howdy folks welcome home rainbow 2007

[soaringeagle]

Just in “IGNORE ALL RUMORS OF CANCELLATION" The 36th Annual RAINBOW GATHERING OF THE TRIBES

Howdy Folks! Welcome Home!

The 36th Annual
RAINBOW GATHERING OF THE TRIBES
FOR WORLD PEACE & HEALING
♥♥♥
JULY 1 – 7, 2007
OZARK NATIONAL FOREST
ARKANSAS

We, who are sisters and brothers, Children of God, families of life on Earth, friends of nature and of
all people, children of Humankind calling ourselves Rainbow Family tribe, humbly invite: all races,
peoples, tribes, communes, men, women, children, individuals – out of love; all nations and national
leaders – out of respect; all religions and religious leaders – out of faith; all politicians – out of
charity; to join with us in gathering together for the purpose of expressing our sincere desire that
there shall be peace on Earth, harmony among all people . . . and to hold upon worship, prayer,
chanting, or whatever is the want or desire of the people beginning the 1st day of July, but upon the
4th day of July, at noon, to ask that there be a meditative contemplative silence wherein we, the
invited people of the world, may consider and give honor and respect to anyone or anything that has
aided in the positive evolution of humankind and Nature upon this, our most beloved and beautiful
world – asking blessing upon we people of this world and hope that we people can effectively
proceed to evolve, expand and live in harmony and Peace. Amen.
♥♥♥
This is a Spiritual Gathering, absolutely Free & non-commercial, supported by your voluntary
cooperation. We are here to express and rejoice in the sacredness of ourselves, nature, the land, and
the spirit that connects us all. Tread lightly, with great respect, as you enter the Cathedral of Nature.
Join in this unique happening –
The Annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes.

♥♥♥♥

DIRECTIONS:

Go to FALLSVILLE, ARKANSAS which is at the junction of
Hwy 16 and 21-

Fallsville is north of Clarksville on Hwy 21 OR North
of Ozark on Hwy 23 East on 16 OR South Huntsville on
Hwy 23 and East on Hwy 16-

WELCOME HOME

♥♥♥♥

Come home safely; take care of each other along the way. Make sure your vehicles are safe and street
legal. Pick up hitchhikers & bring them home. Ignore all rumors of cancellation, regardless of source.
If you cannot be with us in person on the 4th of July be with us in spirit by joining in the silence.
♥WE LOVE YOU!♥
Please reprint and pass along.


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Rap 107 - Gathering Consciousness
Please protect this Beautiful Land.
♥ Walk softly. Harm no living thing. Harmonize - Blend in. Use only down, dead wood. Cut
no living trees. Preserve the Meadows…camp in the Woods. We are caretakers of this land.
Everyone sharing makes a strong Human Tribe!
♥Please Protect the Water Sources by staying out of DELICATE spring areas. Avoid
camping, peeing, washing above spring areas. Keep ALL soap out of streams, springs, creeks or the
river! Use a bucket to take your bath at least 100 feet away from the water source. To be certain drinking
water is safe: boil it!
♥Use the slit trenches or covered latrines - cover your paper & waste with ashes or lime, wash
hands after. Break the fly/illness connection: shit-fly-food-you! Dig no shitters near water areas or
kitchens.
Protect our Health!
♥Use your own cup, bowl & spoon! Wash them after eating and rinse in bleach-water. Visit
C.A.L.M./M.A.S.H. if you feel ill - especially if you have a contagious disease - or are injured.
♥Camp Together – Establish neighborhoods. Community Fires only! ~ Each with 5 gallon
bucket with water and shovel for Fire Protection. If you are the last to leave a fire PUT IT OUT! Please, NO
Fireworks! Watch your gear: Be Responsible ~ “Tempt Not Lest Ye Be Lifted From.”
♥Pets are discouraged but if you must bring them keep them fed, on a leash and out of the
kitchens, springs, fights & packing up to chase and kill wildlife. Clean up their poop. Love them.
PACK IT IN - PACK IT OUT !!!
♥Cleanup begins when you arrive. Bring in only what is necessary. There is no
janitor here…you are the cleanup crew. Separate garbage for recycling. Please don’t litter. Compost in
pits only.
♥You are the Gathering! Participate in Shanti Sena (the peace keepers council), activities,
councils, work crews, workshops. Volunteer wherever needed: kitchens, welcome home, fire watch, parking
lot, shitter digging, supply, front gate, etc. R-E-S-P-E-C-T your Sisters & Brothers energies.
Keep the Balance: Earth, Sky, Trees, Water & People!
♥Alcohol is Discouraged, Weapons are Inappropriate, Violence is contrary to the Spirit of
the Gathering. Please take no photographs or videos of people without their permission. Discourage Drug
Abuse.
♥Buying and selling endangers our legal right to be here. The Magic Hat is our Bank, donate
early to fund our needs. The Magic Hat goes around at mealtime circles and with the Magic Hat band.
Our power together is many times our power separated.
♥Enjoy the Rainbow with an open heart and you Will see the Vision.
♥Join us for July 4th Silent Contemplation & Prayer for Peace, respect those maintaining silence from
dawn. ♥Hold the silence until the arrival of the Children’s Parade.


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Rap 701 – Happy Trails
♥In preparation for leaving…Pack up all your trash/recyclables and take it away. Take it far
away. Do not impact the small towns near the gathering. If you can’t take it with you drop it in the collection
area.
♥Dismantle and disappear your encampment. Pick up your litter. If you don’t someone else
will have to. Vanish ALL traces. Douse your fire, ashes cold, scatter your fire rocks. Replace turf.
♥ Fill in your local latrine and compost holes solidly with lime and soil. Latrine tops are
burned. Remove string and twine from tree limbs. Break up hardened ground with shovels or picks for
future root growth and moisture catch. Intermix humus from forest ground if possible.
♥NATURALIZE! When an area is clear and clean scatter logs, branches, leaves to look
natural. Disappear trails, renew forest habitat. Water systems are removed, cleaned and stored for next
year.
♥Help with disabled vehicles, fully dismantle ramps and bridges. Water bar steep places to
prevent erosion. The final crew re-seeds with appropriate vegetation to complete the process.
♥Transport as many riders as possible out of the area. Treat local folks with great kindness.
♥Drive safely and share this love wherever you go.
♥♥♥WE LOVE YOU!!! ♥♥♥


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BRING ALL GOOD THINGS!
(Personal items are a must – all else is optional)
PERSONAL ITEMS: Your own bowls, cups, utensils, personal water containers, water jugs. Bring drinking water
and/or personal filtering gear if you can. Portable shelter, camping equipment, sleeping bags, blankets, mats, flashlights
and extra batteries, camp shovel, camp tools, rope. Prepare for humid, sunny days, cool nights & rain. Bring rain gear,
layered clothing, hiking footwear, sunscreen & a hat. Bring toiletry supplies including extra toilet paper, menstrual
necessities, biodegradable soaps & shampoos, & first aid supplies, snakebite kit. Bring acoustical instruments. If
you’re able, please bring extra items (esp. blankets) to share w/someone less prepared. Please bring bags to take out
your trash & recyclables. “Please don’t bring anything illegal – especially if you’re bringing kids!”
THE MAGIC HAT: The Magic Hat: This is where the money comes from to pay for most of the food you eat, gas
for the shuttles, supplies for C.A.L.M., batteries for the hand held radios, and any other necessary items. Please, put
your green energy into the Hat early to fund this gathering. The Hat is passed around at evening meals and with the
Magic Hat band during the day. Money from the hat goes into the Rainbow Bank on the Land. Banking Councils are
held everyday. There is only one magic hat. Some kitchens & camps may pass a hat for their specific needs. Be aware
whom you give money to. There is no charge for anything here.
KID’S VILLAGE: A co-operative community for our kids and their families. Bring all types of arts & crafts supplies
and play materials that encourage peacefulness & cooperation. Talented entertainers always welcome to help co-create
a safe kids space with workshops, play shops, pageants and parades. Fresh Goats Milk is appreciated. Please bring cloth
diapers. Kid Village is not a drop off point or free babysitting. Parental responsibility & participation in childcare is the
key. Know whom you leave your children with.
C.A.L.M.: The Center for Alternative Living Medicine invites medicine people, therapists & counselors of all
disciplines to harmonize, work & learn together. This is our healing area. If you get sick or are hurt or have a
contagious disease, get yourself to C.A.L.M. Donations of medical and herbal items are welcome. Check the C.A.L.M.
website for the wish list or donate direct to the pay pal account, both at: http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/calm/
SANITATION: Wash your hands/wash your dishes – keep clean! LATRINE needs: metal buckets
for ash or lime (bring lime). Multi-gallon plastic jugs w/ spigot & bleach for hand wash. 2 lb.
coffee cans w/ lids (keeps toilet paper dry), toilet paper. Spades to dig latrines with. For
BATHING bring solar showers, shower hoses, buckets, biodegradable soap & shampoos. For LAUNDRY bring
biodegradable detergents, bleach, clothesline, buckets, wash basins& hand cranked wringer. A plunger and a bucket
make a great portable washing machine!
TOOLS & MATERIALS: Mark tools for identification. Bring shovels, axes, picks, tamper bar, saws, mauls,
hatchets, sledgehammers & rakes. Account for your tools: know whom they are with & where they’ll be. Bring
lanterns (candle, kerosene or oil), rolls of plastic, twine & lots of rope. APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY: solar
panels, wind & water generators. Bring animal or people carts, wagons, & wheelbarrows to bring in gear.
LARGE SHELTER: Tipis, parachutes, yurts, big tents, plastic & tarps for community use. Be responsible and take
them with you after the gathering.
FOOD: Please bring bulk food for the kitchens, snacks for you and friends to keep with you. Kitchens range from raw
food to macrobiotic & from total vegetarian to omnivorous.
For KITCHENS: Bring large stainless steel pots, large cast iron pans, big woks, stirring paddles, large cooking &
serving utensils, large insulated hot food containers for feeding in Main Circle, big bowls, grates for fires, lots of 5 gal.
Buckets, large water containers biodegradable soap, vinegar, bleach, washcloths, sponges & scrub pads. Propane
cooking reduces smoke levels. Keep your kitchens clean. Healthy food keeps the camp healthy. There is no road into
the site so everything must be carried via the trail.
COMMUNICATING: Pens, markers, crayons, paper, pushpins, staplers, clear plastic (2 mil or heavier), sign making
materials, poster board, paint, plywood, town criers w/bells & notebooks.
CLEANUP: All garbage, litter & recycling in your camp is your responsibility to take out & far away from the
gathering site. If you see litter pick it up and take it away. Bring recycled plastic shopping bags to share. Take in only
what is necessary - its a long walk out.
SHUTTLE VEHICLES: Need vehicles & crews to shuttle from parking areas to front gate, CB’s and extra batteries
for the shuttle drivers & parking lots.
A HEALTHY CAMP IS A HAPPY CAMP!

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[hippiestead]

WELCOME HOME !!!!!!!!!!

:grouphug:

[soaringeagle]

http://phillyrainbowfamily.org/rainani.gif

we love you

[hippiestead]

WOW how you get that cool design?

[soaringeagle]

haha that was the 1st animation thingy i ever tried..lol made it for the local philly rainbow site (which needs serius updating, so dont bother looking at it..lol)

[soaringeagle]

oh just so folks know there are still 2 sets of directions being sent around pointing to 2 seperate sites but it seems like this is unoficialy official or officialy onoficial..or whatever, but this site is the 1 everyones going to

[nonhippy79]

go home you hippies. leave us newton/madison county people alone. we don't want you here.

[Bumble]

go home you hippies. leave us newton/madison county people alone. we don't want you here.We ARE going home! :)

[TR1PP]

go home you hippies. leave us newton/madison county people alone. we don't want you here. Born and raised on the madison county line in arkansas.....and I welcome you family........PLUR...also if any one in the pope county area needs a lift or aything out....hit me up........

[soaringeagle]

we love you ark folks thank you for your hospitality

[WanderingturnupII]

nonhippie, I feel your pain. How do we know Moses had a soft spot deep in his heart for Pharoh? He never cursed Egypt with a plague of hippies. And believe you me, a lot of us hippies would rather not be going to Rednecksville, AR. BUT, it looks like we're stuck with each other for the time being, so let's make the best of it, shall we?

[hippiestead]

at least the hippies will be leaving a nice chunk o'green in the area...I gotta wonder how many business owners have retired & passed the business down to the kids after a Gathering was near their small town..I know that folks with the hot springs/cafe in Nevada did after the '89 Annual, they were the only thing within 30 miles...

[diode]

From the people of Clarksville, I'd like to say welcome home! 1I'm sure many here will be glad for any local buisness the gathering generates and there are a few freaks here as well who'll be glad to have it so close to home. Last year I drove over 1000 miles and this year the gatherings almost in my backyard, far out!

[diode]

Last year was my first gathering and I'm not sure if I know how to help out really, I only gathered sticks and worked a bit in one of the krishna kitchens, but since I live so close (Clarksville's about 30 min from Fallsville) and am job free atm I was wondering what kinda of help people might need who are arriving early to setup. I have carpal tunnel so I can't lift heavy stuff or do much repetitive so I'm not sure I would be of much use.

Also I would like to thank the people here who talked me into going last year, it was a great and unique experience.

[drumminmama]

Diode, you can help loads with allowing all the influx to really know the area and it's people. We might be heading for forest, but there's a lot of state around it!
Would you mind starting a thread about the area with links to local news and stuff like that?

[soaringeagle]

diode another thing you can do as a local being familiar with local store owners & such you can prepare the locals for whats to come, i'm sure theyve been approached already but someone they know may be able to talk to them easier.
as a general rule we will go around to local stores before the gatherings & not only talk to them about what to stock up on like bulk food items but we also go around & request that they keep track of anything that is shoplifted & offer reimbursment (shoplifting has never been known to increase significantly & theyre always overjoyed with the proffits they make so reimbursments never needed but the offer & reassurance goes a long way towards freindly relations & cooperation) you can educate locals in what to expect & can write letters to the editor of local papers in responce to any negative media attention received. as a local theres so much you can do that doesnt require taking shovel in hand & digging a shitter... but keep in mind that when communicating with with locals & especialy media it should be done as a group & not an individual so try to work with other rainbows especialy those with experience. what you can do as a job at the gathering that would be most helpful would be to work at welcome home or info (welcome home maybe the most useful) being both a local & family you can assist in difusing any dissension, & clear up misunderstandings. you can also really help people who arrive to be prepared for what to expect on site, & local weather as well as help rainbows understand the attitudes of locals like nohippie & others who may not be as open minded (and dont realize the massive potential boom to the local economy)
but the most important thing you can do is educate people like nohippie on the possitive aspects of family & try to dispell all the negative stereotypes.
everything u do for family has equal importance wether its lifting heavy objects or opening 1 closed mind
(im not accusing nohippie of closemindedness i understqand how it must feel to have 20,000 people you dont understand & perhaps even fear descend on your home. i just know that if you take the time to sit down & have a conversation with a few of the people who you assume you dont want there then you may just find that your glad they showed up in your back yard & touched your life forever. or you'll at least discover they arent as bad as you assummed they were. for after all arent some of us your neighbours & freinds, & some freinds who u never would have met if we hadnt shown up in your back yard? nohippie i really think you should try to look at this as an opportunity not a hassle. look at it as a chance to meet & understand a different type of folks then u might meet everyday. if you understand alittle more about humanity as a whole from the experience then how has it negatively impacted you? i know in ways it can be a hassle, increased traffic, longer lines at stores, more unusual (and therefore suspicious automatically because of theyre unusualness) people around the neighbourhood may lessen your sence of security & control of your local environment.. i understand that you feel like your being invaded by something you never asked for.. but try to see the possitives in it.

[MagnanimityMan]

im so bleh i cant make it this year, but my heart and soul is gunna be with you guys out in israel , prayin for this great mother earth from out there.. true and true.

[hippiestead]

Hello Diode!!!!!

I want to give you a big Rainbow Hug just for asking what kinds of help you can offer!!!

HUG! :grouphug:

[WanderingturnupII]

Diode, you don't say much about what you can do, but here's an example of what a bro did, at the MT Gathering in '00. A local mechanic felt some sympathy for all the broke hippies with brokedown vehicles. But early July is time to make hay in that part of the country, and he had to keep all the farmer's equipment working in the fields so everybody could get paid. But he worked out a trade with a Rainbow mechanic. He let this bro use his shop after hours to get the hippie's clunkers on the road in trade for his labor on Farm equipment. Gosh, isn't that a great little rainbow story? Everybody wins. You a mechanic? Have a brother in law that's one? Maybe I gave you an idea?

[MagnanimityMan]

yeah!!! until the gathering, at stores or churches talk to folks about the rainbow, ayyy u hear of these folks? you know, i hear they're mighty fine people, done lots of positive things around this earth, they sure did..

some church woman hearin some good word about the rainbow man... oooo~~~ that's some goood word waiting to be shared over tea or , some more church :p
that'd be some gooood seed, warming up the town before the flocks :) if i could say so myself..

[diode]

Thanks for the hug 1hippiestead :) I've been trying to spread a positive impression of the gathering since people started showing up around Danville. It seems theres a lot of exaggerations being passed around here and I've helped to correct those a bit I hope. Like today my cousin, an otherwise rational guy, said he heard that around 200,000 people were expected. I asked if the news media had said that and he replied no but his buddy had told him it would be 200,000 and thats what was going around! Anyway family are already in town now and it will be these first few that do the most to set people's impressions I think.

[hippiestead]

Beaming out the posi-vibe is the best thing that folks can do.

4029TV says 20,000

200,000 is a definate tall tale...very tall :D

[drumminmama]

20 K is the default number used every year: Paionia, Tres Piedres, Missouri, Utah, Steamboat...
Basically, that's what locals prepare for.

[soaringeagle]

just pulled this off the oklahoma rainbow myspace
(btw my ride fell thru so if your headed home from east coast pm me!!!)

From: UP-STATE NEW YORK RAINBOW FAMILY LACONA TRIBE
Date: Jun 24, 2007 9:45 AM


Rainbow Family/Tribe Gathering News-A report from the site...
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:45:27 -0000
From: [SereniteaRidge]

Subject: [SereniteaRidge] A report from the site...

Howdy folks,

come on down to the National Gathering in Fallsville, Arkansas. From
east or west take I-40 to Clarksville Arkansas. There are three exits
at Clarksville, look for the Hwy.21 exit. Go north on 21 into
Clarksville. The Creek Festival is this weekend in Clarksville, lots
of tourists and bikes. Drive slow in town. Follow Hwy. 21 right at
light downtown, about a mile east on Hwy.64/21N. Hwy. 21 leaves Hwy.64
and goes north into the mountains. You will climb about 2000 ft to get
to Fallsville on Hwy.21, it is crooked but a very good Hwy. Fallsville
is 28 miles north of Clarksville. At Fallsville you will come to a
fork in the Hwy. or a "Y" in the Hwy. This is the Jct. of Hwy.16 and
there is the Fallsville Gas Station and tiny store. Very kind locals
run the store and should be greeted warmly and with much love and
gratitude.

Here you will find lots of cops. The road into the site is to the
right of the store 1 3/4 miles. It is the 2nd dirt road on the left.
Just past an old cemetery. Just before the 2nd road you will see the
"Six-Up" Kitchen on the right side of Hwy.21. Just past this police
"Base Camp" turn left into the USFS road block/welcome home. I went in
about 5:00pm and they only checked drivers license of drivers in
vehicle and visual search for open containers. $75.00 fine for open
containers. The Feds are being cool and pretty nice. I got through
quickly. They do have drug dogs so be prepared. If you look like a
problem, they will search you.

A camp is a few hundred feet further. All buses and campers park there
or where ever Fast Eddie says to park. The road down to the river is
windy and steep, but a good road. You can park anywhere you can get
all 4 tires off the road. Parking is tight and the road is lined with
cars and hard to turn around on. If your vehicle is big, or not good
on steep roads then park up top and shuttle/walk in. Road meets the
main trail at the bottom but actually crosses the Buffalo River next
to the family bridge. No one should cross the river. If you don't see
parking, turn around carefully and go back up. I highly recommend
parking up top. We need to keep the road open for supply, etc.

There is an excellent Kitchen at the beginning of Main Trail called
Crispy Critter Cafe. You can soak in the cool waters of the Buffalo
about fifty yards away. The best kitchen so far is Shut-Up & Eat It.
Also I recommend the A.R.F kitchen Arkansas Rainbow Family from
Fayetteville. I saw Tea Time, Kiddy-Village, PPK, Phat Camp and at
least two dozen kitchens. There is lots of water but you should boil
or filter it. There are springs everywhere down here and easy to tap
for a kitchen. Main trail is level and wide, curving through a dense
forest along the Buffalo valley for a couple of miles.

This is a true forest gathering. No meadows being found nearby.
However it is a very beautiful and wild place in the wilderness of the
upper headwaters of the Buffalo. Lots of swimming and plenty of
camping room, it's just deep forest and you must be prepared for the
poison ivy and slippery spots along the trails. No big hills except on
the road in. The road was improved with a bulldozer and trucks of
gravel by the USFS just for the family. Main trail is a little muddy
but even after a huge rain today, about 2 inches of rain fell in about
an hour, the trail was still easy to negotiate, even in the dark. One
thing about all the rain and the dense forest, there is Fox-Fire
everywhere. (Phosphorescent wood that glows in the dark).

Bring small flashlights and batteries, candles, torches, etc. The
forest is very dark at night. Send food stuff, tobacco, and kind
energy. We drove out at about 1:30am and didn't see one single USFS or
Cop anywhere.

Ignore all rumors of cancellation and "alternate sites". There are
about one to two thousand folks there already.

Peace, Love, and Light!

(name ommitted)

[yo-yo]

P.L.U.R. on... im yollie from Danville, AR, me and my boyfriend jesse will be attending tha gathering from tha 1st to tha 5th:o) this will be our first gathering ever and we are planning to experience an awesomely natural time... Peace Love Unity and Respect has alwasy been our motto so its goin to be fantabulous to share our beliefs with everyone else... we r makin hemp bracelets and necklaces for as many ppl as possible:o)

[WatermelonSugar]

im so excited for the gathering!!!! can't wait to see everyone there =D

[soaringeagle]

awesome!!! be sure to come to main circle in sillence the momment u wake on the 4th thats where the real magic is

if u have last min questions dont hesitate to ask

[WanderingturnupII]

So, should we expect the cops to be looking for one more runaway? Or do your folks know where you're gonna be?

[alongyourpath]

Greetings from South Texas. Will be heading up there this Saturday, Just waiting for my publication to come in so I can hand it out or trade in trade circle. Many blessings to all brothers and sisters traveling their path home. Namaste and Blessed Be

Mark

(ps- check out the .pdf of my 1st promotional issue of my zine. More info at my MySpace pg) check member info for link.

Peace

[shrooms37]

this was my first gathering and i loved it!!! it was great. i went with one of my best friends, dante, and he sorta lost me but i made other good friends. i cann't wait to go back next year!!