Short Report on the Firewalk
May 10th, 2003 by Roderick RussellThe May 3rd Phoenix Roost Tavern Beltaine Feast and Firewalk was an absolute success! Accompanied by the masterful music of Silent Lion and the gourmet food that the Phoenix Roost is known for, we burned wood all day in our firewalking pit in preparation for the evenings event.
As darkness fell, over thirty guests, including eleven firewalk participants, made their way through the torchlit wilderness to our specially prepared firewalking bed. The guests sat to the left as those who would be walking sat to the right. We raked out the massive bed of coals that had been burning all day into a long, rather intimidating bed of red hot coals and spontaneous fire.
After some brief words and a moment of silence for reflection, I led the way across the coals and back, followed by four other veteran participants.
In all, eleven people walked that night, many more than once. This firewalk was an enormous success and we are planning a repeat for the June 21st feast at Crawford Farm and are expecting a crowd and participants in excess of 75 people.
The Beltaine Feast Firewalkers included:
Roderick Russell
Aaron Clifford
Chris Beauregard
Glenn Crawford
Daniel J. McCarthy
Jeff Douville
Clint Heilman
Pam Gjettum
Crystal & John Gruz
Yvonne Loomis
Pictures may be viewed on the Phoenix Roost website at http://www.phoenixroost.com
