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CommuniTREE
Celebrating Life ~ Embracing Balance ~ Fostering Peace

Saturday September 24, 2011
10 am to 2 pm


free ~ donations acceepted

Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake
521 E. Lawther, Dallas, TX 75218
access Northcliff Dr. off of Buckner Blvd.
between E Northwest Hwy & Garland Rd
(map)


Presented by
Earth Rhythms ~ 214-261-5599

CommuniTREE – to commemorate, educate and participate in all things TREE! 
 
Beneath the magnificent live oak trees that surround the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake, join us in fellowship of nature's greatest archetype on Autumn Equinox weekend. Learn about proper TREE care, emulate TREE energy and peruse local artisTREE.
 
Talks about the importance of trees and their care ~ CommuniTREEroots Cafe with food service and music about trees ~ InfoTREE area with free tree materials ~ CommuniTREE Market vendors of wood and tree-themed art and crafts ~ Opening and closing ceremonies with sapling giveaways from Trees for Humanity and Ambassadors of the Grove ~ Kids area with crafts, gardening and dance ~ Prayer Tree for peace ~ Raffle of 45-gallon tree and original tree art.
 
2011 is the official United Nations "Year of the Forest."

WISDOM GROVE
south of Bath House

Stone Circle Amphitheater 

Emcee: Ed Townley
 

10:30 pm - Kurt Kretsinger – Be a tree activist. Kurt helped turn several blocks of Mockingbird from plain thoroughfare to tree lined shady. So can you. Find out how!

• 11 am  - Howard Garrett: The Dirt Doctor – How to take care of your trees. His famed Sick Tree Treatment can cure almost any tree. Come hear about it! www.dirtdoctor.com

• Noon - Steve Houser – Protecting historic and significant Dallas trees. The Dallas “tree guy,” consulting/tree climbing arborist for over 30 years and a past president for Dallas Historic Tree Coalition.

• 12:30 pm - Nancy Nance - Japanese maples. This Master Gardener will discuss the Nancy Rutchik Red Maple Rill, including an especially large weeping Japanese Maple nearly 100 years old, that is opening at the Dallas Arboretum, plus suggestions for the ideal shade beds.

• 1 – 1:30 pm - "Soul of the Tree, Sound of the Tree." Poetry, music, dance and drumming showcase with Mary Ann Thompson and friends

• 2 – 5 pm – Drum Jam for Trees: A special post-festival drum circle with Drums Not Guns. Hear the heart of the tree through the sound of wooden drums. www.drumsnotguns.org/

BeeTREE 
Susan, the Bee Marm, sweetens things up with fabulous honey and inspires us to understand the synergy of bees to trees. From the urban bee wranglers of the Texas Honey Bee Guild.

InfoTREE 
Displays and tree information from national and local tree groups including:
Arbor Day Foundation, Citizen Forester, Dallas County Master Gardeners/Naturalists, Dallas Historic Tree Coalition, Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee, Texas Trees Foundation, Trees for Humanity.


CommuniTREEmarket
Bath House lakeside: back porch

ArtisTREE
Photography, painting, art and sculpture of trees ~ trees and ground covers ~ carved wood artwork, staffs and instruments ~ bonzai and bodhi trees (tentative) ~ more tba. 

RAFFLE
for Fruit of Peace painting by Emily Dewbre-Young of Primal Aspects Art Studio, which serves as the 2011 CommuniTREE logo


EARTH MAT
Bath House lakeside: back lawn
--- a giant blue-black tarp emblazoned with the Earth where we hold ceremonies & classes

Emcee: Bethany Stretch

• 10 am - Opening ceremony: Celebrate the Tree of Life. Sapling giveaway by Trees for Humanity

• 10:30 am – Dance of the Tree Spirits with Sultan’s Dreams 

• 11 am - UniTREE YogaDanceDrama with Tzivia Stein Barrett www.healingcirclecenter.org/

• noon – TREEgong: Channel energy like a tree & connect with wood element with Lane Cawthon. www.doctorcawthon.com/

• 1 pm – Dance of the Tree Spirits with Sultan’s Dreams

• 1:30 - Closing ceremony: historical Druid tree ritual. Sapling giveaway by Ambassadors of the Grove

CommuniTREEroots Cafe
Bath House lakeside: downstairs

Grab a bite and a beverage and relax
in an open-air café setting adjacent to the lake,
with music highlighting the wonder of
nature and trees. 

Emcee: Bradley Ellis, The Wyrd Tree Man

Decor by Totem Grove

• 10:30 am - singer/songwriter Robin Hackett

• 11:15 am – global folk Daniel Katsuk

• Noon - harpist Geoffrey Ricketts. www.harps-of-avalon.com/

• 12:30 pm - acoustical guitarist Rusty Robertson

• 1 pm – flutist Rae Denton

Wonderful Food 

Café Lago - Sandwiches, salads, treats, plus beverages

Crosby Café - Beverage bar with smoothies, lavender lemonade and morev

other food and beverage vendors – to be announced

Butterfly Tree
The amazing Butterfly Tree art created from the ancient elm stump at FlowFest by
Julia Schloss, turned into an art table. www.resurrectionart.com/

Holistic Arts 
Massage, reiki and craniosacral, and intuitive arts such as rune and psychic readings. Full list coming soon.


LIFE GROVE
north of Bath House

BardiTREE
Music and stories by harpist
Geoffrey Ricketts. www.harps-of-avalon.com/

DreamingTREE
Valley Reed uses the metaphor of tree roots to access your meditative subconscious. Shamanic Group Dream Journeys sessions at 10 am and 1 pm. www.chrysalishealingarts.org

StoryTREE
Sit a spell and listen to tales of trees with 
Thomas Davenport. Bring your own tree story to share! 

Saplings Garden: For the kids

• Make peace ornaments for the World Tree and other activities from Interfaith Coffee House

• Eco-activities with Promise of Peace Garden

• Flowetry dance for kids with Monica Blossom www.facebook.com/pages/Flowetry-in-Motion/ 

• Facepainting for kids with D'Ann DuBois Pirkle

World Tree

• A living 45-gallon tree artfully accompanied by sacred tree imagery from many cultures, coordinated by Eagle Mountain Protogrove

• In honor of International Peace Day on Sept. 21, attach your prayer ornament for peace on the World Tree. Make yours in the nearby Life Grove.

• Learn how to make peace in the world a reality with the Dallas Peace Center

• Enter the raffle to win this special tree!

SUPPORT

• CommuniTREE is made possible with support from Earth Rhythms Legacy Underwriters
and the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. 


• Sponsors include Dee and Frank Maio.

• The 2011 CommuniTREE logo is the artwork Fruit of Peace
by Emily Dewbre-Young of
Primal Aspects Art Studio.


peace... Amy / Moonlady
www.moonlady.com

How CommuniTREE Came To Be

Amy Martin, executive director of Earth Rhythms, relates: “This event is an outgrowth over the group’s long-time relationship with several 100+ year old elm trees behind the Bath House Cultural Center, where we have held many festivals. When the trees were cut down due to ill health, Earth Rhythms commemorated one by having artist Julia Schloss paint a butterfly on the stump. It was eventually cut off and the slab turned into an art table for the facility. Another tree was honored with a “Goodbye to a Tree” service before it was cut down. Both were so well received that CommuniTREE was a natural outgrowth.”

Trees: Something To Celebrate

This year, 2011, has been designed by the United Nations as the International Year of the Forests. A Celebrate Forests campaign has been created for this by National Association of State Foresters (NASF), the USDA Forest Service, and the American Forest Foundation (AFF). As part of that they are asking cities to designate a Celebrate Forests Day. 

Throughout history trees have been revered and seen as sacred symbols of power, wisdom, healing, fertility and even life itself.  The World Tree or Tree of Life is found in virtually every culture and religion, symbolizing the union of heaven and earth and the interconnection of life. Trees teach us to grow our roots in fertile soil and reach for our dreams while reminding us to live in balance and harmony.

Trees are anchors of most ecosystems, stabilizing soil and preventing erosion while filtering pollutants from rain and ground water. Worldwatch Institute estimates at least 321 million acres of trees need to be planted just to restore and maintain the productivity of soil and water resources. Trees produce half of the atmosphere’s oxygen, while the average tree absorbs of 13 pounds CO2 each year. Shade from trees can reduce utility bills for air conditioning by 15 to 50 percent.

Dallas area neighborhoods with mature trees can be up to 11 degrees cooler than new neighborhoods without trees, and a one-degree rise in temperature equals a 2% increase in peak electricity consumption; and cities are 5 to 9 degrees warmer than rural areas, with 3% to 8% of summer electric use going to compensate for this urban "heat island" effect.*

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