse off, in an outward motion, away from your body
• Use to mop your floor from furthest point in your home towards the front door and out (mop then sweep out herbs)
• Place under pillow or under bed or at entrances to rooms/home

Welcome/invoke positive influences

• Shower with sponge or herbal sachet with upward motion to pull into you
• Bath ~ to stay on your skin and encircle you, seep into pores
• Floor washes/air mists
• Place under pillow or under bed or at entrances to rooms/home

Making rituals one’s own
Words/Prayers/Invocations
Music
Candles
Incense
Sage

*Tell stories / examples
“Not wetting hair”.
Lorraine’s job

 

  Website designed and maintained by Bernadette Montana, resident webmisstress!